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The Documentum connector in SkySync DryvIQ allows you to analyze, migrate, copy, and synchronize files between your Documentum account and cloud storage repositories and on-premise network file shares. The first step is to create the Documentum connection by providing the connection information required for SkySync DryvIQ to connect to the server. The connector can be created using any Documentum user account with permissions to access the content.

Info
SkySync DryvIQ currently supports Documentum 7.3.

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Create Connection |

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User Interface

Select Connections > Add connection.
Select Documentum as the platform on the Add connection modal.
Enter the connection information. Reference the table below for details about each field.
Test the connection to ensure SkySync DryvIQ can connect using the information entered.
Select Done.

Add connection modal - Documentum

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Field	Description	Required
Display as	Enter the display name for the connection. If you will be creating multiple connections, ensure the name readily identifies the connection. The name displays in the application, and you can use it to search for the connection and filter lists. If you do not add a display name, the connection will automatically be named using the CMIS URL. For example, Documentum (http://XX.XX.XX.XXX:XXXX/emc-cmis/resources). If it will be useful for you to reference the connection by the URL, you should use the default name.	Optional
CMIS URL	Enter the URL for the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) server.	Required
User name	Enter the username that should be used to log on to the server. This needs to be an account with permissions to access the content that will be processed.	Required
Password	Enter the password for the username added in the previous field.	Required
Repository	Enter the Documentum repository name.	Required
Item Type	Enter the item type that should be assigned to uploaded items. For example, cmis:document.	Optional
Secondary Item Types	Enter the secondary item types that should be applied. This is a comma or semicolon delimited list of item types for properties being retained as metadata. This is user defined and will vary by instance.	Optional
Agent URL	Enter the URL for the computer where the Documentum agent is installed. The Documentum agent provides access to additional functionality. This is an optional entry, but SkySync DryvIQ uses the entry to determine if additional features should be turned on for the connection. If this field is populated, SkySync DryvIQ turns on the additional features; if it is blank, SkySync DryvIQ assumes the agent is not being used and doesn’t turn on the additional features. See /wiki/spaces/SSP/pages/970588375 Documentum Agent under Features and Limitations for more information about the features enabled through the Documentum agent.	Optional
Lifecycle	Enter the lifecycle state that should be applied to the document when it is created. The SkySync DryvIQ extension module must be installed to use this option.	Optional

Connection Test Succeeded

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Features and Limitations

Platforms all have unique features and limitations. SkySync’s DryvIQ’s transfer engine manages these differences between platforms and allows you to configure actions based on Job Policies and Behaviors. The information below is platform specific. Use the Platform Comparison tool to see how your integration platforms may interact regarding features and limitations. Additional information about Documentum can be found in on the EMC Documentum Help.

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Supported Features	Unsupported Features	Other Features/Limitations
Version preservation	Timestamp preservation	Path length maximum: 255
Author/Owner preservation Requires Documentum agent if Documentum is the destination	File size maximum	Invalid characters: \ \\ / < > : \| ? *
File lock propagation	Restricted types	No Leading whitespace
Mirror lock ownership	Segment path length	No trailing whitespace before extensions
Account map Requires Documentum agentUser impersonation	/wiki/spaces/S4D/pages/193691984	No trailing whitespace after extensions
Group map Requires Documentum agent	Tags map
Permission preservation Requires Documentum agent
Metadata map

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Another repository
You can link an item from one repository to another. This creates a shortcut to the selected item, allowing you to perform most of the standard file and folder operations on shortcut (such as exporting, copying, and check outs). When you perform an operation on the shortcut, the Documentum Administrator performs the operation on the original item in the original repository.

SkySync’s DryvIQ’s Handling of Linked Documents
SkySync DryvIQ migrates each link as an actual item. This means one full file will be migrated for each link. For example, if five people have a link to a file, SkySync DryvIQ migrates the full file five times--once for each of the five users.

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Per information in the EMC Documentum Help, a virtual document (also called the parent document) is a file that contains one or more nested files (also called descendants or children). Nested files can also be virtual documents, providing multiple levels of nesting.
Descendant documents may be of different file formats than the parent document. For example, a Microsoft Word parent file can contain an Excel spreadsheet and image files as descendants.

SkySync’s DryvIQ’s Handling of Linked Documents
SkySync DryvIQ breaks apart the virtual document and migrates each piece as an individual document. The parent and each nested file are individually migrated.

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Audit Trail Support: This feature allows for the preservation of CreatedBy and ModifiedBy.
Author/Owner Preservation: If Documentum is the destination connection, this feature allows the reading and writing of the author for the file. Without the agent, the author can be read but not applied.
Querying Accounts: This feature provides the ability to search for user accounts. This is used behind the scenes for Audit Trail Support and in the SkySync DryvIQ user interface for account mapping.
Querying Groups: allows the ability to search for groups. This is used behind the scenes for Audit Trail Support and in the SkySync DryvIQ user interface for group mapping.
Permissions: This features allows for getting and modifying the permissions of an item.

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Note
This information applies only to Tomcat Apache 8.5.

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Create Connection |

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REST API

A basic Documentum connection can be made using the example below.

POST {{url}}v1/connections/

Code Block

{
  "name": "display name goes here",
  "platform": {
  	"id": "documentum"
  },
  "auth": {
        "uri": "http://CMIS URL",
        "username": "username",
        "password": "password",
        "repository": "repository name",
        "item_type": "cmis:document",
        "secondary_item_types": "property1;property2;property3",
        "agent_url": "http://CMIS URL/documentum-usermapping",
        "lifecycle": "lifecycle state"
	}
}

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Create a Job |

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DryvIQ API Job Configuration Example

Below is an example Job for a connection created as standard user, no impersonation.

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DryvIQ API Job Configuration Example