Synchronizing between LDAP and the profiles database

When you install connection, you will

  • Go to the E:\IBM\LotusConnections directory, there you will see two TDISOL.zip expand the platform specific version in the same directory like this


  • Open the tdienv.bat file and change value of TDIPATH to point to the location where TDI is installed on your machine, By default it is set to C:\Program Files\IBM\TDI\V7.0


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    @echo off
    IF "%TDIPATH%" == "" (
    SET TDIPATH=E:\IBM\TDI\V7.0
    )

    IF "%TDI_CS_HOST%" == "" (
    SET TDI_CS_HOST=localhost
    )

    IF "%TDI_CS_PORT%" == "" (
    SET TDI_CS_PORT=1527
    )

  • Then open the profiles_tdi.properties file which is in the E:\IBM\LotusConnections\TDISOL\TDI directory in text editor and set following values


    source_ldap_url=ldap://directory.atech.com:1389
    source_ldap_user_login=cn=root
    source_ldap_user_password=tdsadmin
    source_ldap_search_base=dc=webspherenotes,dc=com
    source_ldap_search_filter=(objectclass=inetOrgPerson)

    source_ldap_use_ssl=false
    source_ldap_authentication_method=Simple
    source_ldap_time_limit_seconds=0
    source_ldap_required_dn_regex=
    source_ldap_collect_dns_file=collect.dns
    source_ldap_map_functions_file=profiles_functions.js
    source_ldap_page_size=0
    source_ldap_logfile=logs/PopulateDBFromSource.log
    source_ldap_debug=true
    source_ldap_sort_attribute=
    source_ldap_sort_page_size=
    source_ldap_escape_dns=false
    source_ldap_compute_function_for_givenName=
    source_ldap_compute_function_for_sn=
    source_ldap_collect_updates_file=employee.updates
    source_ldap_binary_attributes=GUID
    source_ldap_manager_lookup_field=
    source_ldap_secretary_lookup_field=
    dbrepos_jdbc_url=jdbc:db2://localhost:50000/peopledb
    dbrepos_jdbc_driver=com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver
    dbrepos_username=LCUSER
    dbrepos_password=lcuser1

    dbrepos_mark_manager_if_referenced=true
    monitor_changes_debug=false


  • Execute following task sync_all_dns.bat file which is in the E:\IBM\LotusConnections\TDISOL\TDI directory and look at the logs in the E:\IBM\LotusConnections\TDISOL\TDI\logs directory


After the command is executed you should be able to see the changes right away you can keep executing the same task repeatedly