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Anyone have done WebSphere Application deployment using ARA

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on Jul 6, 2018
Latest reply on Jul 16, 2018 by Luu Le

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Hello Expert,

I am new bee to ARA ( i have used CA RA for 3yrs) , we have customer who would be using ARA (CDA) to perform the WebSphere application and DB2 deployment. I would like to know if any one can share any best practices available or share any customer implementation template/guide for WebSphere and DB2 deployment using ARA.

Deployment Process would involved following steps:

WAS:

Install Flow:

Download the Package->Stop Application->Backup Application->Uninstall Application->Deploy Application->Map Module ->Shared Library->Save Configuration->Start Application.

DB2:

Download the Package(.sql scripts)->Connection to DB instance->Execute Scripts in sequence-logout.

Any input or guidance would be appreciated.

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Sachin

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traha02

Jul 10, 2018 7:48 AM

duoho01 If you have time to share a little bit experience for the websphere project that you have finished

ambsa03 you can discover all the action you need by install the action pack below,

IBM WebSphere Action Pack

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duoho01

Jul 10, 2018 9:40 AM

Hi ambsa03

Actually I don't have a complete best practice but several tips &tricks only.

WAS Install flow:

- Almost every steps you need are available on our IBM WebSphere Action Pack as mentioned by traha02 (except some configuration steps which I guess you need to edit specific files on target server).

- The Uninstall & Install Application action already has OOTB Backup and even Rollback feature (by exporting the current application to a ear file) so maybe you don't need the backup step. However, if you need to save the downtime, I suggest to disable this OOTB backup feature and then backup it even before stop application step.

- There is a template action pack which can help to create your Component flow entirely if you are using Component type Websphere: IBM WebSphere Action Pack Templates (I don't use it actually, but it's a good reference).

DB2:

- I prefer to use JDBC Action Pack for any DB deployment and reuse the connection string from the WAS application to DB itself (but not sure it's applicable on your case)

- To execute Scripts in sequence you may need to keep a naming conversion on your scripts name. Then using File Find action (from Filesystem Action Pack) to find all .sql files and store them in a VARA object (which is the output of the action, I think it also sort the files in alphabet order). Then using Execute JDBC script to execute them on a Foreach workflow (the sequence in Foreach workflow is based on the order of your record in output VARA object).

- Also there is a template action pack for JDBC component which you can refer: JDBC Action Pack Templates

Hope this can help!

Regards,

Hoang

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Luu Le

Jul 16, 2018 6:03 PM

Hi ambsa03,

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duoho01 If you have time to share a little bit experience for the websphere project that you have finished
ambsa03 you can discover all the action you need by install the action pack below,
IBM WebSphere Action Pack

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Hi ambsa03

Actually I don't have a complete best practice but several tips &tricks only.

WAS Install flow:
- Almost every steps you need are available on our IBM WebSphere Action Pack as mentioned by traha02 (except some configuration steps which I guess you need to edit specific files on target server).
- The Uninstall & Install Application action already has OOTB Backup and even Rollback feature (by exporting the current application to a ear file) so maybe you don't need the backup step. However, if you need to save the downtime, I suggest to disable this OOTB backup feature and then backup it even before stop application step.
- There is a template action pack which can help to create your Component flow entirely if you are using Component type Websphere: IBM WebSphere Action Pack Templates (I don't use it actually, but it's a good reference).

DB2:
- I prefer to use JDBC Action Pack for any DB deployment and reuse the connection string from the WAS application to DB itself (but not sure it's applicable on your case)
- To execute Scripts in sequence you may need to keep a naming conversion on your scripts name. Then using File Find action (from Filesystem Action Pack) to find all .sql files and store them in a VARA object (which is the output of the action, I think it also sort the files in alphabet order). Then using Execute JDBC script to execute them on a Foreach workflow (the sequence in Foreach workflow is based on the order of your record in output VARA object).
- Also there is a template action pack for JDBC component which you can refer: JDBC Action Pack Templates

Hope this can help!

Regards,
Hoang
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