Adapter environment

Before installing, configuring, and using the adapter, you must understand its environment requirements as described in the following sections:

Broker compatibility

The adapter framework that an adapter uses must be compatible with the version of the integration broker (or brokers) with which the adapter is communicating. The 1.3.0 version of the adapter for Lotus Domino is supported on the following adapter framework and integration brokers:

Adapter framework: WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework, versions 2.6.

Integration brokers:

For instructions on installing your integration broker and its prerequisites see the following documentation:

See the Release Notes for any exceptions.

Software prerequisites

In addition to the adapter framework and one of the integration brokers listed in Broker compatibility, the following software must be installed before you install the Lotus Domino adapter.

Operating systems

One of the following operating systems must be installed on the system on which the adapter will be installed:

Note:
All operating system environments require the Java compiler (IBM JDK 1.4.2 for Windows 2000) for compiling custom adapters.

Windows

Note:
Beginning with the 1.1 version, the adapter for Lotus Domino is not supported on Microsoft Windows NT. The adapter installer can be installed on Windows XP and will install Windows XP tools support; however, the adapter cannot run on a Windows XP host.

UNIX

Application software

Domino Server versions R5 (5.0.3 and above) and R6 (6.5 and below) must be installed on the system. For information on installing Domino server, refer to the installation information provided with your Lotus Domino software.

Note:
The Event Listener component of the adapter must be installed on the Domino Server. In this release, the Event Listener is not supported on a Linux Domino Server. Either of the following operating systems are supported by the Event Listener and must be installed on the Domino Server machine: AIX (5.1 and 5.2) and Solaris 9.0.

Additional software

The adapter supports integrating with Domino Server, versions R5 (5.0.3 and later) and R6 (6.5 and below). If your integration broker is a WebSphere message broker or WebSphere Application Server, you can install the JRE from the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters installer. Refer to the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters Installation Guide for more information.

Processing locale-dependent data

The connector has been internationalized so that it can support delivery of double-byte character sets (DBCS) going into an interface that also supports double-byte character sets, and deliver message text in the specified language. When the connector transfers data from a location that uses one character code to a location that uses a different code set, it performs character conversion to preserve the meaning of the data.

The Java run time environment within the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) represents data in the Unicode character code set. Unicode contains encodings for characters in most known character code sets (both single-byte and multibyte). Most components in the WebSphere business integration system are written in Java; therefore, when data is transferred between most integration components, there is no need for character conversion.

This adapter supports the processing of bidirectional script data for the Arabic and Hebrew languages when the adapter is run in a Windows environment. Bidirectional processing is not supported in non-Windows environments. To use the bidirectional capacity, you must configure the bidirectional standard properties. For more information, refer to the standard configuration properties for connectors in Appendix A.

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