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7.1 Working with deployment manager

In this section, we provide information about how to manage the deployment manager and

introduce you to the configuration settings associated with it.

7.1.1 Deployment manager configuration settings

A deployment manager is built by creating a deployment manager profile. After it is built, there

is usually not much that you need to do regarding the configuration of the deployment

manager. However, there are settings that you can modify from the administration tools:

 Configuration

 Runtime

To view the deployment manager from the administrative console, click System

administration  Deployment manager. You have two pages available, the Runtime tab

and the Configuration tab, as shown in Figure 7-1.

Figure 7-1 Deployment manager configuration tab

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Deployment manager Configuration tab

The four options on this window to note are:

 Java SDKs

This option lets you view and chose the required version of SDKs for your deployment

manager process. WebSphere Application Server V8.5 lets you select between Java SDK

versions 1.6 and 1.7, both of them available for 32 and 64-bit systems. To be able to select

between Java SDK versions 1.6 and 1.7, you must install both versions first. The default

version that is selected when installing is Java SDK 1.6. If both versions are installed on

your system, you can choose one of them and set it as default by clicking the Make

Default button. Save your changes and restart the deployment manager process to use

the newly selected JAVA SDK version.

 Job managers

Click the Job managers link to work with job managers. You can view the job managers

that this deployment manager is registered to, and you can register or unregister the

deployment manager with a job manager.

 Ports

Select the Ports link to view and manage the ports used by the deployment manager. This

option is useful for finding the SOAP connector port required when federating a custom

profile.

 All Deployment Managers

Select the All Deployment Mangers link and, if you have a configured high-availability

(HA) deployment manager environment, you can view and manage the configured

deployment managers in your environment

Deployment manager Runtime tab

The administrative console contains a Runtime tab for the deployment manager. To view the

Runtime tab, click System administration  Deployment manager, and click the Runtime

tab at the top of the page. Figure 7-2 on page 236 shows the Runtime tab.

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Figure 7-2 Deployment manager Runtime tab

The state is Started; otherwise, you cannot access the administrative console. The items on

this window panel to note, are:

 Diagnostic Provider service

This option allows you to query components for current configuration data, state data, and

to run a self-diagnostic test routine. Most of the time, you use these options at the request

of IBM Support.

 Product information

Selecting this link opens a new page that provides information about the level of code

running on the deployment manager system. It also provides links for more detailed

information, including the installation history for the product and maintenance.

The product information is stored as XML files in the install_root/properties/version/

folder and can be viewed with the administrative console, as shown in Figure 7-3 on

page 237.