You can deploy an upgraded Content Engine instance on the web application
server by using the graphical user interface version of Configuration Manager. Deploying makes
the Content Engine application
available for use.
Make sure that the application server is running or stopped,
depending on its type:
Table 1. Required Application Server
StateOption |
Description |
WebSphere® Application
Server |
Start the application server if it is not already
running. |
JBoss Application Server |
Stop the application server. |
Oracle WebLogic Server |
Start the application server if it is not already
running. |
For more information about the properties and values you
set in the Configuration Manager, roll your mouse over the property
name to view the hover help for the property. See the appendix Configuration Manager user interface reference for complete information about using
the graphical user interface.
To deploy
Content Engine:
- Open your completed Installation and Upgrade
Worksheet file.
Tip: In the worksheet file,
verify that the command is enabled.
To view only Configuration Manager values,
filter by CM: Deploy Application in the Installation
or Configuration Program column. For general information about the
worksheet file, such as filtering details, see "Using the installation
and upgrade worksheet" in Plan and Prepare Your Environment for IBM® FileNet® P8.
- Log on to the application server machine as config_mgr_user,
the Configuration Manager user.
- Start Configuration Manager by
running one of the following commands, depending on the operating
system that runs on the machine where you installed Content Engine:
Option |
Description |
UNIX |
ce_install_path/tools/configure/configmgr |
Windows |
Perform one of the following actions: - Double-click the FileNet Configuration Manager desktop
shortcut.
- Select .
- Run ce_install_path\tools\configure\configmgr.exe.
|
- If you upgraded your
application server and then redeployed Content Engine before upgrading Content Engine, click the Edit
Application Server Properties icon and correct any obsolete
parameter values for your application server type.
- Select , and use the information
in your worksheet to specify the values for the parameters in the
wizard screens.
- In the Open Configuration Profile wizard, enter the path
to the profile for the Content Engine instance,
and then click Finish.
- Right-click the Deploy Application task
in the profile pane (left pane), and select Edit Selected
Task.
- Provide the property values for your deployment, by using
the values in your worksheet.
- Select .
- Enable the task. By default, the Deploy
Application task is disabled. When the task is disabled,
the task name includes the text (Disabled).
To enable the task, select Deploy Application (Disabled) in
the profile pane, and then either right-click and choose Enable
Selected Task from the context menu, or click the Enable
the Selected Task icon in the task toolbar.
- Right-click the Deploy Application task
in the left pane, and select Run Task.
Running the deploy task can take a few minutes. The task
execution status messages are displayed in the Console pane below
the deploy application properties.
- Repeat
this procedure as needed for each Content Engine instance.