Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)

ImageMaster supports the Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) storage technology, which requires configuration via a dialog as shown below:

Figure 77: Archives – HCP archive properties

See the table beneath for the HCP parameter descriptions:

Parameter	Mandatory	Description
Namespace	Yes	The namespace of the archive (this is a URL like ns.tn.myhitachi.com where “tn” is the tenant and “ns” is the namespace and the rest is the hostname)
Root Path	Yes	The root path in the file system for this archive
Port	Yes	The port address for access to HTTP / HTTPS
Transport Type	Yes	The transport type – either HTTP or HTTPS
User	Yes	The user ID for authentication to access the namespace
Password Alias	Yes	The password alias for accessing the HCP
Retention Time Pass-Through	N/A	If unchecked (the default state), retention times are not written. If checked, possible retention times are written to the underlying file system that supports hardware retention times.
Proxy Type	Yes	The following values are supported: NONE No proxy is used. SYSTEM The proxy is specified via the JVM settings “…proxyHost” and “…proxyPort” on the application server. See Proxy settings for archive connection in [IM ImageMaster]. DEDICATED The settings Proxy Host and Proxy Port are specified directly in this configuration dialog (see next parameters).
Proxy Host	Depends	The host of the proxy, which is mandatory in case of the Dedicated proxy type
Proxy Port	Depends	The port of the proxy, which is mandatory in case of the Dedicated proxy type
Client Key Alias	No	The client key alias that will be used for certificate-based authentication in HTTPS
Check Hostname	N/A	If checked (the default state), the server certificate hostname will also be checked in the authentication process
Table 23: Archives – HCP

For HCP storage, the ping operation for archives according to chapter Operations with archives only works as soon as the first document has been archived.