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  2. Administering Connections V5.5Welcome to the IBM Connections V5.5 documentation. IBM Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
  3. InstallingTo install IBM® Connections, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
  4. Post-installation tasksAfter installation, you need to perform further tasks to ensure an efficient deployment.
  5. Configuring additional IBM Connections applicationsYou must perform additional tasks to enable IBM Connections for the Libraries and Metrics applications.
  6. Setting up IBM® Cognos® Metrics to work with IBM® ConnectionsInstall and configure your IBM® Cognos® Metrics environment to work with IBM® Connections.
  7. Configuring Cognos® Business Intelligence after installationAfter installation, you need to perform further configuration tasks to ensure that IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence works.
  8. Oracle instructions for Windows
  • Administering Connections V5.5Welcome to the IBM Connections V5.5 documentation. IBM Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
    • Product overviewLearn how to deploy, customize, and administer the IBM® Connections social networking product.
    • PlanningBefore installing IBM® Connections, study the system requirements, deployment options, and documentation conventions.
    • InstallingTo install IBM® Connections, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
      • What's newFind out what's new for installing and migrating IBM® Connections.
      • The installation processReview the steps that are required to install IBM® Connections.
      • Pre-installation tasksComplete the following tasks before installing IBM® Connections. If you are migrating from a prior release of IBM® Connections, do not complete the tasks for creating databases or populating the Profiles database. The migration process handles those tasks automatically.
      • Installing IBM® ConnectionsSelect the IBM® Connections applications that you plan to use and install them in a clustered deployment.
      • Post-installation tasksAfter installation, you need to perform further tasks to ensure an efficient deployment.
        • Reviewing the JVM heap sizeReview the size of the Java™ Virtual Machine heap and adjust it, if necessary, to avoid out-of-memory errors or to suit your hardware capabilities.
        • Configuring IBM® HTTP ServerWhen you have successfully installed IBM® Connections to run on WebSphere® Application Server, you can configure IBM® HTTP Server to handle web traffic.
        • Configuring the Home page administratorCreate an administrator for Home page so that you can make changes to the application such as adding and removing widgets.
        • Configuring additional IBM Connections applicationsYou must perform additional tasks to enable IBM Connections for the Libraries and Metrics applications.
          • Configuring IBM® Connections Content Manager for LibrariesIf you installed the IBM® Connections Content Manager add-on, you must configure FileNet® to work with IBM® Connections Content Manager. Choose the instructions that match your deployment: either an existing FileNet® deployment, which you installed independently before you installed IBM® Connections or a new, integrated FileNet® deployment that was part of an IBM® Connections 4.5 or 5.0 installation.
          • Optional: Configuring IBM® Docs with CCMYou can enable community members to edit files in Community libraries online if you have already installed IBM® Connections Docs.
          • Installing Community SurveysIf you want to be able to conduct surveys within Communities to capture data and share it easily with your community in an activity stream, enable Community Surveys.
          • Installing type-ahead searchEnhanced type-ahead search suggests items in the search box based on content that is relevant to each user.
          • Setting up IBM® Cognos® Metrics to work with IBM® ConnectionsInstall and configure your IBM® Cognos® Metrics environment to work with IBM® Connections.
            • Configuring WebSphere® Application Server for Cognos® Business IntelligenceInstall and configure IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment on the computer hosting IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence and also configure a new profile for Cognos, so that the server can be managed by the Deployment Manager used with IBM® Connections.
            • Installing and deploying Cognos® MetricsYou must install Cognos® Metrics after installing IBM® Connections and deploy it into a cluster.
            • Deploying a Cognos cluster Only complete this procedure if you plan to set up a Cognos cluster, otherwise skip to the next topic.
            • Configuring Cognos® Business Intelligence after installationAfter installation, you need to perform further configuration tasks to ensure that IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence works.
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              • DB2 instructions for Linux
              • DB2 instructions for Windows
              • Oracle instructions for AIX
              • Oracle instructions for Linux
              • Oracle instructions for Windows
              • SQL Server instructions for AIX
            • Validating the Cognos® server installationVerify that the IBM® Cognos® BI server and Cognos® Transformer server are correctly installed.
            • Configuring Cognos® Business IntelligenceConfigure your IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence environment to work with IBM® Connections.
          • Optional: Installing and configuring the Ephox Editors for IBM ConnectionsIBM® Connections 5.5 can use the Ephox Editors, EditLive! and Textbox.io, optional rich text editors that you can install to replace the IBM® Connections default rich text editor.
        • Optional post-installation tasksComplete the post-installation tasks that are relevant to your deployment.
      • Uninstalling IBM® ConnectionsUninstall IBM® Connections.
    • Migrating and updatingMigrate IBM® Connections and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest interim fixes or Cumulative Refresh (CR).
    • AdministeringRun administration and maintenance tasks to keep your environment up-to-date. For example, learn how to customize your deployment or how to use the wsadmin utility to edit configuration files. You can also schedule tasks, maintain application databases, moderate content, or manage users and their roles.
    • CustomizingCustomize IBM® Connections to fit your environment.
    • SecurityIBM® Connections provides a flexible security infrastructure that supports an open, easily shareable data model.
    • MobileSee the IBM Connections™ Mobile documentation for Connections Cloud and Connections on-premises.
    • PerformanceGet recommendations from the IBM Collaboration Solutions Performance team on how to configure IBM® Connections for optimal performance.
    • DevelopingGet information about how to use the APIs provided with Connections.
    • Troubleshooting and supportTo isolate and resolve problems with your HCL products, you can use the troubleshooting and support information. This information contains instructions for using the problem-determination resources that are provided with your IBM® products, including IBM Connections™.

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No special configuration needs be done, except to configure the job scheduler for Cognos® Transformer on Windows™
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