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Considerations for a stand-alone configuration

Choose a stand-alone configuration to evaluate the product or to support development of applications and services.

You must have the following configuration in place to create and configure a stand-alone environment:

• The z/OS system used to install IBM BPM must run UNIX System Services with a zSeries file system or hierarchical file system configured.

• Your UNIX user ID must have permission to access the UNIX shell to run the installation and configuration commands from inside the shell. Gaining access to the shell involves modifying your RACF profile and creating a home directory in the UNIX shell. The home directory is where you begin a UNIX session, and where you store environment variable files that are required to run programs. You can also use the home directory as the root directory for storing your work data.

• A database management system, typically DB2 for z/OS, must be available.

• The WebSphere Application Server for z/OS product code and IBM BPM for z/OS product code must be installed in the product file system.

Each stand-alone server node is a separate administrative domain, and has an independent, unshared JNDI namespace. You can start and stop servers independently.

Prepare to install IBM BPM for z/OS

Related concepts:
Stand-alone configuration for z/OS
Considerations for an ND configuration