Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
DataServer for Microsoft SQL Server

Configuring distributed DataServer applications using the Progress Explorer

The Progress Explorer tool is a graphical user interface that provides an easy way for you to manage OpenEdge servers. Progress Explorer is one of the primary components of the OpenEdge administration framework.

The Progress Explorer tool runs as a Windows client and works with another administration component, the AdminService, to provide a client/server framework for managing the following OpenEdge servers:

AppServer™
OpenEdge Database
OpenEdge® DataServer for ODBC
OpenEdge® DataServer for Oracle
OpenEdge DataServer for SQL Server
OpenEdge® NameServer
WebSpeed® Messenger
WebSpeed® Transaction Server
OpenEdge® Adapter for SonicMQ®

Using the Progress Explorer tool, you can:

Create new instances of OpenEdge servers and configure their property settings.
Modify property settings of existing OpenEdge server instances.
Start and stop OpenEdge servers.
Monitor the status of OpenEdge servers.

For more information about working with the Progress Explorer tool, see the Progress Explorer online help.

In a distributed client-server configuration, the OpenEdge client runs on a client machine (either in Windows or on UNIX) and accesses a remote server on a Windows server where the broker for the DataServer for MS SQL Server is running. Multiple NameServers and/or brokers can be running simultaneously on one server machine. The DataServer client connects to a broker for the Progress Explorer either directly or through a controlling NameServer. (See the important caution that follows.) It is then automatically reconnected to a DataServer established for it by the broker. Each executing broker can spawn a multitude of DataServer processes. A spawned DataServer process uses the ODBC driver to locate and connect to the data source. The actual target database might be either local or remote to the host machine. The schema holder can run on the client or you can locate it on any host that is accessible on your network. Each spawned DataServer can service database requests for the same database or for a different database than those of other spawned servers.

In remote DataServer configurations, OpenEdge handles the communication between the client and the server. The Progress Explorer supports only the TCP/IP network configuration.

Caution: In a run-time configuration, all DataServer clients should attach consistently either to a set of NameServers or to a set of brokers. Do not run brokers under controlling NameServers for one client while another client simultaneously attaches directly to a broker.

For more information, about configuring and connecting the DataServer, see the following sections:

"Configuring with the Progress Explorer" section.
"Starting and stopping a broker process from the Progress Explorer and connecting a client" section.