Installing NetWare is a straightforward process that is well documented in the NetWare 5.1 documentation. Installing NetWare, NDS, NetWare Enterprise Web Server, and WebSphere A prototype was used for BrainShare 2000 demo.
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The JDBC DirXML driver is currently under development. NetWare 5.1, NDS, NetWare Enterprise Web Server, Oracle 8i, WebSphere and eGuide are currently shipping products, whose installation will be mentioned in this paper. The WebSphere sample program, YourCo, along with eGuide will run on a NetWare 5.1 and be expressed through your favorite browser, via the Novell Enterprise Web Server. In addition the JDBC DirXML driver will be running on NetWare 5.1 along with the DirXML engine. The data can then be viewed via eGuide or Console One.įor this article, all components, NDS, Oracle 8i and WebSphere will be running on NetWare 5.1. The data is then synchronized with NDS via the DirXML engine.
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When you enter data via Oracle's SQL Plus directly into the WebSphere table schema(s), located in the Oracle database, a trigger is started that notifies the JDBC DirXML Driver to pick up the data. To demonstrate the reverse flow of data, data can be entered directly into the WebSphere table schema via Oracle's SQL Plus utility. The Novell Enterprise Web Server, which ships with NetWare 5.1, was utilized for this demonstration. In order to interface with the WebSphere Engine, which runs on the NetWare 5.1 server, a Web Server is required. Since the YourCo sample application is read-only, no data can be entered through it. This data can then be read by the WebSphere sample WEB application, YourCo, via the WebSphere server engine. For this example the data being transferred by the JDBC DirXML driver is synchronized to the IBM WebSphere table schemas located in the Oracle 8i database. This data is synchronized, depending on DirXML filtering, to the Oracle 8i database via the JDBC DirXML driver. In doing so, it showed the power and flexibility of the NetWare platform, together with the other bundled WebSphere and Oracle components.Īs shown in Figure 1 data can be entered via eGuide and/or Console One to be stored in (NDS).
The demonstration showed technology to integrate a company's Website with NDS, using NetWare 5.1. It is intended that the information in this AppNote be used in two ways: 1) As a direct guide to help those attempting to set up WebSphere, Oracle 8I, or Novell Enterprise Web Server on NetWare 5.1 in avoiding the problems we faced and 2) As a guide for product management and engineering in simplifying this process for our customers, partners, and developers. This article's primary value comes not from the description of the accomplishments, but rather from the description of the problems encountered and the solutions and work-arounds developed for those problems.
The purpose of this AppNote is to describe the lessons learned in developing a demonstration of NetWare 5.1-based technology for Brainshare 2000.