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The Registry

The registry provides a central location for the registration of all DevTest Server and DevTest Workstation components.

The registry tracks the locations of any DevTest run-time components and provides lookup to their locations for each registered component. The registry also provides the web consoles for server administration, reporting, CVS, and CA Continuous Application Insight. The common JMS provider that is used for the component-to-component communication is started and run in the registry process. The broker for DevTest-deployed Java agents is also in the registry.

The fully qualified name of the registry is tcp://hostname-or-IP-address:2010/registry-name. For example:

• tcp://localhost:2010/Registry
• tcp://myserver:2010/Registry
• tcp://myserver.example.com:2010/Registry
• tcp://172.24.255.255:2010/Registry

DevTest Workstation includes the Registry Monitor, which lets you monitor the test cases, simulators, coordinators, and virtual environments for a test suite.

The registry is associated with at least one lab, named the Default lab. If you create a coordinator, simulator, or VSE server without specifying a lab, then the server belongs to the Default lab.

Start the Registry

If the registry is not installed locally, log in to the server where it is installed. To start the registry, follow one of these steps.

Valid on Windows

• Open a command prompt, navigate to the LISA_HOME\bin directory, and enter the following command:

  Registry
  

• Click Start Menu, All Programs, DevTest, Registry.
• Double-click the Registry.exe file in the LISA_HOME\bin directory.

Valid on UNIX

• Open a terminal window, navigate to the LISA_HOME/bin directory, and enter the following command:

  ./Registry
  

Wait until the following message appears:

Registry Ready.

Create a Named Registry

To create a named registry, run the registry executable with the -n option:

LISA_HOME\bin\Registry -n RegistryName

The following examples create a registry with the name registry1.

Valid on Windows

cd C:\Lisa\bin
Registry -n registry1

Valid on UNIX

cd Lisa/bin
./Registry -n registry1

Change the Registry

While you are working in DevTest Workstation, you can switch to another registry.

Follow these steps:

1. Select System, Registry, Change DevTest Registry from the main menu.

   The Set DevTest Registry dialog appears.

2. Enter the registry name, or open the drop-down list and select a previously used registry.
3. Select or clear the check box.

   Selected: The Set DevTest Registry dialog opens when you start DevTest Workstation.

   Cleared: DevTest Workstation connects to the last connected registry on startup.

4. Click OK.