System Requirements

Ensure that your system meets the hardware and software requirements before installing the adapter.

Platform

Before you run the installer, ensure that the appropriate platform is supported. See the readme file for information regarding supported operating system platforms, versions, and the required patches.

Disk Space

The installer requires some space in the temporary directory before installation, and additional space in the temporary directory to run the installer. Ensure that sufficient space is available in the directory that you want to use as the installation environment (TIBCO_HOME).
Note: While installing the product, avoid running other processes that use disk space in the installation environment directory. If another process uses disk space while the installer is copying files, the installer might fail and display a failure message.

Software

Ensure that you have installed the required software before you run the installer. See the readme file for supported products and versions.

The following table lists the useful TIBCO products according to the installation order:

Software Description
TIBCO Rendezvous® Required.

TIBCO Rendezvous is available as a separate installation, and you must install TIBCO Rendezvous before installing TIBCO Runtime Agent.

TIBCO Runtime Agent™ Required.

TIBCO Runtime Agent is required on each machine that hosts an adapter. TIBCO Runtime Agent includes TIBCO Designer, TIBCO Hawk agent, along with a number of TIBCO and third-party libraries used by the adapter and other TIBCO products.

TIBCO Runtime Agent is available as a separate installation. You must install TIBCO Runtime Agent before you install TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter Framework and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio).

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Required for design time.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks supports your integration project throughout the project life cycle. It includes a common graphical user interface for configuration, process design, and deployment.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks is available as a separate installation.

You can install this product if you want:
  • If you want to install TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter Framework and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio) to configure adapters, you have to install TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x before installing TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter Framework and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio).
  • If you want to install TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter Framework to deploy and run EAR files of adapter projects by using a command line, TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x is not required.
TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter Framework Required.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter Framework provides a visual, model-driven development environment for configuring supported TIBCO adapters in TIBCO Business Studio, and integrating them with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6 applications and processes. It also provides administration capabilities for deploying the TIBCO adapters developed in TIBCO Business Studio to runtime environments.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter Framework works as a bridge between TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio) and TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.

You must install it before installing TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio).

TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Database Required for TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio).

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database is a bidirectional gateway between databases and applications configured for the TIBCO environment. The adapter supports publication, subscription, and request-response interactions.

TIBCO® Database Drivers Supplement Required.

TIBCO Database Drivers Supplement provides the licensed DataDirect database JDBC drivers that can be used with TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio).

TIBCO Database Drivers Supplement is available as a separate installation package, and you can install it after you install TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio).

TIBCO® Enterprise Administrator Optional.

TIBCO Enterprise Administrator consists of a TIBCO Enterprise Administrator server, a web user interface for the server, and a shell interface, with which you can manage the applications that you create in TIBCO Business Studio.

TIBCO Enterprise Administrator is available as a separate installation, and you can install it after installing the adapter.

TIBCO Hawk® Optional. TIBCO Hawk is required only for adapter monitoring.

TIBCO Hawk is available as a separate installation, and you can install it after installing the adapter.

TIBCO Enterprise Message Service™ Optional.

TIBCO Enterprise Message Service is required only if you use Java Messaging Services (JMS) as the message transport for your adapter.

TIBCO Enterprise Message Service is available as a separate installation package, and you can install it after installing TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio).