Activating soft-launch options

For most soft-launch options, you will need the following file on your DataMiner server: C:\Skyline DataMiner\SoftLaunchOptions.xml. In this file, for each feature you want to activate, you can add a specific tag and set it to the value "true".

For example, this SoftLaunchOptions.xml configuration activates the "AlarmSquashing" and "CloudConnectedAgents" features:

<SLNet>
   <CloudConnectedAgents>true</CloudConnectedAgents>
   <AlarmSquashing>true</AlarmSquashing>
</SLNet>

Note

All XML tags in SoftLaunchOptions.xml are case-sensitive.

After you have modified this configuration file, you must restart your DataMiner Agent to activate the changes. If you have a cluster of DataMiner Agents, every DataMiner Agent in the cluster will need to be restarted. Many of the soft-launch options also require an IIS restart when they are activated.

For some Cube-only features, it is not necessary to configure a tag in SoftLaunchOptions.xml. For these features, it is sufficient to access DataMiner Cube using a specific argument. In the Cube desktop app, you can specify this argument in the start window by clicking the “…” button in the tile representing the DMS you want to connect to, and then specifying the argument in the Advanced section. For more information, see Arguments for DataMiner Cube.

For some features, a different configuration may be required. For more information, see Overview of soft-launch options.

Note

If you want to change which soft-launch options are enabled for a DaaS system, contact daas@dataminer.services. When you create a DaaS staging system, most soft-launch options will be enabled by default.