Lesson 6: Starting the MobiLink server

In this lesson, you start the MobiLink server. You start the MobiLink server (mlsrv16) using the -c option to connect to your consolidated database, and the -sl java option to load your Java class.

Prérequis

This lesson assumes you have completed all preceding lessons. See Lesson 1: Setting up an XML data source.

This lesson assumes that you have the roles and privileges listed in the Privileges section at the start of this tutorial: Tutorial: Synchronizing with XML.

Task

Connect to your consolidated database and load the class on the mlsrv16 command line.

Replace c:\MLobjxml with the location of your source files and then run the following command:

mlsrv16 -c "DSN=mlxml_db" -o serverOut.txt -v+ -dl -zu+ -x tcpip  -sl java (-cp c:\MLobjxml)

The MobiLink server messages window appears.

Below is a description of each MobiLink server option used in this tutorial. The options -o, -v, and -dl provide debugging and troubleshooting information. Using these logging options is appropriate in a development environment. For performance reasons, -v+ and -dl are typically not used in production.

Option	Description
-c	Precedes the connection string.
-o	Specifies the message log file serverOut.txt.
-v+	The -v option specifies what information is logged. Using -v+ sets maximum verbose logging.
-dl	Displays all log messages on screen.
-zu+	Adds new users automatically.
-x	Sets the communications protocol and parameters for MobiLink clients.
-sl java	Specifies a set of directories to search for class files, and forces the Java VM to load on server startup.

Résultat

The MobiLink server is started.

Suivant

Proceed to Lesson 7: Setting up your MobiLink client database.

Lesson 6: Starting the MobiLink server

Task

See also