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Central Management System Database

The Central Management System (CMS) server is the only server that accesses the CMS system database. The CMS can also maintain an optional auditing database of information about user actions with the Enterprise system.

The data stored inside the CMS system database allows the CMS to perform the following tasks:

• Maintaining security

  The CMS enforces the application of all rights at the global, folder, and object level, and supports inheritance at the user and group level.

• Managing objects

  The CMS keeps track of the object location and maintains the folder hierarchy. InfoObjects are system metadata objects that contain index information. The actual documents/objects are stored in the FRS. The separation of the object definition (metadata) from the actual document allows the system to retrieve only the required information from the system database, thus providing faster object processing.

• Managing servers

  The CMS handles load balancing to help avoid bottlenecks and maximizes hardware efficiency.

You provide the CMS with database connectivity and credentials when you install BusinessObjects Enterprise, so the CMS can create the CMS database using your organization’s preferred database servers.

Important! Before you install and connect the CMS to your own database server, you must create a new, empty database on your database server.

Notes:

• It is strongly recommended that you back up the CMS database and audit the database frequently.
• The CMS database cannot be accessed or modified directly. You should only make changes to the system database through BusinessObjects Enterprise interfaces such as the CMC that interact with the CMS.
• Administrators can access the audit database directly to create custom audit reports.