The Server option allows users to define tasks on a workstation and direct resource-intensive data processing functions to a machine more suited to the task. When a task requires the movement, processing, or storage of very large volumes of data, the request can be defined at the workstation in the normal way, then directed for remote processing on the machine hosting the Server. If this machine is the machine on which the database is running, network traffic associated with the movement of data is eliminated. You can also install the Server on a machine dedicated to the Server function. In addition, a Server is required to process from a database residing in a UNIX environment and to support access to archived data using IBM®'s Open Data Manager.
To configure the Server option on a Windows workstation, you must first install Optim, and run the Configuration program to configure the workstation and enable it as a Server. (Refer to Enable/Disable this Machine as an Optim Server.)
After you activate the workstation as a Server, you must configure it using the Optim Server Settings applet from the Control Panel.
Double-click the Optim icon in the Windows Control Panel to run the Optim Server Settings applet, which allows you to provide settings unique to the server, such as the path and executable file name for each database loader, connection strings for all DB Aliases, and protocols for access to the server.

The tabs on the Optim Server Settings dialog are described in the following paragraphs. Detailed information is provided in the following sections.
As part of the installation process, you create entries in the Current User registry.
You can keep Local Machine registry entries for the Server separate from those for the user by entering information in the Optim Server Settings dialog. Settings on the Optim Configuration dialog pertain only to the Server component, not to the currently logged on user.
For information about user credentials required to run the Server, refer to Server Credentials.