Server

The Content Manager OnDemand server maintains a central database about the reports stored in Content Manager OnDemand. The database also contains information about the objects defined to the system, such as users, groups, printers, application groups, applications, folders, migration policies and storage sets.

The server processes client logons, queries, and print requests and updates to the database. The server also maintains documents on disk storage and, optionally, works with the archive storage manager to maintain documents on archive media, such as optical and tape. The server loads data, retrieves documents, and expires documents.

The Content Manager OnDemand server environment contains several components:
  • A request manager that provides client, network, and operating system services, security, and accounting.
  • A database manager that maintains the index data for the reports that you store on the system.
  • Database control information about the users, groups, application groups, applications, folders, storage sets, and printers that you define on the system. The control information determines who can access the system, the folders that a user can open, and the application group data that a user can query and retrieve.
  • A disk storage manager that maintains documents on disk. Disk storage is for high-speed access to the most frequently used documents.
  • An archive storage manager, which is for the long-term storage of one or more copies of documents on archive media, such as optical and tape.
  • Data indexing programs. These programs create index data and collect required resources (if present). Content Manager OnDemand provides several indexing programs. The OS/400® Indexer can be used to index a variety of data types, and is the most common Content Manager OnDemand indexer for spooled files. The Content Manager OnDemand PDF Indexer can be used to create index data for Adobe Acrobat PDF files. The Content Manager OnDemand Generic Indexer can be used to process index data for almost any other type of data that you want to store on the system, such as HTML documents, Lotus® WordPro documents, TIFF files, and so forth.
  • Data loading programs that can be set up to automatically store report data into application groups and update the database.
  • Archived reports and resources.
  • A server print facility that allows users to reprint a large volume of documents at high speed. Content Manager OnDemand requires PSF (a product option of IBM® i), if you plan to use the Content Manager OnDemand server print function for AFP documents or if you plan to use server fax for any documents in Content Manager OnDemand.
  • Content Manager OnDemand management programs to maintain the Content Manager OnDemand database and documents on disk.
  • A system logging facility that provides administrators with tools to monitor server activity and respond to specific events as they occur. The interface to the system logging facility is through the System Log folder and the System Log user exit within Content Manager OnDemand.
The following topics provide additional information:
  • The Content Manager OnDemand request manager
  • The Content Manager OnDemand database manager
  • The Content Manager OnDemand storage manager
  • Data indexing and loading
  • Content Manager OnDemand management programs