Overview

This Administrator's Guide describes information for administrators who need to manage the File Collaboration Server.

About File Collaboration Server

The File Collaboration Server (FCS) enables administrators to distribute file data across the enterprise for optimal upload and download performance. It provides location, checkout, and copy operations on the data managed by the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server.

The FCS brings the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server file storage functions closer to users on the same LAN segment or across the WAN. The FCS provides these advantages:


  • Serves multiple ENOVIA Live Collaboration Servers.
  • Does not require a database connection.
  • Does not require multiple copies of applications.
  • Does not require any configuration. You enable the FCS using system or MQL commands.
  • Provides support for both Single Sign On (SSO) and authentication.

Note: The FCS was briefly referred to as eFCS; however, this name is no longer used.

Installing FCS

The FCS is installed with the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server and enabled by default. This means there is no additional installation needed.

Licences Required

A system license is required for each physical site that requires remote file storage. There is no limit to the number of users that can use the ENOVIA File Collaboration Server at a given licensed site, however, all of these users must be licensed to use ENOVIA Live Collaboration.

FCS Requirements

The prerequisites and requirements for the FCS are the same as those for the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server, which is made available from the Web through the Matrix Web Navigator, ENOVIA products, and other applications written with the ENOVIA Studio Customization Toolkit. This availability requires the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server to be installed which includes:


  • A third party Web or application server.
  • The ENOVIA Live Collaboration Kernel.
  • The mid-tier RMI Live Collaboration server.

For more information on installing the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server, see "What Needs To Be Installed?" in the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server Installation Guide.

When captured files need to be accessed over the Internet, the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server may be installed on the same host or a host in the same LAN as those used for your file stores. When installed in this way, it acts as a File Collaboration Server (FCS) to provide better performance for file operations to remote sites. File Collaboration Servers require an Application Server and JDK. Your stores and locations should reference the URL to their closest FCS server.

Before Reading this Guide

You should be familiar with ENOVIA Live Collaboration.

You should read the ENOVIA Live Collaboration Server Administration Guide for details on how ENOVIA Live Collaboration works.

Getting the Most Out of this Guide

The ENOVIA File Collaboration Server Administration Guide is organized to help you quickly find the details you need. You will need to know about the following topics to use FCS.