Before you configure WebSphere® Adapter for Siebel Business Applications Software,
consider whether you must set up the adapters in a clustered environment,
in which the workload of the server is distributed across multiple
machines.
Before you begin
Before you begin to set up and use the adapter, you must
possess a thorough understanding of business integration concepts,
the capabilities, and requirements of the integration development
tools and runtime environment you use, and the Siebel Business Applications server
environment where you build and use the solution.
Security The adapter uses the J2C authentication data entry,
or the authentication alias feature of Java™ EE
security to provide secure user name and password authentication.
For more information about security features, see the documentation
for WebSphere Application Server.
User authentication
The adapter supports several methods for supplying the
user name and password that are needed to connect to the Siebel application.
By understanding the features and limitations of each method, you
can pick a method that provides the appropriate level of security
and convenience for your application.
Deployment options
There are two ways to deploy the adapter. You can either
embed it as part of the deployed application, or you can deploy it
as a stand-alone RAR file. The requirements of your environment affect
the type of deployment option you choose.
WebSphere Adapters in clustered environments
You can improve adapter performance and availability by
deploying a module on a clustered server environment. Clusters are
groups of servers that are managed together to balance workloads and
to provide high availability and scalability.