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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.
Installing
To install IBM® Connections, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
Uninstalling IBM® Connections
Uninstall IBM® Connections.
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.
The installation process
Review the steps that are required to install IBM® Connections.
Pre-installation tasks
Complete 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® Connections
Select the IBM® 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.
Uninstalling IBM® Connections
Uninstall IBM® Connections.
Removing applications
Remove selected applications from IBM® Connections.
Uninstalling a deployment
Uninstall a deployment of IBM® Connections.
Uninstalling in console mode
Uninstall IBM® Connections in console mode. This method is convenient if you cannot or do not want to use the graphical mode.
Uninstalling in silent mode
Uninstalling: delete databases with the database wizard
Use the database wizard to delete databases.
Uninstalling databases in silent mode
Remove databases with the database wizard in silent mode.
Uninstalling: Manually drop databases
After uninstalling an IBM® Connections application, you can drop any related databases by using the database wizard or by following this manual procedure.
Reverting Common, Connections-proxy, and WidgetContainer applications for Uninstallation
The IBM® Connections Installation Manager program requires that you revert the Common and WidgetContainer applications the News cluster for uninstallation if you previously separated those applications to their own clusters.
Uninstalling Cognos® Business Intelligence server
You uninstall Cognos® by uninstalling the Cognos® Business Intelligence server and Cognos® Transformer and removing the powercube refresh scheduler .
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).
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 IBM Connections
Uninstall IBM® Connections.
Removing applications
Remove selected applications from IBM Connections.
Uninstalling a deployment
Uninstall a deployment of IBM Connections.
Uninstalling in console mode
Uninstall IBM Connections in console mode. This method is convenient if you cannot or do not want to use the graphical mode.
Uninstalling in silent mode
Uninstalling: delete databases with the database wizard
Use the database wizard to delete databases.
Uninstalling databases in silent mode
Remove databases with the database wizard in silent mode.
Uninstalling: Manually drop databases
After uninstalling an IBM Connections application, you can drop any related databases by using the database wizard or by following this manual procedure.
Reverting Common, Connections-proxy, and WidgetContainer applications for Uninstallation
The IBM Connections Installation Manager program requires that you revert the Common and WidgetContainer applications the News cluster for uninstallation if you previously separated those applications to their own clusters.
Uninstalling Cognos Business Intelligence server
You uninstall Cognos® by uninstalling the Cognos® Business Intelligence server and Cognos® Transformer and removing the powercube refresh scheduler .