WebSphere

 

Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

 

Install databases for Personalization

Although WebSphere Portal Express provides the capability of installing to the default database and then transferring your information to another type of database, the Personalization Server, when installed outside of WebSphere Portal Express, does not support this. If you want to use a database other than the default, such as 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...

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

  2. Install the database for Personalization. Refer to the Installing and Creating databases and users topics appropriate for your database in the Configuring databases section for more information.

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

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

  3. Install the Personalization Server, as described in Installing the Personalization Server.

 

Populating 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...

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

  2. Open a command prompt in the <pzn_root>/config directory.

  3. Populate the tables by entering the following command:

 

Parent topic:

Installing Personalization without WebSphere Portal Express