Difference between CMS and CMC?

[Former Member]

Can anyone help me in understanding the difference between Central Management Server and Central Management Console?

As I am new to Business Objects pls explain in detail with few examples.

regards,

Raj

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

CMS = Central Management Service, a process running as part of your BusinessObjects Enterprise servers, including the CMS database, authenticating users, storing access rights, etc. The CMS is the heart of a BusinessObjects Enterprise system.

CMC = Central Management Console, web based administration interface for your BusinessObjects Enterprise system, where one can add new users/groups, create folders, set access rights, configure SSO, configure your BusinessObjects Enterprise server services, etc.

CCM = Central Configuration Manager, an application which allows you to configure/add/remove/stop BusinessObjects server services.

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The Central Management Console (CMC) is included for full control over the BI platform. In addition, specialized administration interfaces are provided when you require administration of specific-user access, document creation, and server configuration. This is particularly important in decentralized system management environments where different people are responsible for different aspects of thedeployment. The result is a powerful, open, and complete BI platform that meets the needs of end users while providing IT with full control over the deployment.

The Central Management Server (CMS) is the central platform

service and is responsible for maintaining a database of information about your BusinessObjects

Enterprise XI system. All the platform services are managed and controlled by the

CMS. The CMS also manages access to the system file store where the physical documents are actually managed. The system repository database is maintained using the provided MySQL database, or by using your

preferred IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle database, or Sybase ASE . The database structure

is automatically created when you set up your BusinessObjects Enterprise XI system or it can be configured on a different database if you want to move your implementation to another environment. All access to the repository is managed directly by the platform and management interfaces and by the SDKs.

The CMS data includes information about users and groups, security levels, BusinessObjects Enterprise content, and services. The CMS also maintains the BusinessObjects Enterprise repository, and a separate audit database of information

about user actions.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi rrachana,

Still having some doubts, Where the report objects are storing? Whether in CMS or CMC? Is cms a database kind of server or the same is cmc?

Raj

[Henry_Banks · Accepted solution]

Hi,

the CMC is the "console" - i.e. user interface for administering the system

the CMS is the "system database" - i.e. the repository schema containing security and document information (i.e. CUID)

the physical reports files themselves are stored in the File Repository Servers (FRS)

regards,

H

[denis_konovalov · Accepted solution]

If you still have doubts, please defer to oficial documentation - Admin guide should give you a detailed understanding of CMS service, CMS DB, File Repository and CMC....