WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for z/OS, Version 6.2.0 Operating Systems: z/OS


Preparing to install WebSphere ESB

A WebSphere® ESB for z/OS® installation and configuration includes planning activities for WebSphere ESB as well as WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.

About this task

The sections below list the tasks that you need to perform and provide references to the documentation resources that can help you install and configure WebSphere ESB.

You must have made the following considerations to implement your plan:

Task description Information center resource
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.


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