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:
- You have determined which software versions to use for this configuration
from the prerequisite software versions currently supported by IBM WebSphere Application
Server. For example, for a list of the supported versions of Oracle, see
"Software Prerequisites"
as the authoritative reference.
- You have installed IBM WebSphere Application Server, as well as the
supported Web Server and database products that you plan to use for this configuration. For installation
instructions appropriate to your operating system and choice of prerequisites, see the "Operating
systems..." links on the Welcome page of the InfoCenter.
- You have applied the available
fixpacks
to IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5, particularly fixpack 3, which
introduces the Merant support and provides complimentary drivers.
Steps for installation
To enable Merant for use with Oracle as the adminstrative database for IBM WebSphere Application Server,
complete the following steps:
- Locate and enable the Merant SequeLink driver files, as described in
the IBM WebSphere Application Server documentation pertaining to database drivers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.