XA Resource

Use this page to view a list of the external resource managers registered with the currently selected server.

Click Edit to modify a resource manager definition.

Click Delete to delete an XA resource.

Click * New to add a new resource manager.

ID
The resource manager ID, used internally to identify a particular XA configuration.
Name
The name by which the resource manager is known.
Module
The location of the executable file (.dll on Windows, .so on UNIX platforms) that contains the entry point that returns the xa_switch_t structure to the enterprise server.
Enabled
The status of the resource manager:
Enabled
Enables the XA resource.
Disabled
Disables the XA resource.
Reconnection attempts
The number of reconnection attempts to make.
Note: A value of 1 instructs it to continually retry the connection.

MFDS version 8 and later no longer supports XA reconnect attempts.

Open string
The string that is passed to the resource manager on the xa_open() call. It typically contains at least the database name, and the user ID and password for connecting to the database. The contents of this string are database-specific.
Close string
The string that is passed to the resource manager on the xa_close() call.
Description
The optional text description of the resource manager definition.