To ensure that the system that you implement meets your
needs, plan your IBM® Business Process Manager before
you introduce its software into your enterprise information system.
Assessing your requirements
To minimize rework and outages, take the time to study
your current environment before you make installation and configuration
decisions. Consider your current business requirements and design,
the hardware and software already installed, and your current strengths
and shortcomings. This planning could also help you minimize your
financial investment.
Choosing a stand-alone or network deployment environment
Choose a stand-alone environment to evaluate the product
or to support development of applications and services. Choose a network
deployment environment when your production environment needs additional
features such as capacity, availability, scalability, and failover
support.
Installation types and profiles
There is a relationship between the type of installation
you perform, Typical or Custom and
how profiles associated with the installation type are created for
each IBM BPM configuration (Express, Standard and Advanced).
Planning your network deployment environment
Setting up a network deployment environment involves many
decisions, such as the number of physical workstations and the type
of pattern you choose. Each decision affects how you set up your deployment
environment.
Planning your database configuration
To plan your database configuration, you need to know which
databases must be in place and configured in order to use the software,
which components of IBM Business Process Manager you
will use and their associated databases, the tasks required to administer
the databases, and the security privileges of the database system
that you are using.
Planning error prevention and recovery
You can develop error-prevention and recovery strategies
to minimize the impact of system and application errors.