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Create a cluster

The following instructions explain how to create a cluster with one cluster member in an empty managed node. The benefit of using the administrative console to create a cluster is that you can undo your changes as you go and you can use a graphical user interface. It is good practice to create a cluster because it makes it easier later to develop the cluster, for example if you want to add more servers to the cluster for reasons of scalability.

Before you create a cluster, start the dmgr and the node agent for the managed node. See Starting a server from the MVS console for more information.


Procedure

  1. Log in to the administrative console and navigate to Servers > Clusters > WebSphere application server clusters.

  2. Click New.
  3. Type a name for the cluster and short name.

  4. Click Next.
  5. Type the long and short names for the server.

  6. From the Select node list, click the node in which you want to define the server.

  7. Select the button to create the member using an application server template.

  8. Select defaultProcessServerZOS from the drop down as the application server template with which to create the cluster member.

  9. Click Next. A blank form is displayed which you can use to define additional cluster members. The server you have just created is listed at the bottom of the screen.

  10. Click Next.
  11. Check the details on the summary screen and click Next.
  12. Save your configuration changes. The cluster you have just created is displayed in the list.
  13. Customize the port numbers to suit your configuration. See techdoc TD104066 for directions, and for a jython script to assist you. The technote can be found in Creating new Application Servers in WAS V6.1 for z/OS .


Results

The cluster is created with your chosen server in the selected managed node as the first cluster member.


What to do next

Next, Create the messaging engine data sources.

Configure product components manually from the administrative console