Steps for manually installing Failed Event Manager on WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2

Perform the following steps to manually install Failed Event Manager on WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2. Prior to beginning the steps below, ensure that WebSphere Application Server is running in Administrator mode on your environment.

  1. With the WebSphere Application Server running, expand the Servers menu in the left navigation frame.
  2. Select the application server to configure under the Application Servers link.
  3. Select Additional Properties > Process Definition > Java Virtual Machine.
  4. In the Generic JVM Arguments dialog, enter the following information:


    -DORBNamingProvider=CosNaming - Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBClass=com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.ORB - Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort=%ORB_PORT% - Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialHost=%ORB_HOST%


    where %ORB_PORT% & %ORB_HOST% matches the information included in the ./bin/CWSharedEnv.bat file of the applicable WebSphere InterChange Server.

  5. Select the Apply button.
  6. Select Additional Properties > Custom Properties > New.
  7. In the Name field, enter FEM_HOME in the Name field to designate where the log file will be stored.
  8. In the Value field, enter the fully-qualified path to the installed application within the WebSphere product directory, for example, C:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphere\Express\AppServer\installedApps\DefaultNode\FailedEvents.war.ear\FailedEvents.war.
  9. Select the Apply button.
  10. Select the OK button to return to the Java Virtual Machine page.
  11. Select the Save button when the following message appears:


    Changes have been made to your local configuration. Click Save to apply changes to the master configuration.

  12. Select the Save button again on the Master Configuration screen.
  13. Select Environment > Update Web Server Plugin.
  14. Select the OK button on the Update web server plugin configuration screen.
  15. On the Applications menu, select Install New Application.
  16. Enter the fully qualified path to the FailedEvents.war file located in the WebSphereICS\WBFEM directory.
  17. Enter FailedEvents in the Context Root field and select the Next button.
  18. Select the Next button on the Preparing for the application installation window to accept the default values.
  19. Select the Next button until you reach the end of the installation process, and then select the Finish button.
  20. When you receive the Application Installed Successfully message, select the Save to Master Configuration button.
  21. Select Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere Application Server v5.0 > Stop the Server to stop the WebSphere Application Server. Restart the server entering the following information at a command prompt:


    WAS_Product_dir\bin\startServer.bat <servername>

  22. To start the Failed Event Manager, open a browser window and enter the following URL:


    http://hostname:9080/FailedEvents.

    Note:
    9080 is the default port for server1. To find specific ports for a server, see Steps for identifying server ports.

Steps for identifying server ports

Perform the following steps to identify specific server ports for use with the Failed Event Manager:

  1. With the WebSphere Application Server running, expand the Servers menu in the left navigation frame.
  2. Select Application Servers.
  3. Select the server for which you require port information to expand the listing.
  4. Select Additional Properties > WebContainer.
  5. Select Additional Properties > HTTP Transports. The ports for the server display on the screen.

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