New Features - Sybase Control Center and Unwired Server

New and enhanced features, updated documentation, and new troubleshooting topics are described.

The tables below provide a brief description of each feature and links to associated topics.

New Sybase Unwired Platform features

Feature Topics
Install a dedicated consolidated database (CDB, or cache) in an Unwired Server cluster. Installing a Dedicated Consolidated Database on an Unwired Server Cluster
Set up client-side certificates to secure synchronization between Microsoft IIS Server and device clients in a Relay Server configuration. Two new synchronization parameters have been added to support this feature: identity and identity_password. Set Up Client-Side Certificates
Optimize device application and Unwired Server performance by including a cache update policy when developing mobile business objects. Cache Update Policy

See New Features – Eclipse Edition and New Features – Visual Studio Edition for information about setting cache update policies for MBOs.

Update the consolidated database with changed Enterprise Information System (EIS) using a data change notification (DCN) request. This section provides examples. Data Change Notification Requests

Enhanced Sybase Unwired Platform features

Feature Topics
New Unwired Server configuration properties are available in Sybase Control Center. Sybase Control Center New Server Configuration Properties
Updated command line utilities allow you to create and deploy packages from the command line rather than using Sybase Control Center (or Unwired WorkSpace in the development environment). Command Line Package and Deploy Utilities
Server-side logging enhancements allow you to configure a separate log4j logger (EISInteractionLogger) to send output to a separate log file (eis.log) or to the consolidated uep.log. Server Side Logging Enhancement

Documentation updates

Feature Topics
Corrected information in steps 1 and 2. In step 1, the directory name is BIN32, not win32. In step 2 , call createcert, not gencert Generating Certificates to Enable HTTPS Synchronization
Replace the topic "Configuring Your Environment for SAP" with the topic "Preparing the Unwired Platform Environment for SAP Connections." Preparing the Unwired Platform Environment for SAP Connections
Deployment Edition postinstallation configuration updates to the topic "Configuring an LDAP Provider for Sybase Control Center" to include information about anonymous log ins and "Setting Up Roles and Passwords in Sybase Control Center" to add role mapping for the Anonymous Login Module to the uafAnonymous role. Configuring an LDAP Provider for Sybase Control Center

Setting Up Roles and Passwords in Sybase Control Center

These Afaria® reference documents, available from the Sybase Unwired Platform topic "Afaria Documentation," have been updated: :
  • Installing Afaria
  • Afaria Reference Manual Platform
  • Afaria Reference Manual Components
Note: Bandwidth throttling notice to all customers

Throughout these documents may be textual and graphical references to the bandwidth throttling feature. Although these representations are included in this document, and also appear in the Afaria application, this version of Afaria disables the feature and does not support its use.

On the Sybase Control Center bookshelf, select Administer > Afaria > Afaria Reference > Afaria Documentation.
This topic contains information about how to implement end-to-end security on a device client with HTTPS. Implementing End-to-End Security for Device Clients
This topic contains information for how to set the CDB thread count manually. Setting the CDB Server Thread Count Manually
Describes counters used in current Unwired Server logging and tracing. Unwired Server Performance Counter Reference

Troubleshooting

Feature Topics
Inability to access the clusterdb results in an incorrect service name for Unwired Server. Changing Service Names
Troubleshoot cluster and relay server issues. Cluster and Relay Server Issues
AddCOMMUNICATION_ERROR_CODE to client applications to debug synchronization errors. Troubleshooting Communication Errors Between Client Applications and Unwired Server
Sybase Control Center does not function if it cannot retrieve its list of servers. Sybase Control Center Issues Retrieving Server List
Unwired Server reports ODBC errors. Unwired Server Reports ODBC Connection Problems
When trying to run a device client with a client-side certificate, errors may be reported, such as -403 HTTP or -413 HTTP. Resolving Client-Side Certificate Errors
If you attempt to insert data that exceeds the maximum size defined for the column, an error occurs. Inserting Data That Exceeds Maximum Size Causes Errors