Configuring deployment managers
Configure deployment managers for a single, central point of administrative control for all elements in a WebSphere® Application Server distributed cell.
Before you begin
If you plan to
change the system clock, stop all the application servers, the node agent servers, the deployment
manager server, the administrative agent server, and the job manager server first. After you stop
the servers, change the system clock, and then restart the servers. If you change the system clock
on one system, you must ensure the clocks on all systems that communicate with each other and have
WebSphere
Application Server installed are synchronized. Otherwise, you might experience errors, such as
security tokens no longer being valid.
If
you plan to change the system clock, stop all the application servers, the node agent servers, the
deployment manager server, the administrative agent server, the job manager server, and the location
service daemon first. After you stop the servers and location service daemon, change the system
clock, and then restart the servers and location service daemon. If you change the system clock on
one system, you must ensure the clocks on all systems that communicate with each other and have WebSphere
Application Server installed are synchronized. Otherwise, you might experience errors, such as
security tokens no longer being valid.
About this task
Deployment managers are administrative agents that provide a centralized management view for all nodes in a cell, as well as management of clusters and workload balancing of application servers across one or several nodes in some editions. Each cell contains one deployment manager.
WebSphere Application Server for z/OS® uses workload management (WLM) as the primary vehicle for workload
balancing.
A deployment manager hosts the administrative console.
The Java™ virtual machine (JVM) for the deployment manager runs in 64-bit
addressing mode by default. However, because of product requirements, the amount of virtual memory
that is available to each JVM is somewhat less. To obtain more virtual memory for the deployment
manager server, or any other server, run the server in 64-bit addressing mode. If you have
applications that require large amounts of virtual memory, the applications might need to run on
servers configured for 64-bit addressing mode.
When you create a deployment manager profile, a deployment manager is created. You can run the deployment manager with its default settings. However, you can change the deployment manager configuration settings, such as the ports that the process uses, custom services, logging and tracing settings, and so on. To view information about managing a deployment manager, use the settings page for a deployment manager.
Procedure
Results
You configured a deployment manager with options that you selected.
What to do next
You can continue to administer your product by doing such tasks as configuring cells and managing nodes, node agents, and node groups.
You can use the deployment manager Diagnostic Provider to test connectivity between the deployment manager and the node agents. Click
from the navigation of the administrative console. After running the diagnostic provider, click on the message text to get to the detail page that shows the node agent status. If the value field of the node agent is j2ee.state.stopped, the value usually means that the node agent is stopped. However, it can also mean that the deployment manager has lost network connectivity with the node agent. The deployment manager cannot distinguish between these two cases.