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5.3.1 Starting the Host Publisher Server Administration

To start Host Publisher Server Administration, enter the following URL in your browser:

http://server/HPAdmin/main.jsp

Here

server

is your server name. An example is shown in Figure 5-20.

Figure 5-20 Starting Host Publisher Server administration

5.3.2 Using the functions in Host Publisher Server Administration

This section guides you through the various selections on the Host Publisher Server

Administration window. For more details on the Host Publisher Server Administration, see

IBM WebSphere Host Publisher Administration and Users Guide

, GC31-8728

.

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Selecting the host and application server

You can select the WebSphere Host Publisher Server to administer with the Select Host and

Administration server option. The default is the default host and application server. However,

you may select a new host by entering the host name or IP address. From your local host, you

can administer a Host Publisher Server installed on another server. See Figure 5-21.

Figure 5-21 Selecting the host and application server

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Monitoring the server status

The Server Status panel (Figure 5-22) displays information about the current status of the

server, including the number of licenses installed on this server. You can start, stop, or restart

the server from this panel.

Figure 5-22 Server status

Providing application passwords

If users will run applications containing strongly encrypted user lists, you must provide the

Host Publisher encryption key. You can learn more about this in Chapter 3 of the

IBM

WebSphere Host Publisher Administration and Users Guide

, GC31-8728.

Monitoring connection pools

Connection pools are collections of communication links to backend data sources, such as

5250 applications or databases. When an Integration Object is run on behalf of a client

request, the Integration Object obtains an available connection from a pool, uses it for access

to the data source, and then returns the connection to the pool. When connection pooling is

enabled, the overhead of establishing a connection is absorbed in its first use. Each

Integration Object that reuses this connection benefits from the prior establishment of the

connection and can run faster.

This panel displays information about defined connection pools. A connection pool is not

listed until at least one connection is allocated from the pool.

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Monitoring pool definitions

A pool definition provides information about a collection of data source connections. This

panel displays pool definition information for host and database connections. A pool definition

is not listed until at least one connection is allocated from the defined pool.

Monitoring connections

Each connection shown on these panels represents a communication link to a backend data

source, such as a 5250 application or a database. The panels enable you to see details about

which users are connecting to which data sources, and which connection identifiers they are

using. You can also shut down sessions. See Figure 5-23.

Figure 5-23 Monitoring connections

Host Publisher Server Administration provides a separate panel for each of the following

functions:

 All connections

 Host connections: Connections to 5250 applications running on an iSeries server

accessible via Telnet

 Database connections: Connections to databases through the Java Database Connection

(JDBC) interface

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Monitoring user lists and user list members

User lists identify the user IDs and other connection-specific parameters associated with a

particular connection pool definition. For systems that allow only a single connection per user

ID, the number of user IDs determines the number of connections that can be active in a

single pool. For a user list, select the User Lists item as shown in Figure 5-24.

Figure 5-24 User Lists