When the required physical connections are made so that users can access data at a location remote to your node, additional preparation is required. As the administrator, you must make sure:
As described in Order of Evaluation to Determine Location, the location of data to be used by an application is resolved according to a specific order of evaluation. However, you can set a default location for use in a user’s session when a more explicit value is not provided. Two tools are provided with TIBCO Object Service Broker that you can use to manage this default value:
You can access a list of node names that are available to your local node through the Resource Management facility from the TIBCO Object Service Broker Administration menu.
If you specify TIBCO Object Service Broker security using the SECURITY External Environment parameter, security is local to the data and must be defined at the location where it is stored. You must ensure that the following security requirements are met at the local and remote nodes in order for a user to access remote data.
If local user login is authenticated through an external security provider, when accessing a remote node the security requirement for a corresponding user ID and password is no longer applicable.
In instances where both TIBCO Object Service Broker security and an external security provider are in use, the authentication process checks for TIBCO Object Service Broker security parameters first. If these are not in place, external security parameters are used.
In a distributed data environment, if data integrity is to be ensured, you must make sure that the Fail Safe level is set to two on each node that is being accessed.
Installing and Operating for your operating environment for more information about the Resource Management facility.
TIBCO Object Service Broker Managing Security for further information on each of the security types described.
Managing Backup and Recovery for your operating environment for detailed information about Fail Safe levels and processing.