Installing Merant SequeLink for use with WebSphere Application Server Advanced Edition and Oracle on Windows

The steps in this topic describe how to install Merant SequeLink for use with a single configuration of WebSphere Application Server. A SequeLink driver comes complimentary with WebSphere Application Server.

Prerequisite Conditions

These instructions assume the following prerequisite conditions:

Steps for installation

To enable Merant for use with Oracle as the adminstrative database for IBM WebSphere Application Server, complete the following steps:

  1. Locate and enable the Merant SequeLink driver files, as described in the IBM WebSphere Application Server documentation pertaining to database drivers.
  2. Ensure that the .jar files sljc and sljcx, which compose the Merant SequeLink driver, are both set in the CLASSPATH environment variable of the administrative server configuration file before the Merant driver is used.
  3. Install the Merant SequeLink Server for Oracle on the same machine as the Oracle database product with which you want to use the Merant driver. Perform any configuration necessary to establish communications between the Oracle database and the SequeLink Server. Refer to your Merant documentation and "Installing the Merant SequeLink Server without a registration key" for instructions.
  4. Configure IBM WebSphere Application Server to use the Merant SequeLink driver with Oracle as its administrative database. See "Configuring WebSphere Application Server for use with Merant SequeLink" for instructions on how to perform this step.

Note that if WebSphere Application Server is already configured to use a driver other than the Merant SequeLink driver with the Oracle database, you can change to the Merant driver by modifying some settings. WebSphere Application Server provides a "database conversion assistant" tool to help with this task. The instructions contained in "Configuring WebSphere Application Server for use with Merant SequeLink" describe how to enable the Merant driver for use with Oracle as the administrative database.