Creating a runtime environment with an optional IBM SDK
When you install WebSphere® Application Server traditional V8.5 or V9, by default a specific version of IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition is installed with it. After you install WebSphere Application Server, you can optionally create a runtime environment with other versions of the IBM software development kit (SDK) that the application server supports.
Before you begin
- Ensure that IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse is already installed into your Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers workbench and that you restarted the workbench. For more information, see Installing and updating into an existing Eclipse workbench.
- If you are not installing from the Eclipse marketplace, and you do not already have the installation files (.zip file) for IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse, download the file from https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6589483.
About this task
By default, when you install WebSphere Application Server traditional V8.5, IBM SDK Version 6.0 is installed with it.WebSphere Application Server traditional V8.5 supports IBM SDK Version 7.0, IBM SDK Version 7.1, and IBM SDK Version 8.0.
WebSphere Application Server traditional V9.0 supports IBM SDK Version 8.0.
These IBM SDKs are optional. After you install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5, you can install either IBM SDK on it. Earlier versions of WebSphere Application Server do not support optional IBM SDKs.
WebSphere Application Server versions | Supported IBM SDK versions | IBM SDKs that can optionally be used to create an application server runtime environment |
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8.5 | 6.0, 7.0, 7.1, 8.0 | 7.0 and 7.1 |
9.0 | 8.0 | None |