Portal, V6.1

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Verify databases

After WebSphere Portal is configured to work with your database, test the database connection to ensure that it operates correctly. You can verify the connection using WAS, or by opening WebSphere Portal in a browser.

• To verify that the WebSphere Portal application server is running by using WAS:

  1. Access the WAS console by entering the following in a browser:

     http://hostname.example.com:10027/ibm/console

     where hostname.example.com is the fully qualified host.name of the machine where WebSphere Portal is running and 10027 is the default transport port that is created by WAS.

  2. Log into the console.

  3. Click Resources & JDBC Providers.

  4. Select all scopes (the default setting), or select a specific cell, node, or node/server. Select the scope that corresponds to your instance of WebSphere Portal. The view refreshes.

  5. Select wpsdbJDBC_dbtype, where dbtype is replaced by the value that matches your environment.

  6. Select Additional Properties > Data Sources.

  7. Click Test Connection to verify the database connection. If configuration parameters have been changed, you might have to restart WAS for the test to complete.

• To verify that the WebSphere Portal application server is running by opening WebSphere Portal in a browser, enter the following URL in a supported browser:

  http://hostname.example.com:10040/wps/portal

  where hostname.example.com is the fully qualified host.name of the machine where WebSphere Portal is running and 10040 is the default transport port that is created by WAS.

 

Parent topic

Configure WebSphere Portal to use a remote database

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