This document discusses administration of IBM Connections and IBM WebSphere. It covers the four spheres of administration: WebSphere administration, IBM Connections UI administration, IBM Connections command line administration using wsadmin commands and WebSphere commands. It provides tips on security best practices, exporting and importing configuration files, and synchronizing IBM Connections features with LDAP profiles using wsadmin commands.
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AdminCamp 2018 - Virtuell - schneller und besser! Notes V10 auf Citrix & VMWareChristoph Adler
Für die Bereitstellung von IBM Notes V10 (Beta-2) in einer virtuellen Umgebung (Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop und/oder VMWare Horizon), müssen einige Punkte beachtet werden, die ausschlaggebend für Performance und Stabilität sind. In dieser Session wird von der Installation bis hin zu automatischen Konfiguration alle relevanten Punkte behandelt um IBM Notes V10 (Beta-2) bestmöglich betreiben zu können. Als Bonus zeigt Ihnen Christoph Adler wie man die Startzeit des Clients um bis zu 70% reduizieren kann. Neben Live-Demos erhalten Sie eine Schritt-fürSchritt - Anleitung um IBM Notes V10 (Beta-2) vollautomatisiert zu installieren und zu konfigurieren.
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You have successfully installed IBM Connections in your environment – but now what comes next? Installation is one thing, but keeping your new environment up and running requires a different focus:
What are some of the regular actions you should be doing to proactively keep your environment running?
Where do you start looking when something looks wrong?
How do you fulfill some of the requests users now come to you with?
How do you correctly change configurations without breaking what you just built?
These questions and more are what we will explore during our conversation about IBM Connections.
Roberto Boccadoro / ELD Engineering
Sharon Bellamy James / BCC
If Connections is not working or there are issues, where do you look to determine the problem ?
In this session we will cover logging, tracing and throw in some tips and tricks that will help you in troubleshooting.
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MAS202 - Customizing IBM Connections - Downloadablepaulbastide
IBM Connections enables you to connect and socialize with colleagues, find experts, and quickly share and organize information to get work done. As a developer, you can leverage the IBM Connections data to provide a better experience for your users. In this session, you learn what features you can extend, leverage and use to build a compelling experience. The session highlights how best to extend and work with the IBM Connections Cloud.
This particular presentation is downloadable and missing some transition graphics which were licensed for viewing.
IBM Connections enables you to connect and socialize with colleagues, find experts, and quickly share and organize information to get work done. As a developer, you can leverage the IBM Connections data to provide a better experience for your users. In this session, you learn what features you can extend, leverage and use to build a compelling experience. The session highlights how best to extend and work with the IBM Connections Cloud.
Updated file adds pointers to other sessions throughout the week.
Geek Sync | Field Medic’s Guide to Database MirroringIDERA Software
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SQL Server's Database Mirroring feature is a powerful tool and much simpler to manage than Availability Groups. Join Microsoft Certified Master Kendra Little to learn when Database Mirroring is the right choice, common rescue scenarios, and special setup required for mirrors.
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The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
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Victor Toal - IBM Connections: So you have it installed – now what?LetsConnect
You have successfully installed IBM Connections in your environment – but now what comes next? Installation is one thing, but keeping your new environment up and running requires a different focus:
What are some of the regular actions you should be doing to proactively keep your environment running?
Where do you start looking when something looks wrong?
How do you fulfill some of the requests users now come to you with?
How do you correctly change configurations without breaking what you just built?
These questions and more are what we will explore during our conversation about IBM Connections.
Roberto Boccadoro / ELD Engineering
Sharon Bellamy James / BCC
If Connections is not working or there are issues, where do you look to determine the problem ?
In this session we will cover logging, tracing and throw in some tips and tricks that will help you in troubleshooting.
Here is the presentation from January 25, 2011, presented by Andy Dingsor to the RTP WebSphere User Group. Great job Andy and a great tool to the WebSphere community
MAS202 - Customizing IBM Connections - Downloadablepaulbastide
IBM Connections enables you to connect and socialize with colleagues, find experts, and quickly share and organize information to get work done. As a developer, you can leverage the IBM Connections data to provide a better experience for your users. In this session, you learn what features you can extend, leverage and use to build a compelling experience. The session highlights how best to extend and work with the IBM Connections Cloud.
This particular presentation is downloadable and missing some transition graphics which were licensed for viewing.
IBM Connections enables you to connect and socialize with colleagues, find experts, and quickly share and organize information to get work done. As a developer, you can leverage the IBM Connections data to provide a better experience for your users. In this session, you learn what features you can extend, leverage and use to build a compelling experience. The session highlights how best to extend and work with the IBM Connections Cloud.
Updated file adds pointers to other sessions throughout the week.
Geek Sync | Field Medic’s Guide to Database MirroringIDERA Software
You can watch the replay for this Geek Sync webcast in the IDERA Resource Center: http://ow.ly/eU0750A5pPs
SQL Server's Database Mirroring feature is a powerful tool and much simpler to manage than Availability Groups. Join Microsoft Certified Master Kendra Little to learn when Database Mirroring is the right choice, common rescue scenarios, and special setup required for mirrors.
Want to build an XPages application, but not sure how? Kathy and Dave will show you how to build a sample help desk application from start to finish. Step by Step they will show you how to create, read, update, and delete tickets. Along the way you'll be introduced the most common XPages concepts like SSJS, Custom Controls, View and Repeat Controls, Extension Library, CSS frameworks, and much more. Go home with a working application that you can use today!
Flopsar, basado en el concepto de APM (application performance monitoring), es además una herramienta para análisis conductural de aplicaciones y procesos de negocio. Se destaca por su interfaz principal, que es muy innovadora e intuitiva.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
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LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
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The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
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Attacks on counties – USA
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What We’ll Cover …
•The Four Spheres of Administration
•IBM WebSphere Administration
•IBM Connections - UI based Administration
•IBM Connections – the Command Line
•Tips, Tricks and Must-Does
•Wrap-up/Summary/Questions (you choose)
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The Four Levels of Administration
•IBM WebSphere Administration
The IBM Console
WebSphere commands – Command line Glory
•IBM Connections - UI based Administration
The UI – what can you do as an administrator?
•IBM Connections – the Command Line
Wsadmin commands and WebSphere commands - access
to the guts of Connections
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What We’ll Cover …
•The Four Spheres of Administration
•IBM WebSphere Administration
•IBM Connections - UI based Administration
•IBM Connections – the Command Line
•Tips, Tricks and Must-Does
•Wrap-up/Summary/Questions (you choose)
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WebSphere – Lift the Veil of your new Bride ….
•What is WebSphere?
•The Lingo
•The IBM Console
•Some WebSphere Resources
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WebSphere
Why WebSphere and What is it?
Simply put – if you want to administrate Connections you
need to know WebSphere – it is where it all begins.
WebSphere in Lay Terms
WebSphere is both a brand and a technology. The WebSphere brand covers a whole host of
technologies that come together to create business solutions. For example, IBM Connections is a
business solution -- underneath the covers it uses WebSphere Application Server (WAS), which is a
runtime environment that Connections runs on.
WAS provides a bunch of services (called J2EE) that Java applications use. Services like database
access, mail services and security services. Without an application WAS does nothing – it has an
administration interface but, unlike Domino you can't "do" anything with out of the box without an
application. Simply put, WebSphere runs Java (J2EE) programs.
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WebSphere – The Lingo
•Some WAS Terminology:
Node – an individual system, either physical or virtual
Node Manager – the process controlling the individual node
and all servers in all cells, it executes the commands of the
Deployment Manager
Profile – a WebSphere entity similar to a node
Application Server – a Java Virtual Machine process
Application – a Java server application
Cluster – a group of Servers, all running the same
applications
Cell – an administrative domain of one or more servers
Deployment Manager (DM) – the administration application
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WebSphere: The short of it ...
How do all these pieces work together?
“Multiple Nodes in a Cell run Servers that contain
Applications. All pieces are controlled via the Deployment
Manager”
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The IBM Console
•Your Graphical Interface to control WebSphere
In network deployments the only server running an IBM
console is the Deployment Manager
The default administrator for WebSphere is called
“wasadmin”, you need that account to administrate
through the Console and via the command line
The IBM console runs ONLY on the DM, it is where all
administration takes place
The console is what stands between you and a whole
bunch of XML files that would would have to edit manually
otherwise . . .
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WebSphere – your first tip ….
•Security comes first
The first thing to do after you set up WebSphere:
Create individual WebSphere administration accounts for
all admins
Synch all the nodes BEFORE you take the next step
Change the wasadmin password and keep it secret ….
Give each admin only the rights they need ….
Take a backup before doing this, DELETE it after you
verified everything works ….
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What We’ll Cover …
•The Four Spheres of Administration
•IBM WebSphere Administration
•IBM Connections - UI based Administration
•IBM Connections – the Command Line
•Tips, Tricks and Must-Does
•Wrap-up/Summary/Questions (you choose)
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IBM Connections – The UI
•Being an Admin of Connections Features lets you
Homepage
Add/remove Widgets
Metrics
Review global system Metrics
Blogs
Basic settings, theme settings, administrate individual
users' blogs
Communities
Add sources to catalog crawler
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IBM Connections – The UI
• ….. continued
Activities
Access to public trash
Mobile / MobileAdmin
Access via https://<connectionsurl>/mobileAdmin/login
Devise security, settings, users, wipe commands,
WIKIS
Some special rights in individual WIKIS, even those you
do not own (version control, etc.)
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What We’ll Cover …
•The Four Spheres of Administration
•IBM WebSphere Administration
•IBM Connections - UI based Administration
•IBM Connections – the Command Line
•Tips, Tricks and Must-Does
•Wrap-up/Summary/Questions (you choose)
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IBM Connections – the Command Line
•Command Line Commands come in two Flavors
wsadmin commands
Works with Connections internal data and settings
WebSphere Command Line tools
Works with WebSphere settings and capabilities, not
directly related to Connections data
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Command Line - wsadmin
•wsadmin – what is it?
A command shell to administrate aspects of a WebSphere
Application Server Cell
Can invoked to execute scripts written in JACL or
JYTHON
Can execute almost all actions of the IBM Console and
many that the console is not able to
We will concentrate on Connections specific wsadmin
commands today
Note: ALLWAYS execute wsadmin commands on the
Deployment Manager (DM) and only in the DM's /bin directory
– be careful if you run a managed node on the same server as
the DM!
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wsadmin …. by the book
•How to execute the WSADMIN command shell
Go to DM executable folder, execute the wsadmin and
initiate a Connections app and run a Connections
command . . .
It's by the book, but a bit slooooow . . .
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Wsadmin … One Step up
•wsadmin command executed … call the Jython script as a
profile and save a step:
Faster - you save a step, but . . . is there another way?
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Wsadmin … Run it all in one command!
•You can call the Jython script as a profile AND execute a
command all in one line … save yourself some time and
have a coffee!
OK, now this is fast – a one liner!
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Wsadmin recap – choose how you want to run it
•You have three options how to initiate wsadmin and call
Jython scripts to then execute a Connections Commands:
3-Step: By The Book / WIKI:
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password password1 -port 8879
execfile ("connectionsConfig.py")
LCConfigService.checkOutConfig("/opt/IBM/connectexport/xml","vthome302Cell01")
2-Step: Launch a Profile:
../wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password password1 -profile
connectionsConfig.py
LCConfigService.checkOutConfig("/opt/IBM/connectexport/xml","vthome302Cell01")
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Wsadmin recap … continued
1-Step: The “All-in-One” Option
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password password1 -profile
connectionsConfig.py -c
"LCConfigService.checkOutConfig('/opt/IBM/connectexport/xml','vthome302Cell01')"
This is the option you want to use to create
batch files and scripts to chain wsadmin
commands!
Note: Sometimes you have to experiment with the order of
the [“] and ['] in the command – look at the commands I
share in the end for examples
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What We’ll Cover …
•The Four Spheres of Administration
•IBM WebSphere Administration
•IBM Connections - UI based Administration
•IBM Connections – the Command Line
•Tips, Tricks and Must-Does
•Wrap-up/Summary/Questions (you choose)
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Tips, Tricks and Must-Does … The Beginning
•Dr. Vic's basic rules - 'Thou Shalt':
Create separate IBM console admins accounts for all staff
- INCLUDING YOURSELF (covered earlier) – Keep the
wasadmin account separate and don't mess with it.
All wsadmin commands MUST be run on the DM, or they
will not work and will create allot of errors
Learn command line basics for WebSphere, do not rely
on ONLY the graphical interface, allot of things cannot be
done there or not with the same detailed variables
Take frequent back-ups when making system or security
level changes, you will regret it otherwise
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'Thou shalt' … continued
•More of Dr. Vic's rules:
Clean up after yourself and don't litter the WebSphere
server with endless variants of back-uped/saved versions
of configuration files. (I.e 'files-config.xml.bak.thisis
mysafebackup', etc.) sometimes WebSphere picks them up
and you have no clue as to why a change did not work ….
and it just looks untidy! Yuck!
Build a test/Dev system – you need a safe place to test
changes in. Don't be the “I do all my test on live systems”
guy/girl . . .
Keep records of ALL changes you make – even the small
ones – you will need to back-track your steps OFTEN
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Tips/Tricks – Connections Config Files
•Exporting Connections Configuration Files
DO NOT make a habit of copying/ftp Connections
configuration xml files up-and-down from servers – export
and then import them
Ensures you always have the CORRECT active version
Import checks for formatting errors and kicks them back
at you (important for UNIX environments especially!!)
Makes sure you have a back-up of the ORIGINAL xml files
from the install BEFORE you first worked on them … you
might need to know what the default setting is at some
time.
Another Dr. Vic rule:
Allways have an original
version backup!
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Connections Config Files … continued
•Export command
Have a default location on your DM to export/import files
(for me '/opt/IBM/connectexport/xml')
Check-out:
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password password1 -profile
connectionsConfig.py -c
"LCConfigService.checkOutConfig('/opt/IBM/connectexport/xml','vthome302Cell01
')"
Check-in:
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile
connectionsConfig.py -c
"LCConfigService.checkInConfig('/opt/IBM/connectexport/xml','vthome302Cell01')
"
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Import / Export Ear Files
•You need to know this – EAR files are all-mighty
Ear files are not specific to any one WebSphere environment, they can be
exported on one environment and imported into another one WITHOUT any
problem
Only become environment specific if YOU put specific customizations into it
This is a combination of WAS specific wsadmin commands AND WebSphere
native scripts!
The commands contain the path to specific local folders, be sure they exist and
DO NOT CHANGE THEM - it is important that all back-ups etc. are contained in
one location so you do not have to hunt all over the file system for them.
[ /opt/IBM/connectexport/ear] – my default location to export all ear files to
[/opt/IBM/connectexport/ear/exp-xxx] separate folder for each expanded
feature/ear file (create manually if it does not exist)
All commands must be executed wile residing in the DM /bin, otherwise the the
wsadmin commands will fail with cryptic errors
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Import / Export Ear Files … continued
•Example using COMMUNITIES
Export ear file
./wsadmin.sh -user wasadmin -password password1 -c '$AdminApp export
Communities /opt/IBM/connectexport/ear/communities.ear'
Expand Ear file (so you can work on it)
./EARExpander.sh -ear /opt/IBM/connectexport/ear/communities.ear -operationDir
/opt/IBM/connectexport/ear/exp-communities -operation expand
Collapse/Repack ear file
./EARExpander.sh -ear /opt/IBM/connectexport/ear/communities.ear -operationDir
/opt/IBM/connectexport/ear/exp-communities -operation collapse
Install / re-import into WAS after change
./wsadmin.sh -user wasadmin -password password1 -c '$AdminApp install
/opt/IBM/connectexport/ear/communities.ear {-update -appname Communities}'
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Sync Features with LDAP / Profiles
•Sync commands help keep the feature dB user entries
synchronized with LDAP / Profiles
Documentation days to run them whenever user errors
appear in the log files … I run them 1 – 3 times a week
Can be run for each feature individually or a a batch file –
I always run batch files and synchronize ALL features
Note: not all features have synch commands as several
features share databases (News, Homepage, etc.)
If you have clustered WebSphere servers that are all
running, you will need to be there to respond to the system
prompts!
Different ways of synchronizing are possible – review the
batch files in the end of the presentation
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Sync Features … continued
•Example how to synch Communities
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password
password1 -profile communitiesAdmin.py -c
"CommunitiesMemberService.syncAllMembersByExtId({'u
pdateOnEmailLoginMatch':'true'})"
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password
password1 -profile communitiesAdmin.py -c
"CommunitiesMemberService.syncAllMemberExtIds()"
Run both commands but not right after each other, leave
some time between them.
Do not run the commands simultaneously on separate
cluster members → BIG PROBLEM!
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Command Line Node Syncronization
•When the synch commands in the GUI just do not appear
to get the job done ...
./syncNode.sh [IP or FQHN] 8879 -conntype SOAP
-username wasadmin -password password1
Replace the [IP or FQHN] with either an IP or a fully
qualified DNS name – do not include the square brackets
Requires the Nodemanager to be stopped, but the DM
MUST be running
If the node and DM share the same physical server you
can enter LOCALAHOST as an address
Remove all files in the
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Appserver/profiles/AppServ01/wstem
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Scheduled Tasks
•All Features have scheduled tasks that update data or run
clean-ups
•Clear these lists when actions are not happening or if you
see issues with upgrades
•They are recreated the next time the feature is restarted
Tip1: I remove ALL scheduled tasks prior to ANY iFix
installs or CR upgrades
Tip2: If you are upgrading Connections to a new version,
remove all tasks prior to shutting down for the dB
migration. Run it once more AFTER starting the upgraded
system and restart once more.
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Scheduled Tasks … continued
Initialize wsadmin and call the Connections config script
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password *****
-port 8879
execfile ("connectionsConfig.py")
List all Scheduled Tasks:
Scheduler.listAllTasks()
Clear all Scheduled Tasks
Scheduler.clearAllTasks()You can delete the tasks while your servers
Are running, just restart the clusters to
Recreate the tasks
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WebSphere Server command line utilties
•Nodemanager commands
Stop Nodemanager AND all running servers
simultaneously
./stopNode.sh -stopservers -username wasadmin
-password password1
Check status of ALL servers (incl. DM and
nodemanagers)
./serverStatus.sh -all -username wasadmin -password
password1
Check status of a single server (incl. DM or
nodemanagers)
./serverStatus.sh [servername] -username wasadmin
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Add a WAS Service to Windows – the quick way
•Now something JUST for Windows
WASServicecmd.exe is a front-end utility for the native
WebSphere WASServcice.exe
It can add AND remove WebSphere
servers/nodemanagers/DMs as Windows serviceshttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21397335
Best practices suggests NOT to add Servers, but only
nodemanagers and the DM as a service!
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Lets change some Connections data . . . .
•Update / Change Profiles data
Initiate wsadmin and the Profiles Admin Jython script
/wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile profilesAdmin.py
Edit BACKGROUND data in Profile
ProfilesService.updateExperience("ann_jones@company.com","This is new text that will be
entered into the Background field for Ann."
Edit "ABOUT ME" data of Profile:
ProfilesService.updateDescription("ann_jones@company.com","This is new text that will be
entered into the About Me tab for Ann.")
Delete Photo in Profile
ProfilesService.deletePhoto("john_doe@company.com")
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Changing more Connections data . . . .
•Update / Change Communities data
Initiate wsadmin and the Profiles Admin Jython script
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile communitiesAdmin.py
Change name of a Community
CommunitiesService.updateCommunityName("Community NAME or UUID", "New Name")
Edit "Description" of Community Profile:
CommunitiesService.updateCommunityDescription("Community NAME or UUID", "New
description.")
Delete Bookmarks in Community
This requires a two step process
removeurl= ["http://valid1.url.com", "http://valid2.url.com", "http://valid3.url.com"]
CommunitiesService.removeReferencesByUri("Community NAME or UUID",removeurl)
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Lets change some Connections data . . . .
•Update / Change BLOGS data
Initiate wsadmin and the Profiles Admin Jython script
/wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile profilesAdmin.py
Edit Blog handle
BlogsAdminService.renameWeblogHandle("<old_handle>", "<new_handle>")
Change the URL or blogs (system wide):
This is necessary if you change the base URL of the Connections system
BlogsAdminService.fixBrokenUrls(<replacePattern>, <replaceValue>)
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Lets Report on some settings and data . . . .
•Report on Libraries … all them files!!
Get list of all orphaned personal file libraries:
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile filesAdmin.py -c
'FilesPrintService.saveToFile(FilesLibraryService.browsePersonalOrphan("size", "false", 1,
100000), "/opt/IBM/PersonalLibraries-Orphans.csv")'
List of All Community Libraries
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile filesAdmin.py -c
'FilesPrintService.saveToFile(FilesLibraryService.browseCommunity("size", "false", 1,
100000), "/opt/IBM/CommunityLibraries.csv")'
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Lets Report on some settings and data . . . . continued
•Report on Libraries … more and morfe
List of All User Libraries
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile filesAdmin.py -c
'FilesPrintService.saveToFile(FilesLibraryService.browsePersonal("size", "false", 1,
100000), "/opt/IBM/PersonalLibraries.csv")'
List of File/Libraries Policies
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile filesAdmin.py -c
'FilesPrintService.saveToFile(FilesPolicyService.browse("title", "true", 1,
25),"/opt/IBM/LibraryPolicies.csv")'
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Files … do you have Orphans?
•Find and move all orphaned files to a separate location
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password ****
-profile filesAdmin.py -c
'FilesDataIntegrityService.checkFiles("/opt/IBM/files_orpha
ned")'
This can happen after dB crashes or Connections server
failures – or after a migration.
You will have to review the files manually and “just figure
it out”
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Files … What are your Policies for Libraries?
•Find and move all orphaned files to a separate location
./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user wasadmin -password **** -profile filesAdmin.py -c
'FilesPrintService.saveToFile(FilesPolicyService.browse("title", "true", 1,
25),"/opt/IBM/LibraryPolicies.csv")'
Or display it in the console
wsadmin>FilesPolicyService.browse("title", "true", 1, 25)
[{maximumSize=2147483648, title=!Default for Community Files, id=00000000-0000-0000-
0000-000000000001},
{maximumSize=524288000, title=!Default for Community Wikis, id=00000000-0000-0000-
0000-000000000003},
{maximumSize=524288000, title=!Default for Non-Community Wikis, id=00000000-0000-
0000-0000-000000000002},
{maximumSize=10737418240, title=!Default for Personal Files, id=00000000-0000-0000-
0000-000000000000}]
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There is more ….
•My Script Library
I will share more useful scripts on my blog site
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Go there and copy as much as you want – as long as you
promise to share it with others!
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