You must perform some pre-installation tasks before you
install IBM® Enterprise
Records for high
availability.
The application server must have a cluster instance configured
and it must be ready for applications to be deployed. Aside from the
configuration data (bootstrap.properties), the
remainder of the IBM Enterprise
Records software
does not require network or clustered storage resources. The IBM Enterprise
Records software can be installed
onto local storage for each machine in the cluster. When installing IBM Enterprise
Records, the will create a number
of directory structures, and install the IBM Enterprise
Records files into these directories.
Verify that the user who will be performing the installation has the
correct access requirements. Do this on all IBM Enterprise
Records nodes where you will be
installing software.
To prepare for the IBM Enterprise
Records installation
in a high availability environment:
- Install Content Engine, Process Engine, and Application Engine or Workplace XT. Follow the
instructions in the IBM FileNet P8 Platform Installation
and Upgrade Guide,
and for high availability installation of these components, see the
following topics in the P8 Information Center.
- Verify that you have performed the required preparation
tasks. This is shown in in the P8 Information
Center.
- Verify that the cluster nodes and
load balancers are started if the application server that is used
to cluster IBM Enterprise
Records is WebLogic Server or WebSphere® Application
Server.
- Mount the location of the bootstrap.properties file
on each server in the cluster.
This location should
be mounted to the same path on every server. For example, if the bootstrap.properties file
is mounted to /opt/FileNet/bootstrap on one node
then it should be mounted to the same directory on each subsequent
node.
A location for the bootstrap.properties file
should already exist as part of the Application Engine or Workplace XT high availability configuration.
To ensure that each IBM Enterprise
Records instance
functions identically in the cluster, it is important that each instance
uses the same bootstrap.properties file. The IBM Enterprise
Records allows you to select
the location of the bootstrap.properties file
during installation.
Restriction: Do not
host the bootstrap.properties file on an application
server cluster node. Although you can install the bootstrap.properties file
locally with its location shared or the NFS exported for other nodes
to access, if the node hosting the file fails, then the remainder
of the cluster nodes will fail. Host this file on a highly available
server that is not connected to the Application Engine or Workplace XT and the IBM Enterprise
Records cluster.