Starting the MobiLink Monitor

You can have multiple instances of the MobiLink Monitor running for each MobiLink server.

To start monitoring data

Start your consolidated database and MobiLink server, if they are not already running.
From the Start menu, choose Programs » SQL Anywhere 12 » Administration Tools » MobiLink Monitor.

Alternatively, you can type mlmon at a command prompt. For details, see below.
A MobiLink Monitor connection starts like a synchronization connection to the MobiLink server. For example, if you started the MobiLink server with -zu+ then it doesn't matter what user ID you use here. For all MobiLink Monitor sessions, the script version is set to for_ML_Monitor_only.

The Connect To MobiLink Server window should be completed as follows:
- Host The network name or IP address of the computer where the MobiLink server is running. By default, it is the computer where the MobiLink Monitor is running. You can use localhost if the MobiLink server is running on the same computer as the MobiLink Monitor.
- Protocol This should be set to the same network protocol that the MobiLink server is using for synchronization requests.
- Port This should be set to the same network port that the MobiLink server is using for synchronization requests.
- Encryption If you chose HTTPS or TLS for the protocol, this box is enabled. You can choose an encryption type from the dropdown list.
  To use HTTPS and TLS, you must have MobiLink client-side data stream encryption installed on the computer running the MobiLink Monitor. For more information about security, see Encrypting MobiLink client/server communications.
  
  Separately licensed component required
  
  ECC encryption and FIPS-certified encryption require a separate license. All strong encryption technologies are subject to export regulations.
  
  See Separately licensed components.
- Trusted Certificate File If you chose HTTPS or TLS for the protocol, specify the name of the trusted certificate file to be used for secure connections to the MobiLink server. For Windows platforms, the trusted certificate store is used if a trusted certificate file is not supplied. Non-Windows platforms require a trusted certificate file be specified for a secure connection.
- Additional Protocol Options Specify optional network parameters in this field. The allowed values depend on the connection stream type. Multiple parameters should be separated by a semicolon.
  All valid MobiLink client network protocol options are supported, except for those already set in this window, such as host, port and trusted certificate.
  
  See MobiLink client network protocol options.
Start synchronizing.

The data appears in the MobiLink Monitor as it is collected.

Starting mlmon on the command line

Command line options allow you to have the MobiLink Monitor open a file or connect to a MobiLink server on startup. Use the following syntax:

mlmon [ connect-options | inputfile.{ mlm | csv } ]

where:

connect-options can be one or more of the following:

-c "keyword=value;..."

The -c option closes the MobiLink Monitor at the end of the connection and saves the session to the specified database. The keyword=value pairs provide the connection information for the database that you want the session exported to. For example, mlmon -c "dsn=mydsn;uid=me;pwd=pwd".
See Connection parameters.
-o outputfile.{mlm|csv}

The -o option closes the MobiLink Monitor at the end of the connection and saves the session in the specified file.
-p password
-u ml_username (required to connect to the MobiLink server)
-x {tcpip|tls|http|https}[(keyword=value;... )]

The keyword=value pairs can be the host, protocol, and Additional Network Parameters as described above. The -x option is required to connect to the MobiLink server.

You can type mlmon -? to view the mlmon syntax.

Starting the MobiLink Monitor on Unix

The following steps can be used if you are using a version of Linux that supports the Linux Desktop icons and if you chose to install them when you installed SQL Anywhere 12.

To start the MobiLink Monitor (Linux Desktop icons)

From the Applications menu, choose SQL Anywhere 12 » Administration Tools » MobiLink Monitor
Enter the information to connect to the MobiLink server described in the procedure To start monitoring data.

Note

The following steps assume that you have already sourced the SQL Anywhere utilities. See Setting environment variables on Unix and Mac OS X.

To start the MobiLink Monitor (Unix command line)

In a terminal session, enter the following command:
mlmon
Enter the information to connect to the MobiLink server as described above.

Stopping the MobiLink Monitor

To stop the MobiLink Monitor

In the MobiLink Monitor, choose Monitor » Disconnect From MobiLink Server. This stops the collection of data.

You can also stop collecting data by shutting down the MobiLink server or closing the MobiLink Monitor.

Before closing the MobiLink Monitor, you can save the data for the session. See Saving MobiLink Monitor data.
When you are ready to close the MobiLink Monitor, choose File » Close.

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