Conventions

Images denote information that is specific to particular edition, business model, database management system, or operating system.

Applicable only to WebSphere (R) Commerce Enterprise.

Applicable only to WebSphere Commerce Professional.

Applicable only to WebSphere Commerce - Express.

Applicable only to WebSphere Commerce Developer. WebSphere Commerce Developer is available in the same editions as WebSphere Commerce. You should use the edition of WebSphere Commerce Developer that matches your edition of WebSphere Commerce. This information center refers to these products collectively as the WebSphere Commerce Developer.

Applicable when a consumer direct store is selected in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.

Applicable when a B2B direct store is selected in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.

Specific to the IBM (R) Cloudscape database.

Specific to DB2 Universal Database .

Specific to Oracle9i Database.

Specific to programs running on AIX (R).

Specific to programs running on i5/OS (R).

Specific to programs running on System i5 .

Specific to programs running on System p5 .

Specific to programs running on System z9 .

Specific to programs running on Windows (R) 2000.

Specific to programs running on Windows Server 2003.

Specific to programs running on Linux.

Specific to programs running on Solaris Operating System or Solaris Operating Environment.

Specific to programs running on Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003.

Specific to programs running on Windows XP.

Applicable only to WebSphere Portal, version 5.1.0.4.

Applicable only to WebSphere Portal, version 6.0.

Specific to WebSphere Commerce version 5.6.

Specific to WebSphere Commerce version 5.6.1.

 

Variables

businessmodel

The name of the business model with which you are working (for example, consumer direct or B2B direct, extended sites, supply chain, or demand chain).

cell

The name of the WAS cell. Cells are arbitrary, logical groupings of one or more nodes in a WAS distributed network that are managed together by a WebSphere ND Manager. In this definition, a node is a single occurrence of WebSphere Application Server and the applications that run inside the occurrence of WebSphere Application Server.

db_password

The password for the database user.

db_schema

The database user ID (schema owner). This value should be the same value for db for development_db.

db_user

The database user.

development_db

The name of your WebSphere Commerce development database.

drive

The letter representing the drive on which you installed the product or component being discussed (for example, C:).

host_name

The fully qualified host name of your WebSphere Commerce Server (for example, wcserver.mydomain.ibm.com is fully qualified).

instance

The name of the WebSphere Commerce instance with which you are working (for example, demo).

instance_root

WC_userdir/instances/instance.

locale

A language and country specific code. By default, WebSphere Commerce supports the following locales:

en_US

United States English

fr_FR

French

de_DE

German

it_IT

Italian

es_ES

Spanish

pt_BR

Brazilian Portuguese

zh_CN

Simplified Chinese

zh_TW

Traditional Chinese

ko_KR

Korean

ja_JP

Japanese

Management_Center_component

The name of the Management Center tool or area with which you want to work. The value can be either catalog, marketing, promotion, foundation, or shell.

node

The short (unqualified) host name of your WebSphere Commerce node (for example, wcserver). A WebSphere Commerce node is a node in your topology that contains the WebSphere Commerce Server.

profile

The name of the WAS profile that is created for your WebSphere Commerce instance.

storedir

The name of the directory in which store-specific assets are located, as defined in the DIRECTORY column of the STORE table.

storeId

The store entity ID as defined in the STORE_ID column of the STORE table.

target_db

The name of the database used by your target WebSphere Commerce Server.

WAS_instance

The name of the WAS with which your WebSphere Commerce instance is associated.

WAS_node

The iSeries system where the WAS product is installed.

WC_enterprise_application

WC_instance. For example, given the instance demo, the value of WC_enterprise_application is WC_demo.

WCServer_enterprise_archive

WC_instance.ear. For example, given the instance demo, the value of WCServer_enterprise_archive is WC_demo.ear.

 

Path variables

DB2_installdir

This is the installation path for DB2 Universal Database. These are the default installation paths:

  • /usr/opt/db2_08_01

  • /opt/IBM/db2/V8.1

  • /opt/IBM/db2/V8.1

  • C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB

HTTPServer_installdir

This is the installation directory for IBM HTTP Server. These are the defaults for IBM HTTP Server, version 6.0:

  • /usr/IBMIHS/

  • /opt/IBMIHS

  • /opt/IBMIHS

  • C:\Program Files\IBM HTTP Server

These are the defaults for IBM HTTP Server, version 2.0:

  • /usr/IBMIHS

  • /opt/IBMIHS

  • /opt/IBMIHS

  • C:\Program Files\IBM HTTP Server 2.0

RAD_installdir

This is the installation directory for Rational Application Developer. These are the default installation directories:

  • /opt/IBM/Rational/SDP/6.0

  • C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\SDP\6.0

refapphome

This is the installation path for reference application. The default installation path is WC_installdir/refapps/ref-app-name, where ref-app-name is the name of the reference application.

SC_installdir

This is the installation path for Sales Center. The default installation path for Sales Center is:

  • C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\SalesCenter60

UPDI_tempdir

This is the temporary directory where you have saved the WebSphere Commerce Update Installer download package.

UPDI_installdir

This is the installation directory of the WebSphere Commerce Update Installer. This installer is used to install fix packs and APARs.

WAS_installdir

This is the installation path for WAS. These are the default installation paths:

  • /usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

  • /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ edition, where edition is either ND or BASE.

  • /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

  • /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

  • C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer

WAS_userdir

This is the path for all the data used by WAS that can be modified or must be configured by the user. The default path is /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ edition, where edition is either ND or BASE.

WC_eardir

This is the path for the WebSphere Commerce Enterprise Archive. These are the default paths:

  • AIX| Linux|WC_profiledir/installedApps/ cell/WC_instance.ear/

  • WC_profiledir/installedApps/ cell/WC_instance.ear/

XML files in WC_eardir/xml should not be updated directly. See XML configuration directory for more information on working with the files in this directory.

WC_installdir

This is the installation path for WebSphere Commerce. These are the default installation paths for WebSphere Commerce:

  • /usr/IBM/WebSphere/CommerceServer60

  • /QIBM/ProdData/CommerceServer60

  • /opt/IBM/WebSphere/CommerceServer60

  • /opt/IBM/WebSphere/CommerceServer60

  • C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\CommerceServer60

WC_instance_root

The default path is QIBM/UserData/CommerceServer60/instances/instance.

WC_profiledir

This is the path for the WAS profile for WebSphere Commerce. A profile is the set of files that define the runtime environment. These are the default profile paths:

  • Linux|WAS_installdir/profiles/profile

  • WAS_userdir/profiles/profile

WC_userdir

This is the directory for all the data used by WebSphere Commerce that can be modified or must be configured by the user. The default path is /QIBM/UserData/CommerceServer60.

WCA_installdir

This is the installation directory for WebSphere Commerce Analyzer. The default installation directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\WCA.

WCDE_installdir

This is the installation directory for the WebSphere Commerce development environment. The default installation directory depends on your edition of WebSphere Commerce Developer:

  • C:\WCToolkitExpress60

  • C:\WCToolkitPro60

  • C:\WCToolkitEE60

WP_installdir

This is the installation directory for WebSphere Portal:

  • /usr/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer

  • /QIBM/ProdData/PortalServer/V6

  • /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer

  • /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer

  • C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\PortalServer

workspace_dir

This is the WebSphere Commerce workspace directory. The default is WCDE_installdir\workspace.

MVCPortlet_installdir

This is the installation directory for the WebSphere Commerce portlets: