Configure the BrowseForGlobalGroups Setting
If all security roles within all vaults hosted by a Meridian application server are assigned to Meridian server local groups or local user accounts, you can configure the Meridian application server to not query the network domain controller for information about global groups. This can reduce the amount of information the Meridian application server needs to cache and process for user actions, thereby improving performance of the Meridian application server.
The security policies of many organizations prevent or discourage the use of local groups. However, the Meridian server local groups can consist of domain global groups, thereby relinquishing the processing of global group memberships to Windows, achieving the best of both worlds. Users’ group memberships can be managed centrally with domain global groups, but Meridian does not need to query the network domain controller for the groups’ memberships. The default value of this setting is 0 (cleared) and set during Meridian installation. If your system currently uses domain groups exclusively and this setting is enabled (1), we strongly recommend that you consider using local groups and disable this option to improve performance.
To configure the BrowseForGlobalGroups setting:
- In Meridian Enterprise Administrator, right-click EDM Server in the left pane and select Properties. The EDM Server Properties page appears.
- Click the Engine tab. The Engine options appear.
- Select one of the Groups options and click OK.
The DWORD registry key to adjust the BrowseForGlobalGroups setting is located at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\OML
