Note: When installing a RAR file onto a server, WebSphere Application Server looks for the manifest (MANIFEST.MF) for the connector module. It looks first in the connectorModule.jar file for the RAR file and loads the manifest from the _connectorModule.jar file. If the class path entry is in the manifest from the connectorModule.jar file, then the RAR uses that class path.
To ensure that the installed connector module finds the classes and resources that it needs, check the Class path setting for the RAR using the console. For more information, see Resource Adapter settings and WebSphere relational resource adapter settings
If you install a J2C Resource Adapter that includes Native path elements, consider the following: If you have more than one native path element, and one of the native libraries (native library A) is dependent on another library (native library B), then copy native library B to a system directory. Because of limitations on Windows NT and most Unix platforms, an attempt to load a native library does not look in the current directory.
After you create and save the connection factories, you can modify the resource references defined in various modules of the application and specify the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) names of the connection factories wherever appropriate.
Note: A given native library can only be loaded one time for each instance of the Java virtual machine (JVM). Because each application has its own classloader, separate applications with embedded RAR files cannot both use the same native library. The second application receives an exception when it tries to load the library.
If any application deployed on the application server uses an embedded RAR file that includes native path elements, then always ensure that you shut down the application server cleanly, with no outstanding transactions. If the application server does not shut down cleanly it performs recovery upon server restart and loads any required RAR files and native libraries. On completion of recovery, do not attempt any application-related work. Shut down the server and restart it. No further recovery is attempted by the application server on this restart, and normal application processing can proceed.
Related concepts
Resource adapter
Related tasks
Creating or changing a resource reference
Related reference
CMP connection factories collection
Resource Adapters collection