GenTran 5.1 User Manual
Introducing Gentran:Server for Windows
Getting Started
Gentran:Server for Windows – November 2005
Gentran:Server for Windows User’s Guide
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Introducing Gentran:Server for Windows
Overview
Gentran:Server for Windows is a combined data translation, process control, and
communication system that operates within the Microsoft Windows environment.
This product is primarily designed for the translation and communication of EDI
and other similar types of data.
communication system that operates within the Microsoft Windows environment.
This product is primarily designed for the translation and communication of EDI
and other similar types of data.
Through the process control system, you can integrate Gentran:Server with a wide
variety of business applications in a manner that makes it a complementary
extension of the applications, rather than a cumbersome add-on.
variety of business applications in a manner that makes it a complementary
extension of the applications, rather than a cumbersome add-on.
System
components
The Gentran:Server system consists of several logical components.
Gentran:Server can be deployed in many ways in this environment through a
combination of a database, system data store, process controllers, communication
controllers, and user interface clients.
Gentran:Server can be deployed in many ways in this environment through a
combination of a database, system data store, process controllers, communication
controllers, and user interface clients.
Mandatory components
Each system must have a primary Gentran system controller, system data store,
and a database.
Each system must have a primary Gentran system controller, system data store,
and a database.
Database
The database is the relational database that Gentran:Server uses to store system
data. This database enables multiple users to access the same data. The other
components of the product interact with this database using ODBC
data. This database enables multiple users to access the same data. The other
components of the product interact with this database using ODBC
™ (Open
Database Connectivity), which allows for many different database management
systems on the database controller.
systems on the database controller.
Reference
See the Getting Support card to determine which database management systems
have been certified for use with Gentran:Server.
See the Getting Support card to determine which database management systems
have been certified for use with Gentran:Server.
System data store
The system data store serves as the repository of all shared Gentran:Server data.
The system data store may reside on any machine that is a file server to the
machines in the Gentran:Server system. There is only one system data store in the
Gentran:Server system, but the associated folders and files may be distributed
across multiple machines, if necessary.
The system data store may reside on any machine that is a file server to the
machines in the Gentran:Server system. There is only one system data store in the
Gentran:Server system, but the associated folders and files may be distributed
across multiple machines, if necessary.
Note
The machines where the system data store resides must be accessible by all
machines in the Gentran:Server system.
The machines where the system data store resides must be accessible by all
machines in the Gentran:Server system.