You can install IBM® Enterprise
Records in
a highly available FileNet® P8 environment.
The installation of IBM Enterprise
Records requires
the installation of Content Engine andProcess Engine, or Content Platform Engine and Application Engine, Workplace XT, or IBM Content
Navigator.
Before you begin
Restriction: Ensure your system meets
all prerequisites before you install IBM Enterprise
Records to a FileNet P8 highly available environment.
For information, see the IBM FileNet P8 system requirements,
the IBM FileNet P8 Compatibility Matrix documents,
and the IBM Enterprise
Records detailed
system requirements page.
About this task
You can install
IBM Enterprise
Records in
highly available configurations by using standard application server
clustering software.
Tip: - This procedure covers installation of the IBM Enterprise
Records web application only.
- This procedure covers the specific details required for installing IBM Enterprise
Records in an application server
cluster rather than on a stand-alone 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. Server farms are groups of identical
servers running the same application server, which in turn runs the
same web application. A load balancer typically directs 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 IBM Enterprise
Records components such as the IBM Enterprise
Records Sweep Application or Crystal
Reports, go to the applicable section within this guide.
- Complete the Security Administrator planning and preparation tasks
for IBM Enterprise
Records.
Procedure
To install and configure IBM Enterprise
Records for high availability:
- Install a highly available Application Engine or Workplace XT and note the location
of the bootstrap.properties file.
Restriction: Do not deploy Application Engine or Workplace XT. This step is completed
as part of deploying the IBM Enterprise
Records web
application.
- Install IBM Enterprise
Records and
apply the relevant client file installation programs on each node
in the cluster where Application Engine or Workplace XT is installed.
- Configure the application server cluster for IBM Enterprise
Records.
- Deploy Application Engine or Workplace XT and then IBM Enterprise
Records.
- Perform any necessary post-deployment steps.
- Start Component Manager on all nodes in the server farm.