Setting up InterChange Server

To use InterChange Server, you must register it and connect to it through System Manager. The following sections describe how to do this:

Starting System Manager

System Manager is the graphical user interface (GUI) to InterChange Server and repository.

To start System Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere InterChange Server > IBM WebSphere Business Integration Toolset > Administrative > System Manager.
  2. In System Manager, click Window > Open Perspective > Other and select System Manager from the Resource window. Click OK.

Registering InterChange Server

System Manager can manage one or more instances of InterChange Server. Each instance in your environment must be registered with System Manager. Once you register the server, its name always appears in System Manager, unless you remove it.

To register an InterChange Server, follow these steps:

  1. In System Manager, right-click Server Instances in the left pane, then select Register Server.
  2. On the Register Server dialog box, browse for or enter the name of the server on which InterChange Server is installed. If you are unsure of your server's name, you can find it at the bottom of the InterChange Server command prompt window that opens when InterChange Server is started.
    Note:
    Select the Local 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 userid/password check box. The common User Name is admin and the password is null.
  4. Click Finish.

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

Connecting to InterChange Server

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

  1. In the System Manager, right-click the InterChange Server name in the left pane and click Connect.
  2. Click OK on the Server UserID and Password confirmation screen.

Changing the InterChange Server password

When booted for the first time, ICS starts with role-based access control (RBAC) turned off.

With RBAC turned off , no username and password are required for booting the ICS.

If you want to use ICS with RBAC turned on, it is recommended to turn RBAC on immediately after installation.

For more information on RBAC, please refer to the InterChange Server System Administration Guide.

Restarting InterChange Server

For repository changes and password changes to take effect, you must shut down InterChange Server, then restart it:

  1. In System Manager, right-click the running InterChange Server and click 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.

    Click Gracefully, then click OK.

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

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

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