Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Connecting to existing database domains

This section describes how to share a database domain between two separate WebSphere Portal Express instances (instance1 and instance2), where instance2 is connected to a instance1 database domain.

• Release data cannot be shared between separate WebSphere Portal Express instances.
• Note: You can only share WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.1 data.

1. Verify that both WebSphere Portal Express instances are operational.
2. Ensure that the database client software is installed on instance2 using the same settings as instance1 and that you can connect to the remote database.
3. The instance2 datasources must be made to point to the database used by instance1. The wkplc_dbtype.properties and wkplc_comp.properties files must be updated to specify what remote database will be used. This information should match the database information used for the instance1 installation.
4. Reconfigure instance2 to use one or more remote database domains of instance1 by running the following command from the Windows directory portal_server_root/config Linux directory portal_server_root/config i5/OS directory portal_server_root_user/config:

   • Windows: WPSconfig.bat connect-database -DActDbDomainList=domain1,domain2,domain3
   • Linux: ./WPSconfig.sh connect-database -DActDbDomainList=domain1,domain2,domain3
   • i5/OS: From the UserData directory:

     • WPSconfig.sh -profileName profile_root connect-database -DActDbDomainList=domain1,domain2,domain3
     where profile_root is the name of the WebSphere Application Server profile where WebSphere Portal Express is installed; for example, wp_profile
5. Restart instance2