IBM's local edition of Verse for email is hitting many enterprises. If you have not yet tried this out for yourself, then come and find out just how easy it is. Learn the tips and tricks that go into a successful deployment with a hands-on demo of the places to look out for and the finished product. We'll also show the integrations with Connections Files, Profiles and Box.

1. Best practises for deploying
Verse on Premise (VoP)
•Adm11
•Sharon James & Tim Clark
1#engageug
www.bcchub.com
contact@bcc.biz

2. Who are we
Tim Clark
• Director Services &
Support
• Domino Admin (ish)
• Project Manager
Sharon James
• Senior Consultant
• WebSphere /
Connections
• Loves documentation
#engageug 2

3. Agenda
• Why deploy VOP?
• Plan / Set a goal
• Know your requirements
• Installing and configuring
• Integrating with Connections, Docs, Sametime
& Box
• Deploy & Test first
• Roll out in phases
#engageug

4. Why deploy Verse-On-Premises
• Mail only users
• Nicer interface than iNotes
• No Notes client required
• Use ICAA for Applications
• Integration points
• Connections Files & Profiles
• IBM Docs
• IBM Sametime
• Box
#engageug

5. And now ….
#engageug

6. Plan / Set a goal
• Set time aside for
downtime on mail server
• Update to 9.0.1
• Install fixes
• Edit notes.ini
• Restart server
• Ensure back up of all mail
files
• Don’t rush!
#engageug

7. Know your
requirements
• Current version VOP 1.3
• System requirements -
http://bit.ly/vop103sysreq
• Remove older versions
before you install
• Ensure integration pre-reqs
are satisfied (& tested) –
check those system
requirements again!

8. Installing and configuring
• Straight forward process
• Create CredStore
• Down the server
• Copy the files on
• Edit the notes.ini
• Start the server
• Configuration
• Replace iNotes redirector
• Mail file template update
• Compact mail files
• Full text indexes
#engageug

9. Integrating with Connections
Connections Requirements
• Connections 6 or 5.5 CR2
• Internet mail address must match
the address used in Connections
profiles
• Ensure SSL is configured for
Domino and Connections and
SSO is working
• Configure Connections HTTP
server - http://bit.ly/vop103cnx
• Restart
#engageug

10. Integrating with Docs
Docs Requirements
• Enable CORS on IBM Docs to
allow cross origin requests –
http://bit.ly/docs_cores
• Add WhiteDomainList field to
• concord-config.json
• viewer-config.json
OR
• Run the domain_list_mgr.py
• Ensure HTTPS is used
#engageug

11. Enhancing with Sametime
Sametime
• Ensure iNotes / ST
integration is completed
• Make notes.ini changes on
verse server
• VOP_GK_sametime=1
• VOP_GK_sametime_rich_clien
t=1
• Add verse server trusted ip
in community server config
• Restart the server
#engageug Thanks to Millan Matejic for the screenshots (blog post here: http://bit.ly/st-vop)

12. Enhancing with Box
Box
• Super simple
• Create a new app at
developer.box.com
• Add the client ID to the
notes.ini on verse server
VOP_BOX_CLIENT_ID=client_id
• Restart the server
#engageug

13. Deploy and test first
• Deploy on a test box
• Run up a VM in your domain
• Test deployment
• SSL must be enabled
• If you must do it on a live machine
create a new mail file for testing

14. Roll out in phases
• Server first
• Modify mail files
• Template
• Full text index
• Running compact
• Once one mail file is
completed do in batches
• DONE!!
#engageug

15. V10 and beyond
• Pre version 10 – Aug 2018
• V10 – Q4 2018
• Continuous delivery 2019
• Long term support no end
date
• iNotes may be deprecated
in V11

16. Questions & Contact
#engageug
Tim
Sharon
dilftechnical
@socialshazza
timsterc
@timsterc
www.bcchub.com
contact@bcc.biz