Content of the config.ini file for Management Engine

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Content of the config.ini file for Management Engine

Permanent constants

Config.ini file contains permanent (base) and possible constants. Firstly, draw your attention to all basic parameters that are usually specified during Management Engine installation.

[Reporting]
Protocol=
Server=
BackupServer=
User=
Password=
BPCode=
ProvisioningScript=
ProvisioningConfig=

Protocol means a type of connection and could have following possible parameters:

• FTPS[:port]
• WEBDAVS[:port] (combination of WebDAV protocol with SSL/TLS protocol)

443 port will be set by default if port value is not specified.

Server means stats server address that depends on protocol specified:

• FTPS: Server=server_IP_address or host_name
• WEBDAVS: Server=WEBDAV_server_IP_address

BackupServer means store server address that depends on protocol specified:

• FTPS: Server=server_IP_address or host_name
• WEBDAVS: Server=WEBDAV_server_IP_address

User means the name of user that has full control over “common_user\status” folder where all statistics information stores.

Password means user’s password.

ProvisioningScript means the path to the script that creates/deletes a record for the account in the authorization system on the server.

ProvisioningConfig means a set of keys which are used to access the server authorization system (e.g. address, path, passwords to DB).

Possible constants

Below you can find description of not permanent (possible) constants for Management Engine that could be specified in case when an appropriate functionality is needed. Please do not forget to specify (if it is not specified yet) an appropriate group ([Group]) name in the square brackets before every new section of parameters.

TempDir means the temporary path where ME creates dashboards, users’configs, etc.

DynamicUpdateInterval means the time interval (in seconds) through which dyn files are being read and processed.

StaticUpdateInterval means the time interval (in seconds) through which stat files are being read and processed.

PasswordPolicy means a facility-specific password policy for the server. The format is in example: A-Z,a-z:6|a-z:1|0-9:2|!,$,#,%:2 is treated as following: password should contain 6 letters having at least 1 small, at least 2 digits and 2 special characters from the set specified.

MaxFolderNameLength means the maximum allowed length of folders names on the server.

ProxyAddress means proxy server IP address.

ProxyPort correspondingly means proxy port.

ForceRegrant means the ability to launch the process of regrant as soon as ProcessController starts and could have following possible values:

• 1 — force regrant enabled (ForceRegrant=1);
• 0 — force regrant disabled (ForceRegrant=0 or the parameter is absent).

ForceSendDashboards means the ability to launch the process of sending dashboards as soon as ProcessController starts and could have following possible values:

• 1 — force regrant enabled (ForceSendDashboards =1);
• 0 — force regrant disabled (ForceSendDashboards =0 or the parameter is absent).

ReleaseNotesUrl means the link to Release Notes page: e.g. http://wiki.iasobackup.com/index.php/Release_notes_for_IASO_Backup_2011.

SendRemoteCommandsBySchedule means the ability to send remote command “check consistency” by schedule and could have following possible values:

• 1 — send remote commands by schedule enabled (SendRemoteCommandsBySchedule =1);
• 0 — send remote commands by schedule disabled (SendRemoteCommandsBySchedule =0 or the parameter is absent).

SendRemoteCommandsByScheduleStartingHour means the value of starting hour for remote command check consistency that can be scheduled and could have the parameters in the interval 0–23.

SendRemoteCommandsByScheduleDuration means the value of the period (in hours) when sending of remote command check consistency will continue.

PathToLocalFtpStorage means a path to the local FTP where all accounts’ config files will be created in case you choose a new place for it.

DefaultGroup means the group name which will be assigned to all accounts with unattended installation.

DefaultProduct means the product name which will be assigned to all accounts with unattended installation. The group name of this parameter is [UnattendedInstallation].

LoggingLevel is a parameter that allows to get more detailed logs information and could have following possible values:

• Debug — includes debug, warning, error and log levels;
• Warning — includes warning, error and log levels;
• Error — includes error and log levels;
• Log — includes only log level.

This parameter is related to the [Logging] group.

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