Managing Communication Managers
The communication manager serves as a proxy in communication with the execution servers. It also provides access to the File-AID/EX Repository, which stores definitions of requests and various artifacts that File-AID/EX works with, such as application relationships or selection criteria. If it is set as current, the local communication manager is launched automatically, whenever it is required for communicating an execution requests or for browsing repository.
Refer to Changing-the-Communication-Manager for factors to consider when setting the current communication manager.
To manage communication managers
- From the Window menu, select Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears.
- Select BMC > DevX Data Studio > Communication Managers. The Communication Managers page appears.
Do any of the following:
- To add a communication manager, click Add. The Communication Manager dialog box appears. Enter the following information and click OK:
- Name - The name of the communication manager
- Description - An optional description for this communication manager
- File-AID Services Host - The Domain Name Server (DNS) name or Internet Protocol (IP) address of the communication manager
- Communication Manager Port - The port number on which the communication manager is listening. Valid port numbers include 1 through 65,535
- To edit a communication manager, select it from the list and click Edit. The Communication Manager dialog box appears. Edit any field necessary and click OK.
- To delete a communication manager, select it from the list and click Remove.
- To set the default communication manager, select it from the list and click Set Current.
- To test the connection to the communication manager, click Test. A message indicates whether the test connection was successful.
Click Apply and Close to save the preferences and exit the dialog box. If the current communication manager was changed, a warning message appears saying that the repositories will be refreshed and all open editors associated with the repositories will be closed. Click No to abort the change in communication manager and return to the dialog box. Click Yes to refresh the repositories and close all open editors.