Archive Content Connector (ACC)
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Archive Content Connector – ACC – by solutionXchg
The Archive Content Connector (ACC) is an HTTP Servlet that connects one SAP system to several SAP ArchiveLink content repositories. Using the ACC allows a system administrator to connect a quality control content repository (read/write mode) and a production content repository (read only mode) to the same configuration in SAP. All access is HTTPS and SAP SecKey secured, with an additional option to add SAP security keys to all unsecured source system calls in transit!
With that, an end user retrieving a document from your SAP QA system (typically a full copy of production) will have the ability to retrieve all production documents read-only as if he or she were using PROD, while having the capability to store and retrieve QA-only documents seamlessly from a separate content repository.
The ACC redirects the calls appropriately to make this magic happen flawlessly in the background. Based on its configuration, it will for example, first attempt to retrieve a given document from the connected PROD content repository, and if not found, continue to attempt retrieval of that document from a second or third QA content repository. Similar techniques allow directing write traffic to the correct location defined in the ACC customizing.
With the ACC by solutionXchg the time-consuming effort to prime your QA repository with data or to manipulate SAP tables after each creation of a quality control SAP clone is completely eliminated. Your test cases continue to function exactly the same in QA and Prod. Regression testing for archive document related business scenarios and workflows has never been easier. Finally, a refresh of your QA system is not disabling your document access for testing anymore.
At the same time your production system can be protected against accidental or un-intended writes by setting the ACC Prod repository connection to read-only, while allowing full read/write access on the ACC QA repository connection. To further protect your Production Data, you can configure the ACC to substitute the original production document after an existence check with a placeholder document, thus obscuring the original document and its content. While the existence check proofs the document is actually available in production, the content of the document is protected through the display of a placeholder.
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Application Scenarios
There are multiple real live application scenarios that can be supported by the ACC to enhance a given SAP archiving landscape or to facilitate specific transitory functions during a migration process.
Typical application scenarios:
- Serving as a proxy during an archive migration by sending r/w calls to the target repository and sending read-only calls the source repository, while actively migrating in the background. This allows switching to the target repository on day one and guaranties a fully user transparent transition.
- Supporting partial archive copies during company mergers and splits by functioning as a security gateway, restricting call for copies to selected documents and selected repositories only.
- Forwarding (unchanged), securing (HTTPS) and/or signing (SAP SecKey) calls to a new target repository without changing the configuration or coding of the triggering application.
- Supporting split storage setups, with a section of the archive in a cloud base reduced access location and another section in a high availability on premise location.
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Features
The Archive Content Connector (ACC) is an HTTP Servlet that connects one SAP system to several SAP ArchiveLink content repositories. In a round robin schema, it attempts to handle a call by forwarding to real repositories, possibly manufactured by different vendors, in sequence. The first successful response is passed back to the caller (usually an SAP system).
Additional features include:
- Restricting access to listed repositories only
- Restricting/allowing read/write/delete access to repositories
- Restricting access to only certain document ids (whitelisting)
- Obscuring document content while verifying the existence of a document (placeholder display)
- Forwarding calls to a specific archive system through URL rewrite (IP address, service name, port number)
- Adding HTTPS security to the transmission
- Adding/replacing SAP SecKey identification, including link expiration to unsecured calls with custom security certificate
ACC Documentation
- README – License and Copyright ACConnector.txt
- README – Release Information ACConnector.txt
- ACC Admin Documentation.pdf
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License Key Information
The product auto-installs with a 30-day evaluation license.
A full usage license can be obtained by sending a license request to info@solutionXchg.com. SolutionXchg offers enterprise wide licenses with an annual maintenance fee or single computer licenses without annual maintenance fee. Licensing is perpetual for a specific version. If you would like to update or upgrade your single computer license simply re-purchase the software with an existing customer upgrade discount. Purchases can be made by CreditCard/PurchaseCard only. We will send you a Square.com invoice with purchasing instructions. Upon receipt of funds, we transmit a valid license key. Your purchase is guaranteed by your CreditCard/PurchaseCard and Square.com.
Please be advised that after the 30-day evaluation license has expired, the product will continue to work in a test mode only. It will not perform any remote document retrieval or archival tasks any more.
