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Configuration Expert Quick Reference Guide

This section provides a quick reference guide to the main windows and navigation procedures for the Configuration Expert and Configuration Data Editor utilities. Topics include:

- Overview

- Starting the Configuration Data Editor

- Configuration Data Editor Navigation Guide

- Starting the Configuration Expert

- Configuration Expert Navigation Guide

Overview

BEA eLink Platform provides two utilities to assist you in the configuration process. These are:

- Configuration Expert - This utility automates the process of creating and modifying eLink Platform application configuration files. This utility enables you to build and generate Business Process Option configuration files without having to manually write and edit these complex files. The Configuration Expert presents you with a series of screen forms for entering your configuration information. After you complete the forms, Configuration Expert generates the required files and places them in the appropriate locations.

  You can also use Configuration Expert to run a system startup test, to ensure that your configuration is correct and functional. During the startup process, Configuration Expert displays a series of status messages which enable you to determine whether the startup has been successful, and if unsuccessful, to assist you in determining the source of the problem.

- Configuration Data Editor - This utility enables you to quickly create and/or modify the Data Configuration file for your Business Process Option Server machine. The Configuration Expert uses this file to create the configuration setup file for generating the BEA eLink Platform configuration files.

  Note: For additional information on using the Configuration Expert and Configuration Data Editor, refer to the online document BEA Builder Configuration Expert Online Help provided in PDF (Acrobat Reader) format with the BEA eLink Platform 1.2 release.

Starting the Configuration Data Editor

The Configuration Data Editor provides a quick and simple method for "creating" a new machine - that is, creating a new data configuration file for a machine, thus making it accessible and configurable by the Configuration Expert.

To start the Configuration Data Editor utility, use one of the following commands, depending on the operating system on which the utility is running:

- On a UNIX platform:

  >     cd <TUXDIR>/Config

  >     ./ConfigEditor &

- On a Windows NT platform:

  Click Start->Programs->BEA eLink->Configuration Expert Setup.

This displays the Configuration Data Editor startup screen, as illustrated in Figure B-1.

Figure B-1 Configuration Data Editor Startup Screen

Configuration Data Editor Navigation Guide

To go to the Configuration Data Editor main window, select File->New. Figure B-2 illustrates the Configuration Data Editor main window.

Figure B-2 Configuration Data Editor Main Window (adding a machine)

This window contains the following elements:

- Main Window Menu bar - This contains the following standard elements:

  - File - Open, Close, and Save a Data Configuration file.

  - Edit - Edit a Data Configuration file.

- Quick Access Buttons -

  - Add - This corresponds to Edit->Add. This adds the current machine configuration information to the Machines panel on the left.

  - Delete - This corresponds to Edit->Delete. This deletes the selected item from the Machines panel on the left.

  - Modify - This corresponds to Edit->Modify. This updates the configuration to reflect any changes made to the machine data.

  - Revert - This corresponds to Edit->Revert. This undoes the changes made by the last Edit->Modify command.

- Machines - (panel on left) This displays the list of machines current included in the Configuration Data file.

- Machine Attributes - (panel on right) This provides several fields for defining the machine you want to add to the current Configuration Data file.

For additional information on using the Configuration Data Editor, refer to the online document BEA Builder Configuration Expert Online Help provided in PDF (Acrobat Reader) format with the BEA eLink Platform 1.2 release.

Starting the Configuration Expert

The executable for starting Configuration Expert resides in the following location:

>     <TUXDIR>/eLink/ConfigExpert/bin

To start Configuration Expert, use on of the following commands, depending on the operating system on which the utility is running:

- On a UNIX platform:

  >     cd <TUXDIR>/Config

  >     ./ConfigExpert &

- On a Windows NT platform:

  Click Start->Programs->BEA eLink->Configuration Expert.

This displays the Configuration Expert startup screen as illustrated in Figure B-3.

Figure B-3 Configuration Expert Startup Screen

To go to the Configuration Expert main window, you must either create a new configuration setup file or open an existing one. To open an existing file, choose File->Open and then choose the file from the Open Configuration File window.

Configuration Expert Navigation Guide

To navigate through the configuration process, you can use the menus and buttons provided in the Configuration Expert main window. All other screens appear as child windows, leaving the main window available on your screen. Figure B-4 illustrates the Configuration Expert Main window.

Figure B-4 Configuration Expert Main Window

The Configuration Expert main window contains the following elements:

- Main Window Menubar - The main window menubar contains the following items:

  - File - This menu contains the standard elements, as follows:

    New - Create a new configuration file.

    Open - Open an existing file.

    Close - Close the current file.

    Save - Save the current file.

    Save As - Save and rename the current file.

    Exit - Exit Configuration Expert.

  - Edit - This menu contains the following elements:

    Properties - Select the item you want to configure, and then select Edit->Properties to go to the appropriate configuration screen.

  - Go - This is the main navigation menu, which leads to most of the top-level configuration screens. This menu contains the following elements:

    Next - Go to the next configuration step. This corresponds to the Right Arrow button next to the Step status message line.

    Machines - Go to the Configure Machines screen, with the General tab selected.

    Groups - Go to the Configure Groups screen.

    Servers - Go to the Configure Servers screen.

    Options - Go to the Configure Optional Components screen.

    Startup - This provides a submenu, containing the elements Activate (perform a system startup for the current application) and Deactivate (perform a shutdown for the current application).

  - Settings - This provides access to the Configuration Expert settings screens. These screens enable you to specify settings for the Configuration Expert itself, in terms of how it handles and displays the screens and input information.

    General - This enables you to specify a Configuration Data file to be used by the Configuration Expert to create the new configuration.

    Objects - This enables you to specify how Configuration Expert should handle and configure specific types of objects.

    Output - This enables you to specify whether the Configuration Expert should generate the scripts for tlisten and TLOG.

- Quick Access Buttons - The following buttons are provided for quick access to Menubar commands:

  - New - This corresponds to the menubar selection File->New.

  - Open - This corresponds to the menubar selection File->Open.

  - Close - This corresponds to the menubar selection File->Close.

  - Save - This corresponds to the menubar selection File->Save.

  - Settings - This corresponds to the menubar selection Settings->General.

  - Add - This corresponds to the menubar selection Edit->Add.

  - Delete - This corresponds to the menubar selection Edit->Delete.

  - Props - This corresponds to the menubar selection Edit->Properties.

- Available Machines - This panel (on the right side of the main window) contains a list of the machines currently available for adding to the current configuration. For a machine to be included in this list, you must have created a Data Configuration file for the machine, using the Configuration Expert Data Editor.

- Steps to Follow status line and access arrows - This status line indicates which configuration step you are currently performing, which in turn indicates which element contents are currently displayed in the main window. The Step status line resides just above the Available Machines panel. To the left of the status line are left and right arrow keys, for navigating forward and backward through the steps, respectively.

- The Current Application configuration tree - This is a topological map or list of the configuration for the current application. The topology includes the application name, the machines, servers and optional components included in the configuration.

  Note: For more detailed information on Configuration Expert, refer to the online document BEA Builder Configuration Expert Online Help provided in PDF (Acrobat Reader) format with the BEA eLink Platform 1.2 release.

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