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...
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Documentum – A first experience with the Life Sciences Suite 16.6.1 silent...
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...
View ArticleDocumentum – 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...
View ArticleDocumentum – 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 Oracle...
View ArticleDocumentum – 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...
View ArticleDocumentum – 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...
View ArticleDocumentum – 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...
View ArticleDocumentum – D2 Folder structure import failure with wsctf browser plugin
Earlier today, I talked about the Export/Download that wasn’t working randomly. In the end, it was both linked to the wsctf browser plugin (that didn’t provide the necessary cookies in the download...
View ArticleDocumentum – DA fail to load if accessed after D2 because of ESAPI
In some specific cases, you might have faced an issue where Documentum Administrator is loading properly but then suddenly it’s not working anymore and all you did in between was accessing D2. I don’t...
View ArticleDocumentum – xPlore installer refuses to start because of ‘Multiple launches’
While working with xPlore, you might have faced before a message saying that an xPlore installer refused to start because it is not allowed to run multiple instances at the same time. This could have...
View ArticleDocumentum Upgrade – Corrupt Lockbox with CS 16.4
A couple months ago, I was working on an upgrade project from Documentum 7.x to 16.4. During this upgrade, I faced a few issues so I will try to write some blogs about all that in the coming weeks,...
View ArticleDocumentum Upgrade – Duplicate JMS and ACS config objects
I have seen several times in the past duplicate JMS and/or ACS objects created by OpenText (and Dell/EMC before) installers. I opened several tickets with the OpenText Support over the past 4/5 years...
View ArticleDocumentum Upgrade – dm_DataDictionaryPublisher with wrong target server
As part of the same migration & upgrade project I talked about in previous blogs already (corrupt lockbox & duplicate objects), I have seen a strange but consistent behavior in each upgrade...
View ArticleDocumentum Upgrade – Switch from Lockbox to AEK key
As you probably know already, Documentum removed the support for RSA Libraries and RSA Lockbox starting with Documentum version 16.7. This means that if you are planning to upgrade to 16.7 or higher...
View ArticleDocumentum – D2-REST Privileged Client utility 16.7+ fails with class not found
In previous blogs, I already talked about how to fix issues with the D2 Privileged Client utility (for 16.4.0, 16.5.0 and 16.5.1) as well as how to execute/use this utility for automatic/silent...
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Documentum Upgrade – Missing DARs after upgrade
As part of the same migration & upgrade project I talked about in previous blogs already (corrupt lockbox, duplicate objects & wrong target_server), I have seen a very annoying and, this time,...
View ArticleDocumentum – Change/Rename of LDAP Config object
Using an LDAP Server with Documentum (or any ECM for that matter) is pretty common to avoid managing users locally. In this blog, I wanted to talk about something that isn’t very common and that is the...
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Documentum Upgrade – Castor is locked!
One of the best practices while doing upgrade of Documentum is to unlock the various repository objects before starting. This will make sure that if the upgrade process requires an update of some...
View ArticleDocumentum – DARs installation fails Java 11
As you probably heard if you weren’t in an underground bunker for the past 2 years, Oracle changed the licensing of the Oracle JDK. If you want to read more about it, there is a good FAQ here. This...
View ArticleDocumentum – Some things to take care of when migrating/upgrading
Over the years I have been working with Documentum, I participated in many migrations and/or upgrades. Just like everything else, this obviously builds up some experience but what if you are pretty new...
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