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

IBM WebSphere Application Server supports the use of Merant SequeLink with Oracle databases. The Merant product provides the Oracle database with JDBC functionality.

During the IBM WebSphere Application Server installation process, Merant SequeLink is not offered among the choices of databases available for use. You must initially specify a database that is listed in the installation graphical user interface. Subsequently, you convert to the Merant SequeLink driver by using a database conversion assistant tool that can be downloaded from the IBM WebSphere Application Server web site.

If you do not have any of the software installed yet, consider the Quick Install option, which installs IBM HTTP Server and a DB2 database. The database conversion assistant tool can be used to change to the Merant SequeLink product and Oracle.

The steps in this topic describe how to install Merant SequeLink for use with a single configuration of WebSphere Application Server in the following environment:

Prerequisite Conditions

These instructions assume the following prerequisite conditions:

Steps for installation

To enable Merant for use with Oracle as the administrative 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 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 (Merant Web site -- documentation page) 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. See Configuring IBM WebSphere Application Server for use with the Merant SequeLink driver for information on how to do this step.

    NOTE: If IBM 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. IBM WebSphere Application Server provides a "database conversion assistant" tool that helps you change the WebSphere administrative server settings to correspond to the Oracle database and its Merant driver. The instructions contained in Configuring WebSphere Application Server for use with Merant SequeLink driver describe how to use the Merant driver with Oracle as the administrative database.