Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Installation and Configuration

Configuring OpenEdge on a network operating system

This section describes preparations that you can make to promote efficient and reliable OpenEdge operation in a network operating system (NOS) environment, that is, a network environment that includes one or more network file servers that provide a common set of resource sharing and security services to other nodes. This section describes some of the more general considerations.

Making network resources available

Once you have installed OpenEdge, you must make sure that each application workstation and application server machine has access to OpenEdge system files, application files, and any other necessary network resources (such as printers). Each NOS provides a set of commands or utilities to make these resources available across the network. In general, you set up pointers to remote resources so that each workstation can access them as though they were local to the workstation. These pointers can be in the form of logical drives in Windows nodes, or mounted directory paths on UNIX nodes.

For more information on making network resources available, see the documentation for your network and operating system.

Setting network resource attributes

After you have made network resources available, you must make sure that they possess the necessary attributes to allow all application workstations to access them simultaneously. Each NOS provides a different means of setting the attributes to make network resources shareable.

For example, suppose you want to set the attributes of the OpenEdge installation directory on a network file server so that all workstations can access the OpenEdge files stored there. OpenEdge is already loaded onto the network file server and is available to the network. The commands used to set resource attributes vary from network to network.

For further information on how to use these or equivalent commands for your network, see the documentation for your network and operating system.

Granting user access rights

After making OpenEdge network resources available and setting resource attributes, you might have to grant access rights to client users and Application Server machines in the network. Depending on your network, these access rights can include attributes such as read, execute, or open permissions that you must set for each user. See the network documentation for details about how to grant user access rights.

Note: User rights in an Application Server configuration are assigned to the machine where the application server resides, not to the user’s client machine.

Remember that an OpenEdge database server can be a user on your network. Like application workstations, it might need user access rights granted to it. If you locate any database files on your network file server, be sure to grant the OpenEdge database server the necessary rights to access the network directory that contains the database.