Setting up InterChange Server Express

To use InterChange Server Express, you must register it with and connect to it through System Manager. The following sections describe how to perform these tasks:

Starting System Manager

System Manager is the GUI to InterChange Server Express and the repository.

To start System Manager, select Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere Business Integration Express > Toolset Express > Administrative > System Manager.

Registering InterChange Server Express with System Manager

System Manager can manage an instance of InterChange Server Express. The instance in your environment must be registered with System Manager. After you register the server, its name always appears in System Manager, unless you remove it.

To register an InterChange Server Express instance, follow these steps:

  1. In System Manager, right-click InterChange Server Instances in the left pane, then select Register Server.
  2. In the Register new server dialog box, browse for or enter the name of the InterChange Server Express.
    Note:
    Select the Test Server check box if you intend to use the server in an integrated test environment. An integrated test environment communicates only with servers that are registered as local test servers.
  3. Type the User Name and password and select the Save User ID and Password check box. The default User Name is admin and the password is null.
  4. Select OK.

    The server name appears in the left pane of the System Manager window. If it does not, expand the InterChange Server Instances folder.

Connecting to InterChange Server Express

Verify that the registered InterChange Server Express is running by connecting to it. To connect to an InterChange Server Express using System Manager, follow these steps:

  1. In the System Manager, right-click the InterChange Server Express name in the left pane and select Connect.
  2. Select OK on the Server User ID and Password confirmation screen.

Changing the InterChange Server Express password

InterChange Server Express is protected by a password that only the ICS Express administrator knows. The server is shipped with the default password null, but if you want to change the password for security reasons, you can do so after setting up the system.

Attention:
By default, the repository and Toolset Express use null as the password. If you change the InterChange Server Express password, make the same change in the shortcuts for the repository and the Toolset Express.

To change an InterChange Server Express password, follow these steps:

  1. In System Manager, right-click the InterChange Server Express name in the left pane, then select Change Password.
  2. Type the old password, the new password, reenter the new password to confirm it, and then select OK.

Restarting InterChange Server Express

For password changes to take effect, you must shut down InterChange Server Express, then restart it by doing the following:

  1. In System Manager, right-click the running InterChange Server Express and select Shut Down.
  2. On the Shut Down Server dialog box, either shut down the server gracefully, after allowing it to finish current work, or shut it down immediately, without performing cleanup.

    Select Gracefully, then select OK.

    Select Immediately, without cleanup only when you must shut down the server without waiting.

  3. Restart InterChange Server Express by selecting Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere Business Integration Express > InterChange Server Express > InterChange Server Express.
  4. Connect to InterChange Server Express by right-clicking the InterChange Server Express name in System Manager and then entering its password.

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