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Video: How do I create a WAS Deployment Manager profile from the command line?

The following transcript is for the " How do I create a WebSphere Application Server Deployment Manager profile from the command line?" video, which describes how to create a WAS Deployment Manager profile from the command line. This transcript is the video storyboard. Audio describes narration and captions. Onscreen Action describes the content that is shown in the video.

How do I create a WAS Deployment Manager profile from the command line?

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1 Question: How do I create a WAS Deployment Manager profile from the command line? Show title, How do I create a WAS Deployment Manager profile from the command line?
2 We can run this command from the WAS_Install_Root/AppServer/bin directory.

Here are the minimum parameters needed to create a profile:

  • manageprofiles.bat (sh)
  • create
  • profileName profile
  • profilePath profile_root
  • templatePath template_path
  • hostName host_name

This deployment manager profile is used as a target profile, when we migrate from an earlier version of the WAS deployment manager profile.

Show the user which directory to run the command from and the minimum parameters that are needed to create a profile.
3 This command can take up to five minutes or more to complete.

This message indicates the successful creation of the profile.

Show the user the command running in the command line window and explain that the command can take up to five minutes to complete.

When the profile is successfully created a message appears. Show the user this message.

4 We can now explore the newly created profile under the WAS_Install_Root/profiles directory.

We can find the log for the manageprofiles command in the WAS_Install_Root/logs/manageprofiles directory.

The profile is created and we can explore it under the WAS_Install_Root/profiles directory. Show users where to locate the WAS_Install_Root/profiles directory.

We can find the log for the manageprofiles command in the WAS_Install_Root/logs/manageprofiles directory. Show the user where to locate the log.