Creating profiles using the graphical user interface

You can create profiles, which define runtime environments, using the Profile Creation wizard. Using profiles instead of multiple product installations saves disk space and simplifies updating the product because a single set of core product files is maintained.

Before you begin

Before you use the Profile Creation wizard, install the core product files.

The Profile Creation wizard is the graphical user interface to the wasprofile command. See the description of the wasprofile command for more information.

You must provide enough system temporary space to create a profile. For information, read about the file system requirements for profiles.

Important: Concurrent profile creation is not supported for one set of core product files. Concurrent attempts to create profiles result in a warning about a profile creation already in progress.

About this task

The installation procedure creates one profile named default for an application server named server1. You can use the Profile Creation wizard to create more application server processes. For example, a second profile can allow two different teams in a department to test independently of one another using the same machine.

Procedure

  1. Install the product to create the core product files.
  2. Start the Profile Creation wizard to create a new runtime environment.

    Select the Profile Creation wizard from the First steps console:

    1. Open a command prompt.
    2. Change directories to the firststeps directory in the installation root directory:
      The installation root varies by platform:
      • [AIX] /usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/firststeps
      • [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/firststeps
      • [Windows] C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\firststeps
    3. Issue one of the following firststeps command to start the console:
      • [Linux] [HP-UX] [Solaris] [AIX] ./firststeps.sh
      • [Windows] firststeps.bat
    4. Select the Profile Creation wizard option from the console.

      The Profile Creation wizard is an InstallShield for Multiplatforms application. The wizard loads the Java 2 SDK and then displays its Welcome panel.

    See the description of the firststeps command for more information.

    Ways to start the wizard

    Several ways exist to start the wizard:
    • Issue the command directly from a command prompt.

      The command is in the install_root/bin/ProfileCreator directory. The name of the command varies per platform:
      • [AIX] pctAIX.bin
      • [HP-UX] pctHPUX.bin
      • [HP-UX] 64-bit platforms: pctHPUXIA64.bin
      • [Linux] pctLinux.bin
      • [Linux] 64-bit platforms: pct.bin S/390 platforms: pctLinux390.bin
      • [Linux] Power platforms: pctLinuxPPC.bin
      • [Solaris] pctSolaris.bin
      • [Windows] pctWindows.exe
      • [Windows] 64-bit platforms: pctWindowsIA64.exe
    • Select the Profile Creation wizard from the First steps console.
    • [Windows] Use the Start menu to access the Profile Creation wizard. For example, click Start > Programs or All Programs > IBM WebSphere > your_product > Profile Creation wizard.
  3. Create another stand-alone application server.

    See Creating an application server profile.

    The installation procedure creates a stand-alone application server during installation. However, you can use the Profile Creation wizard to create additional stand-alone application servers.

What to do next

See the description of the wasprofile command to learn more about the command-line alternative method of creating a profile, and to see examples of using the command.

Read about planning for installation for examples of configurations that you can create by creating profiles.




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