Verify that the Network Deployment environment has started

Before you start the administrative console or add a node to the Network Deployment domain, verify that the Network Deployment environment has started successfully. When the Network Deployment environment is ready for use, a message is written to the job log of the application server job for the Deployment Manager indicating that the Network Deployment environment is ready.

To determine if the Network Deployment environment is ready, perform these steps from an OS/400 command line:

  1. Run the Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) command, specifying the QEJBASND5 subsystem on the subsystem (SBS) parameter:

    WRKACTJOB SBS(QEJBASND5)

  2. Find the server job for your Network Deployment instance. For the default instance, the server job is named DMGR.

  3. Specify option 5 (Work with Job) on the option line next to the job, and press Enter.

  4. On the command line of the Work with Job display, specify option 10 (Display job log, if active), and press Enter. Press F10 to display all messages.

  5. Look for this message:

    WebSphere application server appserver ready.

    where appserver is the name of your application server. For the default Network Deployment instance, the application server for the deployment manager is named dmgr.

    If the message is not displayed, press F5 to refresh the job log messages until the message is displayed.

    When the message is displayed, the Network Deployment environment has successfully started. It may take up to 20 minutes for the message to be displayed, depending on your iSeries server. If the message is not displayed, see Troubleshooting.

  6. To display the port number on which the Deployment Manager is listening for the administrative console, position the cursor on the last line of the message and press F1. This message is displayed:

    WebSphere application server appserver
in job app_server_job is ready to handle administrative requests 
on port port_number.

    where appserver is the name of the deployment manager's application server, app_server_job is the OS/400 job name for the deployment manager's application server, and port_number is the number of the port used by the administrative console.

    Press F3 twice to exit.

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