[8.5.5.2 or later]

Creating a runtime environment with an optional IBM SDK

When you install WebSphere® Application Server traditional beginning with Version 8.5, by default a specific version of IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition is installed with it. After you install WebSphere Application Server, you can optionally create a runtime environment with other versions of the IBM SDK that the application server supports.

Before you begin

Important: Applicable to WebSphere Application Server traditional

About this task

[8.5.5.9 or later]By default, when you install WebSphere Application Server traditional V8.5, IBM SDK Version 6.0 is installed with it. WebSphere Application Server traditional V8.5 supports IBM SDK Version 7.0, IBM SDK Version 7.1, and IBM SDK Version 8.0.

These IBM SDKs are optional. After you install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5, you can install either IBM SDK on it. Earlier versions of WebSphere Application Server, for example Version 7.0 and Version 8.0, do not support optional IBM SDKs. When you move from either of these earlier versions to WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5, you can continue running your existing applications on Version 6 of the IBM SDK. However, you can instead run them on Version 7.0, Version 7.1, or Version 8.0 of the IBM SDK.

The following table summarizes what versions of the IBM SDK apply to a particular version of WebSphere Application Server. The table also summarizes what versions of the IBM SDK can optionally be used to create an application server runtime environment
Table 1. WebSphere Application Server versions and their IBM SDK versions
WebSphere Application Server versions Supported IBM SDK versions IBM SDKs that can optionally be used to create an application server runtime environment
7.0 6.0 None
8.0 6.0 None
8.5 6.0, 7.0, 7.1, [8.5.5.9 or later]8.0 7.0 and 7.1
The following example procedure shows you how to create a WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5 runtime environment with IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7.1.

Procedure

  1. In the workbench, select Window > Preferences > Server > Runtime Environments.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Select WebSphere Application Server v8.5, and then click Next.
  4. Specify the installation directory.

    The JRE for the runtime environment: list is automatically displayed. The list contains the IBM SDKs including the default IBM SDK, which is Version 6.

  5. Select Version 7.1, and then click Finish.

Results

You have an application server that is targeted for JRE 1.7.1.
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