Installing Rational Agent Controller

Rational® Agent Controller (RAC) is a daemon process that provides the mechanism by which client applications either launch new host processes, or attach to agents that coexist within existing host processes. WebSphere Event Broker uses RAC to provide debugging facilities for message flows deployed to a running broker. Other IBM products might also use RAC for services.

If you are debugging an execution group locally, you must install RAC on the local system before you can use the flow debugger. If you are debugging an execution group remotely, you must install RAC on the remote system on which your broker is running. Also, the RAC component installed on the broker must have TCP/IP connectivity to the system the Message Brokers Toolkit is running on to allow it to communicate with the RAC client which is embedded in the Message Brokers Toolkit.

Start of changeRational Agent Controller Versions 6.0.1 and 5.0.2.1 are supported for use with WebSphere Event Broker Version 6.0. End of change

The table below shows what is supported on the different platforms for use with Version 5 brokers:
  Version 5 Fix Pack 3 Broker and beyond with RAC 5.0.21 Version 5 Fix Pack 2 Broker and below with RAC 5.0.2 Version 5 Fix Pack 2 Broker and below with RAC 5.0.1
Windows Yes Yes Yes
AIX Yes Yes Yes
Solaris Yes Yes No
HP-UX Yes No No
z/OS Yes No No
Linux Yes No No
Notes:
  1. A specific Agent Controller build is required for Fix Pack 3 and later brokers; only Version 5.0.2 Build 20040205_1459 works correctly.

    This build applies to all broker operating systems. If you have a different version of Agent Controller installed (even if it is a later version), you must uninstall it and install this build.

To use RAC with WebSphere Event Broker brokers complete the following step:
Install RAC from the supplemental CD or DVD supplied with WebSphere Event Broker using the full instructions provided in the file install.html located in the root directory of the RAC component on CD or DVD. In addition to the install.html file, refer to the appropriate topic for you platform from the list below: You are highly recommended to install RAC behind a firewall and to stop the RAC service if you do not use the flow debugger.
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