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.
- With the WebSphere Application Server running, expand the Servers menu in
the left navigation frame.
- Select the application server to configure under the Application
Servers link.
- Select Additional Properties > Process Definition > Java
Virtual Machine.
- 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.
- Select the Apply button.
- Select Additional Properties > Custom Properties >
New.
- In the Name field, enter FEM_HOME in the Name field
to designate where the log file will be stored.
- 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.
- Select the Apply button.
- Select the OK button to return to the Java Virtual Machine
page.
- 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.
- Select the Save button again on the Master Configuration
screen.
- Select Environment > Update Web Server Plugin.
- Select the OK button on the Update web server plugin
configuration screen.
- On the Applications menu, select Install New
Application.
- Enter the fully qualified path to the FailedEvents.war
file located in the WebSphereICS\WBFEM directory.
- Enter FailedEvents in the Context Root field and select the
Next button.
- Select the Next button on the Preparing for the
application installation window to accept the default values.
- Select the Next button until you reach the end of the
installation process, and then select the Finish button.
- When you receive the Application Installed Successfully
message, select the Save to Master Configuration button.
- 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>
- 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.
Perform the following steps to identify specific server ports for use with
the Failed Event Manager:
- With the WebSphere Application Server running, expand the Servers menu in
the left navigation frame.
- Select Application Servers.
- Select the server for which you require port information to expand the
listing.
- Select Additional Properties > WebContainer.
- Select Additional Properties > HTTP Transports. The
ports for the server display on the screen.
