New with WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework
v2.6
The following changes have been made for this release:
- Unlike previous releases of the adapter framework, Adapter Framework 2.6 software is available and installed separately from ICS. This makes possible a more flexible enhancement path for both the adapter framework and
ICS. It also isolates the adapter framework from releases prompted
solely by broker enhancements, and vice versa. In consequence, there
are a number of new installation, upgrade, and migration scenarios.
Installation and upgrade scenarios are discussed in Overview of installation. For information on migrating adapters from previous releases to the new adapter framework, see the document Migrating Adapters to Adapter Framework, Version 2.6.
- Adapter Framework 2.6 uses Java TM Runtime
Environment (JRE) 1.4.2. IBM JDK 1.4.2 for all supported platforms
is delivered on a separate CD with this release.
- The adapter framework installer now features an integration
broker selection window.
- The adapter framework now supports the following:
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.1, service pack 3
- SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.1, service pack 3
- Read Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Update 1:
- RHEL 3.0 ES
- RHEL 3.0 AS
- RHEL 3.0 WS
- Windows 2003
- The adapter framework supports WASDIE 5.1 and 5.1.1
- The adapter framework installer allows you to select installation
of the WebSphere Business Integration Toolset or the adapter framework
or both for Windows platforms only. If you select ICS as
the broker, or if the Installer detects that ICS is installed, or
if the operating system is Windows 2003, the toolset component cannot
be installed.
- The adapter framework installer sets the following new environment (Windows) and shell script (UNIX) variables:
- ARMJAR to support IBM Tivoli(R) Monitoring
for Transaction Performance.
- WAS_CLIENT_HOME to support WebSphere Application Server integration brokers.
- The document features a new troubleshooting chapter describing
all installation error messages.
