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Verifying that the deployment manager is running on IBM i

This article describes how to verify that the deployment manager is running before starting the administrative console.

We must install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment before creating, start, configure, and run the default deployment manager profile.

See Starting and configuring default deployment manager profiles on IBM i for more information.

Before starting the administrative console or add a node to the Network Deployment domain, verify that the Network Deployment environment is running.

When the Network Deployment environment is ready for use, a message is written to the job log of the application server job for the Deployment Manager indicating that the Network Deployment environment is ready. Use this procedure to determine if the Network Deployment environment is running.

Tasks

1. Run the Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) command from the Control Language (CL) command line, specifying the proper subsystem on the subsystem (SBS) parameter:

   WRKACTJOB SBS(QWAS9)
   

2. Find the server job for our deployment manager profile. For the default deployment manager profile, the server job is named DMGR.

3. Specify option 5 (Work with Job) on the option line next to the job, then press Enter.

4. On the command line of the Work with Job display, specify option 10 (Display job log, if active), then press Enter.
5. Press F10 to display all messages.

   Look for this message:

   WebSphere application server application_server ready.
   

   The application_server variable is the name of the application server. For the default deployment manager profile, the application server for the deployment manager is named dmgr.

   If the message is not displayed, press F5 to refresh the job log messages until the message displays.

   When the message is displayed, the Network Deployment environment is successfully running. The message can take up to 20 minutes to display, depending on the IBM i server.

6. To display the port number on which the deployment manager is listening for the administrative console, position the cursor on the last line of the message and press F1.

   This message is displayed:

   WebSphere application server application_server
     in job app_server_job is ready to handle 
     administrative requests on port port_number.
   

   The application_server variable is the name of the deployment manager application server. The app_server_job variable is the IBM i job name for the deployment manager application server. The port_number variable is the number of the port used by the administrative console.

7. Press F3 twice to exit.

What to do next

Go to Add nodes to deployment manager profiles on IBM i to continue the installation.

Starting and configuring default deployment manager profiles on IBM i

Add nodes to deployment manager profiles on IBM i