IBM Exam C9510-401 Topic 7 Question 90 Discussion

Process embedded configuration

Specifies whether the embedded configuration should be processed. An embedded configuration consists of files such as resource.xml, variables.xml, and deployment.xml. You can collect WebSphere Application Server-specific deployment information and store it in the application EAR file. Such an EAR file can then be installed into a WebSphere Application Server configuration, using application management interfaces that are described in the topic, Installing an application through programming.

One such application EAR file is an enhanced EAR file, which is created when you export an already installed application. The embedded configuration check box identifies such an enhanced EAR file. By default, the check box for 'process embedded configuration' is checked if the application is detected to be an enhanced EAR. The application install options are prepopulated with the information from the embedded configuration whether the check box for 'process embedded configuration' is checked or not. Users can overwrite these values during the deployment process.

References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAW57_8.0.0/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/info/ae/ae/urun_rapp_installoptions.html