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Collating customization information for configuring your environment

After you determine your topology and install IBM BPM for z/OS , collect the information that is required to configure the application-serving environment. As part of the configuration, you must specify customization values for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS and IBM BPM for z/OS.

A configuration planning spreadsheet is supplied as a supplementary artifact, to help you identify and record the customization values that are required to create and augment the profile.

About the configuration planning spreadsheet

The configuration planning spreadsheet is available as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that you can download from Techdoc WP102075 in the IBM Support Portal.

The spreadsheet consists of worksheets that use color coding and comments to assist with data entry, and to help you establish naming conventions. The spreadsheet also includes macros that you can use to generate the following files:

• Customization-definition response files

  You can use these response files in either of two ways:

  • Import the response files into the z/OS Profile Management Tool (zPMT) on Windows or Linux. Then use the imported response-file information to generate and upload job control language (JCL) batch jobs and customization files to the remote z/OS system.

  • Use FTP to transfer the response files to the UNIX System Services file system, so that you can generate the JCL batch jobs and customization files directly on the z/OS system. Then use the zpmt.sh script, which is supplied with IBM BPM for z/OS, to generate the jobs and files.

  You can then use the generated jobs and files to create IBM BPM for z/OS runtime environments.

• A database design file

  You can use this file to generate the database scripts that are necessary for creating the IBM BPM for z/OS database objects in the DB2 for z/OS subsystem. You must transfer the database design file to the z/OS system in order to generate the database scripts.

  When creating your deployment environment, you can also import the database design file into the Deployment Environment wizard in the administrative console. The data in the imported file is used to populate the fields with your database configuration values.

• A deployment environment design file

  When creating your deployment environment, you can import this file into the Deployment Environment wizard. The data in the imported file is used to populate the fields with definitions for the deployment environment to create.

Usage tips

The data needed for completing the spreadsheet can span multiple roles, such as system programmer, product administrator, and database administrator. Therefore, it is advisable to review the spreadsheet in detail and then work with the relevant personnel to establish naming conventions and to complete the entries.

Before using the spreadsheet, you might find it useful to run the following tools to enhance your understanding of the parameters required for customizing IBM BPM for z/OS:

• Use zPMT to specify runtime customization values in a series of windows, and to generate the JCL batch jobs and customization data files that can be used to configure the profile.

• Run the database design tool in interactive mode to define the database configuration values for each of the IBM BPM for z/OS components.

You can download the spreadsheet to a Windows workstation, and then complete the entries for the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS and IBM BPM for z/OS variables. Then use the Save button on the worksheets to run the macros to generate the required files.

Passwords are shown in clear text in the spreadsheet, so consider whether you require password protection to restrict read/write access to the spreadsheet.

If you intend to complete the zPMT windows without the benefit of an imported response file, the configuration planning spreadsheet can serve as a useful reference for the data you need to collate before you begin to create your customization definition for the IBM BPM for z/OS runtime environment.

Create and augmenting IBM BPM for z/OS profiles

Related concepts:
About the WebSphere Customization Toolbox and the z/OS Profile Management Tool
Configure servers, server clusters, and product components

Related tasks:
Create and processing customization definitions for the profile
Generate scripts for creating database objects
Create a database design file and database scripts for a stand-alone profile or deployment environment by using the database design tool
Create customization definitions for fully customized profiles
Create a response file for the zpmt.sh script