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Methods of execution

You can execute pcmadmin in the following ways; after executing the command, the Contenta User Login window appears (see "Logging into the Administration Tool").

  • Use a desktop shortcut by double-clicking it.
  • On a Windows client: from the Windows Start menu:
When wanting to:Use the shortcut:
view onlyStart > Programs > XyEnterprise > Contenta > Contenta Administration
modifyStart > Programs > XyEnterprise > Contenta > Contenta Administration

(Singleuser)

  • From a command line: from the Contenta_home > bin directory, enter:
OSCommand
Windowspcmadmin -dbase dbname@ODBC_DSN [-singleuser]
LinuxLinux pcmadmin -dbase dbname@SID [-singleuser]

where:

VariableDescription
dbnameis the name of the Contenta database
ODBC_DSN

(Windows only)

is the ODBC data source name (DSN)

If not specified, the default is used—as defined in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > XyEnterprise > Content@ > 3.0 > XYV_PDM_ODBC_DSN
SID

(Linux only)

is the system identifier as defined in the tnsnames.ora file.

If not specified, the default is used—as defined in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > XyEnterprise > Content@ > 3.0 > XYV_PDM_DATABASE_SID
[-singleuser}

is single user mode

This is an optional switch to be used when modifying the database.

Example

Linux: pcmadmin -dbase XyDoc@SID

Troubleshooting: If the XYE_PDM_DATABASE_SID variable is not defined an error message appears. If the error appears, set the variable to the proper Oracle service name as defined in the tnsnames.ora file.

Windows: pcmadmin -dbase XyDoc@ODBC_DSN

Troubleshooting: If the XYV_PDM_ODBC_DSN variable is not defined an error message appears. If the error appears, set the variable to the proper ODBC_DSN.

Troubleshooting: If the pcmadmin application login window does not appear or if it displays an error, check the following:

  • Set the license variable, sdlxysoft_LICENSE 5053@nodename. Do this on the command line before you issue the pcmadmin command.
  • If the error is “Cannot connect to SDL Contenta License Server. Contact your system administrator. Communications error with license server (171), Connection refused by server (111)” the RLM license port is blocked.