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IBM Connections 4.5 Installation From Zero to Social Hero

Frank Altenburg | SME for IBM Sametime IBM Collaboration Solutions mailto:frank.altenburg@de.ibm.com

Version 2.01, released May 02. 2013

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Agenda

Introduction Requirements for a IBM Connections 4.5 installation Architecture of a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment The 32 steps to a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment

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Introduction
This document Describes how to implement, in a very fast way, the infrastructure for a small deployment of a IBM Connections 4.5 Server. It is designed for a Proof of Concept, Proof of Technology or a small test pilot deployment only. It does not contain information how to implement a high available infrastructure. You can start with this document just to "make your bosses happy". But to make the system available for a larger number of users, it is recommended to invite IBM Services to plan and implement a clustered IBM Connections infrastructure in your organization that is fully supported. The Author has tested this scenario with the hardware specification and software components described in this document. You can use the official IBM support channels for any issue you raise when you use just this document to install your IBM Connections server. All instructions in this document are based on the official documentation wiki. You need IBM Connections licenses to download the code from Passport Advantage and to install and use this software.

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What is IBM Connections?

IBM Connections is social networking software that consists of these applications: Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks, Communities, Files, Forums, Home page, Metrics, Profiles, and Wikis. Use the IBM Connections applications to accomplish the following goals:

Activities Collaboration tool for collecting, organizing, sharing, and reusing work that is related to a project goal. Blogs Online journals that you can use to deliver timely information with a personal touch. You can use a blog to present your ideas and get feedback from others or learn from the expertise of others who blog.

Bookmarks Social bookmarking tool for saving, organizing, and sharing Internet and intranet bookmarks. Discover bookmarks that have been created by others with similar interests and expertise. Note: The application was previously named Dogear.
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What is IBM Connections? (cont)

Communities A website where people who share a common interest can interact with one another, share information, and exchange ideas. Community members can participate in community-specific activities and forums, and can share blogs, bookmarks, feeds, and files. Files A common repository in which you can upload files and share them with others. Store versions of a file, view who has downloaded a file or commented on it, and see highly recommended files. Forums A place to brainstorm and collect feedback on topics that are relevant to you and your colleagues. Statements and comments are collected in a format that captures the exchange of ideas and presents them as an ongoing conversation.

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What is IBM Connections? (cont)

Home page A central location that provides a snapshot of the latest updates collected from IBM Connections. Perform in-context actions on entries in your activity stream, check the latest updates from the content and people that you are following, stay up to date with the latest notifications and updates that require a response from you, or post your own status updates. Profiles Directory of the people in your organization, including the information you need to form and encourage effective networks across your organization. Metrics Statistics tool that collects and displays information about how people use Connections applications. Community metrics show details on a particular community while global metrics show information across all of Connections.

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What is IBM Connections? (cont)

Wikis A tool for creating wikis that individuals, groups, and communities can use to capture, share, and coauthor information. View page changes, recommendations, and comments.

Together, these tools will help you and your colleagues interact with one another more effectively.

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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5

What's new for administrators in Version 4.5? Installation

The installation of IBM Connections Content Manager for the Libraries application on AIX, Linux, and Windows. The installation now supports IBM i platform 6.1/7.1 for all applications other than Libraries. The installation wizard is based on IBM Installation Manager 1.5.3.

Administration IBM Connections:

You can lock the default frequency with which email digests from IBM Connections applications are sent to your users by configuring the frequencyLocked property in the notification-config.xml file. For more information, see Setting the default frequency of email digests.

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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5 (cont.)

Activities:

The EventLogPurgeJob task deletes old entries from the Activities events log. This task helps maintain performance and keeps the log from becoming too large. By default, it runs daily at 2 AM. You can specify the time that the log is purged and set the properties that define which entries can be deleted.

Communities:

You can increase the maximum number of communities that can be displayed in the Communities user views by adding a configuration setting to the LotusConnectionsconfig.xml file. If the Communities catalog index becomes corrupted or is not being refreshed properly, you can restore the index by deleting the existing index data and waiting for the next scheduled crawl. For more information, see the Restoring the Communities catalog index topic. By adding search to the list of modes in the Linked Library widget definition, you can enable search for content in linked libraries. For more information, see Enabling search for linked libraries.
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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5 (cont.)

Libraries: Libraries provide community members document management capabilities to upload, manage, organize, and collaborate on community files. A community can contain multiple libraries. Attention: When the IBM Connections Content Manager add-on is deployed, community owners can create libraries directly from a community using the Library widget. Community owners can also link to existing libraries using the Linked Library widget available in IBM Connections 3.0.1 and later. In this documentation, the libraries created directly from a community using the Library widget are referred to as community libraries. The libraries connected to a community using the Linked Library widget are referred to as linked libraries. Community libraries are currently only supported in IBM FileNet Content Manager deployments. Linked libraries are supported by IBM FileNet Content Manager and IBM Content Manager.

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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5 (cont.)

Community libraries provide owners and members with the following content management capabilities and enhanced social features:

Checkin and checkout. Members can check out files and edit them using private drafts. Checked out files are locked to prevent other users from making updates at the same time. Version control. Members can see who has updated content at a glance and roll back to previous file versions if there is a need to recover older content. File organization. Members can copy, move, and delete files, and use Trash view functionality to manage deleted content. Draft review. Members can collaborate on shared files and send them through an established review cycle to obtain the approval of selected members of the community. Sharing. Community owners can set file-level access to the library, giving them tighter control over who can edit content. Social content management. Members can interact with content in the community library in a social and dynamic way. For example, they can use tags to categorize content and improve file retrieval, and like files to recommend them to fellow members. Members can also track file updates in the community activity stream, follow files, comment on files, and see who has downloaded files. Document types and properties. Community owners can set the default document type for a library, allowing them to specify a defined set of information and properties for library files.
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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5 (cont.)

Existing linked libraries from earlier versions of IBM Connections can also leverage many of the content management capabilities and enhanced social features provided by community libraries, depending on the deployment specification. Where there are limitations for specific linked library deployments, these are noted in this help. Notes:

Access to linked libraries is managed on the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) server unlike community libraries, where the access is managed from the community. Access to a linked library does not include the community owners and members groups, so having access to a community does not necessarily mean that you have access to its linked libraries. You can see the Linked Library widget but unless you have access to the linked library, you cannot see any content in the library. If you remove the Linked Library widget from your community, the linked library content is not deleted from the ECM server. You can access the content by adding the Linked Library widget to your community again and recreating the connection with the ECM server. If you remove the Library widget from your community, the associated library content is permanently removed from your community and cannot be retrieved. You can search for files in community libraries, however, searching in linked libraries is disabled by default. If search is enabled for linked libraries, a Linked Libraries tab is available in your Communities search results. Linked library search results display all matching files in the library. The search results do not include any social features, such as tagging, or document type information. When you click a search result, you are taken to a generic landing page that is outside the scope of a community. When a linked library is connected to a subfolder of a library, the search results are scoped to the library rather than to the folder.
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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5 (cont.)

Wikis:

The Wikis administrator can delete draft wiki pages that were created by other users. This capability is useful after a user leaves the organization. Create your own message for users by customizing the Wikis welcome page.

Files:

You can now use a Files administrative command to obtain the ID of a community library using its community uuid value. The format of the command is: FilesLibraryService.getByExternalContainerId(string community_id)

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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5 (cont.)

Profiles:

You can now exclude nicknames when adding or updating user profiles by specifying a new name.expansion property in the tdi-profiles-config.xml file. You can use the new mapToNameTable property in the profiles-types.xml file to specify an additional givenname or surname value for use with Profiles directory search. You can integrate the Profiles business card with your web application by mapping an LDAP distinguished name, using the DN parameter; in addition to the previously available user ID and email mapping options. The hashEmail extended attribute can be added to the map_dbrepos_from_source.properties file or profileExtension table in the tdi-profilesconfig.xml file to support Profiles users in conjunction with the Microsoft Outlook Social Connector. For related information topics in the Using the IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows section of the IBM Connections wiki.

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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5 (cont.)

News:

Use the NewsActivityStreamService.updateApplicationRegistrationForEmailDigest command to update a registered third-party application to enable it for email digest functionality. For more information about this command, see Registering third-party applications. Use the NewsEmailDigestService.refreshDefaultEmailPrefsFromConfig()command to refresh updates to the default email preferences specified in the notification-config.xml file without the need for a server restart.

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What's new in IBM Connections 4.5 (cont.)

Search:

Use the new, optional parameter for the SearchService.startBackgroundIndex command to run social analytics indexing jobs at the end of the background indexing operation. You can configure post-filtering for the ECM service by enabling or disabling a property in the Search configuration file. Post-filtering is enabled by default. Use the SearchService.startBackgroundSandIndex command to create a background index for the social analytics service. Use this command to run background indexing for social analytics without having to run a full index crawl. By adding search to the list of modes in the Linked Library widget definition, you can enable search for content in linked libraries using FileNet P8 5.2. For more information, see Enabling search for linked libraries.

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Administrators: Deploying the preview guide to your users

The IBM Connections 4.5 preview guide is available for you to distribute to your users for new installations and upgrades to IBM Connections 4.5. This guide is designed to help your users become productive on the new software quickly, and to provide them with links to documentation resources for further help. http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf This guide provides the following information for this release:

Overview of several new applications Important changes from the previous release Familiar applications that remain the same Links to product tours, reference cards, and product documentation A few key productivity tips

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Administrators: Deploying the preview guide to your users

You can download the preview guide from the IBM Connections wiki at http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf There are two files available to you:

An Adobe PDF file, ready for emailing, printing, or distributing to your organization. An IBM Symphony ODT file that can be customized for your organization; for example, you can add contact information for your Help Desk.

Note: This file includes instructions in blue text for customizing information. Remember to remove these instructions before rolling out the file to your organization. It is recommended that you distribute the guide to your users before their new IBM Connections software is installed or updated.

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Audience
This Installation Guide assumes that you have prior experience with products that support enterprise web applications. IBM Connections has dependencies on a number of other products. This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of those products, including how to:

Install, configure, secure, and administer IBM WebSphere Application Server. Install IBM Tivoli Directory Server, Microsoft Active Directory, Sun Java System Directory Server, or IBM Lotus Domino LDAP directory, and then configure WebSphere Application Server to use that LDAP directory with federated repositories. Create, manage, and drop IBM DB2, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server databases. Install IBM HTTP Server, and then configure it to interact with IBM WebSphere Application Server over HTTP and HTTPS. Install and configure Cognos Business Intelligence and Cognos Transformer

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Agenda

Introduction Requirements for a IBM Connections 4.5 installation Architecture of a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment The 32 steps to a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment

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Detailed system requirements for IBM Connections

You can find the official IBM Connections 4.5 System Requirements here: Detailed system requirements for IBM Connections (#7012786)

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IBM Connections 4.5 Server Prerequisites

For this pilot deployment you need

a supported LDAP directory server (see system requirements) In this example we use Domino LDAP two Windows Server 2008 64Bit boxes for the installation Network and DNS configuration to download the required installation files from Passport Advantage and Fix Central several administrative user accounts a trusted certificate (optional) A IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.3 FP3 Server for Domino Mail integration (optional) A IBM Sametime Proxy Server 8.5.2 IFR1 for the Sametime awareness and BIZCard integration (optional)
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Hardware required for this Pilot Example Deployment

1 Server that will host the following applications: IBM DB2 Database Server IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator IBM Connections Content Manager IBM Connections 4.5 Server IBM HTTP Server Quad CPU, 16GB RAM or more, 100GB disk space or more, 64 Bit OS 1 GBit Network Interface with 1 IP address and a DNS Alias entry.

1 Server that will host the following applications: IBM DB2 Database Client IBM Cognos Server Dual CPU, 8GB RAM or more, 30GB disk space or more, 64 Bit OS 1 GBit Network Interface with 1 IP address and a DNS Alias entry.

This document describes how to install the components on a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Bit Service Pack 1 platform. A 32Bit Windows OS is not supported with this IBM Connections 4.5 Server components.
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OS and Network requirements

Make sure that all servers you want to use can be resolved in DNS. If DNS is not available then list all full qualified server names and IP addresses from all servers in the hosts file and publish this file to all servers. If your machines have multiple NIC and / or multiple IP addresses and / or multiple hostnames and / or multiple aliases in DNS then this can cause issues that we have not tested. We recommend to have machines with only one NIC and one IP address, a full qualified host name in the OS network preferences and if required one DNS Alias for example connections.renovations.com if the machine name is cryptic and you don't want to use it as access point for your users. If you use Windows 2008 as Operating System, then you need to start all installations and configurations in Administrative mode.

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Required files for a deployment on Windows

For a Windows installation you need to download these files from Passport Advantage: CIG8XML CIG9FEN CIG7ZML CI5VMML CI2Q1ML IBM FileNet Content Platform Engine V5.2 Windows Multilingual IBM FileNet Content Platform Engine Client V5.2 Windows English IBM FileNet Collaboration Services V2.0 Windows Multilingual IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 64-bit 10.1.1 Windows Multilingual IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Transformer 10.1.1 Windows Multilingual

CI6NDML IBM DB2 10.1 Enterprise Server Edition - Authorized User Single Install Option Quick Start and Activation Multiplatform Multilingual CZ9MKML CZM9KML CZM9LML CZM9MML CZVG4ML CZM91ML CZM94ML CZM95ML CZXR9ML CIHC5ML CIHC8ML
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IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator Identity Edition V7.1 for Windows x86-64 IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.0 (1 of 4) IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.0 (2 of 4) IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.0 (3 of 4) IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.0 (4 of 4) IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Supplements (1 of 4) IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Supplements (2 of 4) IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Supplements (3 of 4) IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Supplements (4 of 4) IBM Connections V4.5 for Windows Multilingual IBM Connections V4.5 Wizard for Windows Multilingual
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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

To update the WebSphere system to the required level you need to download these files from Fix Central: DB2-ntx64-universal_fixpack-10.1.200.238-FP002 7.1.0-TIV-TDI-FP0006 Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 Fix Pack 1 IBM Installation Manager 1.5.3 Install Kit for Windows IBM WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack 8.0.0.5 for distributed platforms part1 IBM WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack 8.0.0.5 for distributed platforms part2 8.0.0-WS-WASSupplements-FP0000005-part1 for distributed platforms 8.0.0-WS-WASSupplements-FP0000005-part2 for distributed platforms WebSphere Customization Toolbox Fix Pack 8.0.0.5 for distributed platforms 8.0.0.5-WS-WASND-IFPM62615 8.0.0.0-WS-WASND-IFPM71430

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

For the Domino Social Mail integration you need to download this file from Greenhouse: ICM1.3_allplattform_install.zip This download can be found here. Log in with your Greenhouse ID and password. If you dont have a Greenhouse ID you can join Greenhouse for free. https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp? action=editDocument&documentId=2118E657CE35A81F85257B2C0083B92D

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

If you have downloaded all files into a single directory then this directory should look like this screen shot:

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

Create a directory, for example C:\Install, on the servers where you want to install. Then unpack the downloaded files into this directory. Just unpack the files required for your deployment architecture on the particular server.

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

The Directory C:\Install\CCM contains the 3 executable files from the 3 CCM packages:

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

The Directory C:\Install\DB2 contains the subdirectories UNIVERSAL for the DB2 10.1 FP2 installer and License for the license files.

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

The Directory C:\Install\TDI contains the subdirectories TDI_7.1.0 for the TDI installer and 7.1.0-TIV-TDI-FP0006 for the Fixpack 6 files.

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

The Directory C:\Install\WAS_ND_8.0 contains the subdirectories IM for the IBM Installation Manager, WAS for the WebSphere 8.0 Installation Files, WAS_FP5 for the WAS 8.0 FP5 files, ..SUP.. for the WAS Supplements and Supplements FP5 files and the ..WCT.. for the WebSphere Configuration Tools FP5 files and the 2 additional fixes.

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

On the Cognos Box, the Directory C:\Install contains the subdirectories Cognos for the Cognos files, UNIVERSAL for the DB2 client installer and WAS_ND_8.0 for the WebSphere installation files.

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

The Directory C:\Install\Cognos contains the subdirectories bisrvr for the Cognos Business Intelligence Server install files, bitrsfrm for the Cognos Transformer installation files and CBI_10.1.1_Win64_FP001 for the FP1 installation files.

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Required files for a deployment on Windows (cont.)

The Directory C:\Install\WAS_ND_8.0 contains the subdirectories IM for the IBM Installation Manager, WAS for the WebSphere 8.0 Installation Files, WAS_FP5 for the WAS 8.0 FP5 files and the 2 additional fixes.

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Required technical users for IBM Connections 4.5

IBM Connections requires some technical users for components to communicate in an authenticated mode. All of this users should be configured so that the password never expires and never needs to be changed. db2admin This user is created during installation of the DB2 server in the Operating System. Do not create this user in advance. It is the user for all IBM Connections related components using DB2 to access their databases. Be sure to match the password policy requirements of the OS. LCUSER This user is created manually after installation of the DB2 server in the Operating System. Do not create this user in advance. It is the user for all IBM Connections related components using DB2 to access their databases. Be sure to match the password policy requirements of the OS.

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Required technical users for IBM Connections 4.5

LDAP Bind This user is to send authenticated requests to your LDAP directory server. This is required to get back all required information from the LDAP. wasadmin This is the user to access the IBM WebSphere components and to administer the system. This user must not exist in your LDAP directory. It is created during WebSphere installation in a local file repository. You can use the same user name and password for all components (makes it easier) or different names and passwords. But again, it does not work when this user exists in the LDAP. ihsadmin This is the user to access the IBM HTTP Server components and to administer the system. This user must not exist in your LDAP directory. It is created during IHS installation in a local file repository. But again, it does not work when this user exists in the LDAP.

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Required technical users for IBM Connections 4.5

Cognos Admin This user is required to administer the Cognos Business Intelligence and Transformer components in your Connections installation. This user must be created in your LDAP directory and the password should never expire as all technical user accounts. Take note of the shortname of this user. This shortname is required later in the post install tasks for Cognos. Connections Content Manager (CCM) Administrator This user is required for CCM to communicate with the WebSphere Application Server part. If you use an existing FileNet deployment then this user should be an LDAP user that has admin rights to your WebSphere deployment. If you install a new FileNet deployment this is what we are doing here with this document it is easiest to use the existing wasadmin user.

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Required technical users for IBM Connections 4.5

Anonymous User for Filenet IBM FileNet Collaboration Services implements anonymous access with a designated user that is used only for this purpose. The user should be a system-type user that is not used by a real person. The user ID does not need, and should not have, any particular privileges on the object store beyond what is given by the installation guide. This user's access control records will determine what level of access is given to anonymous users. Consequently, choose a functional ID that is reserved for this purpose and that does not have special access. Configuring an anonymous user is required if users will be accessing Connections communities anonymously. In some cases, such as when desktop single-sign is enabled, or when roles in the communities application have been restricted to limit access to authenticated users, setting up anonymous access for FileNet is optional. Refer to Roles for information on restricting access to anonymous users in communities. Create a user with the name Anonymous User in your Domino LDAP.
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Agenda

Introduction Requirements for a IBM Connections 4.5 installation Architecture of a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment The 32 steps to a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment

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Deployment options
Install IBM Connections in one of three deployment topologies to achieve optimum scaling, load balancing, and failover. A network deployment can consist of a single server that hosts all IBM Connections applications or two or more sets of clustered servers that share the workload. You must configure an additional system with WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Manager. IBM Cognos Business Intelligence is an optional component in the deployment. If used, Cognos must be federated to the same Deployment Manager as the IBM Connections servers. However, Cognos servers cannot be configured within an IBM Connections cluster. A network deployment provides the administrator with a central management facility and it ensures that users have constant access to data. It balances the workload between servers, improves server performance, and facilitates the maintenance of performance when the number of users increases. The added reliability also requires a larger number of systems and experienced administrative personnel who can manage them.

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When you are installing IBM Connections, you have three deployment options:
Small deployment Install all IBM Connections applications on a single node in a single cluster. This option is the simplest deployment but has limited flexibility and does not allow individual applications to be scaled up. All the applications run within a single Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Note: The diagram depicts a topology with up to 8 servers. If you install the servers on shared systems, you do not need to deploy 8 separate systems.

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Medium deployment Install a subset of applications in separate clusters. IBM Connections provides three predefined cluster names shared among all of its applications. Use this option to distribute applications according to your usage expectations. For instance, you might anticipate higher loads for the Profiles application and install it in its own cluster, while other applications could be installed in a different cluster. This option allows you to maximize the use of available hardware and system resources to suit your needs.

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Large deployment Install each application in its own cluster. IBM Connections provides a predefined cluster name for each application. This option provides the best performance in terms of scalability and availability options but also requires more system resources. In most cases, you should install the News and Home page applications in the same cluster.

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Different ways to a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment

As you could see in the previous slides, you can install IBM Connections on one box and have up to nearly unlimited number of boxes for a really large high available deployment. The largest customer environment that I know is of more then 50 boxes where all 10 IBM Connections components run on a cluster of 3 servers and a high available dedicated IBM HTTP Server in front. Everything between one box and many boxes is possible. For your production environment a detailed architecture design and sizing is urgently recommended. In this pilot we use one box for the IBM Connections Server and an other box for the Cognos Business Intelligence and Transformer services. We assume you have a already existing Domino LDAP with user data. We now will install one large box that will contain the DB2 Databases for all the IBM Connections Applications, the TDI to move personal data from the LDAP server to the People database, the IBM Connections server by itself and the IBM HTTP server for caching and SSL security in front. On the second box we will install the DB2 client, the WebSphere Server platform and the Cognos Server components.

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IBM Connections 4.5 architecture for this document

Existing components New components to be installed
IBM DB Database Server

IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator

IBM DB Database Client

IBM Lotus Domino LDAP Server

IBM Connections Content Manager

IBM Connections Server

Cognos BI Server

IBM HTTP Server

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Agenda

Introduction Requirements for a IBM Connections 4.5 installation Architecture of a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment The 32 steps to a IBM Connections 4.5 Server deployment

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The 32 steps to a IBM Connections 4.5 Pilot deployment

Pre Installation tasks 1.Prepare your machines and the network 53 2.Prepare your LDAP 56 3.Install the IBM DB2 Server, add the license and create users 60 4.Run the Database Creation Wizard 101 5.Install IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator and update to FP6 116 6.Run the Population Wizard 140 7.Install IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 and the FP5 158 8.Create the required Manager and AppServer profiles 186 9.Update WebSphere with 2 required fixes 195 10.Install IBM IHS, Plugin and FP5 212 11.Configure the Web Server with the WebSphere Configuration Tool 238 12.Setup LDAP with Federated Repositories in WAS 257 13.Create the Cognos administrator account 299
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14.Install the DB2 Database Client for Cognos 300 15.Install IBM WebSphere Application Server for Cognos 317 16.Create the required AppServer profile 345 17.Update the WebSphere Server with 2 required fixes 354 18.Install the Cognos Business Intelligence and Transformer Server 372 19.Federate Cognos 391 20.Validate Cognos 406 Installation 21.Install the IBM Connections Server

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Post Installation tasks 22.Reviewing the JVM heap size 468 23.Configure the IBM HTTP Server IHS 478 24.Configuring the Home page administrator 575 25.Configure File Downloads through the HTTP server 588 26.Install the Cognos FP1 Fixpack 612 27.Granting access to Global Metrics and Community Metrics 640 28.Configuring the IBMConnectionsMetricsAdmin role on Cognos 658 29.Configure Cognos to use the HTTP Server and SSL 694 30.Configure the Job Scheduler 716 31.Configure IBM Connections Content Manager for Libraries 740 32.Configure services to start and stop the server automatic 797 Attachment: Worksheet for Connections
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The 32 steps to a IBM Connections 4.5 Pilot deployment

On the second document IBM Connections 4.5 Integration From Zero To Social Hero you can find this topics:

IBM Connections 4.5 on Mobile devices IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows IBM Connections 4.5 Plug-ins for IBM Lotus Notes Configure IBM Lotus Domino Social Mail integration An easy way to import some user photos Adding Sametime awareness through the IBM Sametime Proxy Server Configure IBM Sametime Proxy to use the IBM Connections business card in place of the Sametime business card Installing the IBM Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal Integrating Sametime Advanced with IBM Connections

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To get the full PDF document register on IBM Greenhouse: https://greenhouse.lotus.com and download the document from here: https://greenhouse.lotus.com/files/app#/file/90f5bb0c-1c7d-48c6-830b-2a8958715b3e

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And a special thank you to all those who contributed in various ways to the production of this presentation. Danke schoen! Thank you! Merci beaucoup! Grazie! Muchas gracias! Toa chie! Domo arigato! Spasibo! Shukran gazilan!

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