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
- Install WebSphere Application
Client from your iSeries™ server. Installing from
the CD-ROM drive of your iSeries server requires direct
physical access to the server. The local installation requires less
time to complete than a remote installation. The local installation
reads installation options from a response file.
Read
the Installing WebSphere Application Client from your iSeries server
for information about performing a silent install of the Application
Client.
- Install Application Client manually,
using the installation wizard on a Windows workstation
You will be prompted for installation
options. Installing the product from a Windows workstation
does not require direct physical access to the iSeries server.
See
the Installing Application Client for WebSphere Application Server from a Windows workstation topic for
further reading. .
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.