When you finish the installation process, you see an icon for the Console Client in the Informatica’s Products Program Folder.
Click this
icon
to start the client.
On a Unix Computer
Once the Console Server is running, the Console Client can be started using this command:
$SSABIN/dceconc
Using the Console Client in Setup Mode
When the Console Client is run, it interrogates the Server to determine the Server’s mode of operation. If the Server is in "setup" mode, the Client initiates the setup test process. You are prompted to supply the required information such as the Rulebase name and selection of the tests to be run. It is recommended that you run all the setup tests.
After you fill in each of the required fields, click
OK
.
Console will then go through the steps involved in completing the installation testing of DCE.
These include:
creating and initializing a Rulebase
running the standard tests
The Setup mode serves to confirm that the DCE installation is working correctly. Upon successful completion, the Server and Client change to "normal" mode of operation. The Client can then be used to carry out normal DCE operations. There is no need to restart either the Client or the Server.
On the other hand, if an error should occur, the Server remains in
setup
mode and the install process can be repeated if required.
After the test procedure is completed, click
Finish
to switch to the normal mode of operation.
Using the Console Client in Mode
When the Console Client is started it connects to the Console Server determined by the
-h
parameter. It then determines from the Server the mode of operation, either