IBM Datacap 8.1: Advanced Configuration and Administration

System configuration

• Taskmaster Single-machine configuration
  • Configure and Start Taskmaster Server service
  • Configure Internet Explorer
  • Configure Taskmaster Web client.

• Maintain users and groups, and configure security
  • Add Users, Groups, and Stations
  • Set privileges and permissions

• Authentication and Encryption
  • TMA authentication (Taskmaster)
  • ADSI authentication (Active Directory)
  • LDAP authentication (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
  • ADLDS authentication (Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services)
  • LLLDAP authentication (Low-Level Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

• Multi-machine configuration considerations
  • Firewall, FIPS security, and Security key
  • Configure Taskmaster server
  • Configure Taskmaster client
  • Configure Taskmaster Web server

Component Configuration

• Configure Rulerunner (Background processing)
• Configure Taskmaster Web client upload service.
• Configure RV2 (Report generator)
• Configure NENU (System maintenance)
• Configure wTM (Web services Library)

Administration of production system

• Virtual stations and queuing of tasks
• Add shortcuts to the Start menu
• Add shortcuts to Web Client
• Disaster recovery
• Configure Microsoft SQL Server
• Configure IBM System Dashboard

Maintenance

• Routine
  • Manage daily production; troubleshoot problems/ issues/ aborts/ discrepancies.
  • Monitoring system performance and production volume. (Optimize speed/ throughput).
  • Meeting customer Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements.

• Preventative
  • Daily/ weekly/ monthly/ quarterly/ year-end admin tasks
  • Manage resources (disk space, high availability, databases, logs, etc.)
  • Purge completed workflow.

• Corrective
  • Switch scanners.
  • Configure NENU (New Enhanced Notification Utility) to handle process exceptions.

• Event Logs
  • Configure event log content
  • View event logs
  • Maintain event logs
  • Log File Locations

Microsoft Application Event Logs