Administrators can use OSWM to connect to OpenSwitch servers which are already running or to disconnect OpenSwitch servers from OSWM. Once you connect to an OpenSwitch server, you can manage the server and other resources with OSWM.
You can disconnect, remove, or reconnect OpenSwitch servers from OSWM. Disconnecting or removing a server does not shut the server down, but you cannot use OSWM to manage it.
Select a server group. If you are connecting to a server while creating a server group or connection profile, follow step 3 onwards.
Select File | Connect. You can also right-click a server group and select Connect, or select the Connect button from the toolbar.
Provide the user name and password that allows you to connect to an OpenSwitch server.
In the Server Name field, provide the host name and port number of the OpenSwitch server you want to connect to, in this format:
host name:port number
You can also select a different OpenSwitch server from the Server Name field.
Select OK to return to the Sybase Central main window. The OpenSwitch server that you connect to appears under the server group you selected earlier.
If you select the server group, you can see columns that list the properties of each OpenSwitch server in the Details pane:
Server
Version
Platform/OS
Host:Port
Status – whether the server is currently running.
Connected – whether the server is currently connected to OSWM.
Using connection profiles to connect OpenSwitch servers.
You can use the Connection Profiles feature of Sybase Central to add and automatically connect to servers in the Default server group when you start Sybase Central.
Select Tools | Connection Profiles.
Click New to display the New Profile window.
Provide a name for the profile.
Select the New Profile option.
Verify that OpenSwitch is selected in the Plug-in field.
You can select the other options such as “Create a profile so that all users can access it” and “Copy Profile”. Click the Help button for more information on these options.
Click OK to launch the Connect to OpenSwitch Server window. See Connecting OpenSwitch servers to connect the server.
Disconnecting OpenSwitch servers
Select the OpenSwitch server you want to disconnect.
Select File | Disconnect. You can also right-click the server and select Disconnect, or select the Disconnect button from the toolbar. The OpenSwitch server disconnects and its icon is greyed out.
Reconnecting OpenSwitch servers
Select a disconnected OpenSwitch server. The icon representing a disconnected server is greyed out.
Select File | Connect. You can also right-click the disconnected server and select Connect, or select the Connect button from the toolbar.
Removing OpenSwitch servers from a server group
You can remove an OpenSwitch server from OSWM.
Select a disconnected OpenSwitch server.
Right-click and select Remove to remove the OpenSwitch server.
Select Yes in the Confirm Delete window.
If you use OSWM to remove an OpenSwitch server, you
cannot use OSWM to administer the server or change its configuration settings.
You must login and connect to the server again.
