Configuring Version Snapshots Repository

Version Snapshots Repository is maintained by Sentinel server. Server Studio serves just as GUI client to Sentinel server, which executes 'create snapshot' commands and puts schema snapshots to a repository database. A repository database is the embedded Cloudscape database located om Sentinel host comptuter. To retrieve information from Version Snapshots Repository, Server Studio connects to Sentinel server that hosts a repository and sends a command to retrieve specified version snapshot.

You can define which Sentinel server will host Version Snapshots Repository for each Informix IDS server independently from each other. Default setting in Server Studio is to use the same Sentinel server for all Informix instances defined in Server Studio. To define which Sentinel server (or multiple Sentinel servers) will host Version Snapshots Repository for each Informix instance choose Tools -> Preferences menu in Server Studio and switch to Version Snapshots node in the tree.

To configure Version Snapshots Repository location on Sentinel server:

Choose Sentinel server in Sentinel – Automation tab, connect to it and select Configure Sentinel menu. Note: you need to have Sentinel administrator permissions when connecting to Sentinel to make any changes in Sentinel configuration.
Switch to Repositories tab.
Press Edit button and enter directory path of Version Snapshots Repository database on Sentinel server. If you enter a new directory, the new Cloudscape database will be automatically created by Sentinel server. If you specify a directory that already contains a valid repository database, that repository will be used.