This topic applies only to the IBM Business Process Manager Advanced configuration.

Configuring Business Process Archive Manager

The Business Process Archive Manager is an optional component that allows reduce the size of the Business Process Choreographer database, by moving completed BPEL process instances and human tasks to a separate archive database. To configure a Business Process Archive Manager, you must add entries to the properties file before you create the deployment environment.

About this task

You can configure the Business Process Archive Manager only on the support cluster of three cluster setup that is based on the Advanced or AdvancedOnly template properties file. When you configure the Business Process Archive Manager, a Business Process Archive Explorer is also configured.

Procedure

Open your deployment environment properties file in an editor.
Tip: For more information about possible keys and values for the BPCArchive component, see the appropriate properties file.
- install_root/BPM/samples/config/advanced/Advanced-PC-ThreeClusters-DB2.properties
- install_root\BPM\samples\config\advanced\Advanced-PC-ThreeClusters-DB2.properties
Specify the BPCArchive component on the support cluster. For example, if cluster 3 is the support cluster, and the next free component index is 1, add an entry that is similar to the following example:
```
bpm.de.cluster.3.capability.1.component.1.name=BPCArchive
```
Add the archive database to the support cluster. For example, add an entry that is similar to the following example:
```
bpm.de.cluster.3.db=PerformanceDb,ArchiveDb
```
Add the definition of the archive database. For example, for a DB2 database named BPARCDB, if the next free database index is 5, add entries that are similar to the following example.
```
bpm.de.db.5.name=ArchiveDb
bpm.de.db.5.dbCapabilities=BPCArchive
bpm.de.db.5.databaseName=BPARCDB
bpm.de.db.5.type=DB2
bpm.de.db.5.hostname=localhost
bpm.de.db.5.portNumber=50000
bpm.de.db.5.roleMapping.1.name=DbUser
bpm.de.db.5.roleMapping.1.alias=BPM_DB_ALIAS
bpm.de.db.5.roleMapping.2.name=DbUserXAR
bpm.de.db.5.roleMapping.2.alias=BPM_DB_ALIAS
bpm.de.db.5.schema=db2admin
```
Tip: Because the purpose of the Business Process Archive Manager is to reduce the size of the runtime database, make sure that BPARCDB is a separate database from the database that Business Process Choreographer uses.

Results

The properties file includes the definitions that are necessary to configure a Business Process Archive Manager and a Business Process Archive Explorer on the support cluster.

What to do next

Create your deployment environment by running the BPMConfig command.