General server setup information‌

Solaris descriptors limit‌

On Solaris, the system limit on open descriptors per process must be set to at least 1024. To verify, enter this C shell command:

$ limit -h descriptors

If the limit is below 1024, the tunable kernel parameter rlim_fd_max must be increased.

  Linux Kernel size warning‌

The following message may be written to the Oracle Enterprise alert file on startup:

DIM Linux Warning: EINVAL creating segment of size 0x0000000002780000

To resolve this, go to /proc/sys/kernel and run the more command for the shmmax file to show its current size.

To temporarily resolve this change the value to 536870912 bytes:

% echo 536870912 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

This returns to the original value when the server is restarted.

To permanently change the shmmax value, edit the following file:

/etc/sysctl.conf

Insert the following and reboot the server:

kernel.shmmax = 536870912

Locations of demo process models‌

Check that the installer has created the following top-level deployment directories for the products associated with the "Typical, Stream Development" or "Typical, Non-Stream Development" demonstration process models.

If they are not present, manually create them:

%installdir%/../workareas/cm_typical/DEV
%installdir%/../workareas/cm_typical/LIVE
%installdir%/../workareas/cm_typical/PREPOD
%installdir%/../workareas/cm_typical/QA
%installdir%/../workareas/cm_typical/SIT
%installdir%/../workareas/cm_typical/WORK

Ownership of item libraries‌

During a standard installation all item libraries are owned by the system administrator (by default dmsys). Ensure that any additional item libraries are also owned by the system administrator and not the user root.

Integrate with Dimensions RM‌

If you are integrating with Dimensions RM, edit the Dimensions RM server rmcm.xml file to provide the Dimensions CM server URL.

  1. On the Dimensions RM web server system, navigate to: 

    <RM-Install-Directory>\conf

  2. Open the following configuration file in a text editor:

    rmcm.xml

  3. Update these lines with the Dimensions CM server information: 

    <project>
    <!-- CMServer url="http://localhost:8080" -->
    <CMServer url="" />
</project>

    If Dimensions CM is installed on the same system as the Dimensions RM web server and was installed with the default port number 8080, then this URL is correct.

Specify a whitelist of CM server connections‌

You can control which CM servers users can connect to by specifying a whitelist of base database and DSN combinations. All other connections are rejected.

  1. Open the server listener file: $installdir/dfs/listener.dat

  2. Add the following parameter:

    dsn_whitelist <basedatabse@DSN connection>,<
  basedatabse@DSN connection>...

    For example:

    -dsn_whitelist cm_typical@dim14,intermediate@dim14