IBM Lotus Symphony 3.0.1 Fixpack 1 Released

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Connections 101 is here … well, there actually

Gab Davis and Paul Mooney have launched this new site - http://www.connections101.net/ - to provide a useful launchpad to an IBM Connections deployment.

Gab and Paul explain it best here: -

This is a joint post by Paul and Gab…   As posted here a few weeks ago and due to the feedback from the community and IBM, we have decided to go live with an education site dedicated to IBM connections software.  So… (drum roll), www.connections101.net is now up.  To start, we are going to take you through our steps and tips on how to install a pilot connections deployment.  This may take some time, but we will get there.  As we are finding our feet, the site may change a bit over the coming weeks, but as ever, we focus on content.

Great work, folks, keep it up.

IBM Connections 3.0.1.1 Administration Command: Preview commands for synchronizing user data

Saw this Technote earlier today, and thought it worth sharing: -

(Q)

Improvements in version 3.0.1.1 include preview commands for user data synchronization that shows you what the synchronization command would do if you ran it. For example, the FilesMemberService.previewSyncAllMemberByExtId command generates a log showing what the FilesMemberService.syncAllMemberByExtId command would do if you ran it.

(A)

Many of the synchronization commands have a matching "preview" command that shows you what the synchronization command would do if you ran it. For example, the FilesMemberService.previewSyncAllMemberByExtId command generates a log showing what the FilesMemberService.syncAllMemberByExtId command would do if you ran it.

You should run preview versions of commands before running the actual commands. When you are sure the command will do what you want, run the actual command.

How to serve static files from both IBM HTTP Server and an application in WebSphere Application Server

Saw this Technote in my Twitter river of news earlier : -

Q:

How can I configure IBM HTTP Server (IHS), and the IBM web server Plug-in, and my web application running in WebSphere Application Server (WAS), to serve some of my static files (JPG, GIF, CSS, JS, etc) from the IHS web server, but serve other static files from my web app running in WAS?

A:

If you want to serve any static files (JPG, GIF, CSS, JS, etc) from your web application in WAS, you must use fileServingEnabled="true" in the ibm-web-ext.xmi file. That will cause the plug-in to use a wildcard entry for the context-root of your web application. For example, if the context-root is "myapp", then there will be a URI entry for "/myapp/*" in the plug-in config, and everything starting with "myapp" will be routed to the application in WAS.

Want to know more ? Then you know what to do ….

IBM Connections 3.0.1.x - March Mobile Update

Following on from my previous post, a new Mobile Update was released on March 22: -

3.0.1.0-IC-Multi-Mobile-IFLO67638

March 2012 mobile update. This update is cumulative and includes changes from previous mobile updates. Please use the latest Update Installer for IBM Connections published to Fix Central to apply this fix.

Thanks to Kieran for sharing this with me ….

IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator solutions for IBM Connections real-world scenarios

Thanks to Sonia and Lorraine for sharing this via Twitter 

The intent of this article is to give you an insight into the real-world scenarios occurring with IBM® Connections 3.0.1 with respect to IBM Tivoli® Directory Integrator (TDI) scripts and user population. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with basic concepts of TDI and its corresponding usage in IBM Connections Profiles population activity. 

For details on setting up TDI and IBM Connections 3.0.1, refer to the IBM Connections 3.0.1 product documentation topic, "Configuring Tivoli Directory Integrator." 

• 1 Introduction

• 2 Scenarios

• 2.1 Populating users from a Domino group

• 2.2 Populating users from multiple directories

• 2.3 Loading photos from files with inconsistent data

• 2.4 Population fails for secured connections to LDAP cluster

• 3 Conclusion

• 4 Resources

• 5 About the author

What's even better is that the author is an acquaintance of mine, Chirag Barhate, from the ISSC team in India - he and attended the IBM Connections 2.5 boot camp in Littleton in early 2010 :-)

IBM WebSphere Portal Unified Task List Portlet version 5.0

The IBM WebSphere Portal Unified Task List Portlet version 5.0 for WebSphere Portal 7.0 aggregates tasks and activities from multiple systems into a single user interface. WebSphere Portal 7.0 users access the Unified Task List portlet to view all tasks relevant to them. They can then complete these tasks using task processing portlets created with the included Unified Task List Business Process Support package for Web Experience Factory. The Unified Task List portlet in this release contains a task provider for WebSphere Process Server 6, WebSphere Process Server 7.0.0.4, IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.2, IBM Business Process Manager 7.5 and 7.5.1. Also Included are two Coach portlets for Lombardi and Business Process Manager Coach processing in Portal Server.

Want to know more ? Then go here to download it …...