Preparing the environment for WebSphere Adapters nodes

Before you can use the WebSphere® Adapters nodes, you must set up the IBM® Integration Bus runtime environment so that you can access the Enterprise Information System (EIS).

Before you begin

Read WebSphere Adapters nodes.

About this task

To enable the WebSphere Adapters nodes in the IBM Integration Bus runtime environment, configure the integration node with the location of the EIS provider JAR files and native libraries. (On Windows, the location of the JAR files cannot be a mapped network drive on a remote Windows computer; the directory must be local or on a Storage Area Network (SAN) disk.)

Procedure

The WebSphere Adapters nodes require libraries from the EIS vendors. For more information on how to obtain and use these libraries, see Developing message flows that use WebSphere Adapters.
Use the following commands to make the JAR files and shared libraries available to the WebSphere Adapters nodes.
- To set up the dependencies, use the following command.
```
mqsichangeproperties integrationNodeName -c EISProviders -o EIS type -n jarsURL -v jar directory
mqsichangeproperties integrationNodeName -c EISProviders -o EIS type -n nativeLibs -v bin directory
```
  For example:
```
mqsichangeproperties integrationNodeName -c EISProviders -o SAP -n jarsURL -v c:\sapjco\jars
mqsichangeproperties brk6 -c EISProviders -o SAP -n nativeLibs -v c:\sapjco\bin
```
  After you have run the mqsichangeproperties command, restart the integration node so that the changes take effect.
- To report the dependencies, use the following command.
```
mqsireportproperties integrationNodeName -c EISProviders -o EIS type -r
```
  For example:
```
mqsireportproperties integrationNodeName -c EISProviders -o SAP -r
```
- On z/OS®, run this command by customizing and submitting BIPJADPR.
You can also connect to different versions of Siebel by creating a custom EISProviders configurable service and setting the location of the appropriate library files. For more information, see Connecting to different versions of Siebel.

What to do next

When you have set up the environment for the WebSphere Adapters nodes, you can perform the preparatory tasks that are listed in Developing message flows that use WebSphere Adapters.