Configuring a shared file system
When you choose the option to install the Farm with a shared file system, provide the file system before you install the first farm member. Tune your file system. Slow access to the files impacts performance. Because all the farm members access the file system concurrently, the system must handle this situation.
About this task
- AIX®
- Linux
- Windows
Install and configure the operating system and the file system support on the local disk of all farm members.
- IBM® WebSphere® Application Server, IBM WebSphere Portal, and the portal profile form a set of files. These files need to be consistent. Therefore, place all of these parts into the same shared file system.
- Make the shared file system root path as specific as possible. This action reduces the possibility to conflict with other installations.
- AIX: /usr/IBM/WebSphere
- Linux: /opt/IBM/WebSphere
- IBM i: /QIBM/IBM/WebSphere
- Windows: C:\IBM\WebSphere
Create an empty file system on a central file server with enough capacity for a full installation. Then, mount it on the Farm Master as a writeable file system in the location where you would install WebSphere Portal. The mount point on the Farm Master is fixed after WebSphere Portal is installed. All other Farm members and workers need to use the same mount point and they need read/write access to the shared file system.
Use the following steps as a guide if you are using GPFS as your shared file system: