It was little bit quiet here after Connect 2014. I had lots of projects and no time to add new scripts or even do bug fixing. I promised at Connect, that i will fix the JDBC drivers, that they will load on Windows too. See cnxMemberCheckExIDByEmail.py as an example. Loading JDBC Drivers within jython scripts Jan Riedel sent me a solution for SLES and i tested his proposal today within Windows. He points me in the right direction, i mustn’t load the path or jar within the script, it is better to load on starting wsadmin. You have to add the JDBC Driver path to WAS_EXT_DIRS.

IBM Connect 2014 is here. I enjoyed the last days very much! Meeting great old and new friends, community members and the IBM Champions family . I’m very impressed of the news IBM provides us. New IBM Mail and Connections Mail, Connections next and the integration of lots of software within IBM Connections. Today i will make my session “BP 307 – Practical Solutions for Connections Administrators – Tips and Scripts for Your Daily Business” with the incredible Sharon Belamy . When you’re here in Orlando, we would be happy to see you there. Find some videos of our demos here: https://www.

I had a very busy week and had no time to enjoy the feeling to be an IBM Champion 2014, as it was announced . But after finishing an IBM Connections update this night at 0:30, i realised it and i’m very proud that i was nominated and elected from IBM. See you all in Orlando! Thanks to the community!

I started a new project on OpenNTF for the collection of scripts we created to speed up and simplify WebSphere and Connections Administration. Link to this project: Administration Scripts for WebSphere In the moment most of documentation is only as comment in these scripts. Descriptions can be found in Github and Scripting101 . Highlights J2EE Security Role Backup and Restore Set initial Security Roles for Connections Applications (Author: Klaus Bild ) Documentation When you want to start with this collection, copy the jython script to your Deployment Manager bin-folder ($WAS_HOME/profiles/Dmgr01/bin) and call the scripts with wsadmin.sh -f scriptname I will create more documentation in the next days.

Luis Benitez announced an update for the mobile applications of IBM Connections. Function is looking great. You can now view, approve and reject CCM Files with your mobile device. Screenshot from Socialize Me Read more: http://www.lbenitez.com/2013/11/ibm-connections-mobile-apps-updated.html

This week i attended the Admincamp in Gelsenkirchen. It was a awesome event, where i met lots of friends and other cool people. I made two sessions, you can find the session slides here, in this special case in german. Security and Administration of IBM Connections Save the mice – Scripting in WebSphere, Connections and DB2 (Online Version) I have extended and translated the session slides from ICONUK. You can download this Slides as ZIP : index.html is ICONUK Version index-ac.html is german AdminCamp Version Here some of my impressions: Oping session with Rudi Knegt Very interesting, but sometimes hard to understand was the second evening: