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16. Profiles Communities
Quickly find the people you need by All your social software needs Create, find, join, and work with
searching across your organisation and communities of people who share a
ready for business common interest, responsibility, or area
connecting to others. of expertise
Bookmarks Blogs Activities
Save, organize and share bookmarks; Use a weblog to present your idea and Organize your work, plan next steps, and
discover bookmarks that have been get feedback from others; learn from the easily tap your expanding professional
qualified by others with similar interests expertise and experience of others who network to help execute your everyday
& expertise blog deliverables, faster
Homepage Files Wikis
Manage your attention by viewing Upload and share any type of file with Create wiki spaces for individuals,
relevant social data aggregated across colleagues and communities. Store groups, and communities to coauthor
your subscriptions, notifications, and versions and view downloads, comments pages. View changes across pages,
network of colleagues. and ratings. ratings, and comments.
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✤ Connections 2.0.1 had 6 core services
✤ Profiles
✤ Communities
✤ Blogs
✤ Dogear (renamed Bookmarks in 2.5)
✤ Activities
✤ Home Page
✤ Connections 2.5 adds
✤ Files
✤ Wikis
✤ Mobile
✤ Plus two backend services, News & Search
18. What comes in the box?
✤ (Oh, alright then, in the eAssembly!)
Lotus Connections 2.5 Installer Tivoli Directory Integrator 6.1.1
Lotus Connections 2.5 Wizards Tivoli Directory Server 6.0 (Optional)
WebSphere Application Server DB2 9.5
Network Deployment 6.1 (Optional)
WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment Supplements 6.1
WebSphere Application Edge
Components 6.1 (Optional)
19. What do you REALLY need?
✤ Preparation is everything!
WAS ND 6.1 PA/PW LC 2.5 Installer PA/PW TDI 6.1.1 PA/PW
WAS ND Supplements 6.1 PA/PW LC 2.5 Wizards PA/PW TDI 6.1.1 FP6 FC
WebSphere UpdateInstaller 7.0.0.5 TN LC 2.5 UpdateInstaller FC
WAS 6.1.0.23 FC All current LC2.5 Fixes FC
Oracle 10g DB2 9.5 FP3 or MS SQL Server
Enterprise FC
DB2 9.1 FP6 2005 Enterprise SP2
10.2.0.4
Domino 7.0.2 MS Active
Tivoli Directory Novell eDirectory Sun Java Directory
FC Domino 8.0.2 Directory 2003
Server 6.0 FP3 8.8 Server 5.2, 6.0
Domino 8.5.x SP2+
FC = FixCentral http://ibm.com/support/fixcentral TN = UpdateInstaller TechNote http://www-01.ibm.com/support/
docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24020212
PA/PW = Passport Advantage (Customers) or PartnerWorld (Partners)
20. Supported Server Platforms
✤ Check OS requirements carefully - WAS/DB2 etc. are supported on
more platforms than Lotus Connections
Windows 2008 Server (64 Bit only) AIX5L 5.3 TL4
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (32 Bit only)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
RHEL AS/ES 4.7 (32-bit only)
(32-bit only)
21. LC2.5 architecture
Lotus Connections
services running on Corporate LDAP Directory
WebSphere Application
Server
Browsers
IBM HTTP Server
Mobile Devices
Rich Clients
Feed Readers
Custom Applications
RDBMS
Tivoli Directory Integrator
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✤ IBM’s schematics can get pretty terrifying - large scale enterprise
deployments with five nines uptime could get to 20 boxes/VMs
✤ but....
✤ IBM’s own TAP deployment runs on 4 boxes, HTTP, 2 x WAS (only
for availability reasons) and DB, so no need to worry!
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23. Single box
✤ Do NOT use LC2.5 Pilot install!
✤ Single box = HTTP, WAS, DB2
✤ Typically Windows, 4GB, 2 x CPUs, 100GB disk
✤ Would scale to ~500 users, depending on load
Lotus Connections LDAP (for Test/Demo)
services running on
WebSphere Application Organisational
Server LDAP
DB2
RDBMS
IBM HTTP Server
WAS ND installed
1 x Profile, 1 x Server
Tivoli Directory Integrator All features installed
24. Two boxes
✤ Box 1 = HTTP, WAS - 4GB+, 2 x CPUs, 60GB disk
✤ Box 2 = DB2 (or could be Oracle, SQL Server) - 4GB, 2 x CPUs, 100GB
✤ Windows or Linux
Organisational
LDAP
✤ Would scale to ~2000 users, depending on load
Lotus Connections
services running on
WebSphere Application
Server Tivoli
Directory
Integrator
IBM HTTP Server RDBMS
WAS ND installed
1 x Deployment Manager
1 x Profile, 4 x Servers
All features installed
25. Clustered
✤ Two HTTP Servers, with ‘IP Sprayer’
✤ Two WAS Servers, one Deployment Manager
✤ Linux or AIX
✤ Would scale to ~20,000 users, depending on load
✤ but...
✤ Don’t worry about all that now!
26. The Install Process
Install WAS Install DB2
Install HTTP Server Configure DB2
Install WAS UpdateInstaller Install TDI
Patch WAS to 6.1.0.23 Patch TDI to 6.1.1FP6
Configure WAS LDAP Run DB Wizard
Configure HTTP Server Run Population Wizard
Install Lotus Connections
Configure Lotus Connections
Test
Post-Install Configuration
27. Installing WAS
✤ Install WAS ND
✤ Install WAS Update Installer
✤ Install WAS Fix Pack 23
✤ Configure Federated Repositories
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✤ Profile – an environment inside a WebSphere Application Server
(WAS) to host applications
✤ NOTE: WebSphere Application Server uses the term profile, Lotus
Connections has a feature named Profiles. These are two distinct
terms with completely different meanings.
✤ A WAS Server can have multiple profiles (much like a partitioned
Domino Server). The executable are installed in one directory, the
profiles are the “data” directories.
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✤ Cell – a group of Nodes
✤ Node – an individual WAS server
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✤ WAS Administration performed primarily through the Integrated
Solutions Console
✤ This is the WAS version of Domino Administrator Client
✤ Get familiar with this name
✤ You will use the ISC to configure
✤ Federated Repositories
✤ SSO
✤ Grant administrative access to Connections features
✤ Troubleshoot and fix database connectivity
✤ many more tasks
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✤ For WAS 6.1.0.21 and later you can use the WAS V7 Update Installer
✤ WAS 7 Update Installer
✤ http://tinyurl.com/wasv7ui
✤ Since we are installing Fix Pack 23 we will use the V7 Update
Installer
✤ Fix Pack 23
✤ http://tinyurl.com/was6fp23
36. Installing the WAS Update
✤ When the install is complete you can immediately launch the update
installer
37. Installing WAS Updates
✤ Currently the following WAS fixes are required
✤ WAS Fix Pack 23
✤ PK78743 (Network Deployments only)
✤ PK77465 (Required for SPNEGO)
✤ Technote 27016547 has detailed requirements check for updates
✤ http://tinyurl.com/con25req
38. Installing WAS Updates
✤ Select the instance of WAS to update
✤ If only one is installed it is the default
43. Federated Repositories
✤ Federated Repositories is how you connect WAS to your LDAP
✤ If using a Deployment Manager configure Federated Repositories
on the DMgr only
✤ If you are not using a Deployment Manager configure Federated
Repositories for the WAS profile(s) to be used for Connections
44. Configuring Federated Repositories
✤ The ISC Can be accessed via
✤ http://servername.domain:9060/ibm/console
✤ Or substitute the correct port number
✤ Your ID can be anything at this stage
45. Configuring Federated Repositories
✤ The ISC Can be accessed via
✤ http://servername.domain:9060/ibm/console
✤ Or substitute the correct port number
✤ Your ID can be anything at this stage
46. Configuring Federated Repositories
✤ Launch the Integrated Solutions Console
✤ Security / Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure
✤ Enable Administrative Security (skip if you did this during
installation)
✤ Create ID and Password
✤ Note: this ID and Password should not be in LDAP
✤ Set Available Realm Definitions to Federated Repositories, Set as a
current, and Configure
50. Configuring Federated Repositories
✤ Make sure Administrative
Security and Application
Security is Enabled
✤ Java 2 Security should be
disabled for Connections 2.5
✤ Asked for Admin ID - choose
‘wasadmin’ or similar, say to
create this
✤ Enter password - make sure you
remember this!
51. Configuring Federated Repositories
✤ Save your changes and restart WAS
✤ Note: Once Federated repositories is configured you will not be able
to login if WAS can not contact your LDAP Server
✤ Make sure you have configured
✤ Firewalls
✤ Credentials
✤ You will need the administrative ID to stop WAS
52. Single Sign on
✤ Domino and Websphere both use LPTA and can integrate for SSO
✤ The LPTA key must be generated in WAS and imported to Domino
✤ Beware of automatic key roll over in WAS
✤ http://tinyurl.com/keyrollover
✤ Other methods of SSO are supported
✤ Windows Authentications (SPNEGO)
✤ Tivoli Access Manager
✤ SiteMinder
53. Installing TDI
✤ TDI can be installed on the system with the Database or
independently
✤ AIX (newly supported in LC2.5)
✤ Linux
✤ Windows (not 2008)
✤ Make sure your TDI system has good network connectivity to your
LDAP and Database
54. Installing TDI
✤ Make sure to select
✤ Do not specify, Use current working directory at startup time
55. Installing TDI Fixpacks
✤ Installing FP6
✤ Regardless of where you install TDI the common files will be in
✤ C:Program FilesIBMCommoncigmibin
✤ /[opt,usr]/ibm/common/ci/gmi/bin
✤ Launch gmi.cmd to install the Fix Pack
✤ When prompted add the path to where the Fix Pack is located
56. Creating Connections Databases
✤ Interactive wizard to create the features databases
✤ Database wizard (dbWizard.bat/dbWizard.sh) must be run locally
on the server where DB2 is installed
✤ You can create the DB via command line scripts if you want to...
✤ Not recommended!
✤ One Database per feature, some features do not have DBs
✤ 8 databases for LC 2.5
57. Creating Connections Databases
✤ If your database is DB2 remember to
✤ Register the DB2 license key
✤ Create the 'lcuser' account in the Operating System (avoids the
need to specify DB2admin user for each DB created)
58. Populating the Profiles Database
✤ TDI needs to be installed on the system used to run the wizard
✤ If you did not install TDI in default directory you will need to set the
location manually
60. Populating the Profiles Database
✤ Supply the correct JDBC Driver
✤ Oracle JDBClib
✤ DB2 SQLLIBjava
✤ MS SQL – MS SQL 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2
✤ You need these files for both TDI and WAS
61. Populating the Profiles Database
✤ GUID is the KEY field
✤ Domino – dominoUNID*
✤ Novell – GUID
✤ Active Directory – objectGUID/objectSID*
✤ Tivoli Directory Server – ibmentryUUID
✤ Sun Java – nsuniqueod
✤ * Make sure to use the JavaScript Function to populate these fields
64. Populating the Profiles Database
✤ Map the rest of the fields as appropriate for your LDAP environment
✤ You can create your own JavaScript functions if you need to parse
data from your LDAP
✤ http://tinyurl.com/customjs
65. Populating the Profiles Database
✤ Optional Steps
✤ Populate Country Codes
✤ isocc.csv supplied or you can use your own
✤ Populate
✤ Departments
✤ Organizations
✤ Employee Types
✤ Work Locations
66. Installing Lotus Connections
✤ Before you begin
✤ Copy JDBC Drivers on to WAS server
✤ Need hostname, User ID and Passwords for Database connectivity
✤ SMTP Server (if configuring mail routing)
✤ I suggest you create a response file for your install it can be useful
later on
67. Installing Lotus Connections
✤ For Network Deployments make sure the Deployment Manager is
running
✤ Increase the Java Heap size on the deployment manager before
starting the install
✤ http://tinyurl.com/dmgrheap
68. Installing Lotus Connections
✤ Choose your install type
✤ Stand-alone deployment
✤ Network deployment
✤ Advanced Stand-alone deployment
✤ Think twice before choosing Advanced you are probably better
off with a Network Deployment
✤ Pilot install is a different installer
72. Installing Lotus Connections
✤ Select the features to install
✤ In a Stand-alone install select the WAS Profile and Server process to
install to
✤ In a Network Deployment or Advanced network deployment you
will have already specified Profile and Server process earlier
76. Installing Lotus Connections
✤ Provide the credentials for each feature database
✤ Do Not change the Database name
✤ You need to do this for each feature you are installing (even if they
are on the same database server and use the same username/
password)
78. Installing Lotus Connections
✤ A word of caution if you see this
✤ When you click “OK” it moves on to the next feature
✤ Use the Back button to return and fix
✤ If you don't fix now you can fix in the ISC later
79. Installing Lotus Connections
✤ Select data directories
✤ This is for data that is not stored in the database
✤ Indexes
✤ Images
✤ Attachments
✤ Favicons (bookmarks)
✤ For a network deployment the data directory must be available to
all participating nodes
82. Installing Lotus Connections
✤ When the installation is complete review the information provided on
the Install Results screen
✤ Note the port numbers for each feature, and ISC
✤ Note the location of the install log
✤ Save your install log file
✤ It could be useful troubleshooting any issues with your
installation
86. Post Install Steps
✤ Configure Blogs
✤ Log in to Blogs with the ID granted administrator access in the
previous step
✤ If you don't see the Administration tab you are not an
administrator
87. Post Install Steps
✤ Create a blog using the Homepage template
✤ Only administrators see the homepage template
✤ Choose your handle carefully (keep it simple - usually ‘home’)
88. Post Install Steps
✤ On the Administration Tabs
✤ Set the Handle for the Blogs Homepage
✤ This is the handle you used to create the blog in the previous step
✤ Set other blogs preferences
89. Post Install Steps
✤ Map features to HTTP Server
✤ Install IHS
✤ Remember to include the IHS plugins for WAS
✤ Configure SSL on IHS
✤ Create Webserver definition in ISC
✤ Map Features
✤ Generate and Deploy plugin
✤ Update links in Lotus-Connectionsconfig.xml
90. Post Install Steps
✤ Remember to check Fix Central for any updates to Connections 2.5
✤ You must replace any previous versions of the Update Installer for
Lotus Connections with the 2.5 version
✤ Wizard mode is supported for Fixes and Fix Packs
✤ Currently two fixes available for 2.5
91. Lotus Connections Resources
Infocenter http://tinyurl.com/20infocenter
Wiki http://tinyurl.com/connectwiki
Support Page http://tinyurl.com/consupport
Support Forum http://tinyurl.com/20forum
developerWorks articles http://tinyurl.com/condevworks
Software Catalog http://tinyurl.com/consoftcat
Product Page http://tinyurl.com/conhome
With thanks to Mitch Cohen http://curiousmitch.com
92. But in truth, social software
users do and the business
problems the tools address.
Jakob Nielsen, Usability Guru
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/marknadsstod/getting-real-about-enterprise-20
93. My Takeaways
Don’t use Pilot Install
The secret is the preparation
One- or Two-box installs are fine in
most situations
A single-server WAS install is fine in
90% of cases
Follow these instructions and the
InfoCenter, you’ll be fine!
Ask us to help - we would be
delighted!
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