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5.3.1 Installing WebSphere eXtreme Scale for integration with Portal
In this section, we describe only those installation considerations specific to WebSphere Portal and the use of the eXtreme Scale session manager. The WebSphere eXtreme Scale installation is described in detail in Chapter 4, Installing WebSphere eXtreme Scale.
Because we are not going to discuss the installation of Portal Server, we are going to make the following assumptions about the installation environment:
| The WebSphere Portal Server installation has already been performed on WAS ND v7.0.0.11 (or any supported release).
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| A Portal application server or cluster already exists that we are going to configure for use with eXtreme Scale.
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At a high level, the installation steps required to prepare the Portal environment for eXtreme Scale session management are:
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| Install WAS ND on the eXtreme Scale node(s) with the appropriate patches.
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| Install WebSphere eXtreme Scale on top of the WAS installations with the appropriate patches.
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| Install WebSphere eXtreme Scale on top of the Portal Server installations with the appropriate patches.
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Installation option: There are two installation options for WebSphere eXtreme Scale: Client and server installations. It is important to note that you need server installations for the eXtreme Scale nodes and a client installation for the Portal nodes.
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| Augment the existing Portal profiles to enable the WebSphere eXtreme Scale functionality.
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After eXtreme Scale has been installed on all of the nodes, the existing profiles need to be augmented with eXtreme Scale. For Portal, augment the Portal profile on all the nodes. On the WAS, augment the deployment manager and application server profiles.
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Profile augmentation: You can select the profiles to augment while installing eXtreme Scale on WAS and Portal Server. You can also run the Profile Management Tool after the installation to augment the profiles.
For details on augmenting an existing profile, see Chapter 4, Installing WebSphere eXtreme Scale.
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| Create new WebSphere eXtreme Scale custom profiles for the WebSphere eXtreme Scale nodes and federate them to the deployment manager.
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After you have completed these steps, you can configure the WebSphere eXtreme Scale Session management environment.
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