Installing Standalone WebSphere Adapters

If you intend to use a standalone WebSphere® Adapter you should install it, as described here. You can alternatively use an embedded adapter, which is installed automatically as part of the installation of the associated application.

Before you begin

Note: WebSphere Adapters should be embedded in applications. Standalone WebSphere Adapters are not support in WebSphere Process Server v6.0. These instructions are for reference only.
You should configure the database before installing the adapter.

Why and when to perform this task

You must have access to, and be part of the necessary security role for, the administrative console to perform this task.

Steps for this task

  1. Open the Install RAR file dialog window. On the administrative console:
    1. Expand Resources
    2. Click Resource Adapters
    3. Select the scope at which you want to define this resource adapter. (This scope becomes the scope of your connection factory). You can choose cell, node, cluster, or server.
    4. Click Install RAR
    A window opens in which you can install a JCA connector and create, for it, a WebSphere Adapter. You can also use the New button, but the New button creates only a new resource adapter (the JCA connector must already be installed on the system).
    Note: When installing a RAR file using this dialog, the scope you define on the Resource Adapters page has no effect on where the RAR file is installed. You can install RAR files only at the node level. The node on which the file is installed is determined by the scope on the Install RAR page. (The scope you set on the Resource Adapters page determines the scope of the new resource adapters, which you can install at the server, node, or cell level.)
  2. Install the RAR file

    From the dialog, install the WebSphere Adapter in the following manner:

    1. Browse to the location of the JCA connector. If the RAR file is on the local workstation select Local Path and browse to find the file. If the RAR file is on a network server, select Server path and specify the fully qualified path to the file.
    2. Click Next
    3. Enter the resource adapter name and any other properties needed under General Properties. If you install a J2C Resource Adapter that includes native path elements, consider the following: If you have more than one native path element, and one of the native libraries (native library A) is dependent on another library (native library B), then you must copy native library B to a system directory. Because of limitations on most UNIX® systems, an attempt to load a native library does not look in the current directory.
    4. Click OK.

Last updated: Wed 06 Dec 2006 07:08:08

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