Managing profiles on distributed and IBM i operating systems

You can create and delete profiles, which are sets of files that define the runtime environment. At least one profile must exist to run the product.

Before you begin

[AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows] This task assumes a basic familiarity with the manageprofiles command, the Profile Management Tool, system commands, and profile concepts.

[IBM i] This task assumes a basic familiarity with the manageprofiles command to create profiles.

About this task

Typically, you create a profile after you install the product. Depending on which WebSphere® Application Server product you have, you might create additional profiles.

[AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows] You can create profiles using the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command.

[IBM i] The Profile Management tool is unavailable. You can use the manageprofiles QShell script to create additional profiles. You can also use the IBM® Web Administration for IBM i graphical user interface to create standalone application server profiles.

For the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment product, you can create any combination of profiles.

[Linux] [AIX] [HP-UX] [Solaris] Non-root users can create their own profiles so that they can manage their own application servers. Typically, non-root users manage application servers for development purposes.

You can delete profiles through the manageprofiles command or by other means if necessary. You might delete a profile if the configuration that you specified in the profile is not what you want.

Perform any of the following tasks to manage profiles.

Procedure

Create profiles using the Profile Management Tool.
Create profiles using the manageprofiles command.
Delete profiles.

Results

You might have created or deleted a profile depending on the tasks that you completed.

What to do next

Depending on the action that you completed, you can start a server or proceed to other tasks such as deploying an application.