Data Transformation Engine Integration Flow Designer Reference Guide

Integration Flow Designer Reference Guide
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Chapter 8 - Servers and Execution
Modes
The distribution of systems among your enterprise servers plays a key role in the
behavior of these systems at execution time. This chapter provides an overview of
system servers and execution mode concepts, as well as instructions on how to
add, edit, and delete server definitions, and how to assign a server and an
execution mode to a specific system.
Overview of Server Definitions and Execution Modes
You can define servers using the Integration Flow Designer (IFD). These server
definitions represent servers within your enterprise that execute systems. After a
server is defined, you can assign it to a system. You also assign an execution
mode to a system to specify the type of Command or Event Server that will run
this system. The server and execution mode that you assign to a specific system
provides the IFD information it needs to perform key operations. For example,
building maps depends on the target server platform. Also, generating appropriate
process control files for execution purposes depends on the type of Command or
Event Server that will run the system.
Server Implementation Examples
The IFD enables you to define systems of varying complexity. The simplest case
involves one system that runs on one server. The following sections describe
various examples of systems with increasing complexity.