Setting up a UNIX client that does not use NFS

About this task

To set up a client that does not use NFS:

Procedure

  1. If you have multiple installations, or if you do not have any installation below, or linked from,
    /usr/local/ccm, set CCM_HOME, and PATH. Otherwise, skip this step.
       $ CCM_HOME=ccm_home
       $ PATH=$CCM_HOME/bin:$PATH
       $ export CCM_HOME PATH

    ccm_home is the directory into which Rational Synergy is installed.

  2. Be sure that the following requirements are met:
    • For traditional mode sessions, you must enable either rsh or ESD on the server to allow remote UNIX clients.

      If ESD is not in use, engine hosts must trust the users and machines. Configure your.rhosts or hosts.equiv file accordingly.

    • For traditional mode sessions, you must enable either rexec or ESD on the server for Windows clients.
    • The database server must trust ccm_root on the engine machines, regardless of whether ESD is in use.

      Configure the ccm_root.rhosts or hosts.equiv file accordingly.

    • The client must be able to resolve the name or IP address of the server.
    • On the client, the ccm_root user ID (UID) and group ID (GID) must match the server.
    • $CCM_HOME must be the same on the client and server.

      Create a copy of the installation on the server so it appears on the client in the same path.

    • The $CCM_HOME/etc/.router.adr file on the client must point to the correct host and port on the server.
  3. Load the software.
  4. Start a Rational Synergy session.
    • For a Web mode session, enter:

      $ cmsynergy -h engine_host_name -d ccmdb

      Note: Web mode sessions only support copy-based work areas.
    • For a traditional mode session, enter:

      $ cmsynergy -s server_url -d ccmdb

      To set Rational Synergy to start in copy-based mode, you must change an entry either in the $CCM_HOME/etc/ccm.properties file or the $HOME/.ccm.user.properties file.
      Enter the following setting in the file:

      user.allow.link.based.workareas=false

      Setting this value to anything other than false causes Synergy to start in link-based mode. The value is not case-sensitive.

      Users on distributed UNIX installations not using NFS must start sessions using the ccm start -rc remote client option. This ensures that necessary libraries located under the database path are visible to the UI process.


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