CMP connection factory settings

Use this page to view the settings of a connection factory that is used by a CMP bean to access any backend data store. This connection factory is only in "read" mode. It cannot be modified or deleted.

To view this console page, click Resources >Resource Adapters > Resource Adapters > WebSphere Relational Resource Adapter> CMP Connection Factories > connection_factory

 

Configuration tab

Name

Specify the display name for the resource.

Data type

String

JNDI name

Specify the JNDI name of the resource.

Data type

String

Description

Specify a description for the resource.

Data type

String

Category

Specify a category string which can be used to classify or group the resource.

Data type

String

Authentication Preference

Specify which of the authentication mechanisms that are defined for the corresponding resource adapter applies to this connection factory. This property is deprecated starting with version 6.0.

For example, if two authentication mechanism entries are defined for a resource adapter (KerbV5 and Basic Password), this specifies one of those two types. If the authentication mechanism preference specified is not an authentication mechanism available on the corresponding resource adapter, it is ignored.

Data type

String

Component-managed authentication alias

References authentication data for component-managed signon to the resource.

Data type

Drop-down list

Container-managed authentication alias

References authentication data for container-managed signon to the resource. This property is deprecated starting with version 6.0.

Data type

Drop-down list

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Related concepts

Resource adapters

 

Related tasks

Task overview: Accessing data from applications

 

Related Reference

Administrative console preference settings
Administrative console scope settings

 

Reference topic