InfoSphere Enterprise Records, Version 4.5.1.3+              

High availability Installation

You can install IBM® InfoSphere™ Enterprise Records in a highly available IBM FileNet® P8 environment. The installation of InfoSphere Enterprise Records requires the installation of Content Engine, Process Engine, and Application Engine or Workplace XT.

IBM InfoSphere Enterprise Records is the new name for IBM FileNet Records Manager. You might see both names throughout the documentation.
Restriction: Start of changeEnsure your system meets all prerequisites before you install InfoSphere Enterprise Records to a IBM FileNet P8 highly available environment. For information, see the IBM FileNet P8 Hardware and Software Requirements and the IBM FileNet P8 Compatibility Matrix documents.End of change
You can install InfoSphere Enterprise Records version 4.5.1 in highly available configurations by using standard application server clustering software.
Tip:
  • This procedure covers installation of the InfoSphere Enterprise Records Web application only.
  • This procedure covers the specific details required for installing InfoSphere Enterprise Records in an application server cluster rather than on a standalone server.
  • Typically, application servers provide their own clustering/farming (the terminology differs by vendor) for achieving high availability with a web application. Application servers use server farms to make applications highly available. These are groups of identical servers running the same application server, which in turn runs the same web application. A load balancer will typically direct users to different instances throughout the group of servers. When one server goes down a user is automatically directed to an already running instance.
  • For instructions on installing InfoSphere Enterprise Records components such as the InfoSphere Enterprise Records Sweep Application or Crystal Reports.
  • Complete the Security Administrator planning and preparation tasks for InfoSphere Enterprise Records.

To install and configure InfoSphere Enterprise Records for high availability:

  1. Install a highly available Application Engine or Workplace XT and note the location of the bootstrap.properties file. For information, see IBM FileNet P8 High Availability Technical Notice.
    Restriction: Do not deploy Application Engine or Workplace XT. This step will be completed as part of deploying the InfoSphere Enterprise Records web application.
  2. Install InfoSphere Enterprise Records and apply the relevant client file installers on each node in the cluster where Application Engine or Workplace XT is installed.
  3. Configure the application server cluster for InfoSphere Enterprise Records.
  4. Deploy Application Engine or Workplace XT and then InfoSphere Enterprise Records.
  5. Perform any necessary post-deployment steps.
  6. Start Component Manager on all nodes in the server farm.


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