System Settings

The System Settings tab provides a summary of your SBM system information, which is useful when you upgrade your system or when you send information to Serena Customer Support. You can also manage how your configuration settings are stored in the Configuration Settings tab.

General Settings

The following information is available in the General tab:

Hardware
This section displays the amount of RAM that is available to the operating system and the amount of storage room that is available on the server.
Software
This section displays information about the software that is installed on the server, including the current versions of IIS and the .NET Framework.
SBM
This section displays the current version number for each SBM component that is installed. The value format indicates the major version, patch level, and build number.
Plugins
This section displays a list of plugins that are currently installed.

Configuration Settings

The following options are available on the Configuration Settings sub-tab:

Use Configuration Settings database
Select this option to use the Configuration Settings database, which enables you to store the configuration settings from each SBM server in a centralized location.
- If you have a distributed installation, it is highly recommended that you use this option to easily synchronize configuration settings between each SBM server. Otherwise, you must export and import configuration snapshot files between SBM Configurator instances on each machine.
- If you select the Use Configuration Settings database option, and you have a multi-environment installation (in which users complete acceptance testing prior to pushing changes into production), specify which environment this server belongs to (for example, Production). Otherwise, leave the environment name as DEFAULT.
- Each environment in an "environment set" requires a different name. When you are prompted to use the Configuration Settings database on each server, enter the name of the environment that the server belongs to.
Use Configuration Snapshots
Select this option to save your configuration in a snapshot file instead of the Configuration Settings database.
This means you will use the Export Configuration and Import Configuration buttons to export your configuration to a local file, which you can import into SBM Configurator on another server to update it with settings from the server where the export was performed. In a distributed installation, if you select Use Configuration Snapshots, you must use the import and export operations to update the connection information and security settings on each server.