Can DFS integrate as KM File system Repository?

We are implementing DFS (Distributed File System) and want to integrate it as a file system repository in KM content management. Has anyone done this before? If so, does anyone have instructions, considerations, recommendations on this matter?
Thanks ahead

Hi vicky,
Integrating file system repository is very easy process.
The step by step procedure is described in the help documentation.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/e3/92322ab24e11d5993800508b6b8b11/content.htm
Just u need to create a File system repository in the Repository manager
Mr.Chowdary

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A document created by the sap demo news can display in the folder base the cm Repository corrected,but can't in File System Repository.
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Hi,
You should not use the /etc repository for creating and storing xmlforms or any content!! This repository is used for configuration purposes and should not be visible to end users, otherwise there would be a very strong possibility that your CM config could be modified, deleted etc.
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Hello everybody
I have a scenario with 15+ file servers which content needs to be mapped into Portal KM as read-only.
Windows Authentication is configured on the portal, so the users don't need to supply the portal with username/password.
Now the users are of course only allowed to see the same content in the portal as they can see on the file servers. I know that the permission mapping can be done using a File System Repository Manager with W2KSecurityManager, but in that case the users will have to maintain the mapping of rights from windows to portal manually. And with ever-changing passwords this is too big an administrative task. So I am looking for another solution.
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Hi again Dirk
I just studied the "Integration of Windows File Servers into the SAP KM platform using SSO and the WebDAV repository manager"-guide in depth and I don't quite understand what rights the cmadmin_service and notificator_service are supposed to be given in the Active Directory. In the guide it says:
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File System Repository - using DFS path

Hi, I want to integrate a windows share through a DFS (distributed file system) path. I only found this thread about DFS support where Marcel Rabe says that they have connected KM to a Microsoft based DFS.
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I've created a network path where I have configured the dfs path with the correct user and password. I've provided the domain for the user like this:
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Hi Marcel,
that's exactly the problem we are experiencing with the same setup and same error-message.
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File System Repository - User Mapping not Working

Hi,
I tried to integrate a file system into KM. For doing so, I followed the guide located at [http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ed/b334ea02a2704388d1d2fc3e4298ad/frameset.htm|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ed/b334ea02a2704388d1d2fc3e4298ad/frameset.htm].
The only problem is, tht the user mapping doesn't seem to work...
The portal is running on a UNIX system, whereas the file share to be integrated is running on a Windows 2003 Server.
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jCIFS Protocol is activated; Network Path = "
My Server\My Share"; User = "My Windows Domain\My User" and the according password. The specified user has administration permissions on the server.
- Creation of a readonly File System Repository Manager with following settings:
Root-Directory = "
My Server\My Share", SecurityManager = W2kSecurityManager, ACL Manager Cache = ca_rsrc_acl, Windows Landscape System = "MySystem"
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Any help is appreciated...
P.S. With portal super admin users I can however access the fle system repository, even without user mapping. But I think this is ok, because I read in one forum message that admin users have always access in general....

>
Frank Friedrich wrote:
> Hi Clemens,
>
> so the good think is that indexing is working and you can navigate with your admin portal user through the file system repository. In this case the most configuration settings must be correct.
>
> I am not quite sure regarding your System objects with the ID "MySystem". Do you have as well define an Alias Name for this System Object with the same name "MySystem" ? As well upper and lower letters are important.
>
> Because the reference is all the time the Alias name and not the ID or Name of your System object.
>
> Best regards
> Frank
Hi Frank,
thanks for your reply.
I have as well definied an Alias Name with exactly the same id. So this gives us following:
System landscape directory: KM Windows System with id="MySystem" and Alias="MySystem"
KM System Landscape: Windows System with id="MySystem"
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Startup Error: The localroot does not exist:
10.1.100.44\Shared_folder
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Hi Chiluveru Sravanthi
According to the documentation, there is a difference between the path syntax for the repository manager and the network path. Did you pay attention to this difference when doing your configurations?
Network paths (Network Path)
Specifies the path to the Windows remote server.
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For example,
192.168.0.1share
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servershare.
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.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/63/7f283ac3d7c54b94964931fa1b4ed9/frameset.htm
File System Repository Manager (Root Directory)
This denotes the path to the root directory in the file system to which the repository manager is assigned.
If you want to integrate documents from a Windows system, this can be a drive letter (followed by a colon) or directory path on the local server or a remote server share (for example, //myserver/myshare/somedir).
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Example path when using a UNIX system:
/usr/company/share
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Note that multiple repository manager configurations are not allowed to have the same subpath in their Localroot parameter.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/e3/92322ab24e11d5993800508b6b8b11/frameset.htm
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Creating File System Repository for a remote system

Hi Experts,
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Our SAP Portal install in Windows 2003, and access to a unix's file system that created from File System Repository of Portal. When I access it in KM content, SAP Portal return the following message:
System Error
An exception occurred during the program execution. Below you will find technical information pertaining to this exception that you might want to forward to your system administrator.
Exception Class: class com.sapportals.wcm.repository...
Exception Message: Access denied
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IE return 403: The requested operation is forbidden for this resource.
Please help me to fix this problem?
PS: The unix's file system mode is 777.
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Message was edited by: Jeff Lien
Message was edited by: Jeff Lien

Hi,
to my knowledege, this combination is not supported. You can integrated Windows-File-Shares in a Unix-Portal: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ed/b334ea02a2704388d1d2fc3e4298ad/frameset.htm but not the other way round
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File System Repository problem

Hello guys,
I'm on:
J2EE Engine 6.40 PatchLevel 98256.313
Portal 6.0.14.0.0
KnowledgeManagementCollaboration 6.0.14.4.0 (NW04 SPS14 Patch 4)
running on a Windows machine.
I'm trying to set up a File System Repository to connect to a remote share on another Windows machine. I followed the documentation and also some hints here from SDN and still can't connect to the share.
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#1.5#000BCD3F823F00260000000800000AB000040D879131A728#1140775814806#com.sapportals.wcm.service.fsmount.FSMountService#sap.com/irj#com.sapportals.wcm.service.fsmount.FSMountService#Guest#59####3a9c7e20a51d11da928e000bcd3f823f#Thread[ConfigurationEventDispatcher,5,SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_Group]##0#0#Error##Plain###Error mounting drive ,path
10.80.1.55
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Changing the user on which is EP running is quite a difficult step due to our security policies and so on. So I would rather not experiment with this until I try all the other possibilities.
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Hi Jiri,
have you used double forward slashes in your network path? Please try: //10.80.1.55/Test_portal
You can also test from the portal machine that you can mount the drive via command shell:
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Hope this helps,
Robert

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Hi all,
when I create a file system repository in the following solution:
System Administration → System Configuration→Knowledge Management→Content Management→Repository Managers → File System Repository
There I input the name and the URL which is available on the server.
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        on the server   C:/kmtest/1
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When I use System Administration → Monitoring → Knowledge
Management → Component Monitor to check the status of the repository , I find it was not in green light .
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Check permissions of that folder give full permissions.
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Procedure
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1.     Log on to the Windows Server of the Portal.
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3.     Choose Tools  Map Network Drive.
4.     Specify the drive letter for the connection (say V :).
5.     In Folder, enter the path of the shared folder, (
kmtest)and choose Finish.
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1.     Choose System Administration  System Configuration  Knowledge Management  Content Management  Repository Managers  File System Repository.
2.     Choose New.
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I am trying to create a File System Repository.
I created a networkpath and windows system and used the same while creating File Repository according to the steps in help.
With out using Networkpath(i.e.,If I use IP address,I am able to create File System Repository).
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Rgds,
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1) create a windows filesystem repository
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thanks for your consideration.
After create a Windows file system Repository,I create the index as the fowllowing step.
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Hi KM-Experts
I have integrated a local file server in the portal, and need to attach some custom properties to the files located on the server.
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Hi Robert
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/69/d96b83a84611d5993600508b6b8b11/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/2e6868c6ce72408d982213e314fda1/content.htm.please don,t forget points
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Hi all,
I´m trying to create an index wich data source is a file system repository (the file system is remote). Surfing trough help.sap i found this:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e3/92322ab24e11d5993800508b6b8b11/content.htm
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<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/73/66c090acf611d5993700508b6b8b11/content.htm">Creating an Index</a>, <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/69/d96b86a84611d5993600508b6b8b11/content.htm">Repository Services</a>, <a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/km?rid=/webcontent/uuid/709664d2-2276-2910-429d-b6a1f5977c8d#IDAQZINE">Knowledge Management, TREX and Collaboration How-to Guides for SAP</a>
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