Author Archives: Graham

Tips for changing your Portal datasources

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Graham

How to edit the portal datasources and meet off potential transaction log problems if they arise. Continue reading →

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Best comment spam ever

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Graham

funny comment spam Continue reading →

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How to get your own local copy of the Infocenter

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Graham

How to get your own local version of the WebSphere Portal infocenter, in case you can’t get to the website. Continue reading →

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DB2 and ConfigEngine : Security mechanism not supported

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Graham

How to fix the error “Connection authorization failure occurred. Reason: Security mechanism not supported.” when using DB2’s DATA_ENCRYPT setting and WebSphere Portal’s ConfigEngine. Continue reading →

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How to solve CWWIM4520E on Portal 6.1

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Graham

How to solve EJPSG0015E, CWWIM4520E by remapping portal attributes to ldap ones. Continue reading →

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W00t! Portal.Next beta available!

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Graham

Been working on this one for a while. Download it here. If you’re a Linux person, I’d wait for the VMWare images to come out, as they’ll be Linux based installs.

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ERRORCODE=-4214, SQLSTATE=28000 from DB2 on Ubuntu

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Graham

Connection authorization failure occurred. Reason: Local security service non-retryable error. ERRORCODE=-4214, SQLSTATE=28000 is a common error when using DB2 on newer versions of Ubuntu. This post describes how to fix this problem. Continue reading →

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Getting WebSphere Portal to install on Ubuntu

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Graham

Portal 6.1 will not install on Ubuntu out of the box. Here’s how to fix it. Continue reading →

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Configuring WCM email actions with a local SMTP server

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Graham

Detailed post about how to set up WCM’s email actions with a local SMTP and POP3 server on the same machine as your Portal server. Continue reading →

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java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/bin/libawt.so: libXmu.so.6

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Graham

Graham looks at some additional Redhat packages that are required when you don’t install xorg on a Portal machine Continue reading →

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