Advanced Content Manager Parameters

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You can set advanced Content Manager parameters in Cognos Connection. If you have multiple conent managers in your configuration you must apply the changed setting for every content manager.

Parameter

Purpose

Valid Setting

Default

CM.DbConnectPoolMax

The maximum number of concurrent database connections that are allowed to the content store.

-1, or 5 to 2147483647, or the database setting, whichever is less

This setting applies only to Content Manager connection pool settings. If you have other services that access the same content store, there may be more concurrent database connections than specified in this parameter.

-1

(unlimited)

CM.DbConnectPoolTimeout

Maximum time in milliseconds that a thread waits for a connection to be available from the pool.

-1 to 2147483627

A setting of 0 specifies that threads never wait for a connection if one is not available immediately.

-1

(unlimited)

CM.DbConnectPoolIdleTime

Minimum time in milliseconds that a connection stays idle in the pool. Only valid if the value of DbConnectPoolCleanUpPeriod setting is positive.

-1 to 2147483647

A setting of 0 or -1 specifies that idle connections are closed when Content Manager restarts.

300000

5 min

CM.DbConnectPoolCleanUp Period

Time in milliseconds between invocations of a cleanup thread that closes idle connections in the pool that exceed the setting of DbConnectPoolIdleTime.

-1 to 2147483647

A setting of 0 or -1 specifies no clean up thread.

300000

5 min
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Parameter

Purpose

Valid Setting

Default

CM.CMSync_NegotiationTime

Time in milliseconds that it takes to determine the active Content Manager when a failover occurs.

1 to 9223372036854775807

2000

CM.CMSync_NegotiationTimeForStartUp

Time in milliseconds that it takes to determine the active Content Manager at startup.

1 to 9223372036854775807

60000

CM.CMSync_CheckActive Time

Time in milliseconds for an active Content Manager to become standby when another Content Manager becomes active.

10000

CM.CMSync_PingTimeout

Time in milliseconds that a busy Content Manager sends a response if it is running.

1 to 9223372036854775807

120000

CM.CMSync_ShortNetwork InterruptionTime

Time in milliseconds that a short network interruption can occur without causing a failover.

1 to 9223372036854775807

3000

  1. Start IBM Cognos Connection.

  2. In the upper-right corner, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.

  3. On the Status tab, click System.

  4. In the upper-left corner of the Scorecard pane, click the arrow to view the Change view menu. Click Services, and then click Content Manager.

  5. Click the arrow next to ContentManagerService to display the Actions menu, and then click Set properties.

  6. Click the Settings tab.

  7. Click Edit next to Advanced Settings.

  8. Select Override the settings acquired from the parent entry.

  9. In the Parameter column, enter the parameter name.

    For example, enter CM.CMSync_CheckActive Time.

  10. In the Value column, enter the associated value for the setting.

  11. Continue entering setting names and values as required.

  12. Click OK.

13. On the Set properties page, click OK.

You can set many Content manager properties. See Tables below: