IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence, Version 5.2.3.1

Managing database connection pool settings

You can use the Database Server Configuration page to manage the data source connection pool settings.

About this task

A database connection pool is a cache of connections to the database that can be modified to improve performance. You can use this task to configure the settings for the connections.

Procedure

  1. Go to the top level of the Appliance Dashboard click Configure.
  2. Under Manage External Entities, click Database Server Configuration.
  3. Select Identity data store and click either Configure or Reconfigure.
  4. Click the Connection Pool tab in the Edit Identity data store details window.
  5. Specify the values that you want to set for the connections.
    Connection timeout:
    Specifies the interval, in seconds, after which a connection request times out and a ConnectionWaitTimeoutException is thrown.
    Maximum connections:
    Specifies the maximum number of physical connections that you can create in this pool.
    Minimum connection:
    Specifies the minimum number of physical connections to maintain. The default is 5 connections.
    Attention: You must set this value to 0 for PostgreSQL.
    Reap time:
    Specifies the interval, in seconds, between runs of the pool maintenance thread.
    Unused timeout:
    Specifies the interval, in seconds, after which an unused or idle connection is discarded.
    Aged timeout:
    Specifies the interval in seconds before a physical connection is discarded.
  6. Click Save Configuration.