New Features in Sybase Control Center for Replication

A brief description for each new and enhanced feature, and links to associated topics.

New and enhanced Sybase Control Center for Replication features
Feature Topics

Shared-disk mode – run multiple Sybase Control Center instances from a single installation on a shared disk.

Deploying an Instance from a Shared Disk Installation

Shared Disk Mode

Instances

Run collections without saving data – configure data collection jobs so they update monitoring views but do not add data to the repository.

Setting Up Statistics Collection

E-mail configuration for alerts – specify a domain name or change the sender name for e-mail alert notifications.

Configuring the E-mail Server

Testing scripts – test the execution of alert-triggered scripts to make sure they work as expected.

Creating an Alert

Testing an Alert-triggered Script

Automatic logout – a Sybase Control Center administrator can configure the logout timer to end users’ login sessions after a specified period of idleness.

Configuring the Automatic Logout Timer

Logging out of Sybase Control Center

Multiple object selection – in the Perspective Resources view, Resource Explorer, and Administration Console, you can select and perform operations on several objects simultaneously.

Various topics, including Unregistering a Resource

Memory management – use environment variables to control Sybase Control Center’s memory use. A new console command, info -m, displays memory usage data.

Configuring Memory Usage

info Command

Sybase Control Center automatically assigns user roles for monitoring and managing resources.

Role Assignment in Sybase Control Center for Replication

View server licensing information through the Replication monitors.

Viewing Server License Information

New configuration parameters are added with their corresponding descriptions.

Setting Replication Parameters