About repositories

Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console can manage multiple types of repositories:

• BlueCielo Explorer repositories. These contain the synchronized data from one or more Meridian Enterprise vaults
• Meridian Enterprise vaults. You can register (but not create) a Meridian Enterprise vault in Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console. The vault is not actually stored in the Meridian Enterprise Server database nor is it served by Meridian Enterprise Server. Those functions are still served by the Meridian Enterprise EDM Server service. The purpose of registering the vault in Meridian Enterprise Server is so that you can view and manage the vault settings that are used by Publisher to synchronize the vault with BlueCielo Explorer. Having the vault in Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console means you don't need to have access to the Meridian Enterprise Administrator program to manage the settings.

After Meridian Enterprise Server has been installed, you must create and synchronize the BlueCielo Explorer repository before you can modify its configuration or use its data. Creating and synchronizing the repository includes numerous steps that should be performed in the following sequence.

Note    You must be a member of a BlueCielo group with the BC Explorer Administrators or Application Administrators permission in order to create or manage a repository.

To create and synchronize a BlueCielo Explorer repository:

1. Create a repository database to hold the document metadata as described in Creating a BlueCielo Explorer repository.
2. Create a publishing job as described in Creating a publishing job. The publishing job synchronizes document metadata from the Meridian Enterprise vault to the repository database.
3. Configure the publishing job as described in Configuring synchronization options. Configuring the job specifies which vault to synchronize with the repository.
4. Run the publishing job as described in Running a publishing job. Executing the job performs the initial import of vault data into the repository.
5. Schedule the publishing job to run on a periodic basis as described in About publishing job scheduling. Repeating the publishing job ensures that the repository is kept up to date with the contents of the source vault.

All other repository administration tasks are described in the following topics.