Verify database connections
This section provides information on testing the database connection to ensure that it operates correctly.
After WebSphere Portal is configured to work with the preferred database, test the database connection to ensure that it operates correctly.
You should not run the test connection in the IBM WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console
Verify IBM WebSphere Portal in a browser
Verify that the WebSphere Portal application server is running by opening the portal in a browser: http://<host>:<port>/wps/portal where hostname.yourco.com is the fully qualified host name of the machine where WebSphere Portal is running and port is the transport port that is created by WebSphere Application Server.
There may be an error if any of the following conditions appear.
- When trying to access the portal you may get a 503 error.
- If you had any locale problems with the database, you could see invalid characters, such as ????, after logging in. This may happen if the character set of the database is not UTF-8 compliant.
- If something went wrong with the data that was transferred, you may not be able to login. Portal will indicate you entered an invalid user ID and password even though you know it is valid.
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