WebSphere Application Server - Express, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

New: Improved installation and configuration, with profiles

This topic describes how the product directory structure and use of profiles separates the binary system files from the installation-specific configuration information, leading to easier installation, maintenance, and configuration management.

The Version 6.0.x product installation program places the files it creates into one of two separate environments. It installs the binary system files that may be read-only. It also creates an initial profile, which is a run-time execution environment that includes configuration files, the default location for deployed applications, logs, and other data. All profiles on a machine can share the same system files, but do not change the system files.

Administrators can use any of the administrative clients to administer the configuration of each profile. It is highly recommended that you browse wasprofile command for a full introduction to profiles.

   
Profiles can be exported

You can propagate the configuration from one profile to another by exporting a profile to a configuration archive and importing it to another profile. This mechanism works between profiles of the same installation or different installations. A restriction is that this mechanism only works for an unfederated profile.

For more information, see Working with server configuration files.

   
Profiles sharing the same system files may be upgraded (or rolled back) individually.

Because the Version 6.0.x binary images are installed at a different location, it is possible to upgrade each version 5 profile individually.

   
Directory structure changes

Files pertaining to a particular application server runtime environment are in a directory path containing the word profiles, as well as the particular profile name.

Note also that the product installation root has changed to include IBM, as described in What is new for installers.

   



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