IBM Docs 2 CR3 is here – and with some cool new features
So at last IBM Docs 2 CR3 has been released and with it some awesome new features that the community have been asking for (thank you IBM). What’s new in Docs 2 CR3? LOADS of new features and fixes including … The most exciting is probably the ability to deploy the Conversion server on […]
Issues with IBM Connections 5 / 5.5 and Chrome 60
There is a known issue with Connections 5 CR4 and all versions of Connections 5.5 when using Chrome version 60. It affects events not being displayed and errors relating to events in the UI. It has also been reported that comments can be affected also. After multiple BP’s and Customers reported this IBM Support have […]
Connections 6 migration observations
I am sure that lots of you have installed or started migrations to Connections 6 by now .. but I have found a couple of gotchas across the installs and updates that I have managed so far. I am listing them here for sanities sake as I know when we google an error – this […]
Docs 2.0 CR2 – here we go again
I am blogging this mainly so I remember how to solve this Big thanks to fellow ICS community member and all round great guy Robert Farstad for blogging this Again you can see a problem when patching Docs 2 to CR2 as it can’t find the FQDN of the hosts. The code has changed so […]
Migrating Connections DB from Oracle to DB2 part 3
In part 3 of the series we will actually attempt to migrate the data. Migrating Connections DB from Oracle to DB2 In my experience the database migration is always most time consuming, so I always do the database first Use the text file of Commands that we created in part 2. Back up the […]
Connections 6 system requirements are available
thanks to my friend and co-speaker Roberto Boccadoro for sharing these .. you can find the system requirements for Connections 6 here The basic info is: WAS 8.5.5.10 IBM install manager 1.8.5 DB2 11.1.0 / Oracle 12.1.0.2.0 (enterprise) / MS SQL 2016 TDI 7.1.1 fix pack 6 Connections 6 is going to […]
IBM Cloud migration and management Webinar
I have the pleasure of giving another webinar on Wednesday at 4pm UK / 11 am EST – with my friend and IBMer Luis Guirigay We will be talking about migrating to the cloud and user management once you are there …. Join this webinar to learn more. Register here. [blockquote align=center] Are you interested […]
So Docs 2 CR1 and iFix 1 is not playing ball
I knew that some of our community had seen issues with applying Docs 2 CR1 and the accompanying iFix, so I purposely held off applying it. But low and behold on Saturday afternoon when I did attempted to install CR1 I had problems. The Docs and Viewer applications deployed without issues, but the Conversion server […]
Migrating Connections DB from Oracle to DB2 part 2
In part 2 of this series we will cover preparing the system and the commands and files required. There is a fair bit of file creation to do and configuring of the Database Transfer Tool (DBT) Migrating Connections DB from Oracle to DB2 Step 3 – Prepare a system to recieve the data As […]
Migrating Connections DB from Oracle to DB2 part 1
For those of you that follow me on twitter, you will have noticed that I have posted a number of tweets relating to a fun project I am working on. I have been working with a customer to move them from Connections 5 to Connections 5.5 – Not a massive issue – EXCEPT they are […]