Lesson 3: Start the MobiLink server

In this lesson, you start the MobiLink server. You start the MobiLink server (mlsrv12) using the -c option to connect to your consolidated database.

To start the MobiLink server

Connect to your consolidated database.

Run the following command:
mlsrv12 -c "dsn=mlmon_db" -o serverOut.txt -v+ -dl -zf -zu+ -x tcpip
The MobiLink server messages window appears.

Note

The -zf option should be used for debugging and development purposes only. This tutorial requires the -zf option so that you do not need to shut down the server when adding new scripts to the consolidated database in a later lesson.

Below is a description of each MobiLink server option used in this tutorial. The options -o, -v, and -dl provide debugging and troubleshooting information. Using these logging options is appropriate in a development environment. For performance reasons, -v and -dl are typically not used in production.

Option	Description
-c	Precedes the connection string.
-o	Specifies the message log file serverOut.txt.
-v+	Specifies what information is logged. Using -v+ sets maximum verbose logging.
-zf	Causes the MobiLink server to check for script changes at the beginning of each synchronization.
-dl	Displays all log messages on screen.
-zu+	Adds new users automatically.
-x	Sets the communications protocol and parameters for MobiLink clients.