This topic describes how to create run-time environments for WebSphere Application Server. Each run-time environment is created within a profile. A profile is the set of files that define the run-time environment. The Profile creation wizard creates the profile for each run-time environment.
Before you begin
Before using the Profile creation wizard, install the core product files.
The Profile creation wizard is the wizard interface to the profile creation tool, wasprofile. See the description of the wasprofile command for more information.
An error can occur when you have not provided enough system temporary space to create a profile. Verify that you have a minimum of 40 MB of temp space available before creating a profile.
You must have 200 MB of available disk space in the directory where you create an Application Server profile.
Manually verify that the required space
for creating a profile is available on AIX. A known problem in the underlying
InstallShield for Multiplatforms (ISMP) code prevents proper space checking
on AIX systems at the time that the product disc was created.
Why and when to perform 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.
Each use of the Profile creation wizard or the wasprofile command line tool creates one profile.
Steps for this task
Several ways exist to start the wizard.
One way to start the wizard is to issue the command directly from a command line.
Another way to start the Profile creation wizard is to select the wizard from the First steps 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.
See Using the Profile creation wizard to create an application server.
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.
See Planning the installation for examples of configurations that you can create by creating profiles.