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The document provides practical tips and scripts for administrators managing IBM Connections, focusing on installation, configuration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting across various IBM products. Key topics include autostart procedures, user synchronization, and J2EE security roles, emphasizing the importance of careful implementation and documentation. It also includes resources for downloadable scripts and highlights the need for backups and testing in a controlled environment.
Practical solutions for connections administrators lite
- 1. Practical Solutions for Connections Administrators Tips and Scripts for Your Daily Business 1#engageug Christoph Stöttner, Fritz & Macziol GmbH Sharon Bellamy, Cube Soft Consulting Ltd.
- 2. Giving Credit •This presentation mentions the following Copyrights and Trademarks •IBM® Notes® •IBM® Domino® •IBM® Connections •IBM® WebSphere® •IBM® DB2 •IBM® AIX® •Tivoli® •Linux® •Java® •Microsoft® Windows® •Red Hat® Linux® •Twitter® •Skype® 2#engageug
- 3. Who Are We? Christoph Stoettner Bavarian, Dad of two, likes hiking Administrator Specialized in the infrastructure of IBM Connections and IBM Domino Lover of Linux Sharon Bellamy Mum of three, Star Wars & Disney fan Administrator Specialized in the infrastructure of IBM Connections and IBM WebSphere Lover of Linux 3#engageug
- 4. Agenda •Installing and Configuring •Autostart •IBM WebSphere •DB2 (Linux) •IBM HTTP Server •Performance Tuning DataSources •Setting J2EE Security Roles •Configure JVM Log Files •Set JVM Heap Sizes •HTTPServer and mod_deflate •Business as Usual •Check External ID against LDAP •Activate and Deactivate Users •Synchronize User External IDs •Work with Policies •Adding Policies to personal or community libraries •Database reorganisation •Backup DB2 (online, offline) 4#engageug
- 5. Agenda (2) •Troubleshooting •Application state •Database access •Scheduler •Documenting •JVM Heap Sizes •JVM Log Settings •Used Ports within WebSphere •WebSphere Variables 5#engageug
- 6. Disclaimer & Caution •With scripts •Shell / BASH / ZSH / KSH / SH, Jython / JACL •Powershell / Batch / VB, SQL •You can... •Save a lot of time! •Change many things in seconds! •TIPPS: •Be Careful! Think twice! •Create Backups •Install a Testsystem •Document your changes 6#engageug Use all scripts shown in this slides or downloaded from our repositories WITHOUT WARRANTY and at your own risk!
- 8. Autostart IBM WebSphere Application Server •Many different ways found and discussed •Easiest and most reliable way •Deployment Manager and Nodeagents as Services •Application Servers through Monitoring Policies •Starting Application Servers through Service, Batch or Shell Script has often side effects •Problems with Cluster Failover •Dependencies •Register Services with wasservice.bat|sh •Remember to set Monitoring Policy to “Stopped” when you install Fixes! 8#engageug
- 9. Register WebSphere Service on Linux 9#engageug
- 10. Register WebSphere Service on Windows 10#engageug cd %WAS_HOME%/bin wasservice.bat -add Dmgr -serverName dmgr -profilePath D:IBMWebSphereAppServerprofilesDmgr01 -encodeParams - restart true -startType automatic -stopArgs "-username wasadmin -password password" wasservice.bat -add Node -serverName nodeagent -profilePath D:IBMWebSphereAppServerprofilesAppSrv01 -encodeParams - restart true -startType automatic -stopArgs "-username wasadmin -password password –stopservers"
- 11. Configure Monitoring Policy •ISC: •Open each Application Server (1 – 15 x) •Server – Infrastructure – Java and Process Management – Monitoring Policy •Change Node restart state to “RUNNING” •WSADMIN: •./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -f cfgMonitoringPolicy.py 11#engageug
- 12. Autostart IBM HTTP Server •Windows Installer create a Service for IHS and Admin Service •httpd.exe -k install (-c httpd.conf|admin.conf) -n "IBM HTTP Server 8" •Easiest way for Linux | AIX: •Create Symbolic Link: •ln -s /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/apachectl /etc/init.d/ •ln -s /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/adminctl /etc/init.d/ •Add Service •chkconfig –add apachectl •chkconfig –add adminctl 13#engageug
- 13. Autostart IBM HTTP Server •Windows Installer create a Service for IHS and Admin Service •httpd.exe -k install (-c httpd.conf|admin.conf) -n "IBM HTTP Server 8" •Easiest way for Linux | AIX: •Create Symbolic Link: •ln -s /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/apachectl /etc/init.d/ •ln -s /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/adminctl /etc/init.d/ •Add Service •chkconfig –add apachectl •chkconfig –add adminctl 14#engageug
- 14. Autostart DB2 (Red Hat / CentOS) •DB2 V9 is started through /etc/inittab entry •inittab is deprecated in RHEL/CENTOS 6 •https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21497220 •DB2 V10.1 can handle /etc/init/db2fmcd.conf •In my case /etc/init/db2fmcd.conf wasn't enough •I added following script (copy of db2fmcd) to /etc/init for each DB2 instance: 15#engageug
- 15. Performance Tuning •Performance Tuning IBM Connections •Increase min- and maxConnections of Data Sources •Performance Tuning Guide IBM Connections 4.0 •Performance Tuning Guide Addendum •Review these settings periodically with “Tivoli Performance Viewer” •IBM Connections Forum: •After Update to IBM Connections 4.5 Errors on createOrWaitForConnection •(Ressource jdbc/search) 16#engageug
- 16. Configure Data Sources •18 Data Sources to Change (about 100 mouse clicks) •Why not using a script: •wsadmin.sh -lang jython -f cfgDataSource.py •About 30 seconds to change all needed parameters of all Data Sources •Start with Performance Tuning Guide and Addendum •Monitor values! 17#engageug
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- 18. Set J2EE Security Roles •First found on Klaus Bilds Blog: http://kbild.ch •Extended version with Group support and input option •No need to edit the script •Two versions: •Restricted •Each application ask for credentials, no data visible for anonymous Users •Unrestricted •Default Settings, some content is visible to Anonymous Users •Remember: •Applications restart automatically, when you change J2EE Roles 19#engageug
- 19. Set J2EE Roles for special applications •Some applications are configured different from environment to environment •Save time and use following scripts: •cfgJ2EERoleGlobalModerator.py •cfgJ2EERoleMetricsReader.py •cfgJ2EERoleMetricsReportRun.py •cfgJ2EERoleSocialMail.py •Deactivate or activate the application for users and groups 20#engageug
- 20. J2EE Security Roles - BACKUP •CR and Fixpack Installations pre IBM Connections 4.0 often reset J2EE Roles to Default •Problems: •Restricted environments can be visible to Internet Users (Search Bots) •Check with Google: site:yourconnectionshost •Configuration needs time and documentation (who is allowed to administrate, moderate …) •Script writes text files as backup to a local folder •Roles of all installed applications (IBM Docs, Forms Experience Builder,...) •./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -f cfgJ2EERoleBackup.py 22#engageug
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- 22. J2EE Security Roles - RESTORE •Backups of Security Roles can be restored •Advantages: •All manually configured roles will be set like before •You can edit the backup files to add or change users •Backup of Dev or QA Systems can be restored in production (Admin Users and Groups must exist there) •./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -f cfgJ2EERoleRestore.py 24#engageug
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- 24. Configure JVM Log Files •Default Setting for JVM Log Files (SystemOut.log & SystemErr.log): •Size: 1 MB •No historical Log Files •Too small to troubleshoot errors •Better: •Size: 20 – 40 MB •5-10 historical Log Files •wsadmin.sh -lang jython -f cfgLogFiles.py 26#engageug
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- 26. Set JVM Heap Sizes •Performance Tuning Guide provides some proposals for JVM Max Heap and Initial Heap •Must be set on Deployment Manager, Nodeagents and Application Servers •You can monitor through Verbose Garbage Collection •minHeap = maxHeap can increase performance up to 10% •WebSphere Tech Journal •Script: cfgJVMHeap.py •Shows actual size of initialHeapSize and maximumHeapSize for all JVM •Asks initialHeapSize and maximumHeapSize for all JVM •“Return” leaves actual setting 28#engageug
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- 29. Prepare your environment •Some scripts need jdbc driver to access data •Details in the scripting documentation •Easiest way: •Edit %WAS_HOME%profilesDmgr01binsetupCmdLine.bat •ADD the JDBC PATH (D:IBMJDBC or D:IBMSQLLIBjava) to WAS_EXT_DIRS •Better •copy wsadmin.bat and setupCmdLine.bat to edit and use them with the scripts •Edit the scripts cnxMember* and provide JDBC Driver, User and Password 31#engageug
- 31. Check External IDs against LDAP •Sometimes User can't logon to single Connections Applications •ExtIDs are out of sync, Several Error messages •Script to check if LDAP UUIDs (GUID, SID) are equal to Connections UUID •Edit cnxMemberCheckExIDByEmail.py •You must edit the script and change following: •Set the used JDBC Driver (DB2, SQL Server, Oracle) •DB User and Password •DB Host, Port, peopleDB name •Script reads PROF_GUID from peopleDB through JDBC •Check UUID in Applications 33#engageug
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- 33. Deactivate and Activate Users •After rename or sometimes without real reason •Users get out of sync •They can open Profiles, but no other Application •Or they have problems with a single App •Deactivating and Reactivating through ProfilesService can be a resolution for this •When you want to reactivate a user you must provide UID and EMAIL (was deleted through Deactivate) •Script: cnxMemberDeactAndActByEmail.py •Stores UID and Mail in memory •Edit the script and provide your JDBC Driver, User and URL 35#engageug
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- 35. Work with Files Policies •Creating or editing Policies is sometimes a pain •Library size must be provided as Long •(e.g. 2 GB = 2147483648L) •Edit example •FilesPolicyService.edit("2d93497d-065a-4022ae25-a4b52598d11a", "My Policy", 2147483648L) •Find UUID of Policy to edit, copy the size from calculator … •wsadmin.sh -lang jython -f CnxFilesPolicies.py 39#engageug
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- 37. Add Policies to Libraries •You need UUID from Policy and Community •Community Listing provides too much information, hard to find UUID •Example assign Policy •FilesLibraryService.assignPolicy("f0d01111-9b21-4dd8-b8be- 8825631cb84b", "2d93497d-065a-4022ae25-a4b52598d11a") •Script POC •cnxLibraryPolicies.py •Listing of all Communities •and Policies •To Do: •Search Option 41#engageug
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- 39. Reparenting Communities •Klaus Bild created a script to use the new 4.5 CR3 function to move Communities •It is much easier than the way with UUID 43#engageug
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- 41. DB2 – Database Optimization •Performance Tuning Guide: •Reorganization (change physical data arrangement on disc) should be done when a significant amount of data is added •Runstat should be run regularly to ensure that queries are being executed optimally •Reorganization can be done with SQL Scripts which can be found in connections.sql folder of Connections Wizards Package •Runstat can be configured through automatic maintenance 45#engageug
- 43. Are All Applications running •To check If all IBM Connections Applications are running •Go to ISC – Applications – Application Types - WebSphere Enterprise Applications •Start wsadmin.sh -lang jython -f checkAppStatus.py •Get a grouped list with running and stopped applications •Create a Batch / Shell Script to call this regularly or use it with a Monitoring Software 56#engageug
- 44. Can WebSphere connect to DataSources •To check If all Data Sources can be reached •Go to ISC – Resources – JDBC – Data sources •Check all Data Sources and click Test connection •Use a script •wsadmin.sh -lang jython -f checkDataSource.py 57#engageug
- 46. JVM Heap Sizes – checkJVMHeap.py •Many places to look for this values •Script to collect it and print it out 59#engageug
- 47. JVM Log Settings – checkLogFiles.py •Documentation of JVM Log Settings 60#engageug
- 48. Used Ports – checkPorts.py •Documentation of all Ports used in your WebSphere Cell 61#engageug
- 49. WebSphere Variables – checkVariables.py •Good starting point for Troubleshooting too •Documentation 62#engageug
- 50. Version Information – WebSphere, Connections •IBM WebSphere show installed Version and Hotfixes •$WAS_HOME/profiles/Dmgr01/bin/historyInfo.sh •Show all Installed Fixes of IBM Connections •cd $CONNECTIONS_ROOT •./updateSilent.sh -fix -installDir /opt/IBM/Connections 63#engageug
- 51. Version Information – WebSphere, Connections •IBM WebSphere show installed Version and Hotfixes •$WAS_HOME/profiles/Dmgr01/bin/historyInfo.sh •Show all Installed Fixes of IBM Connections •cd $CONNECTIONS_ROOT •./updateSilent.sh -fix -installDir /opt/IBM/Connections 64#engageug
- 53. Add On – cnxmenu.py •Menu for all Jython Scripts 66#engageug
- 54. Download all shown scripts •You can download all scripts (and some more) WITHOUT WARRENTY and at your own risk: •https://github.com/stoeps13/ibmcnxscripting • •OpenNTF Project since 21st november 2014 – Administration Scripts for WebSphere •http://preview.tinyurl.com/otmq6mj 67#engageug
- 55. Engage •Work with us on the scripts •Discuss new ideas •You can help •create documentation •test scripts in your environments 68#engageug
- 56. Contact Details Christoph Stoettner •Skype: christophstoettner •Twitter: stoeps •Blog: http://www.stoeps.de •http://about.me/stoeps Sharon Bellamy •Skype: dilftechnical •Twitter: socialshazza •Blog: •http://dilf.me.uk •http://cube-soft.co.uk •http://about.me/sharonbellamy 69#engageug Skype Chats: • Linux ICS • IBM Connections If you are interested in joining, connect with us on skype and we will add you