The Database DIP Configuration - Main screen displays a list of the current database (DB) Data Interface Processes (DIPs), along with the following for each:
DIP ID � The name of the DIP. You can configure up to five DIPs.
DIP status � Whether or not the DIP is running
DIP configuration � The current values of the configuration are listed here. These values can be edited.
Note: Included in this list of DIPs is Database CDH. This DIP is used to store Call Data Handler (CDH) data directly to a database, and is configured like any other database DIP.
Here is how to use this screen:
To change the configuration of a DIP, click on its DIP ID hyperlink. (See "Editing the database DIP configuration" below.)
To start one or more DIPs, select the radio buttons next to each DIP ID, and click Start.
To stop one or more DIPs, select the radio button next to each DIP ID, and click Stop.
To restart one or more DIPs, select the radio button next to each DIP ID, and click Restart.
To edit the CDH configuration (where CDH data is stored in CDH files and periodically uploaded from those files to a database), click the File CDH hyperlink. See "Editing the CDH configuration" below for more information about this option.
In all of these cases, the browser displays a new screen.
Note: From any of the new screens, the Main button gets you back to the Main screen.
Editing the CDH configuration
File CDH is enabled by default (and can be re-enabled using Start on the Main screen). Call data is saved to four CDH files. From this screen you can determine where these files are stored. A cron job (uploadcdh) uses a database DIP of your choosing to upload the data in the CDH files to a database and erases the CDH files, thus preserving hard drive space on the platform.
The fields you can change are:
Database DIP to use for uploading � The DIP you choose copies, and deletes, the CDH files as part of an automatic cron job
Datapath to use for writing call data � The directory where the CDH files are located. Subdirectories are created that are associated with each day (beginning at midnight).
Editing the Database DIP configuration
The DIP configuration fields are as follows:
Is this a local DIP? � Whether or not the DIP is located on the platform. This field is always set to yes.
DIP ID � The name of the DIP. You can configure up to five DIPs.
Select the port the DIP is listening on � Choose the LAN port that the DIP is listening on
Select the Database type � Choose the the type of database you want to use
Enter the Informix instance name � If this field is enabled, enter the instance name
Enter the DB hostname � Enter the LAN hostname for the server hosting the database
Enter the DB name � Enter the name of the database
Enter the DB port � Enter the LAN port that the database is listening to
Enter the DB username � Enter the username for access to the database
Enter the DB password � Enter the password for access to the database
Enter Connection Pool Size � Enter the amount of main memory resources used for databases
When the above fields are complete, you can do the following:
To return to the Database DIP Configuration screen, click Main.
To save the current configuration, click Save. The main screen is loaded after the configuration is saved.
To test the connection, click Test (see "Testing the database connection" below).
To delete the DBDIP configuration and return to defaults, click Delete.
Testing the database connection
When you click Test, the system tests the database connection, and displays information that includes:
Database name � Name of the database the system is connected to
Database version � The version of the database being used
Database driver name � The name of the driver being used by the database
You can also change the DIP configuration, using the fields found in "Editing the Database DIP configuration" above.
