John Linehan
Starting with ILINX Capture v6, the Release configurations are stored within the ILINX database. In ILINX Capture v5x, the ILINX Release configurations were stored in XML files on a disk. ILINX Capture called ILINX Release using a SendAndReceivedReply IXM. The change to store the settings within the ILINX database is very useful for a number of reasons: Release settings are part of the batch profile allowing for simpler migrations between environments, Release is much easier to configure, all configurations are in the database, etc. However, this change can create some extra work when upgrading from ILINX Capture 5x to ILINX Capture 6x. Because of the different architecture, ILINX Release needs to be completely reconfigured for the existing batch profiles. In addition, the Release XML doesn’t change, but there is a shortcut that can be taken. After you have upgraded ILINX Capture to v6, you’ll notice a new IXM in the palette: 
The existing ILINX workflow will likely have a SendAndReceiveReply IXM on the map that the 5x version of ILINX Capture used to call ILINX Release. Most likely, it would look like this:
To configure ILINX Release for ILINX Capture 6x, the SendAndReceiveReply IXM will need to be removed from the map and a Release IXM must be dragged onto the workflow map in its place. Once the new Release IXM is on the map, it will need to be configured. This is where the shortcut can be taken. Instead of having to manually enter in the correct URLs, map the metadata values, and configure any other settings, do this:
Configure and save Release with some place holder settings: I normally leave the settings at default and enter in the bare minimum:
Once ILINX Release configuration is saved and the workflow map is published, there will be a new entry in the ILINX Capture database Capture WorkflowAppSettings table. The CaptureWorkflowAppSettings.SettingsXML column is where the Release configuration is stored. Now it’s time to update the SettingsXML column with the XML from the ILINX Release 5x job settings file. The Release job should be on the ILINX Release 5.x server at c:ProgramDataImageSourceILINXReleaseSettingsJobs. The only caveat here is to be sure to place single quotes around the XML content. Here is what the SQL update statement would look like:
update [ILINX CAPTURE DATABASE].[dbo]. [CaptureWorkflowAppSettings]
set SettingsXml = ‘COPY AND PASTE ALL TEXT FROM 5.4 OR PRIOR RELEASE JOB SETTINGS FILE HERE’
where settingsID = ‘APPROIATE ID HERE’
Following this procedure can save some time if upgrading an ILINX Capture 5x system that has a lot of batch profiles. A lot of the time spent on the upgrade could be in the ILINX Release configuration. If I was upgrading a system with only a few batch profiles, I would probably just reconfigure them. If I was upgrading a system with a lot of batch profiles, I would go through the above steps to save some time.
John Linehan
Sr. Systems Engineer
ImageSource, Inc.
Last month I wrote about enabling SQL FILESTREAM with ILINX Content Store. After discussing this with a few people, I think I should share some more information and reiterate a couple points.
For Existing Applications:
As I mentioned before, the decision to enable FILESTREAM should be done during the planning phase. If you perform this process on an application with a lot of content, it can be a very time costly endeavor with a big performance impact to the server. Also, after the move from BLOB to FILESTREAM, you could have a fragmented database. The BLOB to FILESTREAM process can definitely be done on an existing system, just be sure to plan accordingly and allow for sufficient time.
After step #10 of my previous blog post (all the data is copied and you have deleted the BLOB column), you will notice that the database file size hasn’t decreased. This is remedied easily enough be executing a DBCC CLEANTABLE command. The DBCC CLEANTABLE command will reclaim the space from the dropped variable length column. For example, if your database is named ILINX_CS and your application is named Sample Application, the query to do this is:
DBCC CLEANTABLE ('ILINX_CS','[dbo].[Sample Application]',10000)Continue reading
As a Sr. Systems Engineer at ImageSource, I am currently engaged on a project where the customer had a need to migrate all content out of their Stellent IBPM 7.6.0.0 software platform. (This is the same product stack as Optika Acorde and Oracle IPM; the product has gone through a few name changes over the years with the different acquisitions.) In my experience, I have found there are several steps that need to be taken when considering migrating content from your current ECM repository.
The first steps in any migration are to analyze existing content and ensure that the majority has been discovered, identified and prioritized.
Categorizing Content:
All discovered content should be cataloged by the indexes or field data that exists for it and the file formats used. All systems that may be migrated need to be investigated for existing export tools that can export data into various formats, such as CSV or directly to custom databases. If the system is lacking any direct export capability built into the product it is necessary to either develop a migration tool or purchase one. In my current project we are using a tool developed by ImageSource called ILINX Export. ILINX Export supports migrations out of Oracle IPM (along with Stellent IBPM and Optika Acorde), WebCenter Content 11g, EMC AppXtender, IBM FileNet P8, and IBM FileNet ImageServices.Continue reading
I recently enabled full-text on an ILINX system and thought it would be a good idea to share the procedure here. ILINX leverages the MSSQL full-text capabilities so the process is mainly a matter of making sure everything is setup properly on the database side. Here are the steps I followed.
1. Confirm Full-Text is installed and enabled on the SQL server
First I had to determine if Full-Text was installed on the SQL server. To do this I executed the following query:
select fulltextserviceproperty(‘isfulltextinstalled’)
If the query returns a ‘1’, full-text is installed on the server.
Next, I needed to confirm that full-text is enabled for the ILINX Content Store database. To do this I executed the following query against the ILINX Content Store database:
When working with WebLogic server you will inevitably have to create some Java keystores along the way. The Java keytool or OpenSSL can accomplish most everything you would need to do but sometimes I like using something UI based to do some of the tasks. That is where a tool like KeyStore Explorer can come in quite handy.
