Now that all of the preinstallation steps were completed, the installation of Lotus
®
Connections can begin. The installation wizard installs Lotus
Connections on node 1 of the cluster and federates this node into the
cluster controlled by the deployment manager. After this process is
complete, the second node is added using the deployment manager.
Therefore, you only need to install Lotus Connections via the wizard on
one machine – node 1.
Before running the installation wizard, note the following items:
- Ensure that the JDBC driver for
MSSQL is copied onto each node in the same location (for example
C:\IBM\JDBC Drivers). The required driver can be copied from the MSSQL
server. This driver is named sqljdbc.jar in this instance.
- It is required that you use a
network shared folder to store the search index and the uploaded
content store. This location must be accessible from each of the nodes.
Write down this location as it is required by the installation wizard.
To launch the installation wizard, follow these steps:
1. On the node 1 machine, run
install.bat from within the Lotus_Connections_Install subdirectory, located in the Lotus
® Connections installation directory. Select the language to use.
2. The following welcome screen is displayed. Launch the information center here, if required.
3. Accept the license agreement.
4. Select to create a response file for silent installation in the future, or select
Install Lotus Connections only.
5. Select
Network deployment to set up a cluster environment.
6. Select
Install first node of a cluster.
7. Choose the default installation directory or click
Browse to specify the directory name where you want to install Lotus Connections.
8. Select which features that you want to install. For example, select all check boxes to install all features,
9. Depending on the features selected
in the previous panel, you are prompted to select additional features
to install. Again, select all check boxes. The wizard attempts to
detect where WebSphere
® Application Server is installed.
10. Because the wizard cannot detect where WebSphere Application Server is installed, select the correct location as shown.
The installation wizard detects the WebSphere Application Server profile path, profiles, and server instances.
11. Select the WebSphere Application
Server profile (AppSrv01) and specify the server instance for each
feature. Select @nowiki@1create new server> to specify a new server
name as shown below. In this example the servers will be named
activitiesServer, blogsServer, communitiesServer, and so on,
12. The installation wizard checks to
see if any features are already installed on any of these servers.
After this check is complete, the wizard also checks that WebSphere
Application Server security is enabled.
Note: At this stage,
you are warned by the installer that application security is not
enabled on the node on which you are installing Connections. Click
OK.
You can ignore this message since application security is enabled on
the deployment manager, which is the master configuration after the
installation is complete.
13. Ensure that the deployment manager
is started before performing this step. Next specify the host name,
SOAP port (8879 by default), and credentials of the deployment manager.
Then select
Next for the wizard to attempt to connect to the deployment manager, This ensures that the connection is established.
14. Specify the names of the clusters. For ease of use, set the cluster names as follows.
15. Specify your administrator user ID
for Lotus Connections. This user must be in LDAP and have
administrative rights on the deployment manager as discussed in
S1:
Configuring WebSphere Application Server profiles
.
16. The installation wizard detects the host name to ensure that it is correct.
17. Select the database type, SQL Server 2005 Edition.
18. Select
No. In this case, there are eight separate database instances, which each house a database.
19. You are prompted to provide the
location of the MSSQL JDBC driver. Provide the location where this
driver was copied prior to installation.
20. For each feature database (eight), you are prompted individually for the following data:
Database host name and port number
Database name
Application user ID of account used to access database
Application password of account used to access database.
21. After you provide these details
for each feature, the wizard verifies that the connection to the
database exists before prompting you for information for the next
database. In case of a failure, consult the Lotus Connections
Information Center.
22. Specify the data directory for all
features. Because this is a network deployment, this directory must be
a shared location.
23. Select
Yes to specify that there is a mail server. Also select the type of mail server (in this case, DNS MX Records).
24. Specify the properties of the Lotus Domino
® mail server.
25. Select a method to use search for people profiles. Select
Profiles database.
26. Review the summary and then click
Configure to start the installation. If necessary, click
Back to go back and amend any settings. After you click
Configure, installation begins. The time it takes to install depends on the performance of your machines.
27. After installation is completed,
the wizard displays the installation result panel. Review this summary
to ensure that the features were installed on the WebSphere Application
Server node and that clusters were created successfully. You can launch
the lcinstalllog.txt for details on the installation. Click
Finish to exit this wizard. The first node is now installed and work on the second node can begin.
