Opening the Configuration Manager on iSeries

To create or configure a WebSphere Commerce or a WebSphere Commerce Payments instance, you should use the Configuration Manager.

The Configuration Manager provides a graphical interface for configuring a WebSphere Commerce instance. The Configuration Manager is accessed using a machine running a Windows operating system, and attached to the same network as the iSeries server. The iSeries machine on which the Configuration Manager runs must have IBM Developer Kit for iSeries 400, Java Technology Edition 1.3.1 (5722JV1 option 5).

To open WebSphere Commerce Configuration Manager on iSeries, do the following:

  1. Start the server by doing the following:
    1. Log on to the iSeries ensuring that the profile has a *SECOFR user class, and is set up with with the language specific settings of either English, or the language that you will choose as the default language for your instance.
    2. Start a QShell session by entering the following command:
      STRQSH
      
      and do the following in the QShell session:
      1. Switch to the WebSphere Commerce Server bin directory by issuing the following command:
        cd WC_installdir/bin
        
      2. Start the Configuration Manager server by issuing the following command:
        config_server.sh -port server_port_number

        The -port parameter is optional. If you do not specify this parameter, the default port of 1099 is used. The Configuration Manager server will listen on this port number.

        If the -port parameter is specified, the value must be between 1024 and 65535 and not currently in use on the iSeries system.

      Note:
      If you are using a system where your primary language is not the same as the language in which you are creating your instance, then you must add the QSYSlanguage_feature_number library into your user profile's library list. Otherwise the profile will try to locate it under QSYS. To add the language feature library, use the EDTLIBL command.
    3. If this is the first time that Configuration Manager is run on the system, you will see the following messages:
      Attaching Java program to /QIBM/ProdData/CommerceServer55/lib/wcsconfig.JAR.
      Attaching Java program to /QIBM/ProdData/CommerceServer55/lib/wcsruntime.JAR.
      Attaching Java program to /QIBM/ProdData/CommerceServer55/wc.ear/lib/wcslogging.JAR.
      Attaching Java program to /QIBM/ProdData/CommerceServer55/lib/xml4j.JAR.
      Attaching Java program to /QIBM/ProdData/CommerceServer55/lib/sslite.ZIP.
      
    4. When you receive the following messages, proceed to the next step:
      Registry created.
      CMServer bound in registry.
      
  2. Start the Configuration Manager client by doing the following:
    1. Using a command prompt on the machine on which the Configuration Manager client is installed and change to the Configuration Manager directory.
    2. Start the Configuration Manager client by issuing the following command:
      config_client.bat -hostname iSeries_host_name -port server_port_number
      where:
      iSeries_host_name
      is the fully qualified host name of the server.
      server_port_number
      is the port number on the iSeries server on which the Configuration Manager is listening.
  3. In the Configuration Authentication window, enter the Configuration Manager user ID and password and click OK.