Configuring

Image for this section The topics in this section address configuration tasks that are typically performed once and have a global effect. There are other configuration changes that are made more frequently or do not have a global affect; these configuration tasks are addressed in the Administering section. Configuration tasks related to setting up your environment are addressed in the installation scenarios found in the Installing section.

If you have not transferred your database yet, go to the Installing section, select the appropriate operating system, and then choose the appropriate deployment scenario (stand-alone or idle standby). Then select the setting up or configuring database topic.

If you have not already done so, you should review the WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager Performance Tuning Guide to tune your stand-alone or cluster environment. Even if you have a cluster environment, you should review the Base Portal Tuning scenarios and the Tuning a cluster environment chapter. In addition the tuning guide provides information about caches for WebSphere® Portal Express®. Until the tuning guide for release 8.0 is available, refer to the 7.0 tuning guide.
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You can run ConfigEngine tasks from a read-only ConfigEngine directory that allows you to manage multiple profiles from one location or you can run ConfigEngine tasks from the wp_profile_root directory that you have used in previous releases. For example, to use the ConfigEngine read-only directory, run the ConfigEngine task in the ConfigEngine folder that is on the same level in the directory structure as the default wp_profile directory. You can substitute the path to the ConfigEngine read-only directory in any ConfigEngine task in the product documentation.