Enterprise content management

Two techniques for cloning a repository filestore, part II

This is part II of a two-part article. In part I, we introduced the Documentum repository file structure and saw a first way to transfer content files(…)

Two techniques for cloning a repository filestore, part I

I must confess that my initial thought for the title was “An optimal repository filestore copy”. Optimal, really ? Relatively to what ? Which variable(s) define(s) the optimality ? Speed/time to clone ? Too dependent on the installed hardware and(…)

Documentum CS 7.* – 777 permission on jobs log

A few weeks ago at a customer, our team was involved in a security control. We tracked files with 777 permission and we detected that logs generated by Documentum jobs have 777 permissions.

Pass Summit – dbi visit day 4 (2)

Power BI 5 top custom visuals The development of Power BI itself is fast. But, the means to represent data is too. I mean there are constantly new Power BI custom visuals developed by the community and Microsoft. You(…)

A Graphical Overview of a Repository

As the saying goes, “A Picture Is Worth A Thousands Words”. I’d add “And A Simple Graph Is Worth A Long, Abstruse List of Numbers”. And of words too, so let’s show off a little bit:(…)

A SQLite extension for gawk (part II)

Welcome to part II of a three-part article on extending gawk with a SQLite binding. Part I is here. Part II is followed by(…)

An SQLite extension for gawk (part I)

Quick: what is the most used database management system on our planet ? Oracle ? Wrong. SQL server ? Wrong again ! MySQL ? You’re almost there. It’s SQLite. Surprised ? I must confess that I was too. Actually, SQLite(…)

Documentum – Checking warnings&errors from an xPlore full re-index

When working with xPlore as a Full Text Server (indexing), there are a few ways to perform a full re-index. You can potentially do it from the IndexAgent UI, from the Dsearch UI, from the file system (with an ids.txt(…)

Documentum – Silent Install – xPlore IndexAgent

In previous blogs, we installed in silent the Documentum binaries (CS), a docbroker (+licence(s)(…)

A SQLite extension for gawk (part III)

Welcome to part III of a three-part article on extending gawk with a SQLite binding. Part I is here. Part II is(…)