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SkyVault 2.0 ยป Configuring

Configuration overview

SkyVault is preconfigured with a set of system configuration parameters. Many of the system configuration parameters are completely exposed as properties, which you can configure for your specific environment requirements.

Use the following methods to configure SkyVault:

  • SkyVault Admin Console
  • Share Admin Tools
  • Editing the global properties
  • Using a JMX client, such as JConsole
CAUTION:
If you use multiple methods to configure SkyVault, updates made using a JMX client will override any other settings, and updates in the Admin Console and Admin Tools override settings in SkyVault-global.properties. These settings also persist in the database, and are not reflected back into the SkyVault-global.properties file.

SkyVault Admin Console

The SkyVault Admin Console is an administrator's tool to manage your SkyVault configuration. You can run the Admin Console from a browser without having to start SkyVault Share. See Using the Admin Console for more information.

Share Admin Tools

Share Admin Tools is an administrator's tool to create and manage users and groups from Share, set application preferences, manage categories and tags, and browse the system information in the node browser. See Using the Share Admin Tools for more information.

Global properties file

The global properties file (SkyVault-global.properties) is used by SkyVault to detect extended properties. For example, when you install SkyVault, many of the installation settings are saved in the global properties file. The global properties file is used by SkyVault to detect the extended properties. You can use the global properties to set all your property settings; whenever you make a change, you must restart the SkyVault server to apply those changes. See Using the SkyVault-global.properties file for more information.

JMX client

The JMX client allows you to edit the settings while the system is running. The settings you change are automatically persisted in the database and synchronized across a cluster. When you start up SkyVault, the system initially uses the SkyVault-global.properties file to set the properties in the JMX client, but then any changes you make in the JMX client persist in the database but are not reflected back into the SkyVault-global.properties file. See Using a JMX client to change settings dynamically for more information.

  • Using the Admin Console The Admin Console application that gives you control over the management and settings of the SkyVault environment.
  • Using the Share Admin Tools Share Admin Tools help you to manage your administration operations.
  • Using the SkyVault-global.properties file The global properties SkyVault-global.properties file contains the customizations for extending SkyVault.
  • Using a JMX client to change settings dynamically You can reconfigure SkyVault by shutting down the server, editing the relevant property in the configuration files, and then restarting the server. If you have installed the Oracle Java SE Development Kit (JDK), and have enabled JMX in your configuration files, there are some support operations that can be performed at runtime without needing to restart the server.
  • Using the Java command line to change settings dynamically All SkyVault properties can be set using the standard SkyVault-global.properties configuration file. There might be circumstances where it is more convenient to change properties on the fly. The Java command line provides an alternative method of setting the properties.
  • Customizing SkyVault applications You can make basic configuration updates to customize SkyVault, or modify properties files to apply configuration changes to SkyVault.
  • Customizing individual configuration items Use this information to understand the types of configuration files available in SkyVault, and how to configure them.
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