Identifying the active state of Distributed Server Option
Verifying whether DSOis active
- From AR System Administration Console, select System > Distributed Server Option > Pending DSO Operations.
- Query to determine the number of items yet to be processed: Query for items with CreateDate before a specified date and time, and refresh the query results periodically to determine if the count is decreasing and at what rate.
- Access the host system and verify the task list including the DSO server process name (for example, ardsoj81_build001.jar).
- Perform the following steps to identify the Java DSO process using the server process name:
- Select AR System Management Console > AR System Server Group Console > Manage Process.
- From Process Name, select DSO process.

Setting DSO to active state
Perform the following steps if DSO is not active:
- Verify that there is a license for AR Distributed Server in AR System.
Perform the following step on both, the target and destination AR System server:
From AR System Administration Console, select System > General > Add or Remove Licenses - Verify that the DSO server process is included in the armonitor configuration file and is not commented.
- On Windows: Open armonitor.cfg and verify that the line with an entry for ardsojversion_buildbuild number.jar does not start with #.
- On UNIX: Open armonitor.conf and verify that the line with an entry for ardsojversion_buildbuild number.jar does not start with #.
- Verify the DSO connection information from Centralized Configuration.
- Check for errors reported by the server process in the arerror.log file by searching for Distrib to identify messages related to DSO.
Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*