checkPlacementLocation.jacl script

You can use the checkPlacementLocation.jacl script to locate the application placement controller. Locating the application placement controller is useful when you are troubleshooting your configuration.

Purpose

The checkPlacementLocation.jacl script returns the location information for the application placement controller. You can use this script for debugging the application placement feature. Run the script and then enable tracing to verify any problems that might occur.

Location

The checkPlacementLocation.jacl script is in the app_server_root/bin directory.

Usage

Before you run this script, verify that the deployment manager for the cell is running.

To run the checkPlacementLocation.jacl script with the wsadmin tool, use the following command:

wsadmin.sh -f checkPlacementLocation.jacl

Example

Sample output from running this script is as follows:

# WASX7209I: Connected to process "dmgr" on node eutil33Manager 
using SOAP connector;  The type of process is: DeploymentManager
looking for group name: HAMItemGroup:com.ibm.ws.xd.placement.controller.impl.
PlacementControllerImpl_com.ibm.ws.xd.placement.controller.PlacementController_Default

Results:
{SERVER_NAME nodeagent}
{NODE_NAME xddesktop}
{MEMBER_NAME HAMItemMember:com.ibm.ws.xd.placement.controller.impl.PlacementControllerImp1_com.ibm.ws.xd.
placement.controller.PlacementController_Default
{NODE_NAME df245}
{GROUP_ID HAMItemGroup:com.ibm.ws.xd.placement.controller.
PlacementControllerImpl_com.ibm.ws.xd.placement.controller.PlacementController_Default}

NODE_NAME
df245

indicates the specific location information for the application placement controller. In this case, the controller is running on the df245 node.