External OSM plugins allow Perceptive Content administrators to configure their storage backend. The OSM framework allows easy access to various storage backends through an extensible model. Perceptive Content communicates with the underlying storage system through a dynamic linked library (DLL) plugin. The plugin library then retrieves, stores, or deletes files through direct communication with the underlying storage system.
Plugins are loaded from external OSM sets to facilitate configuration. External OSM sets are designated by the OSM Integration Type value 2 (EXT). We recommend that you use a cache OSM set with each external OSM set.
Note: If a set has been designated as a reference set, or a primary
set with caching or sub objects, you cannot add a filter that redirects
documents to that OSM set.