March 22, 2007

Enterprise Solutions Using IBM Websphere And ArcGIS Server 9.2

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A few weeks ago I made a post about how I was progressing on making use of IBM Websphere and ArcGIS Server 9.2. I have been running into a few issues and it has taken a while for me to get my head around things in the Java world.

I want to say thanks to Rob for pointing out a redpaper which has been produced by IBM. This redpaper talks about how one can make use of IBM Websphere, along with IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) and ArcGIS Server 9.2. This is the exact environment I am working with at the moment. The document is quite detailed and exposes some great technical information that I could of done with a few weeks ago when I was setting this up!

“This IBM® Redpaper describes key components of an enterprise GIS. We focus on the interface between ESRI ArcGIS and IBM WebSphere® Application Server, where WebSphere Portal Server is deployed. We explore the integration of ArcGIS Server 9.1 and 9.2 within the WebSphere 6.0 framework. The major subsystems are described and programming examples are provided, using the Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™ ) application programming language.”

I think ESRI should mention these documents on the ESRI Support Centre or by other means so people out there can take note and have a look. It makes life a lot easier. I thought I would make this posting so people out there having issues or wanting to know about using ArcGIS Server 9.2 and IBM tools can refer to this document. It provides good explanations about some of the configuration files as well!

This document actually provides more information than the EDN website does on using the Java ADF with ArcGIS Server 9.2. How does that work?

Anyways, you can find this document here: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4223.pdf.

One Response To Enterprise Solutions Using IBM Websphere And ArcGIS Server 9.2

  1. Rugui Chen says:
    September 5, 2007 at 9:27 AM

    Anyone has more update on this RAD7 and ArcGIS Server9.2 Java combination?

    I got some issues with it so far:

    1. When you create either a ArcGIS Server web project or web sample from RAD7, the xsl and res files will not be imported. You have to manually add those files into your project.

    2. The Web sample projects will work well.

    3. The Web Projects( templates) will not work, since there is some xsl file transformation issues. I tried to correct those XSL files as mentioned in the redbook,it still failed ( I guess is task related xsl files).

    4. I installed SP9.2, it gets better but still have those xsl transformation errors.

    I appreciate if you have one can provide some help on it.

    Rugui Chen