Loading the repository

The InterChange Server repository is a database that holds metadata about InterChange Server components. You must load the repository data (collaboration templates, collaboration definitions, connectors, business objects, and maps) into the database once.

Note:
InterChange Server must be running to load the repository.

To load the repository, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the ProductDir\repository directory of the machine on which InterChange Server resides.

    This directory contains the input files, which are Java archive (.jar) files, that hold the metadata for the repository. For an ICS component (such as a collaboration) you choose to install, Installer automatically copies the appropriate input files.

  2. Load the repository using repos_copy, passing as arguments the server name, the InterChange Server user name and password, and the input file.
  3. To restart InterChange Server:
    1. Follow the instructions in the section titled "Shutting down InterChange Server" in the Implementation Guide for WebSphere InterChange Server to shut down the server.
    2. Follow the instructions in the section titledStarting InterChange Server to start the server up again.
  4. After InterChange Server is running, connect to the server instance using System Manager, as described in the section titled "Registering an InterChange Server instance" in the Implementation Guide for WebSphere InterChange Server.

You can use the InterChange Server Component Management view in System Manager to browse the components loaded into the server.

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