Installing Application Client for WebSphere Application Server

The Application Client provides resources and clients to aid development of client applications for use with WebSphere® Application Server. The Application Client is a source for the clients (as runtime frameworks) for client applications, either to run on the Application Client machine or to be distributed with client applications that are to run on other machines.

Before you begin

Before you start to use the installation tools, prepare for choosing and installing the variety of options and features provided by the Application Client. Read through all the steps in this topic and read the related topics; specifically, read these topics before installing the Application Client:
  • Best practices for installing.
  • Installing WebSphere Application Client from a Windows® workstation
  • Installing WebSphere Application Client from an i5/OS® Qshell command line

It is recommended that you have 350 MB of temporary disk space available before starting the installation.

Attention: Application Client for WebSphere Application Server ships only with the 32-bit WebSphere Application Server.

About this task

To assemble some types of client applications you need to install the client that provides the framework for the client application. Instead of installing the Application Server you can install the Application Client feature, which provides the same resources and clients to aid development of client applications.

Similarly, running some types of client applications for use with WebSphere Application Server requires that the associated client is deployed with the client application. For client applications that only need a small fraction of the Application Client, you can install the Application Client onto a convenient machine, such as the machine used to develop the client application, then package the client application with only the clients it needs. For example, this means that a stand-alone client application is deployed only the required fraction of the clients provided with the Application Client.

The i5/OS Application Client supports the following types of client:
  • Java™ Thin client
  • Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application client
  • Web services Thin client

Procedure

Results

You successfully installed the Application Client for WebSphere Application Server and the features you selected.

What to do next

Use the installation verification utility to verify a successful installation. If the installation is not successful, fix the error as indicated in the installation error message. For example, if you do not have enough disk space, add more space, and reinstall the Application Client.



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