Enabling user profiles to run application servers with IBM Navigator for i

Except for the default user profile (QEJBSVR), all user profiles that are used to run an application server must be enabled through the IBM Navigator for i for the WebSphere® Application Server.

1. Make sure that the IBM Navigator for i server is running on your system.
   For more information, see IBM Navigator for i.
2. Open IBM Navigator for i in your browser by going to http://hostname:2002/Navigator, where hostname is the hostname of the machine where the IBM Navigator for i server is running.
3. Log in with a user profile that has at least *SECADM special authority.
4. Access the Manage Node function in one of two ways.
   • From the Dashboard view, hover over your system, then click Actions > Manage Node.
   • From the List view, click your system name, then click Actions > Manage Node.
5. In the list of icons in the navigation panel, hover over the padlock icon and click Function Usage.

   The following screen capture shows a list of icons and the navigation panel for the padlock icon.

   
6. In the field for the Function ID column header, filter the list of function IDs by entering the following text: QIBM_EJB_SERVER_FUNC.

   The following screen capture shows the QIBM_EJB_SERVER_FUNC search filter applied to the Function ID column.

   
7. From the resulting list of function IDs, click QIBM_EJB_SERVER_FUNC > Actions > Change.

   The following screen capture shows the Actions and Change options in the Functions Usage menu.

   
8. In the Profile(s) field, type the name of the user profile under which you want application servers to run, or click the Browse Profiles button to select a profile.
9. In the Access Allowed column, click the Add button.

   The profile name now appears in the field for the Access Allowed column.

10. Click OK.

    A status message indicates whether the user profile update to the QIBM_EJB_SERVER_FUNC function ID was successful.

    The following screen capture shows the Change Function Usage window, with options to add access for profiles and to select OK to confirm.