Manage profiles using the Profile Management Tool

We can create profiles using the Profile Management Tool (PMT).

The PMT is the graphical user interface for the manageprofiles command and is supported only on AIX, Linux, and Windows. On HP-UX, IBM i, and Solaris, use the manageprofiles command instead.

To launch the PMT GUI...

cd app_server_root/bin/ProfileManagement
pmt.bat

Provide enough system temporary space to create a profile.

Concurrent profile creation is not supported for one set of core product files. Concurrent attempts to create profiles result in a warning about a profile creation already in progress.

We can have the installation procedure create a default profile. After installing the core product files for the WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment product, use the PMT or the manageprofiles command to create additional profiles.

(AIX) (Linux) To run the GUI, AIX systems must have GTK+ 2.24 or later installed from the AIX Toolbox for Linux. Linux systems arequire GTK+ 2.18 or later, and GTK+ 3.0 is supported only for Linux on Intel and POWER Little Endian (LE) processors. If GTK+ 3.0 is installed on a platform where it is not supported, we might encounter errors. To resolve these errors, add the following two lines to the eclipse.ini file to start GTK+ 2.

--launcher.GTK_version
2

Tasks

• Create a cell profile.

  With a cell profile, we can create a deployment manager profile and a profile for a federated application server node in a single pass through the Profile Management tool. Use the cell profile creation option to create the deployment manager profile and the federated application server node profile, unless we have a specific reason to create them separately.

• Create a management profile with a deployment manager server.

  With a deployment manager we can create the administrative node for a multinode, multi-machine group of application server nodes that we create later. This logical group of application server processes is known as a cell.

• Create a management profile with an administrative agent server.

  Create a management profile for the administrative agent to administer multiple application servers that run customer applications only. The administrative agent provides a single administrative console to administer the application servers.

• Create a management profile with a job manager server.

  Create a management profile for the job manager to coordinate administrative actions among multiple deployment managers, administer multiple unfederated application servers, asynchronously submit jobs to start servers, and a variety of other tasks.

• Create an application server profile.

  Create an application server profile to make available to the Internet or to an intranet, typically using Java technology.

• Create a custom profile.

  A custom profile is an empty node that we can customize through the deployment manager to include application servers, clusters, or other Java processes, such as a messaging server. Create a custom profile on a distributed machine and add the node into the deployment manager cell to get started customizing the node.

• Create a secure proxy profile.

  Create a secure proxy profile to serve as the initial point of entry into your enterprise environment. Typically, a secure proxy server exists in the DMZ, accepts requests from clients on the Internet, and forwards the requests to servers in your enterprise environment.

What to do next

See the description of the manageprofiles command to learn more about the command-line alternative method of creating a profile and to see examples of using the command.

Subtopics

• Create management profiles with deployment managers
• Create management profiles with administrative agents
• Create management profiles for job managers
• Create secure proxy profiles
• Create cell profiles
• Create custom profiles
• Create application server profiles
• Profiles: File-system requirements