Before You Start the Integrity Lifecycle Manager Client

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Before you start the Integrity Lifecycle Manager client, ensure you have the following:

• the name and port number of the Integrity Lifecycle Manager server you want to connect to

• a copy of the Integrity Lifecycle Manager client installed locally on your computer

• your user name and password

Your administrator provides you with a server name, port number, user name, and password.

Key Considerations

• You do not need to install the Integrity Lifecycle Manager client to access the Integrity Lifecycle Manager Web interface.

• Before starting, ensure you have the following (if not, contact your administrator):

◦ Integrity Lifecycle Manager client installed locally on your computer so you can access Integrity Lifecycle Manager in the graphical user interface

◦ a Web browser, such as Mozilla, Firefox, or Internet Explorer, to use theIntegrity Lifecycle Manager Web interface

◦ the name of the Integrity Lifecycle Manager server host name and port number you want to connect to

◦ your Integrity Lifecycle Manager user name and password

◦ login permission assigned to you

• If you are using the GUI and there are no ViewSets open from the previous Integrity Lifecycle Manager session or this is your first time starting the Integrity Lifecycle Manager client GUI, you are prompted to import a ViewSet.

• A sub directory ptc-integrity-source that has source related temporary files is created inside a temporary directory (identified by system property java.io.tmpdir). When the client crashes, the contents of the ptc-integrity-source directory are retained. When the Client restarts, the ptc-integrity-source directory is renamed to ptc-integrity-source-deleted.<random_identifier> and deleted.

The source related temporary files that are not cleaned up by the older client (10.9 and earlier) are available in the temporary directory and should be cleaned up manually.

The following table describes how to start the Integrity Lifecycle Manager client:

Interface	OS	Procedure
GUI	Windows	Select Start > Programs > Integrity > Integrity Client (default Start menu shortcut)
GUI	UNIX	Open a shell and type im gui or si gui.
Web interface	all	Open a Web browser and, in the location or address field, type the URL of the Integrity Lifecycle Manager server, for example: http://abc.Business.com:7001 Press ENTER. The Integrity Lifecycle Manager server welcome page opens. Click one of the following: • Start Workflows and Documents Web Interface • Start Configuration Management Web Interface You can connect to a read-only version of the configuration management Web interface by clicking the read-only mode link displayed under Start Configuration Management Web Interface. When prompted by the browser window, enter your user ID and password and then press ENTER. The Web interface opens in a new browser window.