Defining and registering target environments

You can define target environments for a test environment or production environment by using the IBM® Business Automation Workflow Case configuration tool or the IBM Business Automation Workflow Case administration client. After you define a target environment definition, you must register it before you can use it.

Before you begin

You must create and configure a case management object store before you define a target environment.

About this task

The first time that you run the Case configuration tool to configure the production environment after you install IBM Business Automation Workflow, you must define at least one target environment. Later, you can use the Case administration client to define more target environments as needed to support your solutions.

A target environment definition specifies the target environment to which an IBM Business Automation Workflow solution is deployed. It contains information about the connection point and a logical to physical page mapping. By using the connection point, IBM Business Automation Workflow can discover the target object store and isolated region number.

When you define a target environment, you select the connection point for the target object store. Multiple connection points for the same target object store can exist. If required to support solutions that you upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow V5.2, multiple target environments can share the same connection point.

When you register a target environment, you select the Case Client desktop that you want to use to access solutions that are hosted in the target environment. You also specify credentials for the user ID that you want to use to run workflows for case operations.

Procedure

To define and register a new target environment by using the Case configuration tool:

  1. Enter the appropriate command for your environment:
    Option Description
    AIX®
    Linux®
    Linux for System z®
    1. Change to the install_root/configure/CaseManagement/ directory. install_root is the location where IBM Business Automation Workflow is installed.
    2. Run the following command:
      ./configmgr
    Windows
    Perform one of the following actions:
    • Click Start > All Programs > IBM Business Automation Workflow > Case configuration tool.
    • Run the following command:
      install_root\configure\CaseManagement\configmgr.exe

      install_root is the location where IBM Business Automation Workflow is installed.
  2. Click File > Open profile and select a production environment profile.
  3. After the list of configuration tasks is displayed, edit, save, and run the following tasks:
    • Define Target Environment
    • Register Target Environment

To define and register a new target environment by using the Case administration client:

  1. Start the Case administration client .
    Enter the following URL in a browser:
    http://server:port/navigator/?desktop=bawadmin
    server is the IBM Content Navigator IP address or fully qualified server name.
    port is the IBM Content Navigator port number.
  2. From the list of object stores in the navigation tree in the left pane, select a staging object store to open it. Click Target Environments.
  3. On the Target Environments page in the right pane, click Define and complete the wizard steps.
  4. Register the target environment:
    1. On the Target Environments page in the right pane, select the target environment that you want to register.
    2. Click Actions > Register and complete the wizard steps.

What to do next

Depending on the assets in the solution or solutions that you plan to deploy in this target environment, you might need to run the following configuration tasks. To run these tasks, you must use the Case configuration tool:
  • Configure IBM Business Automation Workflow
  • Configure Business Rules
  • Register the External Data Service