6.10 Configuring Ports for the Service and Retention Review

The Dynamic File Service communicates via TCP with management and retention review applications through the Service port. The default port number is 8999.

You can modify the ports used by the Service. If you reconfigure the port number, any current connections with the Service on the old port number are automatically terminated. You must provide credentials and the new port number to re-connect.

IMPORTANT:The Service is automatically restarted to apply changes to the Management port setting. Before you modify the port, ensure that you have quiesced the Service as described in Prerequisites for Stopping or Restarting the Service.

  1. Log in to the DynamicFS server as the Administrator user or as a user with Administrator privileges.

  2. If you plan to modify the Management port, close the user connections to the data in the pairs on the server as described in Prerequisites for Stopping or Restarting the Service.

  3. In the notification area, right-click the Service Controller icon, then select Port Configuration.

  4. Select Use the default port, or click Use this port and specify the port number you want to use.

  5. Click OK to save and apply your changes.

    The Service restarts automatically to apply the changes.

  6. If you are prompted to confirm the Service restart, ensure that all users accessing files with the merged view have logged out, then click Yes to continue.

    If you click No, the port change is not made.

  7. After a successful port change, the next time that you connect to the DynamicFS server from the Management Console or the command line interface, you must use the new configured port number when logging in.

    The new configured port is saved in the server’s settings.