Configuring storage

Configure the location to store assets and information used by the server.

Before you begin

Note: In V7.5.1 and later, you cannot select Rational® ClearCase® for asset storage. However, if you used Rational ClearCase before V7.5.1, you can continue to use it.

About this task

If you used the server setup application to configure IBM® Rational Asset Manager, you would have configured disk storage in the server setup application.

You must configure three folders for storage for IBM Rational Asset Manager:

Persist folder: Asset content, including all artifacts, are stored in the Persist folder. The Persist type and location determine how and where assets will be stored. On a cluster, the persist folder must be on a shared drive that all servers on the cluster can access.
Local folder: The Local folder stores temporary and working files. It must be on a local hard drive for the server; it must not be a shared drive. If you are installing to a cluster, each node in the cluster must have its own local storage folder that is not shared with the other nodes. If you are installing multiple servers on the same physical node, the servers should all use the same physical local storage folder.
Index folder: The Index folder stores the search index. It must be on a local hard drive for the server; it must not be a shared drive.

Note:

Draft comment:
See RAM work item 27776. This content is duplicated in com-ibm-ram-installguide-doc/topics/postconf.dita

For Windows, if you are using a remote file server or a IBM WebSphere® Application Server cluster, the same Windows user account (user name and password) must be able to log on to every machine used by IBM Rational Asset Manager. Otherwise, will not be able to save files on different file servers.

To improve performance, all three folders should be on different hard drives.

Procedure

Log on to the Rational Asset Manager web client as an administrator.
Click Administration.
Click Configuration.
In the Disk Storage section of the Configuration page, from the Persist type list, select how you want to store assets.
If you are using the file system to store assets, type the location in the Persist folder field; for example, d:\RAMStorage.
On a cluster, the persist folder must be on a shared drive that all servers on the cluster can access. For Linux™ and UNIX™ systems, if the persist location is on a shared location on a remote system, the remote location must be mounted to a local directory on the IBM Rational Asset Manager server.
In the Local folder field, type the full path to the folder where you want to store data used by the web application; for example, e:\RAMlocalfolder.
This path cannot be the same as the one you provided for the persist folder. It must be on a local hard drive for the server; it must not be a shared drive.If you are installing to a cluster, each node in the cluster must have its own local storage folder that is not shared with the other nodes. If you are installing multiple servers on the same physical node, the servers should all use the same physical local storage folder.
In the Index folder field, type the full path to the folder where you want to store indexes. It must be on a local hard drive for the server; it must not be a shared drive.
Click Save.
Click Save.

What to do next

You should not change the folders after they have been configured. Once indexes have been created, if you change the index folder you will have to recreate the indexes.