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Configuring standard connector properties for WebSphere InterChange Server

This section describes standard configuration properties applicable to connectors whose integration broker is WebSphere InterChange Server (ICS). Standard configuration properties provide information that is used by a configurable component of InterChange Server called the connector controller. Like the connector framework, the code for the connector controller is common to all connectors. However, you configure a separate instance of the controller for each connector.

A connector, which consists of the connector framework and the application-specific component, has been referred to historically as the connector agent. When a standard configuration property refers to the agent, it is referring to both the connector framework and the application-specific component.

For general information about how connectors work with InterChange Server, see the Technical Introduction to IBM WebSphere InterChange Server.

Important: Not all properties are applicable to all connectors that use InterChange Server. For information specific to an connector, see its adapter guide.

You configure connector properties from Connector Configurator, which you access from System Manager.

Note: Connector Configurator and System Manager run only on the Windows system. Even if you are running the connector on a UNIX system, you must still have a Windows machine with these tools installed. Therefore, to set connector properties for a connector that runs on UNIX, you must start up System Manager on the Windows machine, connect to the UNIX InterChange Server, and bring up Connector Configurator for the connector.

A connector obtains its configuration values at startup. If you change the value of one or more connector properties during a runtime session, the property’s update semantics determine how and when the change takes effect. There are four different types of update semantics for standard connector properties:

vDynamic—The change takes effect immediately after it is saved.

vComponent restart—The change takes effect only after the connector is stopped and then restarted in System Manager. This does not require stopping and restarting the application-specific component or InterChange Server.

vServer restart—The change takes effect only after you stop and restart the application-specific component and InterChange Server.

vAgent restart—The change takes effect only after you stop and restart the application-specific component.

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