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Chapter 1 Introduction : Product Overview

Product Overview
TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix Service Grid allows you to quickly create an ActiveMatrix Service Grid enterprise that has a single ActiveMatrix Administrator instance and multiple TIBCO host instances.
The software includes wizards that step through the configuration pages necessary to create and configure new administration and runtime components.
To build and run a ActiveMatrix Service Grid enterprise, you need to perform the following tasks:
TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix Service Grid provides the following main functionalities:
Components
TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix Service Grid facilitates creation and configuration of the following components:
Configure and publish an instance of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator.
Only one TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator instance may be created from a ActiveMatrix Administrator Component.
The TIBCO ActiveMatrix Runtime Component is configured to publish and start an instance of the TIBCO Host.
Only one TIBCO ActiveMatrix Runtime instance can be created from each TIBCO ActiveMatrix Runtime Component. Each TIBCO ActiveMatrix Runtime Component can have only one running instance.
Stacks
The Stack is a set of components used to quickly create an ActiveMatrix enterprise environment. An ActiveMatrix Service Grid Stack can have two component types: one ActiveMatrix Administrator Component and one or more ActiveMatrix Runtime Components.
The Stack has a one-to-one mapping to a single ActiveMatrix enterprise environment.
Supported Platforms
Refer to the readme file for the supported platforms and versions and required patches.
Required and Optional Products
Table 2 lists the required and optional software products.
TIBCO Silver® Fabric
TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Service Grid Distribution for TIBCO Silver® Fabric
TIBCO Silver® Fabric Enabler for TIBCO Enterprise Message Service
Many databases are supported for use with the TIBCO Enterprise Message Service. Refer to the TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix Service Grid Readme for a list of supported databases.
GridLibraries
During the TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix Service Grid installation procedure artifacts named GridLibraries are copied into the following TIBCO Silver Fabric broker directory:
SILVERFABRIC_HOME/webapps/livecluster/deploy/resources/gridlib/
For example, when Silver Fabric is hosted on a Linux platform the directory is:
   SILVERFABRIC_HOME/webapps/livecluster/deploy/resources/gridlib/
which by default is:
   /opt/tibco/fabric/webapps/livecluster/deploy/resources/gridlib/
The griblib zip files can be divided into two types: Distributions and Enablers.
Distributions
Distributions are compressed native (classic) products that have been packaged for publishing to TIBCO Silver Fabric. The TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric is published to TIBCO Silver Fabric to run TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid on the Silver Fabric Engine.
Each Product Distribution gridlib zip file is created for use with a specific operating system platform. Refer to the TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Service Grid Distribution for TIBCO Silver® Fabric Readme for specific information on what operating system platforms are supported.
Table 3 Some gridlib files of TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Service Grid Distribution for TIBCO Silver® Fabric
 
A different kind of Distribution, the ActiveMatrix Plug-in Distribution is also supported for nominally publishing the following ActiveMatrix implementation types and binding types with TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Service Grid Distribution for TIBCO Silver® Fabric:
TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Binding Type for EJB
TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Binding Type for Adapters
TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Implementation Type for Microsoft CLR
TIBCO ActiveMatrix® BusinessWorks Service Engine (RV Distribution is also necessary)
In contrast with the product distribution, each ActiveMatrix® Plug-in Distribution gridlib is good for use with all supported platforms of the main product distribution.
To get these other TIBCO ActiveMatrix Distribution files you can go to https://edelivery.tibco.com and from Products Home you can type "Distribution" in the search box to quickly find and download the needed files. Get the files for the Plug-in Adapters you intend to use and copy them to the TIBCO Silver Fabric broker directory:
    SILVERFABRIC_HOME/webapps/livecluster/deploy/resources/gridlib/
Enablers
Enablers are control modules for TIBCO Silver Fabric and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid. They provide all the installation, configuration, and deployment logic for publishing TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid on TIBCO Silver Fabric.

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