The PROMON utility lets you disconnect secondary brokers without issuing a process kill signal. Secondary brokers let you manage the configuration for a specific group of end users, such as ABL clients, SQL clients, or both.

This option reduces potential database downtime. For more information, see Server Options in Manage the OpenEdge Database.

To support continuous operation, the server's ID number and the server's user ID are now stored as separate fields, Sv No and SvUsr No. These fields, which apply only to remote clients and display on:
  • The User Control screen
  • The Servers and Servers by broker screens in R&D Status Displays
  • The Terminate a Server/Secondary Broker screen in R&D Administrative Functions