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Record your installation and configuration data.

Recording installation data

While installing and configuring IBM® Connections, it can be difficult to remember all the user IDs, passwords, server names, and other information that you need during and after installation. Print out and use this worksheet to record that data.

LDAP server details

Table 1. LDAP server details
LDAP data typeDetails
LDAP server type and version For example:IBM Domino® 8.5
Primary host name For example: domino_ldap.example.com
Port For example: 389
Bind distinguished name For example: cn=lcadmin,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
Bind password
Certificate mapping
Certificate filter
Login attribute For example: mail or uid


WebSphere Application Server details

Table 2. WebSphere Application Server details
WebSphere® Application Server itemDetails
WebSphere Application Server version 8.0.0.5
Installation location For example: C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
Update installer location For example: C:\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller
Administrator ID For example: wsadmin
Administrator password
WebSphere Application Server URL For example: http://was.example.com:9060/ibm/console
WebSphere Application Server secure URL For example: https://was.example.com:9043/ibm/console
WebSphere Application Server host name
HTTP transport port
HTTPS transport port
SOAP connector port
Run application server as a service? (True/False)


Database details

Table 3. Database server details
Database itemDetails
Database type and version For example: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 2 10.2.0.4
Database instance or service name
Database server host name For example: database.example.com
Port The default values are: DB2=50000; Oracle=1433; MS SQL Server=1523.
JDBC driver fully qualified file path For example: C:\IBM\SQLLIB
Database client name and version For example: MS SQL Server Management Studio Express® v9.0.2
Database client user ID The default is db2admin.
Database client user password
DB2® administrators group (Windows™ only) The default is DB2ADMNS.
DB2 users group (Windows only) The default is DB2USERS.
Activities database server host name
Activities database server port number
Activities database name. The default name is OPNACT.
Activities database application user ID
Activities database application user password
Blogs database server host name
Blogs database server port number
Blogs database name. The default name is BLOGS.
Blogs database application user ID
Blogs database application user password
Cognos® database server host name
Cognos database server port number
Cognos database name. The default name is COGNOS.
Cognos database application user ID
Cognos database application user password
Communities database server host name
Communities database server port number
Communities database name The default name is SNCOMM.
Communities database application user ID
Communities database application user password
Dogear database server host name
Dogear database server port number
Dogear database name. The default name is DOGEAR.
Dogear database application user ID
Dogear database application user password
Files database server host name
Files database server port number
Files database name. The default name is FILES.
Files database application user ID
Files database application user password
Forums database server host name
Forums database server port number
Forums database name. The default name is FORUM.
Forums database application user ID
Forums database application user password
Home page database server host name
Home page database server port number
Home page database name. The default name is HOMEPAGE.
Home page database application user ID
Home page database application user password
Metrics database server host name
Metrics database server port number
Metrics database name. The default name is METRICS.
Metrics database application user ID
Metrics database application user password
Mobile database server host name
Mobile database server port number
Mobile database name. The default name is MOBILE.
Mobile database application user ID
Mobile database application user password
Profiles database server host name
Profiles database server port number
Profiles database name. The default name is PEOPLEDB.
Profiles database application user ID
Profiles database application user password
Wikis database server host name
Wikis database server port number
Wikis database name. The default name is WIKIS.
Wikis database application user ID
Wikis database application user password


Tivoli Directory Integrator details

Table 4. Tivoli Directory Integrator details
Tivoli® Directory Integrator itemDetails
Tivoli Directory Integrator installation location For example: C:\IBM\TDI\
Tivoli Directory Integrator version. For example: 7.1 fix pack 2 or higher
Solutions Directory path For example: C:\IBM\TDISOL\TDI


LDAP-Profiles mapping details

Note: This table is derived from the map_dbrepos_from_source.properties file.

Table 5. LDAP-Profiles mapping details
Profiles database attribute LDAP attribute (example)Profiles database column
alternateLastnamenullPROF_ALTERNATE_LAST_NAME
bldgIdnullPROF_BUILDING_IDENTIFIER
blogUrlnullPROF_BLOG_URL
calendarUrlnullPROF_CALENDAR_URL
countryCode cPROF_ISO_COUNTRY_CODE
courtesyTitlenullPROF_COURTESY_TITLE
deptNumbernullPROF_DEPARTMENT_NUMBER
descriptiondescriptionPROF_DESCRIPTION
displayNamecnPROF_DISPLAY_NAME
distinguishedName $dnPROF_SOURCE_UID
email mailPROF_MAIL
employeeNumberemployeenumberPROF_EMPLOYEE_NUMBER
employeeTypeCodeemployeetypePROF_EMPLOYEE_TYPE
experiencenullPROF_EXPERIENCE
faxNumberfacsimiletelephonenumberPROF_FAX_TELEPHONE_NUMBER
floornullPROF_FLOOR
freeBusyUrlnullPROF_FREEBUSY_URL
givenNamegivenNamePROF_GIVEN_NAME
givenNamesgivenName
groupwareEmailnullPROF_GROUPWARE_EMAIL
guid (Javascript function: {func_map_from_GUID})PROF_GUID
ipTelephoneNumbernullPROF_IP_TELEPHONE_NUMBER
isManagernullPROF_IS_MANAGER
jobRespnullPROF_JOBRESPONSIBILITIES
loginIdemployeenumberPROF_LOGIN and PROF_LOGIN_LOWER
loginsmailPROF_LOGIN
managerUid$manager_uid

Note: This attribute represents a lookup of the UID of a manager using DN in the manager field.
PROF_MANAGER_UID
mobileNumbermobilePROF_MOBILE
nativeFirstNamenullPROF_NATIVE_FIRST_NAME
nativeLastNamenullPROF_NATIVE_LAST_NAME
officeNamephysicaldeliveryofficenamePROF_PHYSICAL_DELIVERY_OFFICE
orgIdouPROF_ORGANIZATION_IDENTIFIER
pagerIdnullPROF_PAGER_ID
pagerNumbernullPROF_PAGER
pagerServiceProvidernullPROF_PAGER_SERVICE_PROVIDER
pagerTypenullPROF_PAGER_TYPE
preferredFirstNamenullPROF_PREFERRED_FIRST_NAME
preferredLanguagepreferredlanguagePROF_PREFERRED_LANGUAGE
preferredLastNamenullPROF_PROF_PREFERRED_LAST_NAME
profileTypenullPROF_TYPE
secretaryUid$secretaryUid

Note: This attribute represents a lookup of the UID of a secretary using DN in the secretary field.
PROF_SECRETARY_UID
shiftnullPROF_SHIFT
surnamesnPROF_SURNAME
surnamessnPROF_SURNAME
telephoneNumbertelephonenumberPROF_TELEPHONE_NUMBER
timezonenullPROF_TIMEZONE
titlenullPROF_TITLE
uid (Javascript function - {func_map_to_db_UID})PROF_UID
workLocationCodepostallocationPROF_WORK_LOCATION


IBM Connections details

Table 6. IBM Connections details
IBM Connections itemDetails
IBM Connections installation location For example: C:\IBM\Connections
Response file directory path. For example: C:\IBM\Connections\InstallResponse.txt
DNS host name For example: connections.example.com
Choose: DNS MX Records or Java™ Mail Session?
DNS MX Records only: Local mail domain For example: example.com
Java Mail Session only: DNS server name or SMTP relay host For example: dns.example.com; relayhost.example.com
Domain name for Reply-to email address
Suffix or prefix for Reply-to email address
Server that receives Reply-to emails
User name and password for that server
URL and ports for admin and user access

Note: You can look up the URLs for each application in the text files that the installation wizard generates. These files are located under the connections_root directory.

Activities server name
Activities cluster member name
Activities URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/activities
Activities secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/activities
Activities statistics files directory path
Activities content files directory path
Blogs server name
Blogs cluster member name
Blogs URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/blogs
Blogs secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/blogs
Blogs upload files directory path
Bookmarks server name
Bookmarks cluster member name
Bookmarks URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/dogear
Bookmarks secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/dogear
Bookmarks favicon files directory path
Communities server name
Communities cluster member name
Communities URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/communities
Communities secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/communities
Communities statistics files directory path
Communities discussion forum content directory path
Files server name
Files cluster member name
Files URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/files
Files secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/files
Files content store directory path
Forums server name
Forums cluster member name
Forums URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/forums
Forums secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/forums
Forums content store directory path
Home page server name
Home page cluster member name
Home page URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/homepage
Home page secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/homepage
Home page content store directory path
Metrics server name
Metrics cluster member name
Moderation server name
Moderation cluster member name
Moderation URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/moderation
Moderation secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/moderation
Profiles server name
Profiles cluster member name
Profiles URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/profiles
Profiles secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/profiles
Profiles statistics files directory path
Profiles cache directory path
Search server name
Search cluster member name
Search dictionary directory path
Search index directory path
Wikis server name
Wikis cluster member name
Wikis URL For example: http://www.example.com:9080/wikis
Wikis secure URL For example: https://www.example.com:9446/wikis
Wikis content directory path


IBM HTTP Server

Table 7. IBM HTTP Server details
IBM HTTP Server itemDetails
IBM HTTP Server installation location For example: C:\IBM\HTTPServer\
IBM HTTP Server version For example: V7.0 fix pack 21.
IBM HTTP Server httpd.conf file directory path For example: C:\IBM\HTTPServer\conf\
web server definition name For example: webserver1
web server plugin-cfg.xml file directory path For example: C:\IBM\HTTPServer\Plugins\config\webserver1\
IBM HTTP Server host name
IBM HTTP Server fully qualified host name
IBM HTTP Server IP address
IBM HTTP Server communication port For example: 80
IBM HTTP Server administration port For example: 8008
Run IBM HTTP Server as a service? (Y/N)
Run IBM HTTP administration as a service? (Y/N)
IBM HTTP Server administrator ID
IBM HTTP Server administrator password


Cognos BI Server and Transformer

Table 8. Cognos BI Server and Transformer details
Cognos BI Server and Transformer itemDetails
Cognos BI Server and TransformerRefer to the cognos-setup.properties file.
Installation location for BI server, such as:
  • AIX or Linux: /opt/IBM/CognosBI
  • Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\Cognos

Installation location for Transformer server, such as:
  • AIX or Linux: /opt/IBM/CognosTF
  • Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Cognos


Administrator ID
Administrative password




Connections Content Manager

Table 9. Connections Content Manager details
Connections Content Manager itemDetails
connectionsAdmin aliasFor multiple cells - must be defined to be same username/password.
filenetAdmin alias Stores object store administrator credentials used to access the FileNet® Collaboration Services URL.
FileNet Collaboration Services URL (HTTP)For example: http://fncs_server:port/dm
FileNet Collaboration Services URL (HTTPS)For example: https://fncs_server:port/dm
FileNet Collaboration Services anonymous role
Global configuration data (GCD) admins
Object store admins
FileNet P8 domain nameFor new deployment of FileNet it is: ICDomain
Object store nameFor new deployment of FileNet it is: ICObjectStore


Libraries

Table 10. Libraries details
Connections Content Manager itemDetails
Libraries server name
Libraries cluster member name
Libraries FileNet object store database server host name
Libraries FileNet object store database server port number
Libraries FileNet object store database name The default name is FNOS
Libraries FileNet object store database application user ID
Libraries FileNet object store database application user password
Libraries FileNet global configuration database server host name
Libraries FileNet global configuration database server port number
Libraries FileNet global configuration database name The default name is FNGCD
Libraries FileNet global configuration database application user ID
Libraries FileNet global configuration database application user password


Parent topic: Planning

Related tasks
Configuring notifications

Related reference
Before installing
Before installing for migration

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