Administrators interact with Unwired Platform primarily to configure
platform components and ensure the production environment works efficiently as a result of
that configuration. A Web-based administrative console,
Sybase Control Center, is used to manage and administer
Unwired Servers, device application deployment, and mobile devices
running across the corporate network.
There are two types of administration involved in management of the runtime environment.
- Unwired Platform administration (also known as the platform administrator) –
for the administrator managing the whole environment, this type has cluster-wide
administration access to the Unwired Platform. The Unwired Platform
administrator manages the lifecycle of the domains including users who have
access to it.
- Domain administration – providing access confined to the specific domains that
the platform administrator assigns, this type is for the customers of the
Unwired Server hosting provider where they can perform package management,
subscription management, log viewing, role mapping and server connections
management operations in one or more domains assigned to them. The domain forms
the logical container and unit of separation of the artifacts contained in it.
Sybase Control Center
allows administrators to centrally manage, secure, and deploy servers, data applications
and devices.
This console enables administrators to view server status; perform start, stop, restart
operations; configure server settings; deploy packages; configure package settings
(including cache group schedule, and synchronization settings); manage subscriptions
(including unsubscribe, recover, suspend, and resume); set push notifications; perform
role mapping, cluster management tasks, and device lifecycle and licensing tasks
(including registration, unregistration, locking, unlocking, among others).
Sybase Control Center assists with:
- Core management activities
- Server configuration – Configure server parameters including performance,
network ports, messaging, SSL security, and log levels among
others.
- Cluster management – Register and monitor clusters to ensure that
Sybase Control Center clusters and servers
work smoothly, and scale over time. When the
Sybase Unwired Platform deployment is part of a larger
SAP landscape, System Landscape Directory (SLD) server and SAP
License Audit server support are provided to assist in keeping
information about your SAP and Sybase Unwired Platform
mobility infrastructure complete and current.
- Connection registration and security – Facilitate the application activation process.
Control and monitor devices registered. Registration, activation,
and provisioning of devices allows device users to access
applications and to be tracked and managed by the system.
- Security configuration, administration, and
application – Configure and manage permissions that allow
execution of operations on registered servers.
- Monitoring – View historical application usage data, view
performance statistics, and manage monitoring data.
The monitoring
component is where the platform administrator can view
synchronization activities, user access activities, key
performance indicators for various activities in the server,
cache performance, and other data being gathered. The
administrator can set the monitoring configuration to
enable/disable monitoring on selected domains and packages, and
also perform monitoring data cleanup and export it to share with
others for reporting and auditing purposes.
- Multitenancy management – Deploy a single production environment to service
multiple client organizations, known as Tenants. Administrators can
view domains that are created to support the tenancy strategy.
- Log viewing – Review logs directly from the console.
- Troubleshooting – Use information gathered by monitoring
Sybase Unwired Platform components to identify and
troubleshoot issues.
- Application management activities
- Device application deployment – Manage and monitor device applications deployed to
Unwired Server. Afaria Frontline Management is
required.
- Package management activities
- Subscription management – Configure, manage, and monitor subscriptions related
to packages and device user profiles. Subscriptions define what
subset of data the device user wants to receive when the device is
synchronized with the server.
- Proxy Connection management activities: Manage the endpoint for
the proxy connection
In addition to the console, the systems management framework can integrate
with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management tools to monitor specific
server events. You can use the Unwired Server management API to
automate and extend administration, management, and monitoring features.
For additional information see:
- Sybase Control Center for Sybase Unwired Platform.
See
System Administration for information
about the following administration areas:
- Cluster administration
- Server administration
- Data tier administration
- EIS connection management
- Domain management
- Performance tuning
- Backup and recovery
- Platform monitoring and diagnostics
- SAP interoperability