Middleware Team

Documentum upgrade project: from D2-Config 3.1 to D2-Config 4.1

During a migration from D2-Config 3.0 to D2-Config 4.1, we have encountered 2 issues. In order to have a clean installation and the insurance of being able to backup the configuration, we have decided to perform a(…)

Documentum upgrade project: Configuring NTLM SSO for D2 3.1 SP1

The Documentum D2 3.1 SP1 release is kind of a mix between D2 4.1 APIs (using D2FS in backend) and D2 3.1 front-end. It needs SSO to be fully implemented and the configuration has to be applied for 3.1(…)

Documentum upgrade project: Wrong icons in D2 search results with xPlore

After migrating from “Fast” to “xPlore” Documentum full-text search engine, our team discovered wrong icons in D2 search results. Documents in checked-out state continued to be displayed with the normal icon, even if xPlore indexed attribute value for “r_lock_owner”.

Documentum upgrade project: ADTS local user or domain user?

ADTS local user or domain user: Which user should I choose as the installation owner? This question is important if you are installing a new Advanced Document Transformation Services (ADTS).  You can opt for a domain user in order to(…)

Java get Class names from package String in classpath

As a Java developer you probably used to know about reflexion. However, in order to keep your software architecture flexible, some functionalities are sometimes not provided out of the box by the JVM. In my particular case, I(…)

Documentum: some useful queries (DQL/IAPI)

In this blog post I want to sharing some useful DQL and IAPI queries that I am using all the time. They are more dedicated to Documentum support/debug and grouped by components. In order to use them, I recommend Qdman:(…)

Java Mission Control 5.2 (7u40) deserves your attention

Recently, some new versions of java were made available. Most people think Java updates are boring and only security-oriented. But one of the last updates (7u40) includes a feature which deserves attention. I mean Java Mission Control 5.2. Hotspot incoming(…)

Understanding JVM Java memory leaks

Lots of people think that Java is free of memory management as the JVM uses a Garbage Collector. The goal of this collector is to free objects that are no longer used in the program without the developer being(…)

Oracle Java EE 7 – an overview

After announcing the availability of Oracle Java Enterprise Edition 7 (Java EE 7 or JEE7), Oracle organized a web event for the launch, covering topics such as the new features and the java community as well as showing some examples(…)

A comparison of Java Virtual Machines: Hotspot JVM vs JRockit JVM

You might know that there are many JVMs available today, but do you know the difference between them? In this blog I will not state all JVMs as it will take too much time 🙂 But I will talk about(…)