Welcome to:

Network Deployment Installation and

Management
Unit Objectives
•After completing this unit, you should be able to:
–Describe Network Deployment concepts
–Describe the installation process for WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment
–Verify the installation of WAS Network Deployment
–Describe the directories and configuration files for WAS
Network Deployment
–Add a WAS node to a cell
–Explain the difference between managing a standalone
server and a cell
Network Deployment Concepts
Network Deployment Package
•Deployment Manager on separate CD
•Installable components:
–Deployment Manager
–Web Services components (Gateway, UDDI Registry)
–Messaging Client
•Usually installed on a dedicated machine
–Can install on the same machine as application server
–Can have multiple deployment managers (for different cells)
coexisting on the same machine
–Be careful of port conflicts with already installed
components
•Note: Deployment Manager DOES NOT require a Web server
or Database server
Pre-Installation Tasks
•Confirm Hardware and Software requirements
–Obtain and install necessary products and maintenance
–Check WebSphere Web site for any maintenance.
•Make sure TCP/IP networking is correctly configured
–Host name of node should be in DNS or local hosts file
–Host name of node should remain fixed (do not use DHCP)*
–All nodes of cell should be able to communicate with
Deployment Manager.
•Read Platform-specific tips for installing and migrating
article in InfoCenter for installation platform tips.
•Create/verify user ID for starting services.
•Verify user ID for disk read/write access.
•Review Install Readme.html file
LaunchPad
•Allows access to the product overview, readme.html
file, and installation guides
–Multiple languages
•Launch InstallShield for MultiPlatforms wizard
–Checks prerequisites
–Looks for a previous
WebSphere Application
Server installation for
displaying migration or
coexistence panels
–Installs the product
Installation Wizard
First Steps
•First Steps is a post-installation ease-of-use tool
•First Steps starts automatically at the end of the installation
•Can be started via Windows Start menu or command line
Installation Verification
•After installing the product, you are ready to use the
installation verification test (IVT).
•The IVT program scans product log files for errors and
verifies core functionality of the product installation.
•Run IVT from:
–First steps
–Product bin directory
•ivt.bat (Windows)
•./ivt.sh (UNIX)
Directory Structure for Deployment Manager

Uninstaller for product

Command line tools

XML Configuration files

Installable Applications - EAR file for Web Services

components located here

WebSphere UDDI Registry - scripts

Web Services Gateway - scripts

config Directory
•In V5, all configuration
information is in XML files.
•The deployment manager
has the master configuration
of the whole cell
•Each node has just the
information needed to run that
node
•Users should not modify
configuration files manually
–use the administrative tools
Command Line Tools
•Tools in bin directory
–versionInfo – displays installed product versions
–launchClient – runs a J2EE application client
–startServer – starts a server
–stopServer – stops a server
–serverStatus – displays server status
–startManager** – start the deployment manager
–stopManager** – stop the deployment manager

** Network Deployment only

Cell Administrative Console
•Deployment Manager’s Administrative Console manages the
master cell configuration
•Additional options:
–Servers
•JMS Servers
•Clusters
•Cluster Topology
–Environment
•Internal Replication Domains
–System Administration
•Cell
•Deployment Manager
•Nodes
•Node Agents
Add WAS Node to a Cell
•Use addNode command to add a node to a cell
–Creates backup of current configuration
–Connects to deployment manager
–Configures node agent, JMS server and application server
–Adds node’s applications to cell configuration if the
-includeapps option is used
–For example,
• addNode mydmgr 8879 -includeapps

•Alternatively use cell Administrative Console, Nodes page

•Use startNode to start the node agent on a node

•Use syncNode to synchronize a node with the cell
configuration
Cell Topology
Configuring Synchronization
•From a node agent’s detail page select File Synchronization
Service
Remove WAS Node from a Cell
•Use removeNode (at node) to remove a node from a cell
–Restores backup of node’s standalone configuration

•Use cell Administrative Console, Nodes page

–Remotely executes removeNode

•Use cleanupNode (at deployment manager) to cleanup node

configuration from cell
–Only use if node no longer exists
Unit Summary
•Concepts
–Cell, Deployment Manager, Node
•Installation of Network Deployment components
–Deployment Manager
•Directories and configuration files for WAS Network
Deployment
•Add a node to a cell using addNode command
•Use Deployment Manager administrative console to manage
the master cell configuration
•Configure synchronization to automatically distribute cell
configuration changes