Creating a DesignSync Server

A DesignSync server in the Defect Management and Collaboration system is an administrative object representing an actual DesignSync server running on your network. You can create a DesignSync server object in Defect Management and Collaboration.

Required access roles:

  • App-specific: Defect Engineer
  • Baseline: Administrator or Leader

The DesignSync server represents the entire server, whereas DesignSync stores represent portions of a server. Multiple stores can be associated with a single server; the definition of the store includes its path on the server.

Before you begin: The actual DesignSync server must already have been installed and configured in DesignSync.
See Also
Server Status Page
DesignSync Stores Page
DesignSync Server Properties
  1. View the list of DesignSync servers. See DesignSync Servers Page.
  2. On the page toolbar, click Create New .
  3. Enter these details:

    Field NameDescription
    NameA name to identify the DesignSync server. Names can include spaces, but cannot include the @ symbol. This is the name Defect Management and Collaboration uses to identify the DesignSync server.
    Note: The maximum length of name strings varies for different databases. The maximum length for SQL Server is 127 characters. The maximum length for Oracle is 127 bytes. The number of bytes per character depends on the database setting for character encoding. Thus, for Oracle, the character count will be less than for SQL Server if some characters are multibyte. The same is true for all string values stored in the database.
    DescriptionA brief description that provides general information about the purpose of the DesignSync server. It can be used to point out differences between servers to users.
    OwnerThe person responsible for the DesignSync server. Click to select a person.
    URLEnter the string that defines the URL of the DesignSync server. For example: sync://src.companyname.com:8888.
    Development PathEnter the default path on the DesignSync server under which developments will be placed.
    Develoment Area RootEnter the default path that defines the relative path to the directory that will hold all the development areas that users create on this server.
    UNIX GroupThe UNIX group that provides group ownership for the development file hierarchy on the server.
    Associated OrganizationClick to select an organization that the DesignSync server belongs to (such as a plant, department, and so on ).

    If you started this procedure from the category page for an organization, the app uses that organization and does not display this field.

    Governing ServerClick to select a DesignSync server to be a master for this server (that is, the selected DesignSync server will govern this server).
    Copy Username and Password from Governing ServerIf you defined a governing server, you can check this box to use the username/password defined when you created that DesignSync server instead of explicitly entering the username and password.
    UsernameThe username on the DesignSync server. This user must be set up with the SwitchUser privilege in the access control file in DesignSync.
    PasswordThe password that corresponds to the above user.

  4. Click Done.