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Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
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Youusetheodbc.inifileforcreatingDSNsandtheodbcinst.inifilefordriverand
generalODBCsystemconfiguration.
To create a System DSN entry for a Linux database
1Asroot,usetheODBCConfigutilitytocreateaSystemDSNentry.
YoualsomustconfiguretheserveraddressandthedatabasenameintheDSNsettings.
ForinformationaboutusingunixODBC,
seetheunixODBCProjectWebpage.
TheODBCConfigutilitymakeschangestotheodbc.iniandodbcinst.inifiles.
2MakeanoteofthedatabaseDSN,username,andpassword.
Youcannowusethebrowser ‐basedACEManagementServerSetupapplicationto
connecttothisdatabase.
Increase the Number of Database Connections Allowed
Foroptimalserverperformance,ACEManagementServerstartsmultipleparallel
threads(onWindows)orprocesses(onLinux)listeningfortheincomingconnections
fromtheclients.Everyclientconnectiontypicallyrunsadatabasetransaction,soit
needstoopenadatabaseconnection.
ACEManagementServerusuallyrequiresasmanydatabaseconnectionsas
itdoes
parallelthreadsorprocessesforclientconnections.Iftheserverrunsoutofdatabase
connections,theclientsmightstartreceivingconnectionerrors.
FollowingisalistofthelocationsfortheApacheconfigurationfileandthetypical
defaultnumberofconnections:
ThedefaultinstallationofthePostgreSQLdatabaseon
RedHatEnterpriseLinuxallows
100 remoteconnections,whichislessthanthenumberofparallelthreadsthatthe
Apacheserverstartsbydefaultonthesameplatform.Changethisnumberifyouexpect
ahighvolumeofclientrequeststoyourserver(morethan100activeclients).
Platform Location Client Connections
Windows C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
ACE Management Server\Apache2\
conf\httpd.conf
250 (WinNTMPMsection)
RedHatEnterprise
Linux
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 256 (preforkMPMsection)
SUSELinux /etc/apache2/server-tuning.conf 150 (preforkMPMsection)
ACEManagement
Serverappliance
/etc/httpd/apache2.conf 20 (preforkMPMsection)