Before you can use the wizard to create databases for your IBM® Connections deployment, prepare the database server.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have given the necessary permissions to the user IDs that need to log in to the
database system and access the IBM Connections Wizards
directory.
Notes: - If you are planning to create multiple database instances, prepare and run the database wizard
once for each instance.
Create a dedicated IBM
DB2® database user named lcuser. For more information, see the
Creating a dedicated DB2 user topic.
(AIX® only) If you are downloading the wizard, the TAR
program available by default with AIX does not handle path
lengths longer than 100 characters. To overcome this restriction, use the GNU file archiving program
instead. This program is an open source package that IBM
distributes through the AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications at the IBM
AIX Toolbox web site. Download and install the
GNU-compatible TAR package. You do not need to install the RPM Package Manager because it is
provided with AIX.
After you have installed the GNU-compatible TAR program, change to the directory where you
downloaded the IBM Connections TAR file, and enter the
following command to extract the files from it:
gtar -xvf Lotus_Connections_wizard_aix.tar
This command creates a directory named after the wizard.
(AIX only) Download and install the following packages from
the AIX Toolbox for Linux
Applications webpage:
gtk2-2.10.6, pango-1.14.5, fontconfig-2.4.2, pkg-config-0.19, libjpeg-6b,
freetype2-2.3.9, expat-2.0.1, zlib-1.2.3, xft-2.1.6, xcursor-1.1.7, glib-1.2.10, glib2-2.12.4,
atk-1.12.3, gettext-0.10.40, libpng-1.2.32, and libtiff-3.8.2
Note: Some of these packages have dependencies on other packages. The AIX package installer alerts you to any additional packages that might be
required.
About this task
To prepare the database wizard, complete the following
steps:
Procedure
- Log in to your database server as the root user or system administrator.
- (AIX and Linux
only) Grant display authority to all users by running the following commands under the root user or
system administrator:
xhost + // Grant display authority to other usersNote: If granting display
authority to all users is a security concern for you, change the command to grant display authority
to a specific user or users. For more information about this command, consult your AIX or Linux administrator
guide.
echo $DISPLAY // Echo the value of DISPLAY under the root user
- (AIX and Linux
only) Ensure that the current user is qualified or else switch to a qualified user by running the
following commands:
- DB2
su – db2inst1 // db2inst1 is the default DB2
administrator
export
DISPLAY=hostname:displaynumber.screennumber
where hostname:displaynumber.screennumber represents the client system,
monitor number, and window number. For example:
localhost:0.0
xclock // Display the clock, confirming that
the current user has display authority and can run the wizard
// Press Ctrl + C to close the clock and return to the command
prompt
Note: If you can see the xclock application running after issuing the xclock command, then you have
permission to run the database wizard. If you cannot see the xclock application, run the xhost +
command as root user and then run the su command.
- Start the database instance:
Note: Run the database commands under the user account that has administrative access to the
database.
- Copy the Wizards directory in the IBM Connections
installation media to the system that hosts the database server.
Notes: - If you have more instances, exit from the current instance and repeat this step for each
instance.
- (AIX and Linux only) Ensure that users other than root
have permission to access the IBM Connections Wizards
directory.
- For more information about working with multiple instances, see the Setting the current instance environment variables topic in the DB2 information center.