Verifying the installation
Follow these procedures to test and verify the critical parts of the new Content Manager installation.
About this task
In general the following should never result in an error and cause no harm on a production system. Testing more complex setups, such as the batch servers is out-of-scope.
Procedure
- Sign in to Organize Space as an existing user.
For example, go to http://servername/ISHCS/OrganizeSpace/ and sign in using an existing username and password, or the admin name and password.
- Test the inbox by going to Content > Inbox and selecting an inbox from the list.
The test is successful if the contents of the inbox are displayed in the content pane as a list.
- Create a folder in the repository:
- On the top tab level, select the Content tab.
- On the second tab level, select the Structure Content tab.
- Create a folder by selecting Add new > Folder.
- In the dialog that opens, enter a name and select the content type None.
- Select Save.
The test is successful if the folder is created (shown in the folde tree on the left, and in the list on the right). After verifying, remove the folder after verifying by selecting it in the list and selecting Delete from the button toolbar.
- Test publishing; if a publication is not available, skip this test.
- On the top tab level, select the Content tab.
- On the second tab level, select the Structure Content tab.
- In the folder tree, navigate to a folder that contains a publication and double-click it in the list.
- In the detail view of the publication that appears, expand a version and select a language and output.
- Select Publish.
A dialog opens, explaning that publishing has started. The publication output status changes to Pending.
The test is successful if the output status changes to Draft; refresh the view to confirm that the status changes to Draft. - Execute a full text search:
- On the top tab level, select the Content tab.
- On the second tab level, select the Search tab.
- Enter a term in the input box.
Be sure to enter a word that you know exists in your topics. For example, enter the search word: the.
- Select Search.
The test is successful if search results are displayed in the right pane. - Verify web services, synchronization, and network availability by starting the Client Tools such as Publication Manager, Condition Manager or Authoring Bridge.
The test is successful if you can view the repository through the client tools and can view or preview a topic in the repository.
- Verify requested customizations to your system such as PDF stylesheets, extra metadata, or extra development for integration with other systems (such as TMS, PLMs, SingleSignOns).
Ask your Content Manager administrator or documentation manager what customizations, if any, were requested.
- Verifying URLs
If your environment includes reverse proxy servers, after you install Content Manager, you need to check that certain URLs are accessible. - Verify read access to the database by viewing an inbox
To verify read access to the database, request to view an inbox in Organize Space. - Verify read and write access to the database by creating a folder
Create, modify, and delete actions are handled through transactions and verifies read and write access to the database. - Creating an account and connecting to the Repository
Before you can use Content Importer, you need to set up your user account. If you installed Content Importer on a system where Publication Manager is already installed, the user account settings are recognized. - Running a client tool
When started, the client tools verify availability of the synchronization website and web services. - Testing publishing
You can test the publish functionality if your database contains topics, maps and publications, and it is configured to render an output type. - Executing the full text search
You can test the search functionality if the database contains content. - Verifying customer specific components
If you requested customizations of the out-of-the-box Content Manager software, a check that they were delivered is recommended at this time.