Unable to run xCP 2.1 tutorial on xCP Developer Edition

I'm trying to learn xCP in my spare time to expand my skill set, so need to do so using the Developer Edition as I don't have access to a full blown server at work.

I'm unable to progress past page 34 of the tutorial because I hit an error when trying to run the application for the first time. An excerpt of the log is below showing the first error that I hit:

[INFO] Running validate phase

[INFO] Started SearchDeployer 'Validate'

[INFO] xPlore connection details: host = 'demo-server' port = '9300' password = '*****' collection = 'default' domain = 'MyRepo'

[ERROR] Error accessing xPlore server on host demo-server and port 9300

[ERROR] com.emc.documentum.core.fulltext.common.admin.DSearchAdminException: [ERROR] WebServiceException thrown out:

[ERROR] javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: Failed to access the WSDL at: http://demo-server:9300/dsearch/ESSAdminWebService?wsdl. It failed with:

[ERROR] Connection refused.

According to a Google search xPlore is not supported in the Developer Edition of xCP, so I'm not sure how to proceed any further? Is there something I need to disable in xCP Designer before attempting to run the application?

I started hitting issues around page 30, but was able to manually start services (XMS, BAM etc.) that weren't started by the default command in the README.txt on the CENTOS VM.

xCP_tutorial_log.txt

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sheepworrier2

I tried a few different things and somehow it just started working - not sure what I was doing differently...

Ever since I've just used the Python script to start Documentum on the CentOS Developer Edition VM and used option 10 to start all services. Each time it has worked well.

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Antal Bos

Hi,

If you read the comments in this post you see why you don't use that xCP 2.1 developer edition:

Also BAM, CTS, CIS and xPlore are not supported and that is the core of xCP.

So it's correct you get that error because your image doesn't support that dsearch WSDL url.

It's better to use an image from scratch and install it manually with all the required software (incl. BAM, CTS, CIS and xPlore). We did it on a laptop with 16Gb of memory and 8 cpu's for training purposes and it's working fine.

Best regards,

Antal

sheepworrier2

Thanks for your reply. I'm just trying to learn xCP from scratch (I have experience developing in other languages and technologies) so went for the xCP 2.1 Developer Edition and tried to use the xCP 2.1 tutorial. Are you sure BAM isn't supported on the Developer Edition? I was able to start that service and connect to it from xCP Designer. In the comments it says it is an ongoing Beta, so may be a recently added feature...

Do you have a link to any instructions on where to get the required software from and install an image from scratch? I'm doing this on a Mac with Virtualbox to host the CentOS image and Parallels to run xCP Desiger on Windows XP. I would have thought getting the required software involves paying for a licence?

Antal Bos

Hi,

For BAM i'm not 100% sure. But I do know that it took us almost the same time to create a new image from scratch then figuring out how to use this developer image.

All needed software can be downloaded from https://emc.subscribenet.com/. For getting access you need to contact EMC support.

Best regards,

Antal

sheepworrier2

I tried a few different things and somehow it just started working - not sure what I was doing differently...

Ever since I've just used the Python script to start Documentum on the CentOS Developer Edition VM and used option 10 to start all services. Each time it has worked well.