Network Paths
To integrate documents from a remote system in Knowledge Management, you need to define in the system its path and the information needed to access the remote system.
The File System Mount Service needs a valid network path to 'load' the remote system.
If you are using a CM repository manager in DBFS or FSDB mode, you can save data on a remote server. This also requires a valid network path.
The file system mount service is activated.
To create a network path, choose System Administration → System Configuration → Knowledge Management → Content Management → Global Services → Network Paths → Network path.
The following parameters are available for the configuration of a network path:
|
Parameter |
Required |
Description |
|
Name |
Yes |
Name of the network path. |
|
Description |
Yes |
Description of the network path. |
|
Network Path |
Yes |
Specifies the path to the Windows remote server. The path consists of the IP address of the Windows remote server, and a path specification. For example, \\192.168.0.1\share Alternatively, you can enter the UNC name and path of the server, for example, \\server\share. SAP recommends that you specify the IP address, since you can then check the availability of the server more easily, using the ping command. Note: It is not sufficient to enter the server name alone. Specifications in the form of c$ cannot be resolved either. |
|
User |
Yes |
Specifies a user and domain used for accessing the Windows remote system. For example, Domain\User The user needs full access to the documents and folders on the remote server that are to be accessed using the portal. When using jCIFS (parameter Use jCIFS), the specified user must be a global user. Local users are not supported. |
|
Password |
Yes |
User's password for accessing the WINDOWS remote system. Specify the password in the subsequent input field again. |
| Convert Host Name to IP |
No |
Specifies whether the File System Mount service converts the host name from “Network path” parameter to an IP address. Converting a host name into an IP address is the default behavior. Note Windows Failover cluster cannot resolve the IP address of the host
name. Therefore, the File System Mount service should not convert the
host name into IP address.
|
|
Kerberos |
No |
The selection of this parameter enables you to access remote shares with File System Repository Manager using Kerberos. For more information, see: SAP Note 2114997 |
|
jCIFS Protocol |
No |
Specifies whether the JAVA library jCIFS is used for accessing the remote system. Activate this parameter is you want to access a WINDOWS system from a UNIX system. jCIFS can also be used on WINDOWS systems to access other WINDOWS systems. However, performance is not so high for this. |
Version 1.2.24 of the jCIFS library is supported in the implementation of KM for accessing documents stored on a Windows remote system from a UNIX system This is freely available with the license LGPL. For more information, see jcifs.samba.org.