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Administer the adapter module

When you are running the adapter in a stand-alone deployment, use the administrative console of the server to start, stop, monitor, and troubleshoot the adapter module. In an application that uses an embedded adapter, the adapter module starts or stops when the application is started or stopped.

• Configure logging and tracing
  Configure logging and tracing to suit your requirements. Enable logging for the adapter to control the status of event processing. Change the adapter log and trace file names to separate them from other log and trace files.
• Changing configuration properties for embedded adapters
  To change the configuration properties after you deploy the adapter as part of a module, you use the administrative console of the runtime environment. For information about configuring logging properties and changing the log and trace file names, see Configure logging and tracing.
• Changing configuration properties for stand-alone adapters
  To set configuration properties after install a stand-alone adapter, use the administrative console of the runtime environment. Provide the general information about the adapter and then set the resource adapter properties (which are used for general adapter operation).

  If the adapter is used for outbound operations, create a connection factory and then set the properties for it. For information about configuring logging properties and changing the log and trace file names, see Configure logging and tracing.

• Starting the application that uses the adapter
  Use the administrative console of the server to start an application that uses the adapter. By default, the application starts automatically when the server starts.
• Stopping the application that uses the adapter
  Use the administrative console of the server to stop an application that uses the adapter. By default, the application stops automatically when the server stops.
• Monitoring performance using Performance Monitoring Infrastructure
  Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) is a feature of the administrative console that allows you to dynamically monitor the performance of components in the production environment, including IBM WebSphere Adapter for Enterprise Content Management. PMI collects adapter performance data, such as average response time and total number of requests, from various components in the server and organizes the data into a tree structure. You can view the data through the Tivoli Performance Viewer, a graphical monitoring tool that is integrated with the Process Administrative Console in IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.
• Enabling tracing with the Common Event Infrastructure
  The adapter can use the Common Event Infrastructure (CEI), a component embedded in the server, to report data about critical business events such as the starting or stopping of a poll cycle. Event data can be written to a database or a trace log file depending on configuration settings.

WebSphere Adapter for Enterprise Content Management documentation