Configure developer mode on AIX

Overview

Developer mode improves start up performance and configures portal for development . Developer mode is for a dev environment only and should not be used in a production environment.

Setting developer mode modifies the following components:

Java Virtual Machine

Set to development mode with initial heap size set to maximum allowable to reduce the amount of garbage collection during start up.

Portlets and Webapps

Activated on first access and not at the start up. Since some of the portlets and applications are required at start up, a white list, which contains the list of applications, will hold the applications still started at start up. To add applications to the white list, modify... WP_PROFILE/PortalServer/config/StartupPerformance/wp.base_TargetMapExclList.properties Add a line such as App_name, where App_name is the name of the application. To get a list of available applications, log on to the WAS admin console and go to... Applications | Application Types | WebSphere enterprise applications

Configure Developer Mode

1. install WebSphere Portal with the Base installation option

2. Immediately after installing execute...

   cd WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine
   ./ConfigEngine.sh enable-develop-mode-startup-performance 
                     -DWasPassword=foo task 
   

3. Restart the WebSphere_Portal server to propagate changes.

4. Prepare the remote Web server

5. Restart the WebSphere_Portal server to propagate the change.

To revert back to a production server...

cd WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine
./ConfigEngine.sh disable-develop-mode-startup-performance -DWasPassword=foo

Parent: Change to developer mode
Related:
AIX stand-alone: Prepare a remote Web server