InfoSphere Enterprise Records, Version 4.5.1.3+              

Installing the Process Engine clients

You must install the Process Engine client software, either interactively or silently in order to have a complete IBM® InfoSphere™ Enterprise Records installation and be able for your application server to be able to communicate with your Process Engine server. The Process Engine client software level must match that of the Process Engine.

Log in as the same user that installed InfoSphere Enterprise Records software to install the Process Engine client. You must install the Process Engine client files on servers that contain any of the following InfoSphere Enterprise Records components:
Important: In the Process Engine Client Installer wizard, you have the option to have the client installer create the RecordsManager.ear and the RecordsManager.war deployment files. If you want to make custom changes to your InfoSphere Enterprise Records XML files after the wizard completes, choose not to have the client installer create the deployment files. You can manually create the deployment files using the create_records_manager_ear.bat (Windows) or create_records_manager_ear.sh (UNIX) file that is provided in the install_location/FileNet/RM/deploy directory. The create_records_manager_ear.bat or the create_records_manager_ear.sh file creates the RecordsManager.ear and the RecordsManager.war files.

To install Process Engine Client files:

  1. On the machine where InfoSphere Enterprise Records is installed, log on as any user who has the following permissions:
    • Read and write permission to a temporary directory, such as temp, on the machine where InfoSphere Enterprise Records is installed
    • Execute permission on the Process Engine Client installation software
    • Directory access as documented in Client installation directory access requirements.
  2. Copy the Process Engine Client installation software from the Process Engine installation software location to the temporary directory. The version of the installation software must match the version of Process Engine.
  3. Expand the Process Engine Client installation software within the temporary directory.
  4. Start the Process Engine Client installation process.
    Option Description
    To install the Process Engine Client files interactively:
    1. Access the IBM FileNet® Process Engine client installation software.
    2. Run the version of the Process Engine client installer that is appropriate for your version of Process Engine and platform.
    3. Select to run the client installer for your InfoSphere Enterprise Records installation.
      Important: Older versions of the Process Engine client installer might not recognize newer InfoSphere Enterprise Records installations. If the InfoSphere Enterprise Records option is disabled, indicating that the client installer did not find the existing InfoSphere Enterprise Records installation, select the disabled instance of InfoSphere Enterprise Records. On the next panel, you can select the RM_installation_path where you installed the InfoSphere Enterprise Records component. After you select the path, complete the Client installation.

      On some older patch levels of the Process Engine client installers, you cannot select the disabled instance of InfoSphere Enterprise Records. In this case, use the Other installation option and follow the instructions in the Process Engine client installer readme.

    To install the Process Engine Client files silently:
    1. Make a back up copy of the input file: PEClient_silent_install.txt
    2. Open the silent input file in a text editor. Follow the instructions in the silent input file to edit the file to reflect the appropriate responses for your update.
      Tip: Configure the client installer to update your InfoSphere Enterprise Records installation.
    3. Navigate to the path that contains the Process Engine Client installation program, and run the version of the Process Engine client installer that is appropriate for your version of IBM FileNet Content Engine and platform.


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