A WebSphere® ESB for z/OS® installation and configuration includes planning activities for WebSphere ESB as well as WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.
You must have made the following considerations to implement your plan:
Task description | Information center resource |
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Determine the skills that you need. | See Determining your skill needs for information. |
Determine the system requirements. | See the System requirements web site for WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for z/OS. installs on top of WebSphere Application Server for z/OS. For a list of system requirements see, Hardware and software requirements in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Information Center. |
Understand security options and prepare for securing your system. | Security options are set in WebSphere Application Server for z/OS. See Security planning overview information in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Information Center. |
Implement Workload Management in goal mode on each z/OS system if necessary. | See Workload management (WLM) plan strategy in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Information Center. |
Implement Resource Recovery Services (if not already implemented) on each z/OS system. | See Preparing Resource Recovery Services in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Information Center. |
Plan for your performance and monitoring systems. | See Monitoring end user response time in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Information Center. |
Plan and define your problem diagnosis procedures. | See Problem diagnostic plan strategy in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Information Center. |
Consider automatic restart management before you install WebSphere Application Server for z/OS. | See Automatic restart management in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Information Center. |
Perform planning tasks in preparation for loading the program materials from the installation media onto z/OS. | For information about planning tasks associated with unloading the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS installation media, see Planning for installation in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Information Center. |
Depending on environment configuration variables and how you configured your response file, you may need to perform additional configuration tasks to complete the WebSphere ESB for z/OS configuration.