SOA & BPM

Question

Can we have BPM and SOA managed server separately in a single domain ? If so then how ? If not then what is the benefit to having both in a single managed server ?

Answer 1

Hi there 2640028,
the run time environments for both SOA and BPM are actually the same. This is the SOA Infrastructure (or the Fabric) where the composite applications get deployed and executed. Different service engines plug-in (or communicate) with the soa infrastructure. These service engines are:
the process core - capable of executing BPEL in SOA installation. When SOA domain is extended to BPM the process core is able to execute also BPMN processes;
the business rules - executes the business rules
the human workflow - executes human tasks. The BPM process workspaces uses the human workflow service engine API so the end users are capable of interacting with the human task forms
the mediator - executes the mediator component
the spring - executes spring context
Hence, the BPM runtime is integral part of SOA and cannot be separated.
Important part of the BPM is the development of human task forms. One of the options is to have ADF as a development framework. You are able to have a dedicated managed server where the ADF human task forms will be deployed and running, so you will have all your pure composite (SCA) applications running in the SOA/BPM managed server and all BPM human task forms running on a separate managed server.
Hope this helps,
Anatoli