IBM Content Manager, Version 8.5.0.3 Supports: IBM Content Navigator

Administering IBM Content Manager from IBM Content Navigator

You can deploy a plug-in into IBM® Content Navigator that allows you to administer IBM Content Manager over a secure Web connection.

IBM Content Navigator supports the following IBM Content Manager tasks:

Authentication and authorization of users.
Searching and filtering tasks for data modeling.
Importing LDAP users.

Restriction: The following administration tasks are not supported:

Library server and resource manager configuration.
Document routing and workflow.
Data modeling tasks such as create, edit, copy, and delete.
Business Process Management and LDAP integration.

To set up the administration of IBM Content Manager from IBM Content Navigator:

Apply Fix Pack 3 to IBM Content Manager Version 8.5. In the Fix Pack 3 configuration window for Product components, make sure to select System administration web client to get the IBM Content Manager plug-in, AdminCMPlugin.jar, installed in your %IBMCMROOT%\webAdmin (Windows) or $IBMCMROOT/webAdmin (AIX®, Solaris, or Linux) directory.
Register the IBM Content Manager plug-in in IBM Content Navigator:
1. In IBM Content Navigator, click Plug-ins.
2. Click the New Plug-in button.
3. In the JAR file path field, type the path to the IBM Content Manager system administration plug-in JAR file, AdminCMPlugin.jar. For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\db2cmv8\webadmin\AdminCMPlugin.jar or /opt/IBM/db2cmv8/webadmin/AdminCMPlugin.jar.
4. Click the Load button. The IBM Content Manager System Administrator Web Client Plugin should display.
5. Click Save and Close.
Add the IBM Content Manager System Administrator Web Client Feature to a desktop:
1. In IBM Content Navigator, click Desktops.
2. Click the New Desktop button.
3. Name the desktop, for example, admincm.
4. In the Repository field, select your IBM Content Manager repository.
5. Click the Layout tab.
6. In the Displayed features list, select theIBM Content Manager System Administrator Web Client Feature checkbox.
7. Click Save and Close.

As an IBM Content Manager administration user, you can now perform the following administration tasks on the IBM Content Manager desktop.

Authentication

Users: Create, manage, search, filter, or delete users (including LDAP users to import).
User Groups: Create, add users to, manage, search, filter, or delete user groups.

Authorization

Privileges: Create, manage, search, filter, or delete privileges.
Privilege Groups: Create, add privileges to, manage, search, filter, or delete privilege groups.
Administrative Privilege Sets: Create, add privileges to, manage, search, filter, or delete administrative privilege sets.
User Privilege Sets: Create, add privileges to, manage, search, filter, or delete user privilege sets.
Access Control Lists: Create, manage, search, filter, or delete ACLs.

Data Modeling (read-only)

Search and filter lists of attributes, attribute groups, reference attributes, item types, retention policies, link types, MIME types, semantic types, and media object (XDO) classes. Restriction: The interface cannot create, manage, or delete these items.

System Modeling (read-only)

Search and filter lists of IBM Content Manager servers such as library servers and resource managers. Restriction: The interface cannot configure these items.