Because IBM Business Monitor keeps the user name and password for the IBM Cognos BI content store database in a Java Authentication and Authorization Service J2C authentication data alias ( Cognos_JDBC_Alias ), you can maintain all database credentials in one place. Whenever you start the IBM Business Monitor server, the current values are passed to the IBM Cognos BI configuration to allow IBM Cognos BI access to the content store. Because of this integration, you cannot change the content store user name and password using the IBM... [More]

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  Problem Management Records (PMRs) have long been the life blood for those seeking assistance from IBM Support. But did you know that our support teams have begun branching out to new avenues in which you can engage and interact with us, including channels such as socially based support forums, blogs, and interactive chat sessions that allow you to seek quick answers to questions without the overhead of opening a PMR. You can learn more about these new offerings, as well as learn how to get the most out of your PMR experience, in this new... [More]

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  Overview IBM® MobileFirst Quality Assurance (MQA) takes mobile application development life cycle to the next level by providing neat features such as mobile application testing, user validation, and streamlined quality feedback with sentiment analysis, over-the-air build distribution, automated crash reporting, in-app bug reporting, and user feedback. In a fragmented and complex environment, this product helps you to provide quality assurance for your mobile applications. This blog takes you through the deployment and configuration... [More]

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  WebSphere Application Server (WSAS) uses a Java Development ToolKit (JDK) as its base component. It is important to remain current on the latest JDK Service Release (SR) for your version of WSAS. There are many situations where hackers are able to exploit a security hole in the JDK that can expose your environment. Many critical situations have arisen from clients running an older JDK SR which were resolved by updating the JDK to the latest SR. The latest fixes are released as part of quarterly builds that include the CVE... [More]

  Here is a sample of an IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Process Portal email notification. In order to get an email notification as above whenever a new task is assigned to you or your team in IBM BPM Process Portal, you need to complete the steps below. 1. Configure email elements in BPM configuration files 1) Update email properties section into the 100Custom.xml file. The following example (on IBM BPM V8.5.7) shows the values that you set for the <email> element in the 100Custom.xml file. <server... [More]

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  PASSWORD PROTECTION We've seen some interesting issues come up over the last several months. Many of these were related to security on all platforms. On z/OS some issues involving ICSF came to light this year. ICSF is used on the z/platform, among other things, to provide entropy that improves password protection. In particular users had experienced issues with version 8 clients that connect using the MQ Explorer where password protection was being invoked. To level set, when password protection is attempted, at version 8 MQ will... [More]

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  Here is a scenario: Customer plans to migrate their environment from Business Monitor 6.2.0.3 to 8.5.6 but only have a 2 day window(Saturday and Sunday). This is a too small window(48 hours). This customer has a large amount of data in their current 6.2.0.3 Monitor environment. Keep in mind the source database is updated everyday and they cannot stop the application for more than a day before migration. They would like to do all database related migration tasks in one day. They also want no additional database migration tasks... [More]

  One of the most common questions asked in WebSphere Java support is, "What is the recommended Maximum Heap size?" One of the most common problems reported in WebSphere Java support is, "OutofMemory" condition (Java or Native).   This blog is simply a starting point or general reference based upon daily observations in the technical support arena, it is not intended to be a solution for every situation, but moreover a general set of starting recommendations. Ideally, you will need to test appropriate values in... [More]

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  UrbanCode Deploy provides a way to capture lines of interest in a post-processing script , but occasionally you might want access to the entire standard output from the context of a subsequent step. For example, after a step in a component process completes, you might want to email the output. The step output can be accessed through undocumented REST endpoints, and is recommended over copying the step output into a property. If the step output file grows into the megabytes range, it can cause problems ranging from: "the process... [More]

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