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Access network shares on Windows


Overview

Configure WebSphere Application Server to access network shares in a Lotus Connections deployment on Microsoft Windows®.

This task applies only to deployments of Lotus Connections environments where the data is located on network file shares, and where you have installed WebSphere Application Server on Microsoft Windows and configured it to run as a service.

When WebSphere Application Server runs as a service on Windows, it uses the local system account to log in with null credentials. When WebSphere Application Server tries to access a Lotus Connections network share using UNC mapping, the access request fails because the content share is accessible only to valid user IDs.

When using a Windows service to start WebSphere Application Server, use UNC mapping; you cannot use drive letters to reference network shares.

To resolve this problem, configure the WebSphere Application Server service login attribute to log in with a user account that is authorized to access the content share.


Configure the WebSphere Application Server service

  1. Click...

      Start | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services

  2. Open the service for the first node in the list of WebSphere Application Server services.

  3. Click...

      Log On tab | This account

  4. Enter a user account name or click Browse to search for a user account.

  5. Enter the account password, and then confirm the password.

  6. Click OK to save your changes and click OK again to return to the Services window.

  7. Stop and restart the service.

  8. Repeat steps 3-7 for each node.

Your corporate password policy might require you to change this login attribute periodically. If so, remember to update the service configuration. Otherwise, your access to network shares might fail again.


Post-installation tasks

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