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Configure Custom Archives (RDM)

If you are integrating with a custom archive provider, configure RDM to retrieve the email or file object in the correct format and in the correct location. Make all configuration for custom providers in the registry under the following keys:

• On 32-bit systems:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\CA DataMinder
      \CurrentVersion\Remote Data Manager
  

• On 64-bit systems:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ComputerAssociates\CA DataMinder
      \CurrentVersion\Remote Data Manager
  

Follow these steps:

1. Enable support for the custom archive in this registry key by modifying the AllowCSTxx registry value with a name based on the numeric value of the importSource used for this custom archive. The third-party integrator who implemented support for the custom archive provides you with this value. You can configure multiple archives.

   Note: See the "Common Parameter Details, Values for importSource" section in the CA DataMinder External Agent COM API Reference Guide.

   AllowCSTxx

   Enables the custom archive that is specified by the importSource value. Replace xx with the decimal value of importSource.

   Type: REG_DWORD

   Data: Defaults to 0. Set to 1 to enable support for the custom archive. After changing this value, restart the CA DataMinder Infrastructure service on the RDM machine to ensure this value is registered with the CMS.

2. To configure the connection to the particular archive, locate the registry subkey CSTxx, where xx is the decimal value of importSource.
3. Within the CSTxx subkey, edit the following registry values:

   Type

   Defines the type of data that the archive returns.

   Type: REG_SZ

   Data: Set to EMAIL or FILE.

   Format

   Defines the format in which the archive returns data.

   Type: REG_SZ

   Data: Set to MAPI, RFC822, or FILE.

   URLTemplate

   Defines the URL to the archive provider.

   Type: REG_SZ

   Data: This value defines the URL template that the RDM uses to request the data from the archive. The URL template encodes the uniqueID of the data in the archive, so it must contain a ‘%s’ format definition. The '%s' format definition is replaced by the RDM when issuing the request to the archive.

   Example: This archive returns emails in RFC822 format:

   http://server:port/folder/%s.eml 
   

   The following table shows the supported combinations of the Type and Format settings:

Note: You do not need to restart the local CA DataMinder Infrastructure service when you modify the settings under the CSTxx subkey.