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
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- 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:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- Deploy the unified web application to an application server that
is compliant with Java EE.
- Configure the connection manager, which is installed with IBM InfoSphere Optim Web
Applications.