Documentum content management system, like any other existing CMS in the market, requires system administration and monitoring to ensure the smooth running of the system.
While Web Publisher serves as a simple-to-use content authoring tool in the WCM architecture, Documentum Administrator, which is another web-based tool, is primarily used for Documentum system administration. Similar to Web Publisher, Documentum Administrator can be accessed via the supported web browsers. Like Web Publisher, Documentum Administrator requires an application server host where it can be installed.
Once installed, Documentum Administrator serves as an excellent tool to perform and manage a wide range of operations on Documentum Docbases, for example:
- Configure and maintain Documentum servers and Docbases
- Create and maintain Documentum users, groups, and roles
- Create and maintain object types and their attributes
- Create and maintain Documentum jobs and methods
- Create and maintain formats and permission sets(ACLs)
- Create and maintain Docbase federations
- Create and maintain storage areas
- Create and maintain site publishing configurations
- Execute DQL queries and API commands
- Monitor resource usage
- Audit management
The various system administration tasks that can be performed via Documentum Administrator require appropriate user privileges.
For example, audit configuration and purging requires the user to have the 'config audit' and 'purge audit' privileges respectively.
In the absence of the necessary privileges, Documentum Administrator cannot be used for system administration purposes.
Figure 4.3 shows a simple DQL query that has been fired using the DQL Editor in Documentum Administrator.
Figure 4.3: Executing a DQL query within Documentum Administrator