Before you install Business Integration Connect, ensure that you have all the necessary prerequisites. The topics in this section give you a brief overview of the system hardware and software requirements, the supported databases, and the user accounts required to run Business Integration Connect software.
Pre-installation checklists are included at the end of this section to help prepare for the installation. These checklists list the tasks that must be performed before you install Business Integration Connect.
This section contains the following topics:
In order to connect with the database, Business Integration Connect requires a set of operating system users. The following procedure walks you through setting up these users. Although this procedure uses default names, you can substitute your own user and group names. Note that if you use your own group and user names, they cannot exceed eight characters.
If you are installing Business Integration Connect on multiple machines, the group's ID (GID) and the user's ID (UID) on the target machine must match the group GIDs and user UIDs on all of the other machines.
The following procedure assumes that all Business Integration Connect features and components are being installed on one machine.
To create user accounts:
Business Integration uses a user in this group to manage Business Integration Connect components.
Business Integration Connect uses this user to manage Business Integration Connect components. The installation wizard installs and runs software as this user. This is a normal user, not a super user. For example, bcguser.
Community Console, for example, bcgcon.
Document Manager, for example, bcgdoc.
Receiver, for example, bcgrecv.
Add the following users to bcggroup: bcguser, bcgcon, bcgdoc, and bcgrecv.
The following procedure describes how to configure WebSphere MQ after it is installed. See "Platform, hardware, and software requirements" for a list of SupportPacs and updates that must be applied. For information on specific commands used in this procedure, see the WebSphere MQ documentation.
To configure WebSphere MQ:
su - mqm
crtmqm -q bcg.queue.manager
Update the channel parameters in the queue manager configuration file: MQHomeInstallDir/mqm/qmgrs/bcg/qm.ini by adding the following lines to the bottom of the file:
Channels: MaxChannels=1000 MaxActiveChannels=1000
Enter an empty line below MaxActiveChannels=1000 and save the changes to the configuration file.
setmqcap <number of CPUs>
strmqm bcg.queue.manager
runmqlsr -t tcp -p 9999 -m bcg.queue.manager &
strmqbrk -m bcg.queue.manager
strmqcsv bcg.queue.manager
runmqsc bcg.queue.manager < <CD image>/Tools/MQSeries/create_wbic_queues.mqsc
Where <CD image> is the mount location of Business Integration Connect installation CD or the location of the uninstalled Business Integration Connect installation files.
runmqsc bcg.queue.manager < MQHomeInstallDir/mqm/java/bin/MQJMS_PSQ.mqsc
For maximum performance in a production environment, the Business Integration Connect database should reside on a dedicated server.
When installing WebSphere Business Integration Connect, you can use the Create_db2.sql script to create and configure the database. The database is configured with the assumption that DB2 UDB is running on a multi-processor machine. In particular the DFT_DEGREE parameter is set to 4 which indicates that a SQL query is executed as 4 sub-processes running in parallel. If you are running DB2 UDB on a single processor machine, this configuration is not optimal and might cause a system memory and CPU conflict. We recommend that you review the database configuration with your database administration and modify it if necessary to conform to your specific database environment.
If you are modifying an existing DB2 installation, refer to Modifying an existing DB2 installation.
Use the following procedure to install and configure DB2:
db2start
If you are using an existing installation, do the following:
For quick reference, record the names and passwords in the tables in "Pre-installation checklist tables". Record the default values also, especially if the default values were changed.
This guide does not provide installation instructions for Oracle 9i. For procedures on how to install Oracle 9i, see the appropriate Oracle documentation.
IBM recommends that you follow the guidelines in this section during your Oracle installation:
Record the names and passwords in the tables in "Pre-installation checklist tables". Record default values also, especially if the default values were changed.
The following tasks must be performed before you install Business Integration Connect:
The following table identifies information that you must have before you
start the Database Loader and Business Integration Connect installation
wizards. Consult the table as you run the wizards.
Required Information | Value |
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Business Integration Connect user name
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(bcguser is the default)
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Business Integration Connect user password
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Business Integration Connect group name
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(bcggroup is the default)
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Community Console user name
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(bcgcon is the default)
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Community Console user password
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Community Console port numbers
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(HTTP - 58080 is the default) (HTTPS - 58443 is the default)
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Document Manager user name
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(bcgdoc is the default)
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Document Manager user password
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Document Manager port numbers
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(HTTP - 56080 is the default) (HTTPS - 56443 is the default)
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Receiver user name
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(bcgrecv is the default)
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Receiver user password
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Receiver port numbers
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(HTTP - 57080 is the default) (HTTPS - 57443 is the default)
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WebSphere MQ host name
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WebSphere MQ Queue Manager
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(bcg.queue.manager is the default)
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WebSphere MQ port for Listener
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9999
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Mount Point for Shared Location
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Database host name
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Database port
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default is (DB2=50000 if using default Instance). (Oracle=1521)
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Database owner (DB2)
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Owner's password (DB2)
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Database name (DB2)
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Instance name (DB2)
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Administrator login ID (Oracle)
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Administrator password (Oracle)
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Oracle SID (Oracle)
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Schema owner login (Oracle)
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Schema owner password (Oracle)
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SMTP host name
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SMTP Port Number
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(25 is the default)
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