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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
ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
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Create a System DSN Entry for a Linux Database
OnLinuxsystems,youuseatexteditorortheODBCConfiggraphical(X11)utilitytocreateasystemDSNentry.
TheODBCConfigutilitymimicstheWindowsODBCDataSourcesControlPanelplug‐in.
Beforeyoubegin,determinethecorrectODBCdriver:
OnRedHatEnterpriseServer,thedriverislocatedat/usr/lib/libodbcpsql.so.
OnSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9,thedriverislocatedat/user/lib/unixODBC/libodbcpsql.so.2.
TheDSNconfigurationfortheunixODBCpackageisstoredinthe/etcdirectory(/etc/unixODBCfor
SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer).
IfyouareusingtheACEManagementServerappliance,see“SetUpaConnectionBetweentheServer
Applianceand
anExternalDatabase”onpage 31.
Youusetheodbc.inifileforcreatingDSNsandtheodbcinst.inifilefordriverandgeneralODBCsystem
configuration.
To create a System DSN entry for a Linux database
1Asroot,usetheODBCConfigutilitytocreateaSystemDSNentry.
YoualsomustconfiguretheserveraddressandthedatabasenameintheDSNsettings.
For
informationaboutusingunixODBC,seetheunixODBCProjectWebpage.
TheODBCConfigutilitymakeschangestotheodbc.iniandodbcinst.inifiles.
2MakeanoteofthedatabaseDSN,username,andpassword.
Youcannowusethebrowser‐basedACEManagementServerSetupapplicationtoconnecttothisdatabase.
Increase the Number of Database Connections Allowed
Foroptimalserverperformance,ACEManagementServerstartsmultipleparallelthreads(onWindows)or
processes(onLinux)listeningfortheincomingconnectionsfromtheclients.Everyclientconnectiontypically
runsadatabasetransaction,soitneedstoopenadatabaseconnection.
ACEManagementServerusuallyrequiresasmanydatabaseconnectionsas
itdoesparallelthreadsor
processesforclientconnections.Iftheserverrunsoutofdatabaseconnections,theclientsmightstartreceiving
connectionerrors.
Table 4‐1includesalistofthelocationsfortheApacheconfigurationfileandthetypicaldefaultnumberof
connections:
Table 4-1. Apache Configuration File Locations and Default Client Connections
ThedefaultinstallationofthePostgreSQL
databaseonRedHatEnterpriseLinuxallows100 remote
connections,whichislessthanthenumberofparallelthreadsthattheApacheserverstartsbydefaultonthe
sameplatform.Changethisnumberifyouexpectahighvolumeofclientrequeststoyourserver(morethan
100activeclients).
Platform Location Client Connections
Windows C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ACE
Management Server\Apache2\
conf\httpd.conf
250 (WinNTMPMsection)
RedHatEnterpriseLinux /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 256 (preforkMPMsection)
SUSELinux /etc/apache2/server-tuning.conf 150 (preforkMPMsection)
ACEManagementServer
appliance
/etc/httpd/apache2.conf 20 (preforkMPMsection)