Before you start the Profile Management Tool, be aware
of the restrictions and ensure that certain prerequisites are met.
You can start the Profile Management Tool in several
ways, depending on the platform on which it is running.
Restrictions: - You cannot use the Profile Management Tool to create or augment
profiles on 64-bit platforms (with the exception of i5/OS®) or the Linux® on System z® platform.
When WebSphere® ESB is
installed on an i5/OS system,
the Profile Management Tool will run only in stand-alone mode. The
tool cannot be started from the Application Server Toolkit (AST) tool.
The Browse buttons
on the Profile Management Tool panels are disabled.
Restriction for a non-root
user with multiple instances: If you install multiple instances
of WebSphere ESB as
the root user and give a non-root user access to only a subset of
those instances, the Profile Management Tool does not function correctly
for the non-root user. In addition, a com.ibm.wsspi.profile.WSProfileException
or Access is denied message occurs in the install_root\bin\ProfileManagement\pmt.bat file.
By default, non-root users do not have access to the program file
directories, which is the default installation location for the product.
To resolve this issue, the non-root user can install the product or
be given permission to access the other product instances.
Starting the tool on all platforms
Start
the tool on any platform in one of the following ways:
- From the First steps console. See Starting the First steps console for how to start the First
steps console.
- At the end of an installation, select the check box to start the
Profile Management Tool.
Starting the tool on i5/OS platforms
The Profile Management Tool Client
for i5/OS is a Java™ application you must install on a Windows® workstation. The tool
runs on the Windows workstation
as a client for i5/OS and
remotely connects to the i5/OS server
hosting the WebSphere ESB installation.
To install and start the tool, do the following:
- Install the Profile Management Tool Client for i5/OS on the Windows workstation
in one of two ways:
- From the product launchpad, by clicking WebSphere Profile
Management Tool Client for i5/OS installation.
- By clicking \PMTClient\PMTInstaller.exe in
the product root directory.
The installation creates an entry in the Windows Start menu.
- Start the tool from the Windows Start menu by clicking Start > Programs or All Programs > IBM® WebSphere > Profile Management Tool Client
for i5/OS. A panel
is displayed on which you can sign on to the System i server.
- On the sign-on panel, enter the remote i5/OS system name, your i5/OS user profile, and a password,
and click OK.
- On the next panel, select which installation
(if there is more than one installation of WebSphere ESB) and
which port number you want to use. Then click Launch Profile
Management Tool.
Note: The default port number is 1099. You can change
this to a different port. If that port number is busy, an error message
is displayed. Select a different port number to continue.
If
the Profile Management Tool Client is connecting to a server with
a newer version of WebSphere ESB, you
receive a message asking if you want to update the Profile Management
Tool Client to match the version on the server. If you click Yes,
the Profile Management Tool Client is updated automatically and the
Profile Management Tool opens.
If the Profile Management Tool
Client is connecting to a server with an older version of WebSphere ESB, you
receive a message telling you to install the same version of the Profile
Management Tool Client as is on the server. You cannot access the
Profile Management Tool until you install a version of the Profile
Management Tool Client that matches the version on the server.
Starting the tool on Linux and UNIX platforms

You can start the tool on Linux and UNIX® platforms
by running the command install_root/bin/ProfileManagement/pmt.sh.
Starting the tool on Windows platforms
You can use the following methods to start the
tool on Windows platforms:
- Use the Windows Start
menu. For example, click Start > Programs or All Programs
> IBM WebSphere > Enterprise Service Bus 6.2
> Profile Management Tool.
- Run the command install_root\bin\ProfileManagement\pmt.bat.