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Data Source Information (Read-Only Properties)

Getting there

  • Databridge Servers > Client Managers > Settings > Information

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    From the Data Sources page select the lightbulb icon for the desired data source.

The read-only properties for a data set appear and are organized in the following sections:

  • Basic
  • Client
  • DMSII Info
  • Server
  • Version

The properties that can be configured will appear in the Properties page for the data source.

Basic Properties

Name

The name of the data source.

Enabled

This property, which can be edited in the Properties page for the data source, indicates whether the data source is enabled or not.

Audit File Origin

This property, which is only meaningful when using Enterprise Server, specifies the origin of the current audit file being processed. The following values are defined for this column:

  • 0: Audit file processed by Databridge Engine
  • 1: Reserved
  • 2: Audit file processed by Enterprise Server using Databridge Engine to access regions. This is referred to as indirect disk.
  • 3: Audit file processed by Enterprise Server using direct disk I/O. This is referred to as direct disk and is the most efficient way to process audit files in terms of host resource utilization.
  • 4: Cached audit file processed by Enterprise Server

Audit File Access Method

This property, specifies which RPC the Client is using to request updates from the Databridge Server. The two possible values are DBREAD and DBWAIT. The DBREAD RPC causes the Databridge Engine to stop the Client by returning a status of Audit Unavailable when it reaches the end of the current DMSII audit file. The DBWAIT RPC causes the Databridge Engine to enter a wait-and-retry loop when it reaches the end of the current DMSII audit file.

Client Properties

Client type

This property identifies the Client type. The defined values are SQL Server, Oracle and Flat File.

Source ID

This property, which is editable in the Properties page for the data source, is the value of the data_source_id column in the DATASOURCES Client control table.

Table Nam Prefix

This property, which is editable in the Properties page for the data source, is the value of the tab_name_prefix column in the DATASOURCES Client control table.

Last Run Status

This property is the value of the last_run_status column in the DATASOURCES client control table, which represents the exit code of the last run. If there is an active run this column has a value of 9999.

Next Scheduled Run

This property is blank if there is an active run, otherwise it will have the time at which the next scheduled Process command will be launched by the service, when scheduling is enabled.

ODBC Source name

This property is the ODBC data source name that was supplied when the data source was created.

DMSII Info

FileXtract

This property indicates whether the data source is a DMSII database or a FileXtract.

INDEPENDENTTRANS

This property is INDEPENDENTTRAN setting of the DMSII database.

Update Level

The property is the update level of the DMSII database.

Servers

Host

This property, which is editable in the Properties page for the data source, is the value of the hostname column in the DATASOURCES Client control table.

Port

This property, which is editable in the Properties page for the data source, is the value of the hostport column in the DATASOURCES Client control table.

Encrypted

This property indicates whether the connection to the Databridge server is encrypted or not. Databridge 7.0 only support TLS encryption for connection to DBServer on the mainframe.

Server

This property specifies the type of the server, the two possible values are DBServer and DBEnterprise.

Version

This groups contain the versions of the various programs in the Client machine and the Databridge Server. These include:

  • DBServer The Databridge server on the mainframe.

  • DBEngine The Databridge Engine.

  • DBSupport The support library on the mainframe.

  • DBEnterprise Enterprise Server

  • DBClient The Databridge Client that runs Process and Clone commands.

  • DBClntCfgServer The Databridge Client that handles all Administrative Console commands, except Process and Clone commands.

  • Service The Client Manager service (or daemon).