Installing client software

Software for the InterChange Server system and required supporting software should now be installed on your system. This software enables InterChange Server to run on a UNIX machine. However, each client machine that accesses InterChange Server requires that the following software be installed:

For information on how to configure this software to run together and to start up InterChange Server, continue to Starting InterChange Server for the first time.

Installing the client Object Request Broker

The IBM Java Object Request Broker (ORB) is part of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Therefore, the ORB is installed by default on any client machine on which InterChange Server or an adapter and its Adapter Framework are installed.

In addition to ensuring that a host program containing the ORB is installed on each client machine, you must configure each client ORB to access the UNIX server machine. For more information, see "Installing and Configuring the Object Request Broker (ORB)".

Installing tools to access InterChange Server

Table 25 lists the tools that IBM provides for developing collaborations and connectors.

Table 25. Development tools

Development tool Description
System Manager Primary development tool for developing components, launching designer tools, testing interfaces, and deploying components to InterChange Server instances.
Process Designer Tool for creating or customizing collaboration templates.
Business Object Designer Tool for creating or customizing business object definitions.
Connector Configurator Tool for creating and modifying connector definitions.
Map Designer Tool for creating maps.
Relationship Designer Tool for defining relationships between business object definitions.
Test Connector Tool for testing interfaces.

Note:
These tools are graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that run only in a Windows environment. Therefore, to access InterChange Server with one of these tools, you must install the tools on a Windows client machine. Refer to the System Installation Guide for Windows for information on installing these tools.

The following recommendations can help when you install InterChange Server tools on a Windows client machine. Note that your environment might have different requirements.

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