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We had an odd scenario with a Novell directory, where the uid attribute was mapped in another attribute.  To support this scenario first we had to modify wimconfig.xml into WebSphere configuration to expose uid as another attribute (edit under <config:attributeConfiguration> )  <config:attributeConfiguration>   <config:attributes name="customUid" propertyName="uid">   <config:entityTypes>PersonAccount</config:entityTypes>   </config:attributes> </config:attributeConfiguration> then after mapping in TDI scripts, into map_db_from_source.properties the following, guid=customUid uid=customUid we noticed that every user trying to accessing got an exception like this one AssertionException: Unsupported access by user with no profile: cn=FRANCESCO DE COLLIBUS,ou=users,dc=test,dc=com Making the SQL query db2 connect to PEOPLEDB select * from EMPINST.EMPLOYEE where PROF_SURNAME like '%De Collibus%' my r...

I had a cognos for connections 4.5 to deploy, and I keep getting error. cognos_server was unable to start with WAS error into cognos-configure.log ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/CognosProfile/logs/cognos_server/startServer.log ADMU0128I: Starting tool with the CognosProfile profile ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: cognos_server ADMU3200I: Server launched. Waiting for initialization status. ADMU3011E : Server launched but failed initialization. Server logs,            startServer.log, and other log files under            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/CognosProfile/logs/cognos_server            should contain failure information. Waiting for Cognos services started. I noticed that i left populated this variable also on linux # The following property is only required...

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From version 7 onward, the Application Server scripts and configuration scripts have the good manner to set by themselves the right ulimit valu. So ulimit is now less a problem than it was before. The problem is that, sometime when dealing with linux services,things do not always get right. For example you get exceptions such as [11/14/13 12:06:15:483 CET] 00000066 exception     E com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.ldap.LdapAdapter authenticateWithPassword                                  com.ibm.websphere.wim.exception.WIMSystemException: CWWIM4520E  The 'javax.naming.CommunicationException: ldapus.ldap.domain.com:389 [Root exception is java.net.SocketException: Too many open files]' naming exception occurred during processing. (In case you are asking, yes, network connections are counted as open files) That's why I strongly suggest to modify your /etc/security/limits.conf (on RedHat) bef...

In Connections notification, I really don't like using dozens of different senders for every feature That's why in notification-config.xml I always add the property for always using globalSenderName. You have to add it manually  here <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2013  All Rights Reserved.              --><config buildlevel="LC4.0_20130311_1432" enabled="true" id="notification-config" version="4.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="notification-config.xsd"> <properties> <property name="globalSenderEmailAddress">global-admin@esprinet.com</property> <property name="alwaysUseGlobalSender">true</property> <property name="globalSenderName">Info Connections</property> <!-- If true a link to Conne...

When we run cognos-setup.bat, cognos-configure.bat cognos-setup-update.bat or cognos-configure-update.bat script we could get this type of error E :\INSTALL\Cognos\win32\issetup.exe Using cognos.locale: EN All properties provided for Cognos database All properties provided for Metrics database com.ibm.net.SocketKeepAliveParameters JDBC Connection Success Success to verify the JDBC connection to Cognos Content Store database.  '-classpath' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Failed to verify the JDBC connection to Metrics database. Please check the error message. Validation failed, unable to continue setup By disabling the echo off at the beginning of batch script, we see that variables do not get correctly populated. Let's open any one of these files REM Validate the JDBC connection. SET was=%was.install.path% SET java="%was%\java\bin\java.exe" SET JAR_HOME=%cognosSetupScriptPath_%BI-Custom...

For a mistake the first time I ran and installed the cognos-setup.bat script inside CognosConfig package for connections 4.5, I installed both Transformer and BI Server on the same folder, E:\IBM\Cognos64. I fixed the error into cognos-setup.properties ( Transformer into E:\IBM\Cognos and BI Server in E:\IBM\Cognos64)So I removed everything with uninstaller on E:\IBM\Cognos64\uninstall. Only the BI package was available for removal.  If I try to run again the cognos-setup.bat script, the tiny Cognos Stream Installer in the upper left corner  was every time getting this exception you cannot install this version of the product over a previously installed version After checking and doublechecking (regedit show no presence of any transformer reference, and I also tried installing and removing Transformer with standalone installer on the wrong directory, to be sure everything is correctly removed from user registry or whatever). At the end, I had an idea: the respo...

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This article of always helpful Bhava Mada is great for understanding how to deploy Web Application Bridge in WebSphere Portal 8. Don't miss it! As soon as I got time, I want to write something specific on the precise working of the proxy technology of WAB. http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/portalwiki.nsf/dx/Integrating_the_Web_Application_Bridge_(WAB)_with_IBM_WebSphere_Portal_8.0_A_step-by-step_guide