Install databases for Personalization

 

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Although WebSphere Portal provides the capability of installing to a IBM Cloudscape database and then transferring the information to another type of database, the Personalization Server, when installed outside of WebSphere Portal, does not support this. To use a database other than Cloudscape, such as IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition or Oracle Enterprise Edition, install and configure the database software before you install the Personalization Server.

When installing a database to use with the Personalization Server, complete the following steps:

  1. Installation requirements for databases used with the Personalization Server are the same as the requirements for databases used with WebSphere Portal. Ensure the database you plan to use is supported by this version of WebSphere Portal.

  2. Install the database for Personalization.

    • When installing database software for use with the Personalization Server, do not complete the steps described in the Configuring databases topic for WebSphere Portal.

    • Only the jcr, feedback, and likeminds domains in these files are relevant for Personalization Server.

  3. Install the Personalization Server

 

Populate Feedback Calendar and TimeOfDay tables (optional)

To increase performance during the installation process, the FEEDBACK.CALENDAR and FEEDBACK.TIMEOFDAY tables are no longer automatically populated. Although the feedback logging beans no longer need these tables populated, customized reports or log listeners may create queries on these tables. If you intend to run customized reports or log listeners that query these feedback tables, first run additional configuration tasks manually.

To populate the FEEDBACK.CALENDAR and FEEDBACK.TIMEOFDAY tables, complete the following steps:

  1. Verify that Personalization has been installed and that the Feedback function has been configured.

  2. cd <pzn_root>/config

  3. Populate the tables...

    • UNIX:

      ./WPSconfig.sh populate-feedback-caltod

    • Windows:

      WPSconfig.bat populate-feedback-caltod

 

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