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Administering Connections 6 CR6
Welcome to the HCL Connections 6 CR6 documentation. HCL 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.
Migrating and updating
Migrate IBM® Connections and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest interim fixes or Cumulative Refresh (CR).
Updating IBM® Connections 6.0
Updates to HCL Connections™ 6.0 are delivered as interim fixes or Cumulative Refreshes.
Updating IBM Connections 6.0 with the latest interim fix
Fixes that address a single issue in HCL Connections™ 6.0 are delivered through interim fixes.
Uninstalling interim fixes
If the installation of an interim fix fails, you can restore your IBM® Connections environment to its previous state.
Uninstalling interim fixes in silent mode
If the interim fix that you installed is not working, you can uninstall it using the update wizard in silent mode.

Administering Connections 6 CR6
Welcome to the HCL Connections 6 CR6 documentation. HCL 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.
- What's new in HCL Connections 6
  Find out about features that are new or updated in this release of HCL Connections.
- Product overview
  Learn how to deploy, customize, and administer the IBM Connections social networking product.
- Planning
  Before installing HCL Connections™, study the system requirements, deployment options, and documentation conventions.
- Installing
  To install IBM® Connections, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
- Migrating and updating
  Migrate IBM® Connections and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest interim fixes or Cumulative Refresh (CR).
  - Getting ready for migrating or updating
    Take steps to inform users and protect data before starting an IBM® Connections migration or update.
  - Migrating to IBM® Connections 6.0
    Migrate an installation of HCL Connections™ 5.0 or 5.5 to Connections 6.0. For any version of Connections before version 5.0, you must migrate to version 5.0 before you migrate to version 6.0.
  - Updating IBM® Connections 6.0
    Updates to HCL Connections™ 6.0 are delivered as interim fixes or Cumulative Refreshes.
    - Setting the WAS_HOME environment variable before updating
      Set an environment variable that points to the WebSphere® Application Server installation directory before updating IBM® Connections.
    - Updating IBM Connections 6.0 with the latest interim fix
      Fixes that address a single issue in HCL Connections™ 6.0 are delivered through interim fixes.
      - Installing fixes as a non-root user
        Grant permissions to a non-root user to install fixes.
      - Downloading an interim fix
        Download interim fixes from the IBM® support website.
      - Installing interim fixes
        Use the update wizard in interactive or silent mode to install interim fixes.
      - Uninstalling interim fixes
        If the installation of an interim fix fails, you can restore your IBM® Connections environment to its previous state.
        Uninstalling interim fixes in interactive mode
        If the interim fix that you installed is not working, you can uninstall it using the update wizard in interactive mode.
        Uninstalling interim fixes in silent mode
        If the interim fix that you installed is not working, you can uninstall it using the update wizard in silent mode.
    - Updating Connections 6.0 with the latest Cumulative Refresh (CR)
      Updates for HCL Connections 6.0 are delivered through Cumulative Refreshes (CRs). Each refresh contains the changes included in all previous refreshes or interim fixes for a release. Install the latest Cumulative Refresh and prerequisite software to take advantage of all available changes.
  - Synchronizing nodes
    Synchronize all the nodes in a cluster.
- Administering
  Run 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.
- Customizing
  Customize IBM® Connections to fit your environment.
- Security
  IBM® Connections provides a flexible security infrastructure that supports an open, easily shareable data model.
- Mobile
  See the IBM Connections Mobile documentation for Connections Cloud and Connections on-premises.
- Developing
  Get information about how to use the APIs provided with IBM® Connections and how to use Connections Customizer to modify the Connections pages that are returned to users.
- Troubleshooting and support
  To isolate and resolve problems with your IBM® 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 HCL Connections™.

Uninstalling interim fixes in silent mode

If the interim fix that you installed is not working, you can uninstall it using the update wizard in silent mode.

Before you begin

Ensure that you verified the following prerequisites:

You restored your databases
The WAS_HOME environment variable is set for Linux™ and Windows™

About this task

To uninstall an interim fix in silent mode, complete the following step:

Procedure

Open a command prompt and enter the following command:

updateSilent.sh|exe -installDir fix_file_location -fix -uninstall -fixes fix1_id fix2_id -wasUserId AdminUserId -wasPassword AdminPwd -featureCustomizationBackedUp <yes|no>

where:

fix_file_location is the directory containing the downloaded interim fix.
fix1_id and fix2_id are the label of the interim fixes that you want to remove. Repeat this parameter as often as required.
AdminUserId is the user ID for WebSphere® Application Server Deployment Manager.
AdminPwd is the password for WebSphere® Application Server Deployment Manager.
<yes|no> is the possible value of the featureCustomizationBackedUp parameter; this parameter indicates if you have backed up your customizations but does not validate any such backup.

Results

The log files that are created by the wizard are located under the connections_root/version/log directory.

Note: Check the <timestamp>_<fix name>_<feature name>_uninstall.log to find "Build Successful" near the end of the file. If this exists, it means you have uninstalled the fixes successfully. Otherwise, uninstall the fix again.

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