Distributed adapter environments

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:

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.

Setting up a distributed adapter environment

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:

  1. Install and set up the same level of IBM WebSphere MQ as on your InterChange Server Express machine, as described in the Installation Guide.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Use Connector Configurator Express to configure the connector.
  6. Deploy the configured connector to the InterChange Server Express repository.
  7. 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

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.

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