MDIS/MDSS File

Hi,
As I am going through the threads I am finding that ppl are using more and more varities of settings for MDIS/MDSS file.Can some one give me a doc or pdf that has full length(with examples) of MDIS/MDSS brief's.
Thanks

Hi,
MDS.ini
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/8e/9f9c427055c66ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm
Appendices -> Configuration Files -> MDM Server Settings
MDIS.ini
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/12036df94c3e92e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm
MDM Import Server (MDIS) -> MDIS Configuration
MDSS.ini
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/ff/37e4c6857449388ddb6c77f160ac4f/frameset.htm
MDM Syndication Server (MDSS) -> MDSS Configuration
Regards,
Jitesh Talreja

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Hi Vikrant,
Once you have changed a Users Password in MDM Console.
You just need to restart your MDSS and enter in the new Userid and pwd under that particulat repository. and Save it.
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Hi Shankar,
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We are facing a critical issue, our MDIS server gets stopped automatically. Evan after restarting along with DB, the issue is not solved. We thought it might be some memory issues, but it is not, we cleared the old files from archive folder and from logs also, still when we start the MDIS it gets stopped in few minutes, we are not able to solve the issue,.. Have any one faced similar issue or clue or any guess how this can be sorted out?
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hi Vinothkumar
the MDIS is stopped with the MDS stopping or only the MDIS is stopped.
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Hi,
Moving file from Ready directory to Archive directory is MDM internal process and I strongly feel it is not possible to control the naming convention of File to be placed in Archive directory.
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Hello,
I have 2 repositories running on the same server. Import server picks up file for one repository, but not for the other. What could be the reason? Also, for the repository, import server not picking up the file, workflow also does not send an email notification.
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Hi Subhash,
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/120367f94c3e92e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm
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I have a problem where MDIS detects a file in the ready folder, but it does not launch the import:
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Please help!

Hi Jitesh,
Your suggestion to try a different file type yielded positive reults. I created a simple tab delimited text file and import map and changed the existing Port from using XML based on the MATMAS05 schema to using the text file. The log shows:
6056 2008/10/23 17:32:34.066   [MDS=ROBLB2K1H2J Repos=JAN Master ClientSystem=U2K2_MDM Port=Materials_from_U2K2_MDM]: ImportTask: Task started. Chunk size[50000], No. parallel chunks[5]
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4192 2008/10/23 17:32:34.144   [MDS=ROBLB2K1H2J Repos=JAN Master ClientSystem=U2K2_MDM Port=Materials_from_U2K2_MDM]: xImporter: Thread started.
4572 2008/10/23 17:32:34.144   [MDS=ROBLB2K1H2J Repos=JAN Master ClientSystem=U2K2_MDM Port=Materials_from_U2K2_MDM]: xStructuralTransformer: Thread finished; Start -> End: 0.000000000 seconds.
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MDM Inbound Port Not Processing Files

Dear Experts,
I got an issue while processing file from Ready folder of a specific Inbound Port where files are not processed then i tried with another inbound port of the same repository there it is working fine. Can anybody please help me out to make it work.
Thanks
Ravi

Hi Ravi,
Make sure the user ID that you are using for the auto imports in the mdis.ini file has sufficient rights for that particular port. If thats not there the file would not autoimport.
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Also check if the port is set to automatic and the schema and map is maintained correctly.
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Could anyone clarify the following?
We set the file aggregation count = 1 . This means even if we have more than one file in the ready folder still it will process the files one by one meaning first file has to complete then only the next file will pick up and load. This is correct?. Some times we may have many files in the inbound ready folder. We use sinmple workflow also. Does this cause record lock exception?
Some times we get record lock exception and the Import log says u2018operation="Import" import-action="Update (All Mapped Fields)" row="??">The record is currently used in the workflowu201D. But the workflow completed successfully and not holding any record in the workflow
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Chunk Size=??? u2013 What exactly this is used for?
No. Of Chunks Processed In Parallel=?? u2013 What exactly this is used for?

Hi Lamp,
File Aggregation Count:The number of import files to aggregate for batch processing.
As you set it to 1 so your understanding is correct here.
Chunk Size: The Chunk Size value tells MDIS how many records from an aggregated file set to process at a time.Once MDIS processes a chunk of records, it immediately sends this chunk to MDS for import into the repository. When MDS receives the chunk, the Import Slice Size setting controls how many records from the chunk it should process at a time.
Note: The MDM Server is locked during record import.
Note: Each of these parameters must be added manually to the server-level settings in the mds.ini file. If these parameters are not added to mds.ini or have no values set, their default values will be used.
Currently, MDS only and always uses the average of these two values (Import Slice Size Min, Import Slice Size Max).
We use sinmple workflow also. Does this cause record lock exception?
If you are importing records into a workflow, the workflow is not launched until all import slices from an import package have been processed. An import package refers to the complete set of records received from a set of import files aggregated by MDIS.
Note: The port is locked during MDIS processing.
No. of Chunks Processed In Parallel is the number of chunks processed simultaneously during streaming import. Default is 5. This parameter determines how many chunks MDIS can manage simultaneously, counting one chunk per stage plus chunks queued between stages
For more details, refer MDM Console Reference Guide.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwmdm71/helpdata/en/4b/71608566ae3260e10000000a42189b/MDMConsole71.pdf
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Hello
I am trying to import vendor xml file
I put in the right directory but the server doesn't pick up the file
the service is started
the port/mapping/system config in mdm console has been done
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[GLOBAL]
String Resource Dir=D:\PROGRA1\SAPMDM1.5\IMPORT~1\LangStrings\
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Version=5560
Server=xxx
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Unmapped Value Handling=Add
Always Use Unmapped Value Handling=False
VXR_MAX=25000
Verbose=0xFFFF
-- Verbose OFF:     0x0000
-- Verbose ON:      0xFFFF
-- FI Verbose:     0x0001
-- XML Verbose:     0x0002
-- MAP Verbose:     0x0004
-- THRD Verbose:    0x0008
-- PARSER Verbose: 0x0010
-- STRUCTX Verbose: 0x0020
-- VALUEX Verbose: 0x0040
-- IMPORTX Verbose: 0x0080
String Resource Dir=C:PROGRA1SAPMDM1.5IMPORT~2LangStrings
Log Dir=Logs
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NCS Library Path=D:\PROGRA1\SAPMDM1.5\IMPORT~1\
Wily Instrumentation Level=1
MapScanTopToBottom=False
[CustomersLOCALHOSTMSQL_9_9_4_3]
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PasswordE=KA9FPAOJG0BK7
Log Protocol Transactions=False
[VendorsLOCALHOSTMSQL_7_9_4_3]
Chunk Size=50000
No. Of Chunks Proccessed In Parallel=5
Login=Admin
PasswordE=KA9FPAOJG0BK7
Log Protocol Transactions=False
what should be the file name in the directory ? could this be the problem ?

Hi Kaushik,
For picking up the file file ready folder you need to do the following steps:
1) Creation of users and assinging password to the users.
2) Creation of maps in import manager for importing the data.
3) Creation of ports. In this you have to mention map name which you have made for importing the data, format of the file present in ready folder and your processing type as automatic.
4) Mention user name and password in the MDIS.ini file. Also mention the time interval.Save this file.
Now you can find that import server is picking up the data from ready folder.
If you are still facing some problems please go through this URL: [http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/19/d4301589b54841af17e7c42b4cee49/content.htm]
Hope I am able to solve your problem
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Hi Guru's,
To get mails through workflow..Can anybody tell me where in MDIS .Ini file do i maintain Mail server parameters...?
I mean do i need to put
Mail server parmeter:-................
OR
Just key in Mail server parameters any where in mdis.ini file...
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Vikrant M Kelkar

Hi Vikrant,
As far as I know,the Mdis.ini file is the system configuration file that determines the settings to be done for enabling automatic Importing the parameters to be set in the mdis are:
[Global]
Version
Server
Interval
Verbose1
Log Dir
SLD Registration
[Repository_Name]
Chunk Size2
No. Of Chunks Processed In Parallel1
Login
Password
PasswordE
Log Protocol Transactions
Inter-Chunk Delay MS3
There is no option to set the mail server details here.
However in the Mds.ini file we have:
Mail server:
Mail SMTP time out:
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I may be wrong, but this is what the sap guide talks about and also the blog speaks about the settings required in the mds.ini file
If theres somthing different you've done, we can discuss it futher
Hope It Helped
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Error on starting MDS after upgrading from MDM 7.1 sp04 to sp05

Hi ,
I tried to upgrade my local setup from sp04 to sp05.
I used sapins to upgrade with update option.
In the second last step when we get option to which server you want to start after upgrading i select all three servers
i.e. mds ,mdis,mdss
This installation completed with error.
In the log file i found this logs.
The problem is i am able to start mdss and mdis of updated sp but not mds.
In the console i can see the version of mdss and mdis to sp05 but there is no version coming in the case of mds.
Please help me on this isssue
WARNING 2010-07-22 00:46:55.224
Execution of the command "C:\usr\sap\MDM\MDS00\exe\sapcontrol.exe -nr 00 -host INLD50054767A -function
GetProcessList" finished with return code 4. Output:
22.07.2010 00:46:55
GetProcessList
OK
name, description, dispstatus, textstatus, starttime, elapsedtime, pid
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MDM 5.5 SP05 installation - Anyone installed it on SUSE Linux?

In accordance to my previous post, I will give the whole story of my installation in order to make it clear.
It is about a test server , running Linux SUSE LES 9.3. We want to install on it MDM5.5 (without NetWeaver -stand alone installation) and ORACLE 10g database.
So I started with the ORACLE 10.2 installation which went fine.
Now I am in the process of installing the MDM 5.5 on the same Linux server.
The installation guide is very poor regarding instructions for Linux like systems:
Extract the MDM Server, Import Server, and Syndication Server files from the archives with the
following name structure:
<server>.<incremental version>.<rebuild version>-<platform>-<compiler>.tar.<archive extension>
2. Place the server files in the root directory under /opt.
We recommend to place and install all servers (MDS, MDIS, MDSS) in the same folder, for
example /opt/MDM/bin.
3. Install each server folder by executing tar -xvf <server file>.
4. Delete the server archives and files.
Launching the Servers
1. Define a user account named mdm to run the MDM Servers on.
A process may not allocate more memory than the value of the ulimit -d command. So set
this value as large as possible for the mdm user. On some Unix-based OS, unlimited is
default, but on others, the kernel imposes a maximum value. Check your system carefully to
determine the optimum setting.
For AIX 64bit, we recommend adding ulimit -d unlimited to the user profile of mdm.
2. Log in as the mdm user.
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The execution directories will contain various runtime files (for example, nohup.out for error
messages) that are created and used by the MDM server software. Normally these directories do not
require any manual intervention.
We strongly recommend to set up an execution folder structure similar to the following example
to run each server process in its dedicated folder:
~mdm/mdm/mds
/mdis
/mdss
This ensures that the runtime files of the different servers are clearly separated.
Ensure that you make the dedicated execution directory the current one before launching one of
the servers. Use pushd to set the execution directory each time you run one of the servers.
4. Launch each server (MDM Server, Import Server, and Syndication Server) from the mdm user
account by executing mds, mdis, or mdss from within the server's dedicated execution directory.
Do not run mds, mdis,or mdss from the installation directory or any subdirectory (this is the directory defined in the MDM_HOME variable).
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mdm@mucsapt2:/opt/MDM/bin> ./mds-r
./mds-r: error while loading shared libraries: libxerces-c.so.26: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
The libraries are there under /opt/MDM/liband with the right access rights.
The document says to run the mds-r from the execution path which should be under /home/mdm. Does it mean that I have to copy all the scripts there? It is not clear at all.
I am surprised, such a big forum and nobody had faced this issue. Is there anybody who did the installation on Linux? From what I see there are not too many questions for the installation itself. Was it so straight forward for all you?
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Loukas

Unsupported Linux version should not make a major difference in this case...
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Before reinstallation you should also use provided uninstaller to cleanup this failed installation if you intend to install in the same location.

Import Server fails to import if repository has password

Hi,
I am using MDM SP05 Patch2 on Windows Server.
I added a login password to my repository. Now what happens is the import server fails to import files for that repository giving the error :
"<i>[MDS=MDM Repos=Repo]: CatMgrClientWorker.Connect() failed. RC: 0xffaa0200 Invalid logon credentials</i>"
After changing the password, i restarted MDM Server and Import Server both.
But if i remove the password from my repository, the import runs successfully.
Someone pls suggest.
Regards,
Chintan

Hi Danish,
The process of changing the password in .ini files works till MDM 5.5 version.
From MDM 7.1 version, the password Must be Changed only at the Auxilliary level. Changing it in the .ini file directly will have no effect.
In MDM 7.1, configuration of some repository-specific MDIS/MDSS parameters moved from the repository sections of mdis.ini/mdss.ini to a new MDIS/MDSS-specific Repository Detail pane in MDM Console.
When you connect to the Auxilliary servers, you fill find both the configurations for MDIS and MDSS:
User: The user name MDSS uses to access the MDM repository.
Password: The password MDSS uses to access the MDM repository.
Use the same password that you have assigned to Admin in the Console.
You can refer to the Console Reference guide : page number 263.
If you have already done this, can you please check the log file and let us know if you find anything.
Thanks,
Priti

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