Network Deployment deployment manager profile

Note: When you install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, two profiles are created: a standalone application server profile named default; and a deployment manager profile named dmgr. The standalone application server profile is the default profile with respect to scripts. For information about the default standalone application server profile, see Default WebSphere Application Server profile. When invoking scripts which act upon, or are relative to, the deployment manager, specify -profileName dmgr when invoking the script.

The name of the deployment manager profile created when you install Network Deployment is dmgr. The deployment manager profile is contained in the directory structure under /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ND/profiles/dmgr. This profile provides the necessary configuration files for starting and managing the deployment manager server that it contains. It also provides everything necessary to configure and manage WebSphere Application Server profiles, or nodes, that are in the deployment manager's cell.

The deployment manager profile contains an application server with server name dmgr. The dmgr application server is a special application server which contains the deployment manager. The dmgr server contains the Network Deployment administrative console application and the Network Deployment filetransfer application. These applications enable the distributed management of one or more WebSphere Application Server profiles, or nodes.

General properties

• Profile name: dmgr.
• Cell name: hostnameNetwork, where hostname is the host name of the iSeries server. For example, MYISERIESNetwork. The cell name is case-sensitive.
• Node name: hostnameManager, where hostname is the host name of the iSeries server. For example, MYISERIESManager. The node name is case-sensitive
• Application server name: dmgr. The application server name is case-sensitive.

Pre-deployed applications

The dmgr server includes these applications, which enable the distributed management of one or more WebSphere Application Server profiles, or nodes.

• The Network Deployment administrative console application
  The administrative console application allows you to configure and manage the deployment manager, application servers, enterprise applications and other WebSphere Application Server resources within the Network Deployment cell.

• The filetransfer application
  The file transfer application transfers configuration and application files from the deployment manager to one or more managed nodes in the Network Deployment cell.

Default ports

The deployment manager profile is configured to use the ports listed in Port number settings in WebSphere Application Server versions. To change any of these ports, run the chgwassvr script from Qshell:

/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ND/bin/chgwassvr  -server dmgr [options]

where [options] sepecifies the parameters for the port you wish to changed. For example, to change the administrative console port to 9091, run this command:

/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ND/bin/chgwassvr -server dmgr -admin 9091

For more information about the script, see The chgwassvr script.

To display information such as node name, ports used, servers and installed applications for the default profile, run the dspwasinst script from Qshell. For more information, see The dspwasinst script.