11
Server Administration

This chapter describes how to manage the Wireless Server. Each section describes a separate topic. These sections include:

• Section 11.1, "Managing the Wireless Server"
• Section 11.2, "Viewing the Server Processes"
• Section 11.3, "Viewing Log Files"

11.1 Managing the Wireless Server

From the Wireless Server tab, you can start and stop Wireless processes. Start these processes at the same time using the Start All and Stop All buttons, or individually by clicking the start and stop buttons in either the processes or detail screens.

Figure 11-1 The Wireless Server Tab

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11.2 Viewing the Server Processes

The process types, which are hyperlinks in the Processes table of the Wireless Server tab, represent the top-level of the Wireless server. By default, these Wireless processes display in an expanded mode, meaning that each node representation of the processes on the server appears in the Processes table. From an expanded view, you can see which processes are started (running), stopped (suspended), or uninitialized (the process has never been run).

Clicking the nodes enables you to drill down to the processes screens and the detail screens for a selected process. These screens, which display the current state of a selected process (started, stopped, or uninitialized), include buttons that enable you to start or stop a selected process. In addition, these screens enable you to create, edit, delete, and configure a process.

Note: Because it may take a few moments a process to start or stop, you must click the browser's Refresh button to get the current running status of a data feeder process.

See Section 10.3 in Chapter 10 for information on the processes or detail screens. For more information on creating, editing, deleting, and configuring processes, see Chapter 12, "Server Configuration".

Figure 11-2 Viewing a Wireless Server Process from the Processes Screen

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Each section describes how to start or stop a Wireless process. These sections include:

• Section 11.2.1, "Starting and Stopping a Messaging Server Process"
• Section 11.2.2, "Starting and Stopping a Performance Monitor Process"
• Section 11.2.3, "Starting and Stopping a PIM Notification Dispatcher Process"

11.2.1 Starting and Stopping a Messaging Server Process

To start a messaging server process:

1. From the Wireless Server screen, click the Messaging Server hyperlink. The Messaging Server processes screen appears.
2. Select the messaging server process you wish to start.
3. Click the Start button. The Status section displays "Started".

To stop a messaging server process:

1. From the Wireless Server screen, click the Messaging Server hyperlink. The Messaging Server processes screen appears.
2. Select the Messaging server process you wish to stop from the Messaging Server Processes section.
3. Click the Stop button. The Status section displays "Stopped".

11.2.2 Starting and Stopping a Performance Monitor Process

To start an performance monitor process:

1. From the Wireless Server screen, click the Performance Monitor hyperlink. The Performance Monitor processes screen appears.
2. Select the performance monitor process you wish to start from the Performance Monitor Processes section.
3. Click the Start button. The Status section displays "Started".

To stop an performance monitor process:

1. From the Wireless Server screen, click the Performance Monitor hyperlink. The Performance Monitor processes screen appears.
2. Select the performance monitor process you wish to stop.
3. Click the Stop button. The Status section displays "Stopped".

11.2.3 Starting and Stopping a PIM Notification Dispatcher Process

To start a PIM notification dispatcher process:

1. From the Wireless Server screen, click the PIM Notification Dispatcher hyperlink. The PIM Notification Dispatcher processes screen appears.
2. Select the process you wish to start.
3. Click the Start button. The Status section displays "Started".

To stop a notification server process:

1. From the Wireless Server screen, click the PIM Notification Dispatcher hyperlink. The PIM Notification Dispatcher processes screen appears.
2. Select the process that you wish to stop.
3. Click the Stop button. The Status section displays "Stopped".

11.3 Viewing Log Files

The System Log Files screen, invoked by clicking System Log Files, displays all the files under the log directory on the Wireless Server machine. Wireless writes server error information to the files and directory specified in the configuration.

Figure 11-3 The System Log Files Screen

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You can view a log file by clicking a file name link. (You can drill down to a subdirectory by clicking the link for that directory).

Figure 11-4 Viewing a System Log File

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In addition to error messages, Wireless provides extensive runtime exception logging. When fatal exceptions occur, Wireless logs the exceptions and stack traces in the global log file.

Viewing and Printing Log Files

You can specify number of lines from the end of the log file to be displayed. You can also print a selected segment of the file as a text file by clicking Printable Page. The screen displays the segment of the log file to be printed. Use the browser's back button to navigate from this screen.

Note: You should have the log information available if you need to contact Oracle Support Services.