This document describes various recommended settings for UMS.

To define the settings, proceed as follows:

  1. Start the UMS Console.
  2. Go to UMS Administration > Global Configuration > Logging and copy the following settings:
  3. Confirm the setting with Yes.

  4. Go to Administrative Tasks.

  5. Click add ( + ) to create a new administrative task.
    The Create Administrative Task dialog opens.

  6. Copy the following settings:

  7. Click Next and copy the following settings:

  8. Click Next and Finish.

    Having logging activated is important for reproducing errors. In this way, you are able to trace the log and event messages in the UMS under System > Logging.
  9. Click Device Network Settings and copy the following settings:
  10. Click Server Network Settings and copy the following settings:
  11. Go back to Administrative Tasks in the UMS Administration tree.
  12. Create another Administrative Task for the database backups:

  13. Click Next.

  14. Enter the required target directory:


    We recommend that you create a database backup in order to be able to recover the original UMS data in the event of data loss.
  15. Click Next.

  16. Set a rhythm to repeat the backup as shown below and click Finish:

  17. Go to Active Directory / LDAP and add a new Active Directory/LDAP service with the following values:

  18. Click the Test connection button to check if your configuration is working.