Setting Up iProcess Engine Environment Variables

Status

If you are...	This task is...
Installing a new iProcess Engine Version 11.8.0	Required
Upgrading from an iProcess Engine Version 11.0 or later	Required

Database

Oracle, DB2

Description

To allow iProcess Engine to operate correctly, the iProcess Engine Background and Administrator accounts must have the environment variables set for the database and system.

For both Oracle and DB2

The SWDIR environment variable is the iProcess Engine system directory, where the iProcess Engine software is installed.

For Oracle Only

The following environment variables should be set:

• ORACLE_HOME—the directory that contains the appropriate Oracle Server or Client software. For more information, see Oracle Database.

• ORACLE_SID—the Oracle System Identifier, or SID, which is the name of the Oracle Server instance.

Note: If you intend to use TNS to connect to a remote Oracle instance (see TNS Connection Requirements for Oracle) the ORACLE_SID environment variable100 is not used, but is set to a dummy value.

For DB2 Only

The following environment variable should be set:

• DB2PATH—the directory where the DB2 software is installed.

• DB2INSTANCE—the name of the DB2 instance that will hold the iProcess Engine database. (If you want to use a new instance for the iProcess Engine database you should create the instance now.)

Procedure

Ensure that the above environment variables are included in the login profiles of the following users:

•

the iProcess Engine Background account.

•

the iProcess Engine Administrator account.

Example

For Oracle

export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0.5

export ORACLE_SID=sw10202

For DB2

export DB2PATH=/opt/IBM/db2/V9.1 
export DB2INSTANCE=db2inst1