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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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Chapter 2 Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
Database Options
ACEManagementServeroffersthefollowingdatabaseoptions:
EmbeddedSQLitedatabase–ThedefaultmodeofACEManagementServerworkswithanembedded
SQLite3databaseengine.TheSQLitedatabaseengineisinitializedduringserverinstallationandrequires
nospecialconfiguration.The embeddeddatabasesupportsuptoseveralgigabytesofdata.
TheSQLitedatabaseisfilebasedandisnot
designedtobe effectivelysharedacrossmultipleprocesses.If
youusethird‐partytoolstoaccessthedatabaseforareadoperation,therefore,youcannotdependon
transactionalisolationofthependingwriteoperationsoftheACEManagementServer.
Theembeddeddatabaseisadequatefortestingpurposes,butVMwarerecommendsthat
youusean
externaldatabaseinproductionenvironments.
Supportedexternaldatabase–Inproductionenvironments,useasupportedexternaldatabaseasa
backingstoreforACEManagementServer,throughODBCconnectivity.Supportedexternaldatabase
enginesarethefollowing:
ForWindows‐basedACEManagementServer,useMicrosoftSQLServer(SQLServer2000orSQL
Server2005)orOracleDatabase10ginstalledonthesamesystemoradifferentWindowssystem
ForLinux‐basedACEManagementServer,usePostgreSQL7.4orhigherinstalledonthesame
systemoradifferentLinuxsystem
UsinganexternaldatabasewithACEManagementServeroffersthefollowingbenefits:
OnlinebackupsothatyoudonothavetoshutdownACEManagementServertobackupthe
database.
Enhancedsecuritymodel.Youcanfine‐tunepermissionstoaccesssensitivedata.TheSQLite
databaseengineprovidesfile‐systembasedsecurity.
Performancefine‐tuning.
Abilitytouseexternaldatabasemanagementandreportingtools.
AbilitytouseloadbalancerswithmultipleACEManagementServerinstances.Youmustusean
externalRDBMSasthebackingstore,becausetheSQLitedatabaseisnotdesignedtobeeffectively
sharedacrossmultipleprocesses.
Active Directory Authentication Options
ActiveDirectoryintegrationprovidesthefollowingbenefits:
PermitsjoininganoperatingsystemthatisrunninganACEinstancetothedomainremotely.
Providessearchfunctionssoyoucanquicklyfindaparticularindividualorgroup.
EnablesyoutouseActiveDirectoryUsersandGroupstoconfigurerole‐basedaccesstothefeaturesof
ACEManagementServer.
Performing Capacity Planning
ACEManagementServerenablesyoutomanageACEinstancesandpoliciesinrealtime.Thenumberof
clientsthatasingleACEManagementServercanservedependsonseveralkeyfactors:
Databasethroughputandscalability
LDAPthroughput(ifyouareusingActiveDirectory)
Networkbandwidthavailableforincomingclientrequests
N
OTEIfACEManagementServerisdeployedintheDMZ,useanexternaldatabaselocatedinsideyour
corporatenetworkbehindafirewall.