Introduction

Once you have defined one or more controllers, add and configure the applications for which each controller is responsible. Each controller can define and run multiple applications.

Before or after you add and configure applications in the Configurator and prior to deploying a cluster, you must develop the actual application code using MSG-IDE for ODL applications, TRAN-IDE for SFM applications, and third-party products for Java applications.

Each application has its own configuration file that follows a naming convention of <cluster name>.<application name>.cfg. This convention makes it easy to copy all configuration files for a particular cluster.

Creating and configuring applications

This procedure describes the steps to perform first to create any application type, and assumes that you have already created a cluster and one or more controllers in the Configurator.

Start the Configurator. See “Starting the Configurator”.

Load the cluster for which you are defining applications.

When the Configurator opens, right-click the e-Biz Impact 5.4 Configurator node in the tree view and select All Tasks | Load.
When the Open dialog box appears, navigate to the location of the cluster configuration file, select the file, then click Open. A cluster icon displays in the tree view beneath the Configurator node.

In the Configurator tree view (left pane), expand the cluster node; that is, click the plus sign next to the cluster icon to display the objects beneath that cluster.

Expand the Controllers node.

Right-click the controller for which you want to define applications, select New, then select the type of application you want to create (SFM, ODL, Multisrv, Router, MQAcq, MQDel, Java, or Dfcsrv).

Once you select an application, an icon for that application displays in the tree view below the controller and in the right pane.

Right-click the new application and select Properties. The Properties window for the selected application opens. Complete the fields and options to configure the application.

Modifying applications

To modify existing applications, right-click the application in the tree view or right pane and select:

Cut – to remove the selected application from its current controller and move it to a different controller

You can also drag and drop (move and paste) applications from one controller to another by selecting the application and holding down the mouse button while moving the mouse.
Copy – to duplicate the selected application and copy it to a different controller. The duplicate application has the default name of Copy of application1
Paste – to paste a cut or copied application from a different controller. This option appears only when you have just used Cut or Copy.
Delete – to delete the application from the controller.
Rename – to rename the selected application. and select Rename to rename the application. Enter the new name and press Enter.
Properties – to display the application’s properties. Right-click the application and select Properties. The Application Properties window appears.

WARNING! Do not perform drag and drop operations in the Configurator on Windows XP. Drag and drop procedures are not guaranteed to work and the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) may fail. Use the menu options instead to move and paste applications from one controller to another.