One of the major responsibilities you will perform as system administrator is to monitor the services running on your organization’s system and publish folders to the server. You also need to configure the application during an initial installation. Use the SAFE X3 Configuration console to accomplish these important tasks.
The menu bar allows you to set console preferences, show or hide the left list, view the log file, and view the online Help. Also, depending on which entity you selected, a menu with actions specific to that entity is displayed.
The options on the Console menu allow you to set preferences or exit the Management
console.
The options on the Actions menu allow you to save, cancel, or refresh the information in
the configuration area.
Depending on the entity you select, names on the menu bar may vary.
The options on the View menu allow you to change the way the console data is displayed.
The options on the Tools menu allow you to view the global trace file and the AdxAdmin
accounts.
The options on the ? (Help) menu allow you to view the Management console Help topic as well as information about the Configuration console such as the version number.
To add a server, click the New action menu button.
To start or stop a service, click the Services action menu button.
To determine if a folder is published to a documentation server, web server, or print server, click the Publications action menu button and then select the solution identifier in the configuration area. Each folder must explicitly be allowed to use that service. This called being published to the service.
- The Configuration console is installed on the application server in a Windows environment installation and should only be installed on one PC.
- In a UNIX/Linux environment, an additional Windows machine needs to be part of the solution and that is where the Configuration console would be installed.
- It is launched by selecting the Configuration console icon on the desktop.
- Double-click an entity in the left list to view its sub-hierarchy and view its information in the configuration screen.
- The left list corresponds to the main entities. Expand an area to manage the entity.
- Note: Depending on the left list component you select, the action buttons may differ.
- Entities such as the Application servers, Sage search servers, and Documentation servers are configured within the console.
- When one of these entities is updated through a patch, use the management console to reconfigure the item. Instructions delivered with the patchset explain how to reconfigure these entities.
- The components that were installed during the installation phase display in the left list under the appropriate entity.
Menu bar
The menu bar allows you to set console preferences, show or hide the left list, view the log file, and view the online Help. Also, depending on which entity you selected, a menu with actions specific to that entity is displayed.
Console menu
The options on the Console menu allow you to set preferences or exit the Management
console.
- Select Settings from the Console menu to view or change the parameters and values for the Java server, management console, business objects, reports, solutions, documentation server, and adxadmin servers. For example, you can choose to enable or disable debugging, enter the file and filename path and default file and filename path. You can also choose which language to use for a service.
Actions menu
The options on the Actions menu allow you to save, cancel, or refresh the information in
the configuration area.
- You may lose your modifications if you refresh before saving.
- The options on the Actions menu may vary depending on the context of what you are working on.
Entity menus
Depending on the entity you select, names on the menu bar may vary.
- The options on the Entity menus match the action menu buttons.
- The AdxAdmin process must be started by a user with sufficient rights to configure the component or must be started with a local account having the administrator right (LocalSystem under Windows).
- In UNIX, the operations are carried out under the account entered in the Connection screen (therefore, this account must have sufficient rights). The user assigned to the AdxAdmin process does not have to be the root on UNIX/Linux.
- If using an Oracle database component, the user must have sufficient rights to create a database. The user must belong to the ORADBA or DBA group and have the SYSDBA rights and for the automatic creation of the SYS remote connection authorization file (orapwd with UNIX). This account should be the owner of the Oracle DBMS installation.
View menu
The options on the View menu allow you to change the way the console data is displayed.
Tools menu
The options on the Tools menu allow you to view the global trace file and the AdxAdmin
accounts.
- Select Opening the global trace option to view the global trace file in Notepad.
- Select the Management of the AdxAdmin accounts option to view the AdxAdmin account information, such as if the account is started or stopped, the port, user name and encrypted password, the file path of the account, and the platform.
Help menu
The options on the ? (Help) menu allow you to view the Management console Help topic as well as information about the Configuration console such as the version number.
Adding a server
To add a server, click the New action menu button.
- The mandatory fields when adding a server are:
- Server name: This is the name of the server on which the component is located.
- Port number: The AdxAdmin port number, which is 1818 by default.
- User: The user chosen to configure the component and having the access rights to read and carry out modifications on the files for the component.
- Password: This is the user password.
Starting and stopping a service
To start or stop a service, click the Services action menu button.
Publishing folders to a solution
To determine if a folder is published to a documentation server, web server, or print server, click the Publications action menu button and then select the solution identifier in the configuration area. Each folder must explicitly be allowed to use that service. This called being published to the service.
- To publish or un-publish a folder, select or clear the check box next to the folder you want to publish or un-publish. When satisfied with your selections, click Apply.
- Performing the Deconfiguration function is prohibited while solutions are published to a server, such as the Print server, Web server, Java server, Business Objects server, etc.
- It is important to note that when you click Apply to publish folders (Web, Documentation, or Report), the entire service is stopped and started. Any existing folders that were published will be stopped as well.
- The Automatic Data Collection (ADC) feature runs under the web server. For folders to display in the connection list for ADC, they must be published to the web server.
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Sage X3 and Sage Software are trademarks of Sage Software, Inc. Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager and SQL Server Management Studio are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Oracle is is a registered trademark or Oracle Corporation. All other product names used here are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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