To enable a repository as a global registry after configuration, you must activate the

dm_bof_registry user.

1. Access Documentum Administrator in a browser and connect to the repository.

2. Navigate to Administration > User Management > Users.

3. Locate the user named dm_bof_registry and select View > Properties > Info to access

the User Properties – Info page.

4. Verify that the username attribute is set to dm_bof_registry.

The value dm_bof_registry is required.

5. Optionally, change the user login name to a new value.

6. Change the user’s password.

7. Set the dm_bof_registry user’s status to Active.

8. Click OK to save the user.

9. During DFC installation on client machines, such as the Webtop or Documentum

Administrator hosts, provide the user login name and password.

This updates the dfc.properties file and enables that DFC installation to contact

the global registry as required.

10. To manually modify the dfc.properties file to designate a global registry repository

and user credentials:

a. On the DFC host, navigate to $DOCUMENTUM/config (UNIX or Linux) or

%DOCUMENTUM%\config (Windows).

b. From a command prompt, execute the following command to generate the

encrypted form of the global registry user’s password:

java -cp dfc.jar com.documentum.fc.tools.RegistryPasswordUtils

password_of_user

where password_of_user is the global registry user’s clear-text password. In step

d, enter the encrypted form of this password in the dfc.properties file.

c. Open the dfc.properties file in a text editor.

d. Modify the following attributes:

dfc.globalregistry.repository=global_registry_repository_name

dfc.globalregistry.username=user_login_name

dfc.globalregistry.password=encryped_password_of_user

where encryped_password_of_user is the encrypted password you generated in

step b.

e. Save the dfc.properties file.

2009-Feb-19

I helped redtead to change the global registry repository on her machine. DQLs were used:

select user_state from dm_user where user_name= ‘dm_bof_registry’
update dm_user object set user_state=0 set user_login_name = ‘dm_bof_registry’ set user_password=’test’ set home_docbase=’<target_docbase>’ where user_name=’dm_bof_registry’

Caution: we should clean the dmcl cache to make this effective