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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.
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).
Migrating to HCL Connections™ 6.0 CR6
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).
Installing WebSphere® Application Server updates
Update WebSphere® Application Server and its supplemental web server software to the latest supported versions before installing HCL Connections™ upgrades and Cumulative Refreshes.

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.
- 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).
  - Getting ready for migrating or updating
    Take steps to inform users and protect data before starting an HCL Connections™ migration or update.
  - Migrating to HCL Connections™ 6.0 CR6
    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).
    - Preparing Touchpoint for migration
      You must remove some existing settings for the Touchpoint onboarding feature before you can migrate to Connections 6.5.
    - Installing WebSphere® Application Server updates
      Update WebSphere® Application Server and its supplemental web server software to the latest supported versions before installing HCL Connections™ upgrades and Cumulative Refreshes.
  - Upgrading to HCL Connections™ 6.5
    Upgrading to HCL Connections™ 6.5.
  - 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 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™.

Installing WebSphere® Application Server updates

Update WebSphere® Application Server and its supplemental web server software to the latest supported versions before installing HCL Connections™ upgrades and Cumulative Refreshes.

Before you begin

On the system where the Deployment Manager is installed, verify that Installation Manager 1.8.5 is installed.

About this task

Update WebSphere® Application Server, the HTTP Server, and Web Server Plug-ins to bring them to the fix level required for Connections 6.5.

Procedure

From the IM_root directory, run the file to start the Installation Manager:
- AIX® or Linux™: ./launcher
- Windows™: launcher.exe
  Note: On Windows™ Server, the launcher.exe file is in the IM_root \eclipse directory.
Install WebSphere® Application Server 8.5.5.14 or higher (make sure you use a version supported by the Connections release that you are updating to) and supported Java Development Kit (JDK) .
Install the latest versions of HTTP Server 8.5.
Install the latest versions of Web Server Plug-ins for WebSphere® Application Server 8.5.

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