In this lesson, you start the MobiLink server with the Notifier so that push notifications can be sent to devices.

To run the MobiLink server (mlsrv11)

• At a command prompt, navigate to your consolidated database directory and type the following:

  mlsrv11 -notifier -c "dsn=sis_cons" -o ml.log -fr -v+ -zu+ -x tcpip

  The following table describes each option used with the mlsrv11 utility. The options -o and -v provide debugging and troubleshooting information. Using these logging options is appropriate in a development environment. For performance reasons, -v is typically not used in production.

  Option	Description
  -notifier	Starts all enabled Notifiers for server-initiated synchronization. See -notifier option.
  -c	Specifies a connection string. See -c option.
  -o	Specifies the message log file ml.log. See -o option.
  -fr	Prevents the MobiLink server from aborting if a synchronization does not include at least one script that uploads and one script that downloads data. This option is required for this tutorial which uses download-only synchronization. See -fr option.
  -v+	The -v option specifies what information is logged. Using -v+ sets maximum verbose logging. See -v option.
  -zu+	Adds new users automatically. See -zu option.
  -x	Sets the communications protocol and protocol options for MobiLink clients. See -x option.

  A window appears that indicates that the MobiLink server is ready to handle requests. The Notifier also appears.

See also

For more information about the topics in this lesson, see:

• MobiLink server
• MobiLink server options