- 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.