Creating a custom Profile | WebSphere Tutorial pdf

Creating a custom Profile

A custom profile defines an empty node on a system. The purpose of this profile is to define a node on a system to be federa ted to a cell for central management. As you create the profile, you will have the option to federate the node to a cell during the wizard, or to simply create the profile for later federation. Before you can federate the custom profile to a cell, you will need to have a working a deployment manager.
Start the Profile creation wizard. Click Next on the Welcome page.
=> Select the Create a custom profile option. Click Next.
=> If you would like to federate, or add, the new node defined by the profile to a cell as part of the wizard process, leave the Federate this node later box unchecked and enter the host name and SOAP connector port for the deployment manager.

 => Enter a unique name for the profile or accept the default. The profile name will become the directory name for the profile files. Click the box if you want this to be the default profile for receiving commands. Click Next.

=> In the next screen enter a directory in which to store the profile or accept the default and click Next.

=> Enter the new node nam e and the system host name. The node name defaults based on the hostname of your system. The wizard recognizes if there are existing nodes in the installation and takes this into account when creating the default node name. Click Next.

=> The wizard present s a list of TCP/IP ports for use by the node agent for this node. If you already have existing profiles on the system, this is taken into account when the wizard selects the port assignments. However, you should verify that these ports are unique on the system.

Review the options you have chosen.

=> Click Next to create the profile.
=> After the wizard has finished, you will be presented with a screen containing messages indicating the success or failure of the process.

=> If you have errors during the Profile creation wizard, check the log at:
<was_home>/logs/wasprofile/wasprofile_create_ <profile_name> .log
Note that you will have to click Finish on the screen to unlock the log.
You will also find logs for individual actions stored in:
<profile_home> /logs
=> Click Finish to close the wizard and start the First Steps application.