Creating a Server Profile
You need to create a server profile for each Arbutus Server to which you wish to connect. Server profiles contain information needed to establish a network connection and to identify you as an authorized user on the system.
Because server profiles also let you choose several connection options, you can have more than one profile for each Arbutus Server to which you wish to connect.
To Create a Server Profile
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Select Server from the menu and choose Profiles. The Profiles dialog is displayed. |
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Click [New]. The Add a New Profile dialog is displayed. |
If you are basing the new profile on an existing one, you can copy the settings from an existing profile in the “Copy Settings From” drop-down list.
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Enter a name and click [OK]. |
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If you entered a password in the Profiles dialog, a message box is displayed asking you to confirm whether you want to save the password with the profile. |
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To save the password with the Profile, click [OK] |
For zSeries servers, there is an option to store the entered password in Upper Case - simply check the Upper Case check box.
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To return to the Profiles dialog and delete or change the password, click [CANCEL] |
Required Fields
You must provide information in each of the following fields:
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Profile Name - you can enter any name, with or without spaces. Up to 26 characters can be displayed in the Profile Name box. |
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Server Type - select the Arbutus Windows or zSeries server |
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User ID - specify the User ID for the specific server. The User ID is the system logon User ID for the server. |
The User ID is not required / is optional, if the Use Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO) is chosen.
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Password - this is the password associated with your User ID and is optional. You can choose to save your password with the server profile or be prompted for the password whenever you connect to a server |
If you are concerned about security, do not save your password with the profile. If you do not save the password with the profile, you will be prompted for the password whenever you connect to the server.
For mainframe passwords where entries are required to be in upper case, checking the "Upper Case" check box ensures that the password is sent to the mainframe server in upper case regardless of how it is actually typed in the server profile.
The Password is not required / optional, if the Use Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On) is chosen.
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Input Prefix - specify the default input prefix. This value will be the high level qualifier/location used when searching for input data sets |
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Output Prefix - specify the default output prefix. This value will be the high level qualifier/location used for output data sets that are not specified as a fully qualified/pathed name |
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Host Name - enter the IP address, in name or numeric format. Two host names can be entered (typically used to specify one internal and one external IP address for users that maybe working in or out of the office) |
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Port - enter the port location at this IP address of the server. (The port number was assigned at the time the Arbutus Server software was installed) |
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Timeout - enter the number of minutes a server can be inactive before timing out |
Server Profile Options
You can also choose one or more of the following server profile options. No options are selected by default.
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Use Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On) - this option is unchecked by default. When checked, enables single sign-on (SSO), and alleviates the need to enter a User ID and Password for the server profile by greying out the User ID and Password. |
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If the Use Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO) is chosen, then the server profile’s “Host Name 1” should specify the computer name, not the IP address. "Host Name 2" should be left empty. In this case it is recommended to use a fully qualified name for "Host Name 1", like "Arb-PC.Arbutus.local". For information on scheduling jobs using Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO) see Scheduling Using Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO). |
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Encryption - encrypts your network communications with the Arbutus Server. Arbutus Servers use a 128-bit encryption algorithm. Selecting this option may noticeably slow down communications. |
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Compression - compresses data files sent to and from the server. Compressing data speeds transmission time, even if files are encrypted. Depending on the type of data being transferred, compression may be as high as 10:1. However a compression ratio of 3:1 is characteristic of most data. |
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Enable IMS - enable this option to read IMS data on the Arbutus zSeries Server. This option may slow processing of non-IMS data. |
Scheduling Using Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO)
If a user is using Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO) for connecting to the Arbutus Hub Server and they want to schedule jobs, then a two-step process must be implemented:
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Create your server profile entering the normal server UserID and Password and then save the server profile. This allows a scheduled job to establish the necessary credentials required by the Arbutus Hub Server for use in scheduling. |
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Edit the saved server profile and change the server profile to use SSO by checking the Use Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO) check box and then save the server profile. |
One consideration of this approach is that if the user's password changes regularly, the user will have to edit their server profile to update their password. To do this the user must deselect the Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO) check box, update their user credentials with the new password and save the server profile (this will ensure that the scheduling information stored on the Arbutus Hub Server for the scheduled jobs is updated. Once the password change has been made and saved, then the user must edit the server profile to use SSO by checking the Use Integrated Windows Authentication (Single Sign-On / SSO) check box and then save the server profile.
RM Server Profile
The RM system on the Arbutus Hub Server uses a special server profile. This server profile is defined within Analyzer in the same manner as any other server profile, EXCEPT that the Results Manager Server check box in the lower right of Server Profile dialog must be selected. You can only have a single RM system installed on the server and therefore can only designate one server profile as the RM server profile. You will get an error if you try to designate more than one RM server profile.
The designated RM server profile is automatically excluded from any server lists (in particular for commands), and can only be viewed and modified within Analyzer's server profiles dialog. This means that you cannot use the designated RM server profile as a target for output from any Analyzer commands (like Extract or Export), even if the RM system is installed on the same physical box as your Arbutus Hub Server. If you want command output to go to this server, then you will need to create and use an undesignated copy of your designated RM server profile (for example naming it “RM_Server_Alternate” or “RM_Server_Output”).
For more information see Results Command and Results Manager.
Status Indicator
The Connection Status line at the bottom of the dialog indicates whether or not Analyzer is connected to an Arbutus Server.
Command Buttons
The Profiles dialog has the following command buttons:
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[Close] - lets you close the dialog. Changes are not saved |
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[New] - lets you create a new profile |
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[Save] - lets you save the profile together with any changes |
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[Rename] - lets you rename the current profile |
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[Delete] - lets you delete a selected profile |
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[Connect] - lets you connect manually to the selected server |
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[Disconnect] - lets you disconnect manually from a selected server |