IBM DB2 Everyplace Sync Server Administration Guide Version 7 Release 2 Modification 1


Working with the Mobile Devices Administration Center

The Mobile Devices Administration Center is a tool that allows you to deliver synchronization services to groups of users who have the same needs for access to applications and data. The Mobile Devices Administration Center makes it easier to handle multiple users, because you can define data to be replicated for a group of users, yet make some adjustments to the replication definition for individual users as necessary.

This section explains how to start the Mobile Devices Administration Center and use the interface. It also includes an overview of the steps that you perform to set up mobile data synchronization with the Mobile Devices Administration Center.

Starting the Mobile Devices Administration Center

To open the Mobile Devices Administration Center and DB2 Control Center For Windows, select Start --> Programs --> IBM DB2 Everyplace--> Start Mobile Devices Administration Center.

To open the Mobile Devices Administration Center and DB2 Control Center on UNIX, change the directory to $DSYINSTDIR/Server, then run dsyadmin.sh.

The Mobile Devices Administration Center interface

The Mobile Devices Administration Center is very similar to the DB2 Control Center. This section explains aspects of the interface that you will encounter in the main window and within object notebooks.

Controls in the main window

The main window contains an object tree and a contents pane, as well as toolbars to help you manage objects.

Object tree

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Use the object tree to display and work with synchronization objects.

Contents pane

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Use the contents pane to display and work with individual synchronization objects. The contents pane displays the objects within the object folder that you select in the object tree.

Mobile Devices Administration Center toolbar

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This toolbar is similar to the toolbar found in the DB2 Control Center. By clicking icons in this toolbar, you can work within different areas of the Control Center (such as the Command Center or Script Center), schedule and run jobs, change tools settings, and access help.

For more information about the Control Center toolbar, see the Control Center help.

On AIX, to view the help file for the DB2 Control Center, open ~/sqllib/doc/html/db2help/index.htm in an HTML browser. To view the help file for the Mobile Devices Administration Center, open ~/sqllib/doc/html/db2help/dsysync/dsyhmsttfrm.htm in an HTML browser.

Contents pane toolbar

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Use the toolbar below the contents pane to tailor the view of synchronization objects and information in the contents pane to suit your needs.

Entry fields

Required fields in notebooks and windows are surrounded with a red box. Optional fields are surrounded with a blue box. Additionally, the system warns you with pop-up messages when you are entering invalid information.

Accessing custom controls with the keyboard

You can use the keyboard to access controls found on the graphical user interface. The following control may be unique to DB2.

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