FileNet P8 Process Engine, Version 5.0.+              

Configuring Process Engine with Process Task Manager

Start the Process Task Manager and set initial configuration parameters on the Process Engine server virtual server.

Use the procedures in this task to configure and start the default virtual server instance for Process Engine. Complete these procedures on only one node in a Process Engine farm. If you are in a Microsoft cluster server environment, configure all additional Process Engines to use the same database as the initial Process Engine.
  1. Open your completed Installation and Upgrade Worksheet file.
    Tip: In the worksheet file, verify that the Data > Filter > AutoFilter command is enabled. To view only Process Task Manager values, filter by Process Task Manager in the Installation or Configuration Program column.
  2. Log on to the Process Engine server as pe_install_user .
  3. Start the Process Task Manager, as follows:
    Option Description
    Windows® creating the virtual server with a name of default Select Start > Programs > IBM FileNet P8 Platform > Process Engine > Process Task Manager.
    Windows assigning a specific name to the virtual server At a command prompt, change to the installation directory, by default C:\Program Files\IBM\FileNet\ProcessEngine, and enter vwtaskman virtual_server_name where virtual_server_name is the virtual server name.
    UNIX® creating the virtual server with a name of default Enter ./vwtaskman at the command prompt. The terminal should support X Windows and the DISPLAY environment variable should be set.
    UNIX assigning a specific name to the virtual server Enter ./vwtaskman virtual_server_name where virtual_server_name is the virtual server name at the command prompt. The terminal should support X Windows and the DISPLAY environment variable should be set.
  4. In the Database subtab, enter the Database Type, Database version (for DB2 only), Database Name, Database User Name and password, Database Host and Database Port from the installation worksheet. If you are using DB2® for z/OS®, enter DB2 for z/OS instance name in Database Name field. As an alternative to entering the Database Host, Port, and Database Name, the JDBC Driver URL can be manually configured.
    Important: If the Process Engine is using Oracle RAC, you must enter the JDBC URL manually in the JDBC Driver URL field to connect to the Process Engine database.
  5. Click Next. Process Task Manager will connect to the database. If you cannot connect to the database with the information provided here, or the JDBC driver cannot be accessed, you will get an error and must resolve it before continuing.
  6. Enter the tablespace information for DB2 or Oracle databases or the filegroup information for SQL Server databases using the values from your installation worksheet. If you are using DB2 for z/OS, enter the real DB2 for z/OS database name in the Data Tablespace field. Click Next to proceed.
  7. Accept or change the default Process Engine Main Port and Process Engine Naming Service Port and click Next to proceed with configuration. These port numbers must be unique for each virtual server on a machine.
  8. Provide the Content Engine URI, Service Username and password, Administrator Group, and optional Configuration Group names identified on your installation worksheet. The value for the Content Engine URI defaults using information entered when the Content Engine client software was installed. If there is no value in this field you might need to reinstall and configure the Content Engine client software.
  9. Click Test connection to verify that all information entered in this screen is correct and that you can connect to the Content Engine using the provided authentication information. If there are errors returned they must be resolved before proceeding. After testing the connection returns a message indicating success, click Next
  10. Click Finish to save the security and database information to the Process Engine database. Information is written to the database and an initial set of tables are created in the database. If there are errors trying to create the tables or write to the database they must be resolved before proceeding.
  11. In a farmed configuration, return to the General tab and enter the load balancer virtual name in the Process Engine Server Virtual Host field.
  12. After all parameters have been entered, click OK.
  13. When prompted by Process Task Manager to restart the software, click Yes. Process Task Manager will restart the software automatically on all servers in the farm.
  14. Check Automatically Restart to have the Process Engine software automatically restart when the server is restarted.


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Last updated: November 2010


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