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  • 1.  Store Documents in NFS or any local storage

    Posted Wed June 29, 2022 03:03 AM
    We are using the BPM Document Store to Add/Update/Delete documents and these are stored in the product database tables.
    But we want to store the documents in the NFS storage. Is there any way in which we can store these in some server location which can be mounted by the NFS.
    We don't have an option to use any external ECM and want to rely on the OOTB functionalities.
    We are using IBM BAW 21.0.3
    Thanks!

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    Akash Gupta
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  • 2.  RE: Store Documents in NFS or any local storage

    Posted Thu June 30, 2022 03:34 AM
    Edited by Bjorn Ganslandt Thu June 30, 2022 03:34 AM
    Hi Akash,

    from a support perspective it is not a good idea to try to reconfigure the existing BPM Document Store, but maybe you could look into setting up an additional object store using a file storage area pointing to an NFS mount. See: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/filenet-p8-platform/5.5.x?topic=areas-file-storage
    Then you could access that object store using the Content Integration nodes linked to an ECM Server configuration in the Process App.

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    Bjorn Ganslandt
    IBM
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  • 3.  RE: Store Documents in NFS or any local storage

    Posted Fri July 01, 2022 05:28 AM
    Hi Akash,
    you can create a new storage area which uses the NFS file system, then configure the FileNet document class to store the new files in the new created storage area.
    If you wish to move the existing files in the new storage area you can use a sweep to do that.

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    Massimiliano Carra
    Advisory Business Automation Technical Specialist
    IBM Technology, Italy
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  • 4.  RE: Store Documents in NFS or any local storage

    Posted Fri July 01, 2022 05:44 AM
    Hi Thanks for for the response.
    We don't have FileNet installed. Is it available as part of BAW 21?

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    Akash Gupta
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  • 5.  RE: Store Documents in NFS or any local storage

    Posted Fri July 01, 2022 09:48 AM

    Hi Akash,

    when upgrading from BPM to BAW, you would typically augment your installation with FileNet CM and FN CM is then used to store what we call "locally managed" documents which are associated to process instances. For that purpose an Object Store called "DOCS" is generated in FN CM and a document class called "IBM BPM Document" is created in this object store to store the "locally managed" process documents.

    As Massimiliano already pointed out, there is a default "storage policy" in place for the DOCS object store which will cause any documents in that object store to be stored in the Object Store database. You could simply create a so-called "file storage area" for the DOCS object store and configure your desired NFS directory as "root folder" for this file storage area. Then you'll add a new storage policy and point it to the newly created file storage area. Lastly, you would update the definition of the "IBM BPM Document" class to use the new storage policy. Any new document will then be created on the new file storage area.
    As mentioned by Massimiliano, you could also use the sweep framework of FN CM to move any already existing documents from the database area to the file storage area.

    FN CM is a so called "supporting program" for BAW which means you can use it according to the BAW license information.

    Best regards,
    Michael



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    Michael Kirchner
    Leading Technical Specialist - Digital Business Automation
    IBM Technology
    Germany
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