Documentum Interview Questions

Unix related

How do you search for a word in a document in UNIX?

grep.

What is the difference between find and grep?

 Find searches files where as grep searches for words in a file.

How do you perform silent install in Unix?

Using response file.

How do you schedule jobs in UNIX?

Crontab is used.

What are different types of shell scripts in UNIX?

Bourne shell and the C shell.

Documentum related questions

How to set up HA(High Availability) content server?

What are different components of Documentum?

Content Server,Doc Broker,Repository,Queue Manager -- on Content Server

Index Server used for Indexing documents.

Rendition Server used for rendering of documents.

How to perform quick check of Documentum components like queue manager,index server, renditon server?

Import a document 

Promote it -- If it got promoted to next state -- Queue Manager is working.

Create a renditon -- If rendition got created  -- Rendition server is working fine.

Search for that document -- If document is returned in search results -- Index server is working fine.

How to migrate ACL's from one repository to another?

Dump and Load.

While migrating what are the necessary things to check for?

What is virtual user?

Virtual User (VU) is an automated testing tool that allows a computer to emulate a human user, performing actions such as clicking the mouse and typing keys.

What is the folder hierarchy in which customization are implemented?

custom
webtop
webcomponent
wdk

Developer questions:

What are data handlers?
What webtop components did you customize?
What are business objects? have you written any?
Lifecycle of a component?
What's the difference between a container and a component?
Do you need a container to write a component?
Write a DQL to update ACL on a object?
What are object level permissions?
What is app.xml and web.xml and what's the difference?
How do you write a component?