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Configuring the Explorer Administration Framework on NT

On NT, you use the Progress Explorer tool to configure the DataServer for ORACLE in the Explorer administration framework. The Explorer has a default broker already defined, orabroker1. Follow these steps to define and configure:

  1. Make sure that the Progress AdminServer is running.
  2. Start the Progress Explorer.
  3. From the Windows Desktop choose Start Programs Progress Progress Explorer Tool. The Progress Explorer appears in the MMC framework.

  4. Connect to the local/remote AdminServer.
  5. From the Progress Explorer’s left pane, select the ORACLE DataServer folder and double-click. The list of existing DataServer brokers for ORACLE appears in the right pane.
  6. Select the DataServer instance whose properties you want to create or edit, and right-click. A pop-up menu appears.
  7. NOTE: The DataServer for ORACLE installation provides one predefined DataServer Broker (orabroker1) and one predefined NameServer (NS1). You can use these predefined components as a starting point for creating and configuring additional DataServer Brokers, and, if needed, NameServers. Each broker is referred to as an instance. See the Progress Explorer online help for more information.

  8. Choose the Properties option from the pop-up menu. The Properties dialog box for that instance appears.
  9. Configure the DataServer Broker by setting general DataServer properties, owner information properties, application service properties, logging settings, environment variables, and others. For details on these settings, see the Progress Explorer online help.
  10. Two important considerations when configuring the ORACLE DataServer:

    • In the Property Editor Server category, the default pathname of the DataServer executable that the broker runs is @{Startup\DLC\}bin\_orasrv.
    • In the Property Editor Environment Variables category, you must at least set the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE-SID environment variables. See Table 3–4 for descriptions of these variables.

For more information on using the Progress Explorer, see the online help.


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