Creating, viewing, or modifying EMC Centera stores

To create an EMC Centera store, you must know the connection string of the Centera storage system.

To create, view, or modify an EMC Centera store:

Connect to the repository, where you want to create, view or modify an EMC Centera store.
Select Administration > File Management > Storage.
The Storage list page displays.
Do one of the following:
- To create an EMC Centera store, select File > New > EMC Centera Store.
- To view or modify an existing EMC Centera store, select a Centera store, then select View > Properties > Info.
Enter information on the New EMC Centera Store - Info page to create a file store, or view or modify the information on the EMC Centera Store Properties - Info page.
Some of the fields cannot be modified for an existing EMC Centera store. Table 11.7 describes all EMC Centera store properties.
Click OK to save your changes.

Table 11.7. EMC Centera store properties

Field label	Description
Name	The name of the Centera store.
Description	A description of the EMC Centera store.
Plug-in Name	Specifies the plug-in that is used for the EMC Centera store. Select one of the following options: Default Plugin: Sets a null ID (0000000000000000) in the a_plugin_id property of the EMC Centera store object. Select Plugin: Enables the default CSEC plug-in. To use a plug-in other than the default CSEC plug-in, click the Select Plugin link, locate the plug-in in the repository, select it, and click OK. When a repository is created, a default plug-in object for CSEC is created. If the plug-in object is deleted from the repository, no plug-in is displayed. Use the instructions in Creating or modifying plug-ins to create a new plug-in object with the content of the plug-in object set as follows: Windows: %DM_HOME%\bin\emcplugin.dll Solaris, AIX, and Linux: $DM_HOME/bin/libemcplugin.so HP-UX: $DM_HOME/bin/libemcplugin.sl
Storage Parameters	Specifies the storage parameters, such as the connection string, C-clip buffer size, and embedded blob storage. Click Edit to configure storage parameters, as described in Defining the storage parameters for an EMC Centera store .
Enable Content Compression	Specifies whether content compression is used. Select this option to compress all content in the store. Compression cannot be modified for existing Centera stores.
Configure Retention Information	Enables content retention. Content retention cannot be modified for existing Centera stores.
Retention Attribute Name	The name of the retention attribute. The value must not be one of the values specified as a content attribute name. The retention attribute name cannot be modified for an existing Centera store.
Fixed Retention	Specifies a fixed value for the retention property value, as follows: Choose a retention period: Sets a period of days as the retention period for all content in the Centera store. Enter the date and time of the retention date. Choose default retention days: Select and then type the number of retention days. Both default retention date and default retention days can be specified. If both are specified, the default retention days takes precedence over default retention date. If default retention date is selected but no value is specified, the system ignores the retention date option.
Event Based Retention	When Configure Retention Information is selected, the system automatically selects and inactivates this checkbox to prevent changing the event based retention option status.
Application Provides Retention	Requires that a client application supplies the retention date when content is saved to the Centera store.
Add	Click Add to add a content attribute, or select an attribute from the list and click Edit. The Content Attribute window displays. Enter or modify the following information: Attribute Name: The name of the content attribute. The content attribute name can be an arbitrary name. It does not have to correspond to any existing properties of the objects stored in the Centera store. Attribute Description: A brief description of the content attribute.