- Understanding the IBM Content Manager system
The main components of the IBM Content Manager system include a library server, one or more resource managers, and a set of object-oriented application programming interfaces (APIs). To administer your IBM Content Manager system, you are also provided with a Java-based system administration client. - Understanding IBM Content Manager concepts
This section describes important IBM Content Manager concepts. - Planning an IBM Content Manager application
This section helps you identify requirements for creating an IBM Content Manager application and provides information about how IBM Content Manager operates. - Enabling IPv6 dual-stack support
IBM Content Manager provides Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) dual-stack support in addition to Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4). - Configuring transport layer security
IBM Content Manager provides support for different levels of transport layer security (TLS) that you might require for network communication between servers and clients. - IBM DB2 driver for JDBC and SQLJ support in IBM Content Manager
IBM Content Manager supports only the IBM DB2® Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (type 2 and type 4). This driver is sometimes referred to as the JCC JDBC driver. This driver requirement affects the IBM Content Manager connector. - JDBC connection string support in Oracle
Content Manager EE supports the Oracle JDBC driver (type 2 and type 4), which affects the Content Manager EE connector. Content Manager EE also supports flexible JDBC connection strings, which allow you to use a single and consistent connection string across components. - Working with the IBM Content Manager samples
IBM Content Manager provides a comprehensive set of code samples to help you complete key IBM Content Manager tasks. - Creating an IBM Content Manager application
The APIs that implement IBM Content Manager functionality are grouped into what is called the ICM connector. - Working with access control
If you have access to either the IBM Content Manager system administration client or to the IBM Content Manager APIs for writing your own administration program, you can use the access control functions to control access to the information in your IBM Content Manager system. - Implementing single sign-on in your applications
You can use single sign-on with Web or desktop applications in a WebSphere® Application Server environment. - Library server user exits for IBM Content Manager
The users can customize the behavior of the library server by using the library server user exits. - Library server limitations
When you connect to a library server using an IBM Content Manager user ID that is not a database user ID, the connector tries and fails to connect to the database using that user ID. The connector then connects using the database connection user ID, and passes the IBM Content Manager user ID to the server. - Working with the resource manager
An IBM Content Manager resource manager controls a collection of managed resources (objects). It also manages the necessary storage and Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) infrastructure, but you must first configure the resource manager to support HSM. Resource managers have facilities to support type-specific services for more than one type of object, such as streaming, zipping, extracting, encrypting, encoding, transcoding, searching, or text mining. - Managing documents in IBM Content Manager
IBM Content Manager implements a flexible document management data model that you can use for managing business objects. The basic elements of the data model include folders, documents, and objects. - Creating the document management data model
This section helps you complete the main tasks associated with the document management data model. - Working with transactions
Transactions allow IBM Content Manager to maintain consistency between the library server and any adjoining resource manager.
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