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Administering Connections 6.5
Welcome to the HCL Connections 6.5 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.
Installing
To install HCL Connections™, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
Pre-installation tasks
Complete the following tasks before installing HCL Connections. If you are migrating from a prior release of HCL Connections, do not complete the tasks for creating databases or populating the Profiles database. The migration process handles those tasks automatically.
Creating databases
Create databases for the applications that you plan to install. You can use the database wizard or run the SQL scripts that are provided with HCL Connections™.

Administering Connections 6.5
Welcome to the HCL Connections 6.5 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
  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 HCL Connections social networking product.
- Planning
  Before installing HCL Connections™, study the system requirements, deployment options, and documentation conventions.
- Installing
  To install HCL Connections™, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
  - The installation process
    Review the steps that are required to install HCL Connections.
  - Pre-installation tasks
    Complete the following tasks before installing HCL Connections. If you are migrating from a prior release of HCL Connections, do not complete the tasks for creating databases or populating the Profiles database. The migration process handles those tasks automatically.
    - Verifying disk space and open file limits before installing HCL Connections
      On all operating systems, ensure that you have 6 GB of temporary disk space. On AIX® and Linux™, set the Open File Descriptor limit to at least 40000 before installing HCL Connections.
    - Preparing to configure the LDAP directory
      Determine which Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) attributes you want to use as the identifiers for HCL Connections users.
    - Installing IBM® WebSphere® Application Server and IBM® HTTP Server
      HCL Connections requires an environment where the WebSphere® Application Server Deployment Manager and one node are installed and configured in advance. IBM® HTTP Server and the Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server are also prerequisites. This software is provided with the HCL Connections package.
    - Accessing Windows® network shares
      Configure a user account to access network shares in an HCL Connections deployment on the Microsoft® Windows® operating system
    - Setting up federated repositories
      Use federated repositories with IBM® WebSphere® Application Server to manage and secure user and group identities.
    - Creating databases
      Create databases for the applications that you plan to install. You can use the database wizard or run the SQL scripts that are provided with HCL Connections™.
      - Creating DB2® databases
        Create databases using DB2®. You can use the database wizard or run the SQL scripts that are provided with HCL Connections™.
      - Creating Oracle databases
        Create databases using Oracle. You can use the database wizard or run the SQL scripts that are provided with HCL Connections™.
      - Creating SQL Server databases
        Create databases with SQL Server. You can use the database wizard or run the SQL scripts that are provided with HCL Connections™.
    - Populating the Profiles database
      Populate the Profiles database with data from the LDAP directory.
    - Before installing
      Verify that all necessary prerequisite conditions are complete before installing HCL Connections.
  - Installing HCL Connections
    Select the HCL Connections applications that you plan to use and install them in a clustered deployment.
  - Post-installation tasks
    After installation, you need to perform further tasks to ensure an efficient deployment.
  - Optional: Installing and configuring the Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
    HCL Connections 6.5 can use the optional Tiny Editors: TinyMCE or Textbox.io, to replace the HCL Connections™ default rich text editor.
  - Copying Search conversion tools to local nodes for AIX and Linux
    To enable full indexing of data, copy the Search conversion tools to local nodes.
  - Copying Search conversion tools to local nodes for Windows
    To enable full indexing of data, copy the Search conversion tools to local nodes.
  - Optional post-installation tasks
    Complete the post-installation tasks that are relevant to your deployment.
- Uninstalling HCL Connections
  Uninstall HCL Connections.
- Migrating and updating
  Migrate HCL Connections™ and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest deployment, interim fixes, or Cumulative Refresh (CR).
- 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 HCL Connections™ to fit your environment.
- Security
  HCL Connections™ provides a flexible security infrastructure that supports an open, easily shareable data model.
- Mobile
  See the HCL Connections™ Mobile documentation for Connections Cloud and Connections on-premises.
- Developing
  Get information about how to use the APIs provided with HCL 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 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 HCL Connections™.

Creating databases

Create databases for the applications that you plan to install. You can use the database wizard or run the SQL scripts that are provided with HCL Connections™.

Attention: HCL Connections™ 6.5 install wizard does not create the database for the Community Highlights / Connections Engagement Center (ICEC) application. You will need to manually run the SQL scripts that are provided with HCL Connections™. Refer to the topics in this section to create the ICEC database.

There are two methods available to create your databases: SQL scripts and the database wizard. Using SQL Scripts allows you to have more control as you manually create and place databases. The database wizard automates the process of creating databases for the applications that you plan to install. It is a more reliable method for creating databases because it validates the databases as you create them.

Note: The user who runs the database wizard must have write access to the folder the database wizard uses for the installation.

Consult your database documentation for detailed information about preparing your databases.

Note: You must have already created and started a database instance before you can create databases.

If you install the database for Connections Content Manager, it creates two databases: Global Configuration Database and Object Store.

Note: HCL supports several database products but HCL does not support data transfer between database products. Assuming each Connections installation was set up against each respective database properly, a transfer should be possible. However, HCL Support has never tested such a migration. HCL only supports issues which can be replicated in a supported environment where such a migration has not been performed, as there is no way to validate that the migration has been performed properly. Refer to the HCL Support Statement for additional information.

Complete the procedures that are appropriate for your deployment:

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