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Abstract
This page provides detailed information about the data sources that are supported by IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 9.1 and each subsequent fix pack.
This page describes the minimum prerequisites for other products that are supported by the provided OmniFind Enterprise Edition crawlers. Because other products frequently ship fixes, updates, and new releases, OmniFind Enterprise Edition cannot be tested with every possible configuration. In general, you can install updates to supported product releases, such as fix packs, if the updates are compatible with later versions. Significant new product versions are not necessarily supported unless they are specified below.
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System requirements for IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1
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Table Reference
The following information is provided for each supported data source:
- The supported data source versions
- The supported operating systems where the data sources can be crawled
- The type of crawler that you must configure to include the data source in a collection
- Whether access to documents can be controlled by validating the user's credentials against access control data that is stored in the index (pre-filtering), and whether a user's credentials can be validated against current access control data in the data source before search results are returned (post-filtering)
- Whether the data source supports authentication through single sign-on security (SSO)
- Whether additional software is required to crawl the data source, and whether that software is included in the product distribution package
Using Linux on System z
If you install the product on Linux on System z, only the following crawlers are supported:
- Web
- Windows file system
- UNIX file system
- JDBC database. You can use the JDBC database crawler to collect data from DB2 databases only.
If you install OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 9.1 Fix Pack 2 or later, the following crawlers are also supported:
- Agent for Windows file systems
- SharePoint
- Content Integrator. You can use the Content Integrator crawler to collect data from EMC/Documentum 6.5 only.
Content Management data sources
| Supported versions | Operating system: | Crawler type | ACL validation | SSO | Additional requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | Solaris | Linux | AIX | ||||||
| IBM Content Manager 8.4, 8.4.1, 8.4.2 | | | | | Content Manager | | |||
| IBM Content Manager for z/OS 8.4, 8.4.1, 8.4.2 | | | | | Content Manager | | |||
| EMC/ Documentum 6.0, 6.5 | | | | | Content Integrator | | IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included). | ||
| IBM FileNet P8 CM 4.0 | | | | | FileNet P8 or Content Integrator | With the Content Integrator crawler, pre-filtering only | To use the FileNet P8 crawler, the FileNet Content Engine Client must be installed on the crawler server. The version of the client software must match the version of the server software that you plan to crawl. To use the Content Integrator crawler, IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included) is required. | ||
| IBM FileNet P8 CM 4.5 | | | | | FileNet P8 or Content Integrator | With the Content Integrator crawler, pre-filtering only | To use the FileNet P8 crawler, the FileNet Content Engine Client must be installed on the crawler server. The version of the client software must match the version of the server software that you plan to crawl. To use the Content Integrator crawler, IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included) is required. | ||
| IBM FileNet P8 CM 4.5.1 | | | | | FileNet P8 or Content Integrator | With the Content Integrator crawler, pre-filtering only | To use the FileNet P8 crawler, the FileNet Content Engine Client must be installed on the crawler server. The version of the client software must match the version of the server software that you plan to crawl. To use the Content Integrator crawler, IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included) is required. | ||
| Δ | IBM FileNet P8 CM 5.0 | | | | | FileNet P8 | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition 9.1 Fix Pack 2 or later. The FileNet Content Engine Client must be installed on the crawler server. The version of the client software must match the version of the server software that you plan to crawl. | |
| Δ | IBM FileNet P8 5.1 | | | | | FileNet P8 | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition 9.1 Fix Pack 3 or later. The FileNet Content Engine Client must be installed on the crawler server. The version of the client software must match the version of the server software that you plan to crawl. | |
| Hummingbird DM 5.1.0.5 with SR6 | | | | | Content Integrator | | IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included). | ||
| Hummingbird DM 6.0.4 with SR6 | | | | | Content Integrator | | IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included). | ||
| Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server 2003 SP2 with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 | | | | Content Integrator | | IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included). Farms are not supported. | |||
| Δ | Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server 2007 with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 | | | | Content Integrator or SharePoint | | To use the Content Integrator crawler, IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included) is required. To use the SharePoint crawler, OmniFind Enterprise Edition 9.1 Fix Pack 1 or later is required. To support farms and NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Version 2 authentication, install OmniFind Enterprise Edition 9.1 Fix Pack 2 or later and use the SharePoint crawler. For more details about support for SharePoint data sources, see Support for SharePoint Server in OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 9.1. | ||
| Δ | Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server 2010 with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 | | | | SharePoint | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition 9.1 Fix Pack 2 or later. To support farms and NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Version 2 authentication, install OmniFind Enterprise Edition 9.1 Fix Pack 2 or later and use the SharePoint crawler. For more details about support for SharePoint data sources, see Support for SharePoint Server in OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 9.1. | ||
| Open Text Livelink Enterprise Server 9.6, 9.7, 9.7.1 | | | | | Content Integrator | Pre-filtering only | IBM Content Integrator 8.5.1 (included). | ||
Database systems
Support for IBM DB2:
- To use the JDBC crawler to crawl IBM DB2 databases, use the DB2 Universal JDBC Driver (Type 4) as the access mechanism.
- To use the DB2 crawler to crawl IBM DB2 V9.1 databases, use DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.1 as the access mechanism.
- To use the DB2 crawler to crawl IBM DB2 V9.5 databases, use DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.5 Fix Pack 1 as the access mechanism. Note that the DECFLOAT data type is not supported.
- To use the DB2 crawler to crawl IBM DB2 V9.7 databases, use DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 as the access mechanism.
- If you use IBM DB2 V9.1, 9.5, or 9.7 and more than one copy of DB2COPY is installed on the same machine, review important crawler configuration information in The DB2 crawler cannot discover databases if multiple copies of DB2COPY are installed.
Supported JDBC Drivers:
- DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (Type 4)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC driver 1.2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC driver 2.0
- Oracle 10g or 11g JDBC Driver Thin (Type 4)
- MySQL Connector/J (Type 4 JDBC driver)
| Supported versions | Operating system: | Crawler type | ACL validation | SSO | Additional requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | Solaris | Linux | AIX | ||||||
| CA-Datacom 10 | | | | | DB2 | InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or later, or InfoSphere Classic Federation for z/OS 9.5 or later. | |||
| DB2 9.1 for Linux, Unix, and Windows: - DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.1 - DB2 Express Edition 9.1 - DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 9.1 | | | | | DB2 or JDBC | ||||
| DB2 9.5 for Linux, Unix, and Windows Fix Pack 1: - DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.5 - DB2 Express Edition 9.5 - DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 9.5 | | | | | DB2 or JDBC | Enterprise Server Edition does not support x86 (32-bit). | |||
| DB2 9.7 for Linux, Unix, and Windows - DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 - DB2 Express Edition 9.7 - DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 9.7 | | | | | DB2 or JDBC | ||||
| DB2 for iSeries 5.4 and 6.1 | | | | | DB2 | ||||
| Δ | DB2 for iSeries 7.1 | | | | | JDBC | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition 9.1 Fix Pack 2 or later and the JT400 JDBC driver. | ||
| DB2 for z/OS 8.1 and 9.1 | | | | | DB2 or JDBC | To use the DB2 crawler, DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7 are required. To use the JDBC crawler, DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (Type 4) and an appropriate license file (such as db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar) are required. | |||
| Δ | DB2 for z/OS 10.1 | | | | | DB2 or JDBC | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition 9.1 Fix Pack 3 or later. To use the DB2 crawler, DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7 are required. To use the JDBC crawler, DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (Type 4) and an appropriate license file (such as db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar) are required. | ||
| IBM IMS 10, 11.01 | | | | | DB2 | InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or later, or InfoSphere Classic Federation for z/OS 9.5 or later. | |||
| Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 11.10, 11.50 | | | | | DB2 | InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or later, and Informix Client SDK Version 2.81 or later. | |||
| Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2005 | | | | | DB2 or JDBC | To use the JDBC crawler: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver. To use the DB2 crawler: DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.5 or later, and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or later. | |||
| Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2008 | | | | | DB2 or JDBC | To use the JDBC crawler: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 JDBC Driver. To use the DB2 crawler: DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7. | |||
| MySQL 5.0 | | | | | JDBC | MySQL Connector/J (Type4 JDBC Driver). | |||
| Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g | | | | | DB2 or JDBC | To use the JDBC crawler: Oracle JDBC Thin (Type4) Driver To use the DB2 crawler: DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.5 or later, and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or later. Support for Oracle databases does not include support for the Oracle Exadata platform. | |||
| Software AG Adabas 7.1 | | | | | DB2 | InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or later, or InfoSphere Classic Federation for z/OS 9.5 or later. | |||
| Sybase 11.9.2, 12.0, 12.5.x | | | | | DB2 | InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or later, and Sybase Open Client 11.9.2, 12.0, or 12.5 (ctlib interface). | |||
| VSAM for z/OS 1.4 | | | | | DB2 | InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or later, or InfoSphere Classic Federation for z/OS 9.5 or later. | |||
Email, file system, and Web data sources
| Supported versions | Operating system: | Crawler type | ACL validation | SSO | Additional requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | Solaris | Linux | AIX | ||||||
| Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, 2003 | | | | | Exchange Server | ||||
| Network News Protocol Newsgroup (NNTP) | | | | | NNTP | ||||
| UNIX file systems | | | | | UNIX file system | ||||
| Windows 2000 Server | | | | | Windows file system or Agent for Windows file systems | | Install the Agent for Windows File Systems on a Windows server to crawl remote Windows file systems. | ||
| Windows 2003 Server | | | | | Windows file system or Agent for Windows file systems | | Install the Agent for Windows File Systems on a Windows server to crawl remote Windows file systems. | ||
| Windows 2008 Server | | | | | Windows file system or Agent for Windows file systems | | Install the Agent for Windows File Systems on a Windows server to crawl remote Windows file systems. | ||
| Web servers (HTTP or HTTPS) | | | | | Web | ||||
WebSphere Portal data sources
WebSphere Portal must be installed on an operating system that is supported by OmniFind Enterprise Edition: AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows. For details, see the hardware and software system requirements.
| Supported versions | Operating system: | Crawler type | ACL validation | SSO | Additional requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | Solaris | Linux | AIX | ||||||
| WebSphere Portal 6.1, 6.1.5 | | | | | Seed list | | | ||
| Δ | WebSphere Portal 7.0 | | | | | Seed list | | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 1 or later. |
| Δ | WebSphere Portal 8.0 | | | | | Seed list | | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 4 or later. Restriction: You can crawl content on WebSphere Portal 8 servers and deploy the search portlet on a WebSphere Portal 8 server. However, the stand-alone search application cannot be deployed on WebSphere Application Server 8, which is the underlying application server for WebSphere Portal 8. To deploy the stand-alone search application, you must use the application server that is embedded in OmniFind Enterprise Edition or WebSphere Application Server 7. |
| Workplace Web Content Management 2.5, 2.5.1 | | | | | Web | ||||
| Workplace Web Content Management 6.0, 6.0.1 | | | | | Web Content Management | ||||
| Lotus Web Content Management 6.1 | | | | | Web Content Management | | | ||
| Lotus Web Content Management 6.1.5 | | | | | Seed List | | | ||
| Δ | Lotus Web Content Management 7.0 | | | | | Seed List | | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 1 or later. |
| Δ | Lotus Web Content Management 8.0 | | | | | Seed List | | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 4 or later. |
| Lotus Quickr Services for WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.2 with these iFixes: LO24889 LO25419 LO25577 LO33156 | | | | | Seed List | | | ||
| Lotus Quickr Services for WebSphere Portal 8.1 with these iFixes: LO33156 | | | | | Seed List | | | ||
| Lotus Quickr Services for WebSphere Portal 8.5 | | | | | Seed List | | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 1 or later. | |
Lotus Connections data sources
| Supported versions | Operating system: | Crawler type | ACL validation | SSO | Additional requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | Solaris | Linux | AIX | ||||||
| Lotus Connections 2.0 | | | | | Seed List | | |||
| Lotus Connections 2.0.1 | | | | | Seed List | | |||
| Lotus Connections 2.5.0.1 with iFixes LO47688 and LO47801 | | | | | Seed List | Pre-filtering only | | ||
| Lotus Connections 2.5.0.2 or later fix pack | | | | | Seed List | Pre-filtering only | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 1 or later. | |
| Lotus Connections 3.0 | | | | | Seed List | Pre-filtering only | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 1 or later. The guidelines for crawling older versions of Lotus Connections also apply to crawling V3.0 sources. For information and links to tasks, see Seed list crawlers. | |
| Δ | IBM Connections 3.0.1 (previously known as Lotus Connections) | | | | | Seed List | Pre-filtering only | | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 2 or later. |
Lotus Domino data sources
| Supported versions | Operating system: | Crawler type | ACL validation | SSO | Additional requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | Solaris | Linux | AIX | ||||||
| Domino Document Manager 6.5.1 | | | | | Domino Document Manager | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Domino Document Manager | |
| Domino Document Manager 7.0 | | | | | Domino Document Manager | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Domino Document Manager | |
| Lotus Notes R6.5 (6.5.1 or later, LUW and iSeries) | | | | | Notes | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Lotus Notes | |
| Lotus Notes R7 (7.0.0 or later, LUW and iSeries) | | | | | Notes | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Lotus Notes | |
| Lotus Notes R8 (8.0.0 or later, LUW) | | | | | Notes | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Lotus Notes | |
| Lotus Notes R8.5 (LUW) | | | | | Notes | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Lotus Notes | |
| Lotus QuickPlace 6.5.1 and 7.0 (LUW and iSeries) | | | | | QuickPlace | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Lotus QuickPlace | |
| Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.0 | | | | | QuickPlace | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Lotus Quickr | |
| Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.1 | | | | | QuickPlace | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Lotus Quickr for Domino | |
| Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.2 | | | | | QuickPlace | | DIIOP only | See the notes about Lotus Quickr for Domino | |
| Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.5 | | | | | QuickPlace | | DIIOP only | Requires OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 Fix Pack 1 or later. See the notes about Lotus Quickr for Domino | |
Detailed information about Lotus Domino data sources
In the following tables, "or later" indicates support for all minor versions that follow the release of a major version (such as R7), beginning with the stated minor version number.
IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager
| Required software on the crawler server | AIX, Linux, or Solaris1, 2 | Windows2 |
| Client Software (NRPC, without native security) | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) | Notes R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) |
| Client Software (NRPC, with native security) | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) |
| Client Software (DIIOP, without native security) | None | None |
| Client Software (DIIOP, with native security) | None | None |
| Supported servers | AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows | |
| Server (NRPC, without native security) | Domino Document Manager 6.5.1, 7.0 | |
| Server (NRPC, with native security) | Domino Document Manager 6.5.1, 7.0 | |
| Server (DIIOP, without native security) | Domino Document Manager 6.5.1, 7.0 | |
| Server (DIIOP, with native security) | Domino Document Manager 6.5.1, 7.0 | |
1 The Lotus Notes client is not available on these platforms. You need to install Lotus Domino but you do not need to start the Domino server on the enterprise search crawler server.
2 On Linux or Windows, the 32-bit level of the Lotus Notes client or Domino server must be installed on the crawler server regardless of the bit-level of your operating system.
IBM Lotus Notes
| Required software on the crawler server | AIX, Linux, or Solaris1, 2 | Windows2 |
| Client Software (NRPC, without native security) | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 | Notes R7 (7.0.0 or later) Notes R8 (8.0.0 or later) Notes R8.5 Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 |
| Client Software (NRPC, with native security) | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 |
| Client Software (DIIOP) | None | None |
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| Supported servers | AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows | |
| Server (NRPC, without native security) | Domino R6.5 (6.5.1 or later) Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 | |
| Server (NRPC, with native security) | Domino R6.5 (6.5.1 or later) Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 | |
| Server (DIIOP, without native security) | Domino R6.5 (6.5.1 or later) Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 | |
| Server (DIIOP, with native security) | Domino R6.5 (6.5.1 or later) Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 | |
1 The Lotus Notes client is not available on these platforms. You need to install Lotus Domino but you do not need to start the Domino server on the OmniFind Enterprise Edition crawler server.
2 On Linux or Windows, the 32-bit level of the Lotus Notes client or Domino server must be installed on the crawler server regardless of the bit-level of your operating system.
IBM Lotus QuickPlace
| Required software on the crawler server | AIX, Linux, or Solaris1, 2 | Windows2 |
| Client Software (NRPC, without native security) | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) | Notes R7 (7.0.0 or later) Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) |
| Client Software (NRPC, with native security) | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) | Domino R7 (7.0.0 or later) |
| Client Software (DIIOP, without native security) | None | None |
| Client Software (DIIOP, with native security) | None | None |
| Supported servers | AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows | |
| Server (NRPC, without native security) | QuickPlace 6.5.1, 7.0 | |
| Server (NRPC, with native security) | QuickPlace 6.5.1, 7.0 | |
| Server (DIIOP, without native security) | QuickPlace 6.5.1, 7.0 | |
| Server (DIIOP, with native security) | QuickPlace 6.5.1, 7.0 | |
1 The Lotus Notes client is not available on these platforms. You need to install Lotus Domino but you do not need to start the Domino server on the OmniFind Enterprise Edition crawler server.
2 On Linux or Windows, the 32-bit level of the Lotus Notes client or Domino server must be installed on the crawler server regardless of the bit-level of your operating system.
IBM Lotus Quickr for Domino
| Required software on the crawler server | AIX, Linux, or Solaris1, 2 | Windows2 |
| Client Software (NRPC, without native security) | Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 | Notes R8 (8.0.0 or later) Notes R8.5 Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 |
| Client Software (NRPC, with native security) | Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 | Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 |
| Client Software (DIIOP, without native security) | None | None |
| Client Software (DIIOP, with native security) | None | None |
| Supported servers | AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows | |
| Server (NRPC, without native security) | Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.5 | |
| Server (NRPC, with native security) | Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.5 | |
| Server (DIIOP, without native security) | Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.5 | |
| Server (DIIOP, with native security) | Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.5 | |
1 The Lotus Notes client is not available on these platforms. You need to install Lotus Domino but you do not need to start the Domino server on the OmniFind Enterprise Edition crawler server.
2 On Linux or Windows, the 32-bit level of the Lotus Notes client or Domino server must be installed on the crawler server regardless of the bit-level of your operating system.
Related Information
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