Work with deployment managers - centralized cell management

A deployment manager is an administration application created when we add a cell or deployment manager management profile to a Network Deployment product. With the deployment manager, we can administer multiple nodes.

Subtopics

• Configure deployment managers
  Configure deployment managers for a single, central point of administrative control for all elements in a WAS distributed cell.

• Start and stop the deployment manager
  The deployment manager is an administration application that runs in a special application server, which is created when you install the WAS Network Deployment product or when creating a management profile using the dmgr profile template. With the deployment manager, we can administer multiple WebSphere Application Server nodes. The steps describe how you start and stop the deployment manager.

• (iseries) Start the WAS Network Deployment environment
  WebSphere Application Server WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment profiles run in the QWAS85 subsystem and require that TCP/IP is configured and activated on the system. Learn how to prepare the system to run WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment profiles.