Creating administrative agents on z/OS using the Profile Management Tool

You can set up a WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS® administrative agent using the Profile Management Tool.

Before you begin

Have available copies of the worksheets that you completed as a part of planning for an administrative agent and Planning for product configuration on z/OS.

Procedure

  1. Create a customization definition for the administrative agent.
    1. Follow the instructions in Creating customization definitions.
    2. Select Management under WebSphere Application Server for z/OS for the environment.
    3. Complete the fields using the values from your completed customization worksheet as you proceed through the panels.

      Select Administrative agent for the server type.

  2. Review the customization definition to make sure that all of the values are correct.

    Read Reviewing the customization definition for more information.

  3. Upload the customization jobs to the target z/OS system.

    Read Processing customization definitions using the Profile Management Tool for more information.

  4. To run the customization jobs on the target z/OS system, follow the instructions in the Customization Instructions view of the Profile Management Tool or in the BBOCCINS member of the CNTL dataset that you uploaded.

Results

When you have successfully completed the steps in the generated instructions, the new administrative agent should be running on the z/OS operating system.

What to do next

Register or deregister nodes using the following methods:
  • Register a node by issuing the registerNode command.
  • Deregister a node by issuing the deregisterNode command.



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