WebSphere WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.1.x Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS

Creating a bus

A bus is a way of interconnecting machines so that they can be treated as one logical entity. You must first create a bus before you can add servers or server clusters to that bus.

About this task

To create a bus with a bus member use the administrative console to complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Add a bus. See Adding a bus.
  2. Add a member to the bus. Choose one of the following approaches:
    • Adding a server as a new bus member. This creates a messaging engine with default properties and that uses the default JDBC data source and Cloudscape Version 10.1.x (Derby) JDBC Provider for its data store.
    • Adding a cluster as a member of a bus. This creates a messaging engine for the cluster, with default properties. You must configure a data store that is accessible from every server that can potentially run the messaging engine.
  3. Optional: If required, configure the messaging engine. See Configuring messaging engine properties.
  4. Optional: If required, configure the data store for the messaging engine. Choose one of the following approaches: You can also change the file store configuration. Refer to Modifying file store configuration.
  5. Restart the server or, if the member you added was a cluster, restart the eligible servers in the cluster.
    The messaging engine starts when the server starts.
Results
A new bus has been created.
What to do next
You can now change the configuration of the bus; for example, by adding additional members, creating bus destinations, and by creating links to WebSphere MQ networks. You can create other buses and, if required, connect them together.
Related concepts
Considerations when choosing between a file store and a data store
Related tasks
Configuring the members of a bus
Configuring bus destinations
Connecting buses

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