- Installation verification
- This option starts the installation
verification test (IVT). The test consists of starting and monitoring
the application server during its start up.
If this is the first
time that you have used the First steps console for this application
server profile, click Installation verification to
verify the installation. The verification process starts the application
server.
The Start the server option
is unavailable while the IVT runs.
The IVT provides the following
useful information about the application server:
- The server name: server1
- The name of the profile
- The profile file path
- The type of profile: default
- The cell name
- The node name
- The current encoding
- The port number for the administrative console
- Various informational messages that include the location of the SystemOut.log file
and how many errors are listed within the file
- A completion message
- Start the server
- This option toggles to Stop the server when
the application server runs.
This option displays when
the First steps console is in a stand-alone application server profile.
After selecting
the Start the server option, an output screen
displays with status messages. The success message informs you that
the server is open for e-business. Then the menu item toggles to Stop
the server and both the Administrative console option
and the Samples gallery option enable.
If
you select the Start the server option, the Installation
verification option is unavailable while the application
server runs.
- Administrative console
- This option is unavailable until the application server runs.
The administrative console is a configuration
editor that runs in one of the supported Web browsers. The administrative
console lets you work with XML configuration files for the stand-alone
application server .
To
launch the administrative console, click Administrative
console or point your browser to http://localhost:9060/ibm/console.
Substitute the host name for localhost if the
address does not load. Verify the installation to verify the administrative
console port number, if 9060 does not load.
The administrative
console prompts for a login name. This is not a security item, but
merely a tag to identify configuration changes that you make during
the session. Secure signon is also available when administrative security
is enabled.
The installation procedure in the
information center cautions you to write down the administrative user
ID and password when security is enabled during installation. Without
the ID and password, you cannot use the administrative console or
scripting.
- Profile Management tool
- This option starts the Profile Management tool. The PMT creates additional stand-alone application
server profiles.
Each profile has its own administrative
interface.
Each
profile also has its own First steps console. The location of the
command is within the profile as described later in this topic.
Notes on running the Profile Management tool on the Microsoft® Windows Vista™ and Windows Server 2008 operating systems:
After installing WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1
on your Microsoft Windows Vista operating system,
you should install a service pack containing Version 6.1.0.9 or later
before attempting to create any profiles using the Profile Management
tool.If you are running Version 6.1.0.9 or later on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, you must
log on to the Profile Management tool with elevated Administrator
privileges. To launch the tool with Administrator privileges, perform
the following actions:
- 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.
- Click Run As Administrator.
- After installing WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1
on your Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system,
you should install a service pack containing Version 6.1.0.17 or later
before attempting to create any profiles using the Profile Management
tool.
If you are running Version 6.1.0.17 or later on the Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system, you must log
on to the Profile Management tool with elevated Administrator privileges.
To launch the tool with Administrator privileges, perform the following
actions:
- 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.
- Click Run As Administrator.
- Samples gallery
- This option starts the Samples gallery. The option is unavailable
until you start the application server. The option displays when you
have installed the Samples during installation.
To launch the Samples gallery, click Samples
gallery or point your browser to http://localhost:9080/WSsamples.
The Web address is case sensitive.
Substitute your own host
name and default host port number if the address does not load. Verify
the port number by opening the administrative console and clicking . Use the WC_defaulthost port number
value or the WC_defaulthost_secure value instead of 9080, which is
the default.
If you do not install the Samples during the initial
installation of the product, the option does not display on the First
steps console. You can perform an incremental installation to add
the Samples feature. After adding the Samples, the option displays
on the First steps console.
- Information center for WebSphere Application Server
- This option links you to the online information
center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp.
- Migration wizard
- This option starts the Migration wizard, which is the graphical
interface to the migration tools.
The
migration tools are described in WASPreUpgrade command and WASPostUpgrade command.
See Using the Migration wizard to migrate product configurations for more information about the Migration
wizard.
- Exit
- This option closes the First steps console.