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

This topic describes 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 SQL Server Enterprise as the adminstrative database for WebSphere Application Server, complete the following steps:

  1. Locate and enable the Merant SequeLink driver files, as described in the 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 SQL Server on the same machine as the Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise database product with which you want to use the Merant driver. Perform any configuration necessary to establish communications between the SQL Server Enterprise database and the Merant SequeLink Server. Refer to your Merant documentation and "Installing the Merant SequeLink Server without a registration key" for instructions.
  4. Configure the Merant SequeLink driver for use with IBM WebSphere Application Server and the Microsoft SQL Server database 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 IBM WebSphere Application Server is already configured to use a driver other than the Merant SequeLink driver with the SQL Server Enterprise database, you can change to the Merant driver by modifying some settings. WebSphere Application Server provides a "database conversion assistant" tool to help you with this task. The instructions contained in "Configuring WebSphere Application Server for use with Merant SequeLink" describe how to enable the Merant driver with Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise as the administrative database.