Remote Server Setup At a Glance

Although the DataMigrator Server is typically installed on the same platform as the target data for DM applications, there is no such restriction for source data. In fact, the DataMigrator Server frequently resides on one platform while the source data resides on one or more platforms that are remote from the DataMigrator Server itself. In these situations, you must configure the remote servers (also called subservers) to make the data accessible to the DataMigrator Server for processing. For an illustration of this setup, see the second diagram under DataMigrator Server.

First, complete the basic DataMigrator Server configuration steps described in DataMigrator Setup At a Glance. After completing these steps, you are ready to start the setup for one or more remote servers.

To set up the remote server, complete these steps:

The following steps describe this process:

  1. Install (if necessary) the remote server on the platform required by your site. (In many situations, the remote server may have already been installed.)
  2. Start the DMC by selecting iWay Software and then iWay 77 DM Client from the Windows Start menu. For Windows servers, the DMC can be found in iWay Software\iWay 77 DataMigrator Server.
  3. Configure one or more nodes for the remote server in the DMC configuration file.

    This step identifies the name and port of the remote server you will be connecting to and adds the server name(s) to the DMC server list. For more information, see How to Add a Node to Identify the Server to the Data Management Console.

  4. Connect to and test the remote server from the DMC. You can test that the server is started and able to perform basic data retrieval (against sample data). See How to Test the Server. You can also test the server from the Home page of the Web Console.
  5. Configure and test the data adapter(s) for the data source(s) you will be using from the DMC. The test verifies that the configuration was successful and you can access the data adapter.
  6. Create and test the metadata for the data source(s) you will be using from the DMC. The test verifies data retrieval functionality for the specific data sources you are using. You can also create and test the metadata from the Managing Metadata page of the remote servers Web Console.

    Note: If you are using more than one data source for the same adapter, repeat Step 6 as many times as necessary before going to Step 7. If, however, you have data sources in a variety of adapters, repeat Step 5 and Step 6, then proceed to Step 7.

  7. Connect the DataMigrator Server to the remote servers. Once you have installed and configured the remote servers, with their data sources, you must establish a connection from the DataMigrator Server to the remote servers so that DataMigrator will be able to access the data that resides on those servers. To do this, you return to the DataMigrator Servers Web Console Home page and select Remote Servers from the navigation pane. To add the connection to the remote server(s), you click Add in the navigation pane.
  8. Create metadata to mirror the metadata on the remote server(s) from the DataMigrator Servers Web Console Remote Servers page. (Note that for remote servers, you create metadata from the Remote Servers page rather than from the Metadata page that you used for the DataMigrator Server.)

    This step makes the data on the remote server accessible to the DataMigrator Server.

For detailed information about the Web Console pages used to set up DataMigrator for remote data access, see the Server Administration manual.


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