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Create an IBM Process Center server

An IBM Process Center server (also known as a playback server) is used to run process applications on an IBM Process Center. When you import a process application into IBM Integration Designer from the Process Center, a Process Center server is automatically created in the Servers view. For this reason, there is generally no need to manually create a Process Center server unless the existing server has been deleted.

Integration Designer automatically detects any connected Process Center and creates and displays a Process Center server for each Process Center in the Servers view. All process applications and toolkits are displayed under their associated Process Center servers.

If you add or remove a Process Center connection, the Servers view is automatically updated to add or remove the associated server and the workspace is automatically updated to reflect the new state of the process applications and toolkits.

If you are connected to a Process Center but there is no corresponding Process Center server in the Servers view, you can create a server by completing the instructions in the following procedure.

In order to successfully publish or deploy from Integration Designer to a Process Center server, the version of both tools must be exactly the same.


Procedure

  1. Ensure that the Process Center is running.

  2. In Integration Designer, click the Servers tab to open the Servers view.

  3. In the Servers view, right-click anywhere in the view and select New > Server. The New Server wizard opens to the Define a New Server page.
  4. Define the new Process Center server by completing the following steps:

    1. In the Select the server type list box, select IBM Process Center.

    2. In the Server's host name field, ensure that the correct host name is specified for the Process Center server (playback server) to create.

      Only if you have installed a local test environment with IBM Business Monitor on WebSphere Application Server can you target a remote server with IBM Business Monitor running on WebSphere Application Server.

    3. In the Server name field, accept the default name or type in another name for the server.

    4. Click Next.

  5. Specify the connection settings for the Process Center by completing the following steps:

    1. If you want to set the host name, HTTP port, user ID, and password with the Process Center URI settings, click Use Default Process Center. (To view or change the Process Center URI settings, select Window > Preferences to open the Preferences window, then expand Business Integration in the tree view and select Process Center.)

    2. In the Host name field, specify the host name of the Process Center to which you want to connect.

    3. In the HTTP port field, specify the port of the Process Center.

    4. In the User ID and Password fields, specify the user name and password that you want to use to log into the Process Center.

    5. If you want to attempt to establish a connection to the Process Center to verify that your connection settings are correct, click Test Connection.

    6. Click Next.

  6. If the Process Center is not a member of an ND (ND) environment, specify the connection settings for the Process Center server by completing the following steps:

    1. In the Host name field, specify the host name that you want to use for the Process Center server.

    2. In the RMI port field, specify the ORB bootstrap connector port that you want to use to connect to the Process Center server.

    3. In the SOAP port field, specify the SOAP connector port that you want to use to connect to the Process Center server.

    4. Select the Security is enabled on this server check box if you want to specify that the Process Center server has security enabled. (The check box is selected by default.)

    5. In the User ID and Password fields, specify the administrative user ID and password that you want to use to log into the Process Center server. (By default, the fields are pre-populated with the user ID and password used to log into the Process Center.)

    6. Click Finish.

  7. If your server is a member of an ND (ND) environment, the correct host name and ports are automatically determined and set, but you must specify the remaining connection settings for the Process Center server by completing the following steps:

    1. Select the Security is enabled on this server check box if you want to specify that the server has security enabled. (The check box is selected by default.)

    2. In the User ID and Password fields, specify the user ID and password used to log into the ND dmgr. (By default, the fields are pre-populated with the user ID and password used to log into the Process Center.)

    3. Click Finish.


Results

The new Process Center server is displayed in the Servers view. Any process application or toolkits that reside in the workspace and that are installed on the server are shown nested under the server.

Create servers for process applications