Use the
dbfhconfig command line utility to create and edit the database configuration file.
Note: On UNIX platforms, the command is
dbfhconfig32 or
dbfhconfig64, depending on your working mode.
Syntax:
dbfhconfig [action][options]
Or:
dbfhconfig @<response-file-name> [-verbose]
- action
- Can be one of the following:
- -add - adds a new <server> or <dsn> entry.
- -delete - deletes a <server> or <dsn> entry.
- -list - lists details of the configuration file.
- -novault - the connection credentials are stored as plain text (default).
- -update - updates a <server> or <dsn> entry.
- -vault - the connection credentials are stored in the secrets vault (that is, they are encrypted); see
Configure a Secrets Vault for the Micro Focus Database File Handler for more information.
- options
- Specify one or more of the following:
- -bitism:32|64|both
- Used to indicate the bitism of the associated ODBC data source. Some ODBC drivers, such as IBM Db2, require that data source
names are unique, and so 32-bit and 64-bit connections to the same database must have different DSN entries. When set to
both,the same DSN name is used for both 32-bit and 64-bit connections (default).
- -comment:<comment>
- Adds a comment line for the associated <server> or <dsn> entry. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> or
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> actions/options.
- -connect:<connection-string>
- Adds a connection string to establish connection to the associated <server>. Connection strings are an alternative method
to connecting to a database via an ODBC connection. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> or
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> actions/options.
- -connopts:<options>[13]
- The connection life-time options; see
Database Connection Lifetime for a more detailed explanation. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> or
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> actions/options
- <options> can be one or more of the following, separated by a comma or a space:
- close.heartbeat=y|n - close/leave after heartbeat (default = n).
- close.syncpoint=y|n - close/leave after syncpoint (default = n).
- close.task=y|n - close/leave after end of task (default = n).
- max.cached=<n> - max number of connections to keep cached (default = 10).
- max.dbopts=<n> - number of database operations before closing connections (default is 2147483647, that is INT_MAX).
- -db:<db-name>
- The name of the database to be used. This is Db2-specific, and used when a physical database is used to host multiple datastores/regions.
Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> and
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> actions/optons.
- -dsn:<dsn-name>
- The data source name. Use with the
-add,
-delete, and
-update actions.
- -feature:<options>
- The features in use for the specified region database. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> -type:region and
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> -type:region actions/options.
- <options> can be one or more of the following, separated by a comma or a space:
- all - all available region features enabled (default).
- none - no region features enabled.
- [+|-]reslocking - enables\disables database resource locking.
- -file:<file-name>
- Specifies the name of the configuration file to update. Use with the
-add,
-delete, and
-update actions.
- If not specified, the file defaults to the value of the MFDBFH_CONFIG environment variable.
- -heartbeat:<secs>[17]
- The cross-region heartbeat interval, in seconds (default = 5). Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> and
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> actions/options.
See
Specifying the Cross-region Heartbeat Interval for more information.
- -name:<name>
- The name of the datastore, region, or database. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> and
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> -type:datastore actions/options.
- -nobanner
- Suppresses output to a minimum.
- -optio:<options>
- Optimized I/O operations. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> -type:datastore and
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> -type:datastore actions/options.
- <options> can be one or more of the following, separated by a comma or a space:
- all - all available I/O optimizations are enabled.
- none - no I/O optimizations are enabled (default).
- [+|-]oi - enables\disables I/O optimizations for ESDS, KSDS and RRDS files opened for input.
- [+|-]oiseq - enables\disables I/O optimizations for (line-)sequential files opened for input.
- [+|-]oo - enables\disables I/O optimizations for ESDS, KSDS and RRDS files opened for output.
- [+|-]ooseq - enables\disables I/O optimizations for (line-)sequential files opened for output.
- -optiokeyreads:<n>
- The number of records to read ahead for KSDS, ESDS, and RRDS files when optimised I/O is enabled (see
-optio). Specify 0 if the MFDBFH default value (of 50 records) is to be used.[10]
- -optioseqreads:<n>
- The number of records to read ahead for LSEQ, and SEQ files when optimised I/O is enabled (see
-optio). Specify 0 if the MFDBFH default value (of 50 records) is to be used.
[10]
- -password:<password>
- The password used to connect to the database. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> and
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> actions/options.
- -provider:<db-type>
- The type of database. Use with the
-add -server action/option.
- <db-type> can be one of the following:
- az or
azuresqldb - Azure SQL Database.
- db2 - Db2.
- postgresql or
pg - PostgreSQL.
- sqlserver or
ss - Microsoft SQL Server.
- -server:<name>
- The name of the server. Use with the
-add,
-delete, and
-update actions.
- -type:<dsn-type>
- The type of dsn. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> action/option.
- <dsn-type> can be one of the following:
- datastore
- database
- region
- crossregion
- -user:<user-name>
- The user name used to connect to the database. Use with the
-add -dsn:<dsn-name> and
-update -dsn:<dsn-name> actions/options.
- @<response-file-name>
- Multiple actions, as listed above, can be added to a text file, one command per line. When that response file is run, each
line is executed in turn.
- For example, the following contents of a response file creates a configuration file (my.cfg) containing the required configuration for a MSSQL database (MYSRV) with one datastore (FILES) and one region database (ESDEMO):
-add -file:my.cfg -server:MYSRV -provider:ss -comment:"SQL Server server"
-add -file:my.cfg -server:MYSRV -dsn:SS.MASTER -type:database -name:master
-add -file:my.cfg -server:MYSRV -dsn:SS.FILES -type:datastore -name:FILES
-add -file:my.cfg -server:MYSRV -dsn:SS.CAS.ESDEMO -type:region -name:ESDEMO
If the file was saved with a name of
commands.txt, you would run it using:
dbfhconfig @commands.txt