To start the adapter for Ariba Buyer, you must:
The procedure for starting Ariba Buyer depends on the node configuration of your system. Please refer to the documentation for Ariba Buyer 8.x for details.
Each Buyer node starts an instance of the integration channel. When the channel starts, it attempts to connect to the connector. The channel starts whether or not the connector is running.
The connector starts when the start_buyer.bat or start_buyer.sh script is run. The start_buyer script requires the BUYERPATH variable to be set for startup to occur correctly. It should point to <Ariba Server root>; for example,
set BUYERPATH=C:\Ariba\app\Buyer\Server
If the connector is running with the WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker, it also requires the -c option to be set, as shown below.
The start command for the connector has this format:
<script name> <connector name> {<ics name> |-c <MQI configuration file>}
For example,
start_Buyer.bat Buyer WebSphereICS (ICS)
or
start_Buyer.bat Buyer -c C:\WebSphereAdapters\connectors\Buyer\BuyerAgentConfig.cfg (WMQI)
Only one instance of the connector is started, irrespective of the number of nodes. When the connector starts, it attempts to connect to the channel. The connector starts whether or not the channel is running.
The ODA starts when the start_BuyerODA.bat or start_BuyerODA.sh script is run. You must specify the path to the Ariba Buyer server. You can do this by:
C:\Ariba\app\Buyer\Server
The ODA is used by Business Object Designer. When Business Object Designer connects to the ODA, the ODA reads the Ariba Buyer meta-data definitions from the adapter repository, for processing into business object definitions.