View And Edit the Connectivity Settings

After the Meridian Enterprise Server configuration database connection has been created, it can be viewed or changed as described in the following task. For the highest performance in large scale environments, multiple Meridian Enterprise Server servers can be deployed and configured in a cluster with one server acting as the primary server.

To view or edit the connectivity settings:

In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the System Management group, click Settings. The Application Settings page appears.
In the menu, click SYSTEM SETTINGS. The System Settings page appears and shows the current server configuration.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Server connectivity options

Option

Description

CONFIGURATION DATABASE group

Connection string

To select a different configuration database or to create a new one:

Click CHANGE. A confirmation dialog box appears.
Click YES. The Configuration Database page appears.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the table in Create the Configuration Database.

SERVER (PRIMARY) group

Server Name

To connect Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console to a different server:

Click CHANGE. A confirmation dialog box appears.
Click YES. The Server configuration page appears.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Server configuration options
Option	Description
Computer	Type the Meridian Enterprise Server server name in one of the following formats: Simple name (MyServer) Fully qualified domain name (MyServer.MyDomain) IP address (127.0.0.1, localhost)
Port	Type the port number that Meridian Enterprise Server is configured for. The default is 8686.
UPN	Type the User Principle Name with which to connect to the server, for example, MyServer\Administrator or administrator@MyServer.

In the app bar, click CONNECT. A confirmation dialog box appears.
Click OK. Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console reloads connected to the specified server.

MERIDIAN ANALYTICS group

Share Meridian analytics

Enable this setting to allow Meridian Enterprise Server to share Meridian Enterprise vault data with Meridian Analytics. The shared data includes all user activities in all Meridian clients plus the quantities of documents for each type in every vault. Users, documents, vaults, and servers are identified by uniquely computed values and not by name to protect customers' privacy.

CLUSTER group

Server clusters

For information about Meridian Enterprise Server clusters, see Meridian Enterprise Server Clusters.

To join another Meridian Enterprise Server server with the current server in a cluster:

Click ADD NODE. The REGISTER NODE dialog box appears.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the preceding table.
Click REGISTER. The name of the server is added to the node list. The new node can now be selected for publishing jobs as described in Configure a Publishing Job.

MERIDIAN PORTAL group

Meridian Portal tenancy

The name of the Meridian Portal tenancy to which to connect for the exchange of packages.

To change tenancy settings:

Click CHANGE. The Meridian Portal page appears.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Meridian Portal tenancy options
Option	Description
Meridian Portal	The Meridian Portal domain name where your tenancy resides (for example, meridian360.com or meridian360.eu)
Package scanning interval	The interval in minutes to scan for new packages. The default is 5 minutes. This option is only available after a Meridian Portal tenancy has been registered.
Import scanned packages	If enabled, packages that are successfully scanned are imported automatically and do not need to be imported manually as described in Import an Import Package. This option is intended for use with packages sent from Meridian Portal.
Sub-domain	The name of your tenancy (company) at the domain entered in the Meridian Portal option above.
User name	The account name with access to the Meridian Portal API with which to connect to Meridian Portal. Note: This is the special Meridian user account that can only be used by Meridian Enterprise Server to communicate with Meridian Portal. The ways in which the Meridian user account is different from normal user accounts are: The account and its password can only be created by Accruent and once created, the account cannot be deleted. It is the only account that can be assigned the Meridian security role in Meridian Portal that is necessary to communicate with Meridian Enterprise. The role does not grant privileges to the account to work interactively in Meridian Portal. Once assigned, the role cannot be revoked. For more information about the account and Meridian Portal security, see the Meridian Portal Help Center.
Password	Password for the account specified in User name.
Proxy address	URL (including optional port number) of the proxy server to use to connect to Meridian Portal.
Proxy user name	User account with permission to connect to the proxy server.
Proxy user password	Password for the account specified in Proxy user name.

Packages

The number of packages sent from Meridian Portal that have not yet been imported to the Meridian Enterprise vault by Meridian Enterprise Server. To refresh the package count, click UPDATE. To view the available packages, click VIEW.

Synchronize lookup tables

Synchronizes the Meridian Portal lookup tables from the linked Meridian Cloud vault.

To create a scheduled task to synchronize the tables:

Click SCHEDULE. The SCHEDULE dialog box appears. This dialog box requires the same input as the Windows Task Scheduler.
Configure the scheduled task to run when you require and then click SCHEDULE.The task is created and the synchronization will run on the configured schedule.

To view an existing scheduled task:

Click OPEN SCHEDULER and locate the task named Meridian Portal lookup synchronization.

To run the scheduled task immediately:

Click RUN.

Meridian Portal tenancy options
Option	Description
Meridian Portal	The Meridian Portal domain name where your tenancy resides (for example, meridian360.com or meridian360.eu)
Package scanning interval	The interval in minutes to scan for new packages. The default is 5 minutes. This option is only available after a Meridian Portal tenancy has been registered.
Import scanned packages	If enabled, packages that are successfully scanned are imported automatically and do not need to be imported manually as described in Import an Import Package. This option is intended for use with packages sent from Meridian Portal.
Sub-domain	The name of your tenancy (company) at the domain entered in the Meridian Portal option above.
User name	The account name with access to the Meridian Portal API with which to connect to Meridian Portal. Note: This is the special Meridian user account that can only be used by Meridian Enterprise Server to communicate with Meridian Portal. The ways in which the Meridian user account is different from normal user accounts are: The account and its password can only be created by Accruent and once created, the account cannot be deleted. It is the only account that can be assigned the Meridian security role in Meridian Portal that is necessary to communicate with Meridian Enterprise. The role does not grant privileges to the account to work interactively in Meridian Portal. Once assigned, the role cannot be revoked. For more information about the account and Meridian Portal security, see the Meridian Portal Help Center.
Password	Password for the account specified in User name.
Proxy address	URL (including optional port number) of the proxy server to use to connect to Meridian Portal.
Proxy user name	User account with permission to connect to the proxy server.
Proxy user password	Password for the account specified in Proxy user name.

View And Edit the Connectivity Settings

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