Benefits of WebSphere Process Server

This topic describes the benefits the WebSphere Process Server product provides.

Install only what you need

Separate installation routines exist for WebSphere Process Server and related products, so you can install only what you need on a particular system. Installation routines exist for the following components.
  • WebSphere Process Server (with WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, which can be installed silently when WebSphere Process Server is installed)
  • IBM HTTP Server
  • Web Server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server
  • Application Clients for WebSphere Application Server
  • WebSphere Application Server Toolkit
  • Icon indicating 6.0.1 content only IBM Message Service Clients

The installation procedure for WebSphere Process Server (with the underlying silent installation of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment) is described in this information center. The installation procedures for IBM HTTP Server, the Web server plug-ins, the Application Clients, and the Application Server Toolkit, are described in the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, version 6.0 information center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ws60help/index.jsp.

Icon indicating 6.0.1 content only The installation procedure for the IBM Message Service Clients is also described in this information center.

For more information on how the products are packaged, see one of the following topics, depending on which version of WebSphere Process Server you are using:

Small footprint

You can install one copy of the core files (binary system files and such), then use profiles to define multiple process server runtime environments -- each with its own administrative interfaces -- that share the core files. The core product files do not change unless you install a refresh pack, fix pack, or interim fix to the product. You use the Installation Wizard to install the core files, then use the Profile Wizard to create multiple profiles.

This feature has many positive ramifications for preparing, installing, maintaining, and removing installations.

Create managed nodes directly

You can directly configure managed nodes (with a nodeagent but no process servers) and add them to a cell. Create new process servers in the node using the administrative console. It is not necessary to create a stand-alone process server to build a cell.

Simplified service

The installation program installs the system files (shared binary files), which you do not update until you install a service fix. Creation and configuration of process servers do not change the system files.

Installing maintenance packages describes how to use the IBM Update Installer for WebSphere Software to install interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs.


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