After installing WebSphere® ESB, use the First steps console to start product tooling, access product documentation, or direct elements such as servers and administrative consoles related to individual profiles. A generic version of the console, plus a version for each profile in your installation are available. Options on each console are displayed dynamically, depending on features you install and the availability of certain elements on particular operating systems. Options include verifying your installation, starting or stopping the server or deployment manager, accessing the administrative console, starting the Profile Management Tool, accessing the Samples gallery, accessing the product documentation, or starting the migration wizard.
Option | Generic version | Stand-alone server profile version | Deployment manager profile version | Custom profile version |
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Installation verification | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Start and stop the server | No | Yes | No | No |
Start and stop the deployment manager | No | No | Yes | No |
Administrative console | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Profile Management Tool | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Samples gallery | No | Yes | No | No |
Information center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Migration wizard | Yes (except on i5/OS) | Yes (except on i5/OS) | Yes (except on i5/OS) | Yes (except on i5/OS) |
Copyright and trademark information | Yes | No | No | No |
Exit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
If this is the first time that you have used the First steps console since creating a stand-alone server or deployment manager profile, select Installation verification to verify your installation. The verification process starts the stand-alone server or deployment manager.
The Start the server and Start the deployment manager options are unavailable while the Installation Verification Tool (IVT) runs.
After selecting the Start the server option, an output screen is displayed with status messages. The success message informs you that the server is open for e-business. Then the menu item changes to Stop the server and both the Administrative console and Samples gallery options are enabled (if you installed them).
If you select the Start the server option, the Installation verification option is unavailable while the server is starting.
After selecting the Start the deployment manager option, an output screen is displayed with status messages. The success message informs you that the deployment manager is open for e-business. Then the menu item changes to Stop the deployment manager and the Administrative console option is enabled (if you installed it).
If you select the Start the deployment manager option, the Installation verification option is unavailable while the deployment manager runs.
The administrative console is a configuration editor that runs in a Web browser. The administrative console lets you work with XML configuration files for the stand-alone server or deployment manager, and all of the applications that are in the cell.
To start the administrative console, select Administrative console.
The administrative console prompts for a login name. This is not a security item, but merely a tag to identify configuration changes that you make during the session. Secure signon is also available when administrative security is enabled.
The installation procedures in the information center caution you to write down the administrative user ID and password when security is enabled during installation. Without the ID and password, you cannot use the administrative console or scripting.
Each profile has its own First steps console. The location of the command to start the First steps console is within the set of files in the profile. A prompt to start the First steps console that is associated with a profile is displayed on the last panel of the Profile Management Tool.
To start the Samples gallery, select Samples gallery.
If you did not install the WebSphere ESB samples during the initial installation of the product, the option does not display on the First steps console. You can perform an incremental installation to add the Samples feature. After adding the Samples, the option is displayed on the First steps console.
The commands used to start the installation verification test, the First steps console, the Profile Management Tool, and the Migration wizard included in the WebSphere ESB product have different names, exist in different directory locations, or perform different functions than the equivalent WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment commands. Therefore, links to those commands in the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment information center are not provided here.
Option | Link |
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Installation verification | Calls the wbi_ivt command. The location of the installation verification test
command is:
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Start the server | Calls the startServer command. The
location of the startServer command is:
When you have more than one stand-alone server on the same workstation, the command starts the stand-alone server that is associated with the same profile as in the First steps console. |
Stop the server | Calls the stopServer command. The
location of the stopServer command is:
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Start the deployment manager | Calls the startManager command. The
location of the startManager command is:
When you have more than one deployment manager on the same workstation, the command starts the deployment manager that is associated with the same profile as in the First steps console. |
Stop the deployment manager | Calls the stopManager command. The
location of the stopManager command is:
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Administrative console | Opens the default browser to the administrative
console Web address. When you have more than one server on the same workstation (or on the same logical partition on i5/OS), the port varies. The First steps console starts the administrative console that is associated with the same profile as in the First steps console. |
Profile Management Tool | Calls the pmt command. The
location of the pmt command is:
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Samples gallery | Opens the default browser to the Samples Web address. |
Information center | Opens the default browser to the online information center at the http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v6r2mx/ Web address. |
Migration wizard | Calls the WebSphere ESB version-to-version
migration script to start the migration wizard. The location of
the version-to-version migration script is:
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