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Augmenting a profile using the graphical user interface

After completing the installation of a feature pack, a feature pack might require you to augment a profile to make that profile compatible with a particular feature pack. You can use the Profile Management tool to augment a profile.

Before you begin

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

Augmenting existing profiles might result in changes to the profile configuration. Before augmenting a profile, back up the existing configuration in case you need to restore the configuration. Use the backupConfig command to back up your current configuration.

New or updated for this feature pack Each profile has one log file for augmentation. The augmentation log, if it exists, is overwritten if you augment the profile more than once. Optionally save the contents of the augmentation log before you start the next augmentation. You can choose the method of saving the log, such as renaming or copying the file. The augmentation log is located at: xxx is the profile name.

The feature pack allows you to create and augment certain profiles in one pass through the Profile Management tool. For those profiles, use the create option in the Profile Management tool to create a profile enabled for the feature pack, instead of creating a Network Deployment profile and then augmenting the profile for the feature pack.

About this task

When you apply a feature pack, the feature pack might require augmentation of Network Deployment profiles to use the new capabilities. Use this task to augment these profiles.

New or updated for this feature pack For the Feature Pack for EJB 3.0, you can augment the deployment manager profile of the Network Deployment product, but not the cell profile or the custom profile. You can augment an application server profile of the Network Deployment product as long as the application server node is not federated. You can also augment the deployment manager profile of the Feature Pack for Web Services. You can augment an application server profile of the Feature Pack for Web Services as long as the application server node is not federated.

You can also create a new deployment manager profile or a new application server profile that is enabled for the feature pack. Use the profile creation tasks to create these profiles.

This task describes how to augment a profile by using the Profile Management tool. You can also use the manageprofiles command to augment a profile.

Procedure

  1. Start the Profile Management tool to augment a profile.

    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:
    • At the end of installation, select the check box to launch the Profile Management tool.
    • 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.
  2. Click Augment to augment an existing profile.
  3. Click Next on the Welcome panel.

    The Profile selection panel is displayed.

  4. Select the profile that you want to augment, and click Next.
    The list of profiles includes all existing profiles, regardless of whether a profile can be augmented. If you select a profile that cannot be augmented, then you receive the following message when you click Next:
    There are no augmenting templates available for the selected type of profile.
    Select a profile that can be augmented, and click Next again. If you are unsure whether you can augment a profile, then review the topic on augmentation rules and limitations for feature packs.
  5. Back up the existing configuration using the backupConfig command, if you have not already done so, and click Next.
  6. When augmentation finishes, click Finish.

Results

You have augmented a profile.

What to do next

Deploy an application to start using the product.




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