Accruent Meridian Enterprise 2020 Administrator's Guide

Review the Server Configuration Information

To review the server configuration information in an AMRepU output file:

  1. View the creation date and time of the CAB file. For the memory usage statistics, it is important that the CAB file was created during business hours when typical activity occurs.
  2. Locate and open the CAB file generated by AMRepU with WinZIP or a similar program.
  3. Locate and open the System Information.txt file and review the recommendations in the following table. 
Server configuration recommendations
Data Recommendation

Total physical memory

The amount should meet the requirements listed in Meridian Servers.

Available physical memory

There should be at least 300 MB of available physical memory during normal use. If there is less than 100 MB available when server performance is slow, the problem may be a lack of available memory. See Optimize the Server Operating System

Available free disk space

Each disk should have at least 15% free.

File system type

The drive where the vault-related data is stored should be NTFS.

  1. Locate and open the LM_Cyco.txt file and review the recommendations in the following table. This file contains the contents of the Cyco branch of the local machine registry hive.
Registry value recommendations
Setting Recommendation

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
<Version>\PatchLevel

We are continuously improving product performance. Check that the latest version of the software is installed.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
CurrentVersion\File System\Parameters\TemporaryLocation

Should point to a local NTFS drive with enough free disk space.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
CurrentVersion\HyperTrieve\BatchCallThreshold

By default, this setting is 1F4h (500 decimal). See Configure the BatchCallThreshold Setting.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\DefaultDataStore

Should point to an existing vault, preferably the most used one.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\<vaultname>\
CompoundItemService\MaximumCacheSize

The value should always be lower than the amount of physical memory. See Configure the MaximumCacheSize Setting.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\<vaultname>\
CompoundItemService\RelativeCacheSize

The default value is 46h (70 decimal). See Configure the RelativeCacheSize Setting.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\<vaultname>\
CompoundItemService\TraceOn

Should be 0 at all times.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\<vaultname>\
CompoundItemService\TraceName

Should be empty at all times.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\
AutoManager Meridian\
CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\<vaultname>\
StreamService\RootPath

Should point to a local NTFS disk or high-performance connection to another data storage device.

  1. Locate and open the LM_services.txt file. This file contains a listing of all services that are installed on the server. Review this file for any resource-intensive services. Suspicious services can include virus scanners, server management scanning tools, other server applications such as Exchange, Lotus Notes, and so on, or installable file systems.
  2. Locate and open the Drivers.txt file. This file contains a listing of all device drivers that are installed on the server. Review this file for any resource-intensive drivers.