OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer: Configuration

Configuring OpenEdge Databases
Database configuration and administration
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Using OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer, you can set properties for a database, its
various configurations, and its associated server groups. Any configuration settings that you
establish for a managed database, database configuration, or database server group in OpenEdge
Management or OpenEdge Explorer are automatically reflected in the OpenEdge database
Configuration Manager property file (conmgr.properties), and vice versa.
Note: You cannot create a new physical database from within OpenEdge Management or
OpenEdge Explorer. For more information about creating a database, see OpenEdge
Data Management: Database Administration.
A database recognized and managed by the AdminServer is called a managed database. A
database not managed by an AdminServer is called a scripted database. Scripted databases are
administered outside the AdminServer using parameter files (.pf) and operating
system-dependent scripts.
A managed OpenEdge database starts up by using the default configuration information stored
in the conmgr.properties file. The file contains the property settings for all managed
databases on the host where OpenEdge is installed.
The conmgr.properties file resides in the properties subdirectory of the OpenEdge install
directory. Each database is represented in the file by the following groups:
• Database — The group that describes the physical database. There is one database group
for each physical database.
• Configuration — One or more groups that describe the database arguments and server
groups for an active instance of the database. Only one database configuration can be
active at one time. The active configuration is the default configuration identified in the
server group.
• ServerGroup — One or more groups that describe brokering behavior. The first server
group within a configuration defines the primary broker and each subsequent group
defines a secondary broker. The properties in a server group define the arguments that are
specific to that primary or secondary broker.
You can edit the conmgr.properties file manually; any changes that you make to it are
automatically reflected in OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer.
Note: Although you can make manual edits to the conmgr.properties file, Progress
Software recommends that you use the mergeprop utility, OpenEdge Management, or
OpenEdge Explorer to make property changes. For more information about the
mergeprop utility, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration.