Troubleshooting
Problem
When following the standard instructions for integrating IBM Transformation Extender (ITX) Design Studio into the IBM Integration Broker (IIB) / Application Connect Enterprise (ACE) Eclipse based Toolkit, the installation is performed for the current user only. This procedure can be followed to ensure that all users get the ITX integration.
Symptom
When other users logon to the machine and use IIB/ACE Toolkit, the ITX Node does not appear in the list of available Nodes in the palette, and existing Message Flows are unable to properly handle (or display the properties of) any existing ITX nodes.
Cause
The standard installation places the customization files in the user's personal profile directory.
Environment
IIB/ACE with ITX integration on the Windows platform
Resolving The Problem
The IIB/ACE Toolkit developers have documented a way of doing this so that all users can access the ITX plugins.
Here are the steps:
1) Using an Administrator, take a backup copy the eclipse.ini file under <IIB/ACE install>\tools directory.
2) Create a directory call tempconfig in root of your C: drive.
3) Edit the existing eclipse.ini and change the following line:
@user.home/AppData/Local/IBM/IIBT10-config/10.0.0.5/configuration
and change it to
/tempconfig/configuration
(We are going to use this to do a temp install of ITX.)
3) Run the toolkit. It will create some files in tempconfig.
4) Install the ITX Toolkit feature.
5) Stop the Toolkit.
6) Change the eclipse.ini back to its original value. (Restore your backup)
7) Create a directory called 'eclipse' in the following dir: <IIB/ACE Install>\tools\dropins.
8) In the c:\tempconfig directory will be a 'features' dir and a 'plugins' dir. Copy both directories to the <IIB/ACE Install>\tools\dropins\eclipse directory.
So now <IIB Install>\tools\dropins should look something like:
<IIB/ACE Install>\tools\dropins\eclipse\features\...
and
<IIB/ACE Install>\tools\dropins\eclipse\plugins\....
9) Start the Toolkit again and you should see the ITX Node available on the palette. You can then remove the contents of the tempconfig.
Here are the steps:
1) Using an Administrator, take a backup copy the eclipse.ini file under <IIB/ACE install>\tools directory.
2) Create a directory call tempconfig in root of your C: drive.
3) Edit the existing eclipse.ini and change the following line:
@user.home/AppData/Local/IBM/IIBT10-config/10.0.0.5/configuration
and change it to
/tempconfig/configuration
(We are going to use this to do a temp install of ITX.)
3) Run the toolkit. It will create some files in tempconfig.
4) Install the ITX Toolkit feature.
5) Stop the Toolkit.
6) Change the eclipse.ini back to its original value. (Restore your backup)
7) Create a directory called 'eclipse' in the following dir: <IIB/ACE Install>\tools\dropins.
8) In the c:\tempconfig directory will be a 'features' dir and a 'plugins' dir. Copy both directories to the <IIB/ACE Install>\tools\dropins\eclipse directory.
So now <IIB Install>\tools\dropins should look something like:
<IIB/ACE Install>\tools\dropins\eclipse\features\...
and
<IIB/ACE Install>\tools\dropins\eclipse\plugins\....
9) Start the Toolkit again and you should see the ITX Node available on the palette. You can then remove the contents of the tempconfig.
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Modified date:
26 November 2019
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