Application Server administrator installation tasks

The Application Server Administrator must prepare the application servers for FileNet® P8, including planning deployment, creating administrative accounts, and configuring JDBC drivers for Content Platform Engine.

Content Platform Engine, IBM® FileNet Workplace XT, and Application Engine are Java™ EE application server-based applications. You must install these applications in a homogeneous Java EE environment in which all of your application servers and their version numbers are identical.

Even if you have your own customized application, it is a best practice to install one of these applications for testing and support purposes. The applications must use Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) transport.

If the application server where you are deploying Content Platform Engine is running on most 64-bit JVMs, it is a best practice to create no more than 150 object stores. However, if sufficient system and database resources are available, IBM WebSphere® Application Server 7.0 or higher with the 64-bit IBM JVM and WebSphere Compressed Reference Technology supports up to 500 object stores.

Content Platform Engine is a resource-intensive enterprise application. Running Content Platform Engine and other Java EE applications on the same machine is possible but not a best practice. Other Java EE applications will compete with Content Platform Engine for the same CPU, memory, and disk I/O resources, and increase the complexity of the installation and the risk of the deployment, because configurations will not match what has been qualified by FileNet P8 Engineering.

Although you might need to host Content Platform Engine and other applications on the same machine, it is preferable to host Content Platform Engine on its own machine or logical partition. If an architecture requires Content Platform Engine and a non-P8 Java EE application to be on the same machine, be sure to thoroughly test the configuration in your integration environment before deploying them into production.

If you are installing in a non-English environment, review the considerations and procedures in Preparing non-English environments for installing FileNet P8 before you begin your preparation tasks.