Although it is frequently possible to install adapters on the same computer
that hosts InterChange Server Express, it is sometimes necessary to distribute
an adapter to another computer within the enterprise network. This
means installing the adapter on a different computer than the computer on
which InterChange Server Express is installed. There are several
reasons you might have to distribute an adapter, including the
following:
- Your adapter might not be supported on the same operating system as the
computer on which InterChange Server Express is installed. For example,
if your adapter is supported only on Windows, but you are running InterChange
Server Express on Linux, you will need to distribute the adapter.
- You might improve the performance of an adapter by installing it on a
computer close in proximity on the network to the computer that hosts the
application
- You might improve the performance of the business integration system by
relieving the computer that hosts InterChange Server Express of the load
imposed by adapters
The following topics describe how a distributed adapter environment is set
up, and what to do if you want to be able to start the connector
remotely.
The following is an overview of the steps involved in setting up a
distributed adapter environment. Note that when you run the Installer
program, it prompts you for the choices necessary to complete these
steps. If you have already run the Installer and made the correct
choices for installing your adapter, then you have already completed steps 1
through 4 in this list :
- Install and set up the same level of IBM WebSphere MQ as on your
InterChange Server Express machine, as described in the Installation
Guide.
- Depending on which adapter you are distributing, run either the Installer
for InterChange Server Express, or the Installer for the Adapter Capacity
Pack, on the distributed computer, selecting for installation only the adapter
that you want to distribute. Do not select InterChange Server Express
for installation on the distributed adapter computer. See the
Installation Guide for details about running the installers. Note that
in order for the adapter license to be registered successfully, InterChange
Server Express must be running and reachable from the distributed
machine.
- The Name Server Configuration Screen will appear during
installation. On the Name Server Configuration screen, type the IP
address of the computer on which you have installed the InterChange Server
Express component. See the Installation Guide for more
information.
- If prompted for the InterChange Server Express password, type the same
password that you typed for the user admin when you installed
InterChange Server Express on the host machine.
- Use Connector Configurator Express to configure the connector.
- Deploy the configured connector to the InterChange Server
repository.
- Perform any adapter-specific installation steps, such as installing the
application client on the adapter host computer, as described in the guide for
each adapter required in the environment.
After you have installed and set up your connector, you may also want to
set up the remote restart feature; see Setting up remote restart
The remote restart feature enables you to start and restart connectors from
System Manager. This feature uses a trigger that is set up through the
use of IBM WebSphere MQ. For information about setting up this feature,
see "Steps for setting automatic and remote restart for a connector" in the
System Administration Guide.
