Deploy and test your EIS data access portlets in a WebSphere® Portal 5.1 Test Environment
There is no special setup for testing portlets that contain Siebel SDOs.
Once the adapter for your data source is working in your local (or remote) test environment, test your portlet as you would any other. For more information, refer to Testing and debugging portlets.
When running a WPAI portlet for the first time, a dialog box will open before the server starts which asks for the Resource Adapter Archive (RAR) file. The main purpose of this file is to provide the adapter implementation that is responsible for creating and maintaining connections with the backend server.
The RAR files for Siebel and SAP servers are shipped in the WebSphere Portal 5.1 Test Envrionment. The files are located in the directory <wps5.1_intstall_root>/installableConnectors and are called wpai.siebel.rar and wpai.sap.rar, respectively. The RAR file for PeopleSoft is located in the <rad_intstall_root>/portal/eclipse/plugins/com.ibm.etools.webtools.eis.peoplesoft_6.0.0.1/lib directory and is called wpai.peoplesoft8.rar. Since there is no need to set up a J2C adapter for a Domino® mediator, no RAR file is available.
Once you specify the file, the dialogue will display the information contained in the connector's deployment descriptor. Please review the information, mainly the EIS type, and click OK to confirm the selection.