Creating profiles using the graphical user interface

You can create profiles, which define runtime environments, using the Profile Management tool. Using profiles instead of multiple product installations saves disk space and simplifies updating the product because a single set of core product files is maintained.

Before you begin

Before you use the Profile Management tool, install the core product files.

The Profile Management tool is the graphical user interface to the manageprofiles command. See the description of the manageprofiles command for more information.

You must provide enough system temporary space to create a profile. For information, read about the file system requirements for profiles.

Supported configurations Supported configurations: You cannot use the Profile Management tool to create profiles on the following platforms:
  • 64-bit platforms
  • Linux for zSeries platform
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[This information only applies to Version 6.1.0.9 and later running on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.] [Fix Pack 9 or later] Running the Profile Management tool on Microsoft Windows Vista™ and Windows 2008 operating systems: After installing WebSphere® Application Server Version 6.1, install a service pack containing Version 6.1.0.9 or later on your Microsoft® Windows® Vista operating system before you attempt to create any profiles using the Profile Management tool. If you are running Windows 2008, install a service pack containing Version 6.1.0.17 or later before you attempt to create any profiles using the Profile Management tool.
[This information only applies to Version 6.1.0.9 and later running on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.] [Fix Pack 17 or later] Restriction for a non-root user with multiple instances: If you install multiple instances of WebSphere Application Server as the root user and give a non-root user access to only a subset of those instances, the Profile Management Tool does not function correctly for the non-root user. In addition, a com.ibm.wsspi.profile.WSProfileException or Access is denied message occurs in the app_server_root/logs/manageprofiles/pmt.log file. By default, non-root users do not have access to the program file directories, which is the default installation location for the product. To resolve this issue, the non-root user can install the product or be given permission to access the other product instances.

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The installation procedure creates one profile named default for an application server named server1. You can use the Profile Management tool to create more application server processes. For example, a second profile can allow two different teams in a department to test independently of one another using the same machine.

Procedure

  1. Install the product to create the core product files.
  2. Start the Profile Management tool to create a new runtime environment.

    Select the Profile Management tool from the First steps console:

    1. Open a command prompt.
    2. Change directories to the firststeps directory in the profile root directory.
      The profile root varies by the following platforms:
    3. Issue one of the following firststeps command to start the console:
      • [Linux] [HP-UX] [Solaris] [AIX] ./firststeps.sh
      • [Windows] firststeps.bat
    4. Select the Profile Management tool option from the console.

    See the description of the firststeps command for more information.

    Ways to start the wizard

    Several ways exist to start the wizard:
    • Issue the command directly from a command prompt.

      The command is in the following directory: The name of the command varies per platform:
      • [Linux] [HP-UX] [Solaris] [AIX] pmt.sh
      • [Windows] pmt.bat
    • Select the Profile Management tool from the First steps console.
    • [Windows] Use the Start menu to access the Profile Management tool. For example, click Start > Programs or All Programs > IBM WebSphere > your_product > Profile Management tool.
      [This information only applies to Version 6.1.0.9 and later running on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.] [Fix Pack 9 or later] Running the Profile Management tool on the Microsoft Windows Vista™ operating system:
      • If the product is installed in the Users directory on the Windows Vista operating system, as recommended, then you can use the standard user privileges of the administrator account to create new profiles without requiring administrator elevation.
      • If the product is installed in the Program Files directory, then launch the Profile Management tool by performing the following actions:
        1. Perform one of the following actions:
          • Right-click a Profile Management tool shortcut.
          • In Windows Explorer, right-click the pmt.bat file that is located in the app_server_root/bin/ProfileManagement directory.
        2. Click Run As Administrator.
    • [Linux] Use the Linux operating system menus that you use to start programs to start the Profile Management tool. For example, click the_operating_system_menus_to_access_programs > IBM WebSphere > your_product > Profile Management tool.
  3. Create another stand-alone application server.

    See Creating an application server profile.

    The installation procedure creates a stand-alone application server during installation. However, you can use the Profile Management tool to create additional stand-alone application servers.

What to do next

See the description of the manageprofiles command to learn more about the command-line alternative method of creating a profile and to see examples of using the command.

Read about planning for installation for examples of configurations that you can create by creating profiles.




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