About Teradata MDS, MetaSurf, and MetaManager/MetaBrowse - Teradata Meta Data Services

Teradata Meta Data Services
Product
Teradata Meta Data Services
Release Number
15.00
Published
February 2015
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-09-27
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

The functionality of MetaSurf and MetaManager/MetaBrowse has been replaced by Repository Explorer. There will be no ongoing support for MetaSurf after MDS release 14.10.

The following figure shows an MDS configuration that consists of:
  • A Teradata Database system that contains an MDS repository
  • One or more workstations that accesses the MDS repository with a web browser (the MDS core application is a 32-bit application)
  • An Active Server Pages (ASP)-compliant web server with MetaSurf installed
  • A Windows-based workstation configured to administer the MDS repository

The MetaSurf web application must be installed on a Windows web server system. If this is a new installation of MetaSurf, a MetaSurf directory with all associated files and subdirectories will be installed in the directory that contains MDS.

MetaSurf files can be customized. Therefore, subsequent installations of MDS will display a message indicating that the MetaSurf files will be replaced or removed depending on whether the MetaSurf feature is selected or not. If the existing MetaSurf files are to be kept, you must copy them to another directory before you continue.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Teradata\Teradata Meta Data Services\metasurf

After MetaSurf has been installed, the administrator must designate the start point for MetaSurf on the web server. This can be done using the IIS Manager to create a virtual directory or web application. Refer to the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) documentation.

If MDS is reinstalled on a system that is used as a web server for MetaSurf, the following error appears if Microsoft Internet Information Services is not restarted before the installation. Restart IIS to clear the dlls from memory and reinstall MetaSurf software components.

An error occurred during the datamove process - 115
Component: MDSCore
FileGroups:basic
File:<installdir>/metasurf

During a reinstallation, if new MetaSurf files are not installed, it is because MDS does not overwrite existing MetaSurf files. The installation will display a warning message. Move the current MetaSurf folder to a different location or uninstall MDS before installing a new release.