Documentum Administrator (DA) is a web-based tool that allows administrators to perform system administration and monitoring activities on Documentum Docbases, servers, federations, etc.
To access Documentum Administrator and connect to the respective Docbase and configure/monitor the various Docbase objects, all that a system administrator requires is a web browser. DA is an extremely powerful tool that assists an administrator in performing routine administrative tasks and scores of other activities.
A few of the tasks that can be carried out using Documentum Administrator are:
It is worth mentioning that Documentum Administrator has been developed using the WDK framework. We will explore Documentum Administrator further in the subsequent chapters of this book. For now, simply understand that it is a browser-based application used for Content Server administrative tasks.
Documentum Administrator software is installed as a web application on supported application server platforms such as Tomcat, BEA WebLogic, WebSphere, and Oracle AS. In this chapter, we will install Documentum Administrator and Web Publisher on Apache Tomcat.
Please keep the following prerequisites in mind before we proceed with the installation and configuration of Documentum Administrator.
The table shown in figure 9.1 lists some of the prerequisites for installing Documentum Administrator:
Entity |
Comments |
---|---|
Content Server and DocBroker |
The Application server machine hosting DA should be able to access the DocBroker host for the Docbase in question. |
Installation owner |
Documentum recommends using the same installation owner to install application server and DA. Limitations for installation owner's user name:
|
Application Server |
Before installing DA, the supported Application Server should be installed and configured properly. |
Application Server machine |
600 MB hard disk space, 1 GB RAM and minimum 800 MHz CPU. (Documentum does not recommend installing DA on the Content Server host due to security reasons) |
Browser machine |
The Browser Windows machine accessing DA should have 5 MB hard disk space, 128 MB Free RAM, and an 800 MHz CPU. |
Others |
For supported combinations of Windows OS, Browser versions and JRE, Application Server versions and JDK, please refer to Release Notes from Documentum. |
To begin, download the following:
Administrator_5.2.5_SP2_windows.exe
) from the Documentum site.jakarta-tomcat-4.1.30.exe
from the Apache Jakarta Tomcat homepage (http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/)We will now mention the steps involved in installing Documentum Administrator 5.2.5 SP2:
JAVA_HOME:
This is the Java installation directory, for example, C:j2sdk1.4.2
CATALINA_HOME:
This is the Tomcat installation directory, for example, C:Tomcat 4.1
Run the batch file startup.bat
located under %CATALINA_HOME%in
.
Once Tomcat has started up, open the default Tomcat page by invoking the following URL from your web browser: http://<app server host>:<port>/index.jsp
.
Administrator_5.2.5_SP2_windows.exe
on the application server host as the application server installation owner. Run the daWinSetup.exe
executable.(C:Program FilesDocumentum)
is shown. Either choose a different destination directory or continue with the default and click the Next button.C:Documentum
) is shown. Either choose a different user directory or continue with the default and click the Next button. C:DocumentumcontentXferda
. http://<app server name>:<port>/da
.If you have specified a virtual directory other than da, then substitute da
in the above URL with the name you have specified.
We have reached the last rung of the ladder as far as Documentum WCM software installation is concerned for our purposes. Having installed Documentum Administrator, we can now go ahead and install Web Publisher 5.2.5 SP2 on the same application server host that is hosting DA.
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