Disabling and Enabling Connections

When you disable connections, the system prevents new users from logging on to the specified server or application. You can use the disable connections feature with the log off user feature. For example, you can disable logging on to an application, log off users logged on to the application, load metadata, and then enable connections to the application. See Logging Off Users.

Note:

Administrators can perform all administrative tasks, such as loading metadata and deleting applications, when connections are disabled.

  To disable or enable user connections to an application or server:

  1. Select Administration, then Manage Servers and Applications.

  2. You can perform these actions:

    • To disable or enable user connections for all applications and all servers, leave Server Selection and Application Selection blank.

      Note:

      This also disables connections for users in the Administrator group.

    • To disable or enable user connections for all applications on a server, enter the server name in the Server Selection text box and leave the Application Selection text box blank.

      Note:

      This also disables connections for users in the Administrator group.

    • To disable or enable user connections for an application, enter the application name in the Application Selection text box and leave the Server Selection text box blank.

    • To disable or enable user connections for an application on a server, enter the server name in the Server Selection text box and the application name in the Application Selection text box.

  3. Take one of these actions:

    • Select Disable Connections, and click OK to confirm.

    • Select Enable Connections, and click OK to confirm.

      Note:

      You can also enable connections by clicking Enable button in the Enable column of the Disabled Components list.