Optim Maintenance and Configuration Reference

A reference guide for maintaining and configuring Optim on distributed platforms.

Maintenance and Other Configuration Tasks
After you configure the first and any additional workstations, you are ready to start using Optim™. However, periodically, it may be necessary to perform other tasks that are available from the Tasks menu.
Product Options
Each workstation using Optim must reference a Product Configuration File. The path to the appropriate Product Configuration File is specified in Personal Options. You must use the Product Options dialog, however, to create a Product Configuration File.
Personal Options
You can use Personal Options to customize Optim for use at each workstation. Personal Options are recorded in the Windows Registry of the workstation.
Configure the server on UNIX or Linux
This section provides information needed to configure the Optim server on a UNIX or Linux® machine.
Server Credentials
This section provides information about credentials used with the Optim Server (Server) feature of Optim. The Server can be installed and run on a machine using supported versions of Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX®, or Linux; therefore, this appendix addresses credentials for all supported platforms.
Command Line Maintenance Tasks
Optim provides a Command Line Interface that allows you to perform certain configuration tasks on IBM®, UNIX or Linux platforms, without using the graphical user interface for Optim. You can run the Command Line Interface from the command line, in a batch or script file, or from another program.
Optim Security
Optim provides three types of security. For each Optim Directory, you may establish any or all of the following types of security: Functional Security, Object Security, and Archive File Security.
Security reports
Using the report process, you can create a report on the permissions for functional or object security privileges assigned to user and group accounts in your network.
Open Data Manager
Open Data Manager (ODM) provides access to data in archive files for programs that use the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) or Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Optim must be installed before installing ODM; however, ODM can be installed during the Optim installation process.
Converting PST and Optim Directory Objects
All PST Directories created prior to version 6.0 of the Princeton Softech products, Archive and the Relational Tools, require a conversion to be compatible with later versions. Additionally, any Optim Directory created prior to Optim version 6.2 on an SQL Server database must be converted.
Samples
The installation DVD provides sample data and files to be used with Optim. Sample database tables are not generally loaded until configuration but, when you install Optim, you can choose to install sample files.
Data Privacy Data Tables
Data privacy data tables are available to clients who have an Optim Data Privacy License. These tables allow you to mask company and personal data — such as employee names, customer names, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and email addresses — to generate transformed data that is both unique and valid within the context of the application. Generally, these data privacy tables are loaded when you configure the first workstation, but you also can load them independently or when you configure an additional DB Alias.
Uninstalling
To remove Optim from a workstation, use the Add/Remove Programs utility in the Windows Control Panel, as follows.
Audit
Audit is a facility that monitors Optim usage and obtains information about its execution. Optim writes audit records to an XML document in Optim Directory audit tables or sends the audit information to a Guardium® system.