In Configure Server you can change settings for a Metrics Management server, including security and connectivity settings. Any changes you make are not reflected until you restart the server application or Metrics Management service.
How to configure the server
1 Choose File➛Open Servers and Databases.
2 In the Navigation Pane, choose Server Tools➛Configure Server.
3 In Name, to change the default server name, which is your computer name, type a new name in Server name. This name describes the server to end users. The maximum number of characters is 64. Figure 10‑20 shows an example of a default server name.
Figure 10‑20 Changing the default server name
4 In Security, choose whether to enforce Windows security for users who perform server and database maintenance functions. To restrict access to maintenance functions by Metrics Management workstations, select Enforce Windows security on server and database tools, as shown in Figure 10‑21. To set additional security requirements for a remote administrator, select one of the following Windows login options:
Single Windows account (Metrics Management server login account)
User must log in to the Windows account that runs the Metrics Management server
All login accounts that belong to this Windows user group
User must belong to the specified Windows user group
Figure 10‑21 Choosing to enforce Windows security
5 In Communication, shown in Figure 10‑22, you can change and reset connectivity settings. Actuate recommends that you take a database offline before changing these settings. Perform any of the following optional tasks:
Change the Server IP address. When installing, Metrics Management checks the IP address of the server. If the server has multiple IP addresses or network cards, you may need to change the IP address on which the Metrics Management server communicates.
Specify the ports on which the Metrics Management Server communicates. The default ports are 17326 and 13000. If your organization has port restrictions, you can define different communication ports for Metrics Management. Specify the ports in Server TCP/IP port and Management Server Port. If the same server runs IIS and Metrics Management, port 80 is not available because IIS has exclusive use of port 80.
Define the client time-out and retry values for contacting the server. Adjusting these values can help to overcome issues with network latency.
Adjust the Windows Session Time-out value to define when the Metrics Management server closes an inactive session.
Figure 10‑22 Defining connectivity settings
6 In Applications, shown in Figure 10‑23, perform any of the following optional tasks:
To specify the behavior of the server when Windows generates a low battery alert, in Server (psvsrvr), select an action in Action to take on low battery condition.
To specify the behavior of the server when Windows tries to suspend the computer in power saving mode, in Server (psvsrvr), select an action in Action to take on suspend request.
To run the database server in the foreground in the Windows computer on which it is running, in Database (psvdb), select Show user interface. You must also run the Metrics Management server as a foreground server.
To specify the time-out period that the Metrics Management server observes before shutting down the Metrics Management database server, choose a value in Database time out (ms).
Figure 10‑23 Defining power-saving and time-out settings
7 In Database, shown in Figure 10‑24, to change the default Standard database engine instance, choose Select instance. In Browse for Standard database engine instances, select an instance and choose OK.
Figure 10‑24 Defining the default Standard database engine instance
Single Windows account (Metrics Management server login account)
