Choosing what type of deployment environment to create

When you create a deployment environment by using the Deployment Environment Wizard, you can choose the type of deployment environment to create.

The deployment environment types enable different sets of function in your deployment environments:

Standard Process Center: This type of deployment environment lets you store, test, and administer process applications and toolkits that are authored in IBM® Process Designer.
Standard Process Server: This type of deployment environment lets you run processes and services in process applications that are deployed from the Standard Process Center.
Advanced Process Center: This type of deployment environment lets you store, test, and administer process applications and toolkits that are authored in Process Designer and IBM Integration Designer. This deployment environment type includes all of the Standard Process Center deployment environment function.
Advanced Process Server: This type of deployment environment lets you run processes, services, and SCA modules in process applications that are deployed from the Advanced Process Center, or run modules deployed directly. This deployment environment type includes all of the Standard Process Server deployment environment function.
AdvancedOnly Process Server: This type of deployment environment lets you run SCA modules and deploy them from the command line or the WebSphere® administrative console. It also lets you run BPEL processes and human tasks, which were formerly known as Business Process Choreographer (BPC) processes and human tasks. This server is the IBM BPM equivalent of WebSphere Process Server. It enables the function that is in the Advanced Process Server deployment environment, but not the function that is in the Standard Process Server deployment environment.

If you have installed IBM BPM Standard, you can select either Standard Process Center or Standard Process Server deployment environment, depending on what level of function you want to use. Usually, you will configure a deployment environment that corresponds to the component you installed. For example, configure a Standard Process Center deployment environment if you installed Process Center.

If you have installed IBM BPM Advanced, you can select any of the deployment environment types, depending on the function you want to use. Usually, you will configure a deployment environment that corresponds to the component you installed. For example, configure one of the Process Center deployment environment types if you installed Process Center.

If you have installed IBM BPM Advanced: Process Server, you can select any of the Process Server deployment environment types, depending on what level of function you want to use.

The following table shows the valid installation and configuration combinations. Inside the cells, the available environment type is marked with Process Server (PS) or Process Center (PC). If the Basic Case Management feature is available for a specific installation and configuration combination, it is indicated in the cell as "Case". The Case license can be installed in either IBM BPM Advanced or IBM BPM Advanced - Process Server.

Table 1. IBM Business Process Manager valid installation and configuration combinations
Installation \ configuration	Standard	Advanced	AdvancedOnly
IBM Business Process Manager Standard	PS, PC
IBM Business Process Manager Advanced	PS, PC, Case	PS, PC, Case	PS
IBM Business Process Manager Advanced - Process Server	PS, Case	PS, Case	PS