Mounting and Loading Repositories

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am new to MDM .I am pretty much confused regarding the concept of Mounting Server and Mounting and Loading Repository. Can anyone explain.Please dont send any help.sap links

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

First we need to understand 3 level architecture

1.Presentation Layer (Here the MDM GUIs viz Console,Import Manager,Data Manager ,Syndicator ) are loaded.

2.Application Layer (Here the MDM service is loaded).

3.Database layer (This is the Database server upon which the MDM server resides upon)

When u start the Console GUI ,u see the server name say eg mdmserver. U right click on it and say Mount server.The Console GUI gets connected to the Application Layer

Now all the repositories which are mounted on that server are available .The repositories are present in the database layer ,thus on mounting the server a link is established with all those repositories which are mounted for the specific server.

The repositories are now available to do any changes/editions through the Console Gui only.

U can even mount other repositories which were unmounted previously.MOUNT REPOSITORY option is available at the SERVER LEVEL while UNMOUNT REPOSITORY option is available only at the REPOSITORY LEVEL.

After Mounting server and Mounting the repositories u click on

LOAD REPOSITORY.This allows the IMPORT MANAGER,DATA MANAGER,SYNDICATOR guis to access the MDM Service and in turn the repository mounted on the MDM Server.

The best practise should be Unmounting all the repositories every time you close the MDM session.Next time when u launch Console u should Mount only those repositories which are required ,otherwise if too many repositories are loaded it affects the Server Performance.

[Former Member]

Mounting MDM Servers and Repositories means creting an instance of existing MDM server and Repository in MDM Console. You can mount as many MDM servers in Console from your network installed on different machines.

similar way you can mount repositories from Archive folder of a running MDM server which basically resides in underlying database.

Loading and Unloading Repositories means Load all the data against repository schema from underlying database such as SQL, Oracle etc. Unloading means making repository as like a null instance only with schema so that you can make any further change in it.

BR,

Alok

[Former Member]

Hi,

You mount an MDM Server in order to access a particular MDM Server installation (the MDM Server may or may not already be running). When you mount and connect to an MDM Server that is already running, you will automatically see from your MDM Console all of the MDM repositories that have already been mounted on that MDM Server by any other MDM Console .You unmount a running MDM Server without stopping it, the server remains running with its MDM repositories mounted and loaded even without the connection to your MDM Console session.

If you unmount an MDM Server and then remount it during the same MDM Console session, you will need to re-enter that MDM Server’s password in order to perform any server-level operations.

You mount an existing MDM repository in order to access it from an MDM Server.Mounting and unmounting an MDM repository are server-level operations which require password authentication to perform if the MDM Server is password-protected.

Once you have mounted and connected to an MDM repository, it must next be loaded before it can be accessed by the MDM Client(like Import manager,data manager,syndicator)for further use.If the repository is not loaded the MDM client automatically shuts down giving an error message 'The Repository is not loaded'.

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Regards'

Nisha

[Former Member]

Hi,

u generally use the term mount and ummount at the server level and loading and unloading at the repository level.

when u mount the server, it will allow u to access all the repositories present in the server. and when u unmount the server, it ll not allow u to access the repositories present in the server.The list of repositories will not even be displayed once the server is unmounted.

When u load a repository, it will be allowed to be operated in the import manager,data manager and syndicator.If the repository is unloaded, all the actions to be performed in import manger and syndicator are not allowed.

one more point to be noted is that if u want to make any changes in the repository, it is only possible when the repository is unloaded.

i.e u cannot edit a repository in loaded state.

hope now its clear for u.

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Regards,

Sravan

[Former Member]

Hello Shubhashree,

Regarding Mounting MDM server:

MDM server contains a set of all the available Repositories created in Colsole.

The MDM Server software can be installed on one or more physical machines on a network, and any MDM Console on the network can access and control the operation of each MDM Server installation.

When you Mount a prticular server you can view various servers in either of the following mode:

a) Server Stopped (with Red Mark near Server symbol)

b) Server running (with Green Mark near server symbol)

c) Server Error Occurred (with Yellow Exclaimanation mark there)

Once you Mount (Read: Access) the server you wanted to or allowed to you can work-around with repositories.

Regarding MDM Server Repositories:

As we discussed once the server is loaded you can have access to view all the repositories.

The next step could be wither Creation of a new repository whichis not your concern so we will omit that.

IN the case of un-loaded repositories you can add/delete/edit the fields according to your requirement of time.

Once the designing of reposotory is done you need to load it BEFORE STARTING TO IMPORT in IMPORT MANAGER.

Loaded repository can be viewed in IMPORT MANAGER and accordingly successful import can be done further.

I am sure this will be helpful to you to solve your concern..

With regards,

Krutarth