Prerequisites for setting up process portals

 

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Overview

WebSphere Portal does not include the Business Process Choreographer component of WebSphere Process Server.

To support business processes in the portal environment, install the WebSphere Process Server Client V6.1.0.1 or V6.1.2 on the WebSphere Portal server and connect to a remote WebSphere Process Server.

The client installation option installs only the libraries required to connect from the portal server to a remote process server. Using the WebSphere Process Server Client, you can take advantage of the standard WebSphere Portal mechanisms to federate a portal and to create clusters.

You can obtain your own copy of WebSphere Process Server V6.1.0.1 or V6.1.2 or use the V6.1.0.1 supplied in the WebSphere Portal V6.1 CD set. The WebSphere Process Server V6.1.0.1 CDs for the supported operating systems that are included in the WebSphere Portal CD set provide process server code that was developed expressly for WebSphere Portal V6.1. Regardless of which process server installation source you use, obtain and run the latest version WebSphere Update Installer from IBM Support or from the appropriate CD in the WebSphere Portal CD set. Then apply process server interim fixes.

Follow these steps:

  1. Obtain and run the latest version of WebSphere Update Installer.

  2. Install WebSphere Process Server V6.1.0.1 or V6.1.2.

    If you receive a Partial Success message for the process server installation, see Technote 1326771, Correction for installing WebSphere Process Server using the CDs packaged with WebSphere Portal v6.1.0.1.

  3. Apply the appropriate WebSphere Process Server interim fixes:

    • For WebSphere Process Server v6.1.0.1 apply the following fixes:

      • Install 6.1.0.1-WS-WBI-IFIZ21965.pak on both the process server and the portal server.

      • Install 6.1.0.1-WS-WBI-IFJR29110.pak on the process server only; it cannot be installed on the portal server.

      • Install 6.1.0.1-WS-WBI-IFIZ26716.pak on the portal server only.

    • For WebSphere Process Server v6.1.2 apply the following fixes in this order:

      1. Install ftp://ps.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/bpc/612/6.1.2.0-WS-WBI-IFIZ26717.pak on the portal server only.

      2. Install ftp://ps.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/bpc/612/6.1.2.0-WS-WBI-IFIZ24942.pak on the portal server only.


Supplemental software provided by WebSphere Portal

Find the interim fixes IZ21965 and JR29110 in the directory...

...of the WebSphere Process Server v6.1.0.1 CD for a given operating system. Find the interim fixes IFIZ26716, IFIZ26717, and IFIZ24942 on the following FTP sites:

Find the latest version of the WebSphere Update Installer from IBM Support or from the WAS Network Deployment Supplements CD for a given operating system.

The WebSphere Portal CD set is labeled according to operating system. Find the CDs containing the supplemental software that you need for business process integration by referring to the operating system codes.

The operating system codes are:

(UNIX only) After copying the content, set read and execute permissions for users doing the installation.


Parent topic:

Plan integration with WebSphere Process Server


Next topic:

Understand configuration options for process integration


Related concepts


Installation source location
Upgrading the Update Installer
Interim fixes for WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V6.1


Related information


Technote 1326771