Resource Adapters collection

This page contains the list of installed and configured resource adapters and is used to install new resource adapters, create additional configurations of installed resource adapters or delete resource adapter configurations.

A resource adapter is an implementation of the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) Specification that provides access for applications to resources outside of the server or provides access for an enterprise information system (EIS) to applications on the server. It can provide application access to resources such as DB2, CICS, SAP and PeopleSoft. It can provide an EIS with the ability to communicate with message-driven beans that are configured on the server. Some resource adapters are provided by IBM; however, third party vendors can provide their own resource adapters. A resource adapter implementation is provided in a resource adapter archive file; this file has an extension of .rar. A resource adapter can be provided as a standalone adapter or as part of an application, in which case it is referred to as an embedded adapter. Use this panel to install a standalone resource adapter archive file. Embedded adapters are installed as part of the application installation. This panel can be used to work with either kind of adapter.

To view this administrative console page, click Resources >Resource Adapters.

 

Configuration tab

Scope

Specifies the level to which this resource adapter is visible. For general information, see Administrative console scope settings in the Related Reference section.

Some considerations that you should keep in mind for this particular panel are:

  • Changing the scope enables you to see which resource adapter definitions exist at that level.

  • Changing the scope does not have any effect on installation. Installations are always done under a scope of node, no matter what you set the scope to.

  • When you create a new resource adapter from this panel, change the scope to what you want it to be before clicking New.

Name

Name of the resource adapter.

A string with no spaces meant to be a meaningful text identifier for the resource adapter.

Data type String

 

See also


Resource Adapter settings

 

See Also


Resource adapter