Morgan Patou

Documentum – D2 Export/Download random failure with wsctf browser plugin

The D2 clients were, until recently (D2 version 16.4 included), working by default with the java plugin mode and therefore, many actions were using a JVM on the client workstation. This setting can be controlled/set in the “WEB-INF/classes/settings.properties” file of(…)

Documentum – Rename of Lockbox on RCS/CFS

As you probably know, Documentum introduced the optional use of a Lockbox since version 7. It was done initially to contribute to the security of the AEK key which is one of the central components of a Content Server. Time(…)

Documentum – dm_DMFilescan fails with invalid method_verb?

Recently in a project, one of the Documentum environments we were working on started showing failure on the execution of the dm_DMFilescan job and only this one. After a couple minutes of investigation, I quickly found the root cause of(…)

Documentum – LSS registerOracleVersionView script with wrong content

As discussed in a previous blog, working with LSS might prove a little bit challenging from time to time. In this blog, I wanted to share an error I saw while installing LSS 16.6.1 on an(…)

Documentum – D2-Smartview class cast exception

D2-Smartview is a new UI that OpenText now provides starting with the version 16 of D2. It’s a lightweight UI that can perform some of the actions that D2 does. The list of features will probably increase with time but(…)

Documentum – A first experience with the Life Sciences Suite 16.6.1 silent installation

A few months ago, I was working on automating an LSS installation for a customer so I thought about sharing my experience around that topic… LSS is the Life Sciences product from OpenText (formerly EMC->Dell->OpenText). It can be split into(…)

Documentum – Java exception stack on iAPI/iDQL login

Recently, I was doing some sanity checks on a Documentum Server and I saw a Java exception stack while logging in using iAPI/iDQL to a Repository. It was reproducible for all Repositories. I’ve never seen something like that before (or(…)

Documentum – Connection to docbrokers and Repositories inside K8s from an external DFC Client

How can you connect an external DFC Client to docbrokers and Repositories hosted on Kubernetes Pods? That seems to be a very simple question yet it might prove difficult… Let’s talk about this challenge in this blog and possible solutions/workarounds.

WebLogic Server – Automatic/Silent setup of a SAML2 SSO

In a previous blog, I explained how it is possible to create an LDAP/LDAPs Authentication Provider on WebLogic. My initial goal wasn’t just to setup an LDAP/LDAPs on WebLogic Server. That was only a first step(…)

WebLogic Server – Automatic/Silent creation of an LDAP Authentication Provider

In a previous blog, I explained how it is possible to create an LDAP/LDAPs connection from a Documentum Content Server automatically/silently (without any need for a GUI). So I thought I would do the same thing(…)