TDI is necessary for Connections.
I could not launch the graphical install program from the launchpad.
I had to launch it like this

java install_tdiv611_setup.jar


Then it gave me these errors:

Error in copying /tmp/ismp001/9378174/data/faddba0181b51d9316ef30cc8eb4700d/6.1.1.0/resource.map there may not be enough space on device
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:60: Engine "clearlooks" is unsupported, ignoring
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:60: Engine "clearlooks" is unsupported, ignoring
Jun 2, 2009 4:24:46 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$3 run
INFO: Created system preferences directory in java.home.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:60: Engine "clearlooks" is unsupported, ignoring
Exception in thread "Thread-52" java.lang.VerifyError: class loading constraint violated (class: com/ibm/db2/jcc/c/o method: resetDB2Connection(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/ibm/db2/jcc/DB2BaseDataSource;)V) at pc: 0


I rebooted the machine and got rid of the DB2 error, thus allowing the wizard to initialize.

After selecting paths and options and the summary screen, the install failed with this error:

Exception in thread "Thread-184" java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught a runtime exception in TouchPointTask.run(). Error was: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org/apache/xerces/impl/dv/xs/DateTimeDV.parse(Ljava/lang/String;)[I
at com.ibm.ac.si.cm.TouchPointTask.run(TouchPointTask.java:991)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:797)


I checked the install directory and saw that lots of stuff was installed. With any luck, the error can be ignored.

Further research revealed that the error can indeed be ignored.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21300012

Development has confirmed that this message is coming from a component in the install tool, and cannot be suppressed. The message can be ignored.

Next step is to install fixpack 3 and ifix8.

ReadMe says this:

2) To install this fixpack you need to launch update installer using GMI tool, Default location for GMI tools is like this:
- For Windows GMI tool is available in C:\Program Files\IBM\Common\ci\gmi\bin
- For Unix GMI tool is available in /usr/ibm/common/ci/gmi/bin
Start GMI tool from applicable location, using “gmi” command.

Can’t find the GMI tool anywhere, neither on disk, nor on internet.
Can’t launch the install with the command “java TDI_MAIN_IU.jar” because the jar file has no manifest.
Seems like I’m stuck.

The wizard and script to create the Connections databases completed with some warnings :

SQL1363W One or more of the parameters submitted for immediate modification
were not changed dynamically. For these configuration parameters, all
applications must disconnect from this database before the changes become
effective.


Also got this warning about memory:

SQL20189W The buffer pool operation (CREATE/ALTER) will not take effect until
the next database startup due to insufficient memory. SQLSTATE=01657


The vmware for DB2 has 768mb RAM. Hope it’s enough. If not I can bump it up a bit.

To install DB2 9.1 on CentOS I had to do the following:

- install the correct java JDK from IBM (see previous posts)

- the db2prereqcheck gave me this error

ERROR:
The required library file libstdc++.so.5 is not found on the system.
Check the following web site for the up-to-date system requirements
of IBM DB2 9.1


I installed the following package with yum and prereqcheck passed:

yum install compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61


After launching db2setup, the graphical install program came up and I went thru the screens with no problems.

Transferred fp5 code to system and ran installFixPack command which completed successfully.

I thought all was good, but that was wishful thinking. Issuing the db2start command resulted in the following error:
SQL1032N No start database manager command was issued. SQLSTATE=57019

To fix this, I went to /opt/ibm/db2/V9.1/instance and issued the command: ./db2iupdt [instance name]
ie.
./db2iupdt db2inst1

The db2start command was then able to start the database.

To install the update installer I copied the cd to linux, then had to give execution permissions to the java executable included in the package.
I used the response file and silent install.

Installed 2 maintenance paks – the JDK and fp19, again using a response file and silent mode.

Server starts!

Here is what I did to launch the install wizard.

CentOS uses the gih java interpreter. The WAS install script needs to launch the ibm interpreter. A jdk is included with the install package.

I executed the following to make the OS pick up the IBM java which I copied from the install package to /usr/.

alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/JDK/jre/bin/java 100
alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/JDK/jre/bin/jar 100
alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaw javaw /usr/JDK/jre/bin/javaw 100
alternatives --config java

the interface asks which java to use:

There are 2 programs which provide 'java'.
Selection Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java
2 /usr/JDK/jre/bin/java

I enter 2 to select the IBM java

I did the same for jar and javaw
alternatives --config jar
alternatives --config javaw

I had to set execution permissions for these 3 files when they are copied into /usr/bin

In the etc/profiles file I added
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/JDK/jre/bin/java
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/JDK/jre/bin

The WAS wizard graphical UI does not launch so I used the responsefile with silent install and it went without a hitch in about 15 minutes.

I also had to install openmotif : openmotif-2.3.1-2.el5.i386.rpm so that the graphics work for the AST installer.

install took about 20 mins to cycle thru the 4 iso images. I’m installing on a VMWare that is sized for 16G and 1320Mb ram.

In the initial setup I set SELinux setting to disabled. I saw on the web that this can cause the following error :
cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied

Internet access ok, so I’m updating 300 some packages, then going to bed. Will pick it up again tomorrow.

I’m installing Lotus Connections 2.0.1 on CentOS 5.3
I’ll document the different steps here.
The OS is not officially supported but it is based on RedHat which is, so maybe with some tweaking it will work.
I’m starting with Connections 2.0.1.
Prereqs
+ WAS 6.1.0.13. I’ve got WAS 6.1.0.19.
+ DB2 9.1.3.
+ Tivoli Directory Integrator,
+ and an LDAP. Domino is installed on one vm. I may try sun also.