CMP connection factory settings
To view the settings of a connection factory used by a container-managed persistence (CMP) bean to access any database server. This connection factory is only in "read" mode. It cannot be modified or deleted.
To view this admin console page:
- Click Resources > Resource Adapters > Resource adapters.
- Click Preferences, and select Show built-in resources.
- Click WebSphere Relational Resource Adapter > CMP Connection Factories > connection_factory .
- Name
Display name for the resource.
Data type String
- JNDI name
JNDI name of the resource.
Data type String
- Description
Description for the resource.
Data type String
- Category
Category string which can be used to classify or group the resource.
Data type String
- Authentication preference
Specifies which of the authentication mechanisms defined for the corresponding resource adapter applies to this connection factory. 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.
Data type Drop-down list
 
Related concepts
Relational resource adapters and JCA
Related tasks
Task overview: Accessing data from applications
Related
Administrative console preference settings
Administrative console scope settings