Installation scenarios

You can install InfoSphere® Optim™ solutions for test or evaluation purposes or for production use. The scenario that you follow determines which components you install on each computer. For simplicity, the components are grouped into installation types.

Installation types

An installation type is a set of components that are installed together on a computer for a specific purpose. When you use the launchpad to install components, you choose which components you install by choosing one or more installation types.

InfoSphere Optim solution components are grouped into the following installation types:
  • The Workstation installation type contains components that are used for service development. Service designers use workstation components to develop services and to test services on a small scale.
  • The Web application server installation type contains the web application component and WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition. Administrators use web applications to manage the InfoSphere Optim environment, and service requesters and operators use web applications to run and monitor services. WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is an application server that you can use to run the web applications.
  • The Server installation type contains the runtime services component, which in turn contains the Optim server. The runtime services component runs services for large-scale testing and production purposes. For example, an operator uses a web-based interface such as the manager to send a service request to a server, and the server processes the service request.
The following table shows the components within each installation type and the database driver software that you must typically install separately for each installation type.
Installation type Components Database driver software
Workstation
  • IBM® InfoSphere Optim Designer
  • IBM InfoSphere Optim Designer Online Help
  • IBM InfoSphere Optim Runtime Services
  • Database driver software for the Optim directory database and the connection manager database (including JDBC drivers)
  • Database driver software for other databases that you want to access and manage (including JDBC drivers)
Web application server
  • IBM InfoSphere Optim Web Applications
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
JDBC driver for the Optim directory database and the connection manager database
Server IBM InfoSphere Optim Runtime Services
  • Database driver software for the Optim directory database and the connection manager database
  • Database driver software for other databases that you want to access and manage

Evaluation or proof-of-concept installation

Install all components on a Microsoft Windows computer to evaluate the software or to test the suitability of the software for a specific purpose. To install all components on a computer, select all installation types from the launchpad.

An evaluation or proof-of-concept installation also requires a database for an Optim directory and the connection manager database. The database can be on a different computer from the Optim components. However, you must install driver software for the database on the computer and configure the driver to access the database. You must also install database drivers for any other databases that you want to access or manage.

After you install all components on a Windows computer, you must complete the following configuration tasks:
  1. Complete the Configure First Workstation wizard in the Optim Configuration program. The Optim Configuration program is installed with IBM InfoSphere Optim Runtime Services and opens by default after installation is complete.
  2. Configure the connection manager, which is installed with IBM InfoSphere Optim Web Applications.

Production installation

For a production installation, install the components on multiple computers to increase performance and enable collaboration.
  • Install the Workstation installation type on a workstation for each service designer.
  • Install the Web application server installation type on a web application server computer. Locate the web application server computer so that all users can access the web applications. The web application server computer must also be able to connect to all Optim directories and to the connection manager database.
  • Install the Server installation type on computers that have fast network connections to your databases.

In a production installation, you can deploy and use the web applications on any application server that is compliant with Java™ Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE). You might choose a application server other than WebSphere Application Server Community Edition for faster, more reliable performance. Alternatively, you might have a standard application server that you use at your enterprise.

A production installation also requires one or more databases on which you can create Optim directories and the connection manager database. The databases can be on a different computer from the other components. However, you must install driver software for the database on each workstation and server computer and configure the driver to access the database. You must also load a JDBC driver for the database onto the web application server and configure the connection manager to use the driver.

You can install the components in any order. However, you must complete the following configuration tasks before you do anything else:
  1. Complete the Configure First Workstation wizard in the Optim Configuration program. The Optim Configuration program is installed with IBM InfoSphere Optim Runtime Services and opens by default after installation is complete.
  2. Deploy the unified web application to an application server that is compliant with Java EE.
  3. Configure the connection manager, which is installed with IBM InfoSphere Optim Web Applications.


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