- Installation verification
- This option
starts the installation verification test. The test consists of starting and
monitoring the deployment manager or the stand-alone application server during
its start up.
If this is the first time that you have used the First steps
console since creating a deployment manager or stand-alone application server
profile, click Installation verification to verify
your installation. The verification process starts the deployment manager
or the application server.
The Start the deployment manager option
or the Start the application server option is unavailable
while the IVT runs.
The IVT provides the following useful information
about the deployment manager or the application server:
- The name of
the server process: dmgr or server1
- The name of the profile
- The profile path, which is the file path and the name of the profile
- The type of profile: dmgr or
default
- The node name
- The current encoding
- The port number for the administrative console, which is 9060 by default
- 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 deployment manager
- This option toggles to Stop the deployment manager when
the deployment manager runs.
This
option displays when the First steps console is in a deployment manager profile.
After
selecting the Start the deployment manager option,
an output screen displays with status messages. The success message informs
you that the deployment manager is open for e-business. Then the menu item
changes to Stop the deployment manager.
If you
select the Start the deployment manager option, the Installation
verification option is unavailable while the deployment manager
runs.
- 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 or
deployment manager 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 or
the deployment manager.
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 stand-alone
application server profiles,
a deployment manager profile or a custom profile.
Each profile has
its own administrative interface. A
custom profile is an exception. A custom profile is an empty node that you
can federate into a deployment manager cell and customize. No default server
processes or applications are created for a custom profile.
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.