Installing Content Search Services Support in GUI mode

Complete these steps to install IBM® Content Collector P8 Content Search Services Support on the IBM FileNet® Content Search Engine server where IBM Content Search Services is installed.

Procedure

To install Content Search Services Support by using the installation wizard:

  1. Stop the IBM Content Search Services instance.
  2. Insert the product DVD on the IBM FileNet Content Search Engine server where IBM Content Search Services is installed. You can also download and extract the appropriate installation package.
  3. Start the installer:
    • On Linux®, Linux on System z®, and UNIX environments, run install.bin, which is in the directory /P8_CSS_Support/operating_system. operating_system stands for the name of the operating system, for example, Linux.
    • On Windows, run install.exe, which is in the directory \\P8_CSS_Support\WIN.
  4. Answer the remaining prompts as the installer guides you through the installation process.
    1. Specify an installation folder where Content Search Services Support is installed, or use the default folder.

      The default path is C:\Program Files\IBM\ContentCollector_CSS_Support\ for Windows, and /opt/IBM/ContentCollector_CSS_Support/ in UNIX, Linux, and Linux on System z environments.

      The Content Search Services Support installer installs Content Search Services Support in a folder that is not in the IBM Content Search Services folder tree, and then deploys these files to each IBM Content Search Services installation instance folder in a second step.

      Using a separate installation folder enables IBM Content Collector to keep control of the Content Search Services Support files independent of any installed IBM Content Search Services instances.

    2. Specify the root directory of the server where IBM Content Search Services is installed.

      The default path is C:\Program Files\IBM\Content Search Services\ for Windows, and /opt/IBM/ContentSearchServices/ in UNIX, Linux, and Linux on System z environments.

      The root directory contains the css-servers.xml file which lists all of the IBM Content Search Services installation instances where Content Search Services Support is to deployed.

      Before Content Search Services Support is deployed in the plugins folder of each IBM Content Search Services installation instance folder tree, a backup copy of the existing configuration file is made. This file is called constructors.xml.ICC.backup and is located in the directory ContentSearchServicesInstallDir\config\.

    Important: To disable storing the Content Search Services Support configuration data in the configuration store, enter a dummy value for the host name of the server running the IBM Content Collector web applications.

Results

The symbolic name specifies the document classes that are processed by Content Search Services Support. You should not change or remove the values that are required by IBM Content Collector.

If you use custom document class names, you must add these class names manually to the <ContentSearchServicesInstallDir>\config\constructors.xml file in each instance of IBM Content Search Services on the IBM FileNet Content Search Engine server. The document class names must be separated by comma, for example, 
SymbolicClassName=ICCMail3,ICCMailCustomClassName,CustomerEmailJournaling
You can use regular expressions to specify document class names when you specify SymbolicClassName. The name of the object store can be prepended to the document class names to limit the configuration for specific document classes to one object store only. For example, 
SymbolicClassName=EmailArchivingOS1:ICCMail3_Group_[0-9_]+,JournalArchivingOS2:ICCMailJournals_[0-9_]+