Default deployment manager profiles

When you install WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment, two profiles are created: a standalone application server profile named default; and a deployment manager profile named dmgr. The standalone application server profile is the default profile with respect to scripts.

For information about the default standalone application server profile, see Default application server profiles. When invoking scripts which act upon, or are relative to, the deployment manager, you must specify -profileName dmgr when invoking the script.

The name of the deployment manager profile that is created when you install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is dmgr. The deployment manager profile is contained in the directory structure under

 user_data_root/profiles/dmgr

This profile provides the necessary configuration files for starting and managing the deployment manager server that it contains. The profile also provides everything necessary to configure and manage WebSphere Application Server profiles, or nodes, that are in the deployment manager cell.

The deployment manager profile contains an application server with a server name of dmgr. The dmgr application server is a special application server that contains the deployment manager. The dmgr server contains the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment administrative console application and the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment file transfer application. These applications enable the distributed management of one or more WebSphere Application Server profiles, or nodes.

General properties

The following properties are available for the default profile:

Profile name: dmgr.
Cell name: hostnameNetwork, where hostname is the host name of the server, for example, MYISERIESNetwork. The cell name is case-sensitive.
Node name: hostnameManager, where hostname is the host name of the server, for example, MYISERIESManager. The node name is case-sensitive.
Application server name: dmgr. The application server name is case-sensitive.

Predeployed applications

The dmgr server includes these applications, which enable the distributed management of one or more WebSphere Application Server profiles, or nodes.

The WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment administrative console application: Use administrative console application to configure and manage the deployment manager, application servers, enterprise applications, and other WebSphere Application Server resources within the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment cell.
The filetransfer application: The file transfer application transfers configuration and application files from the deployment manager to one or more managed nodes in the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment cell.

Default ports

The deployment manager profile is configured to use the ports that are listed in the Port number settings topic. To change any of these ports, run the chgwassvr script from Qshell:

app_server_root/bin/chgwassvr
 -server dmgr [options]

where [options] specifies the parameters for the port you want to change. For example, to change the administrative console port to 9091, run this command:

app_server_root/bin/chgwassvr -server dmgr -admin 9091

For more information about the script, see the topic about the chgwassvr command.

To display information such as node name, ports used, servers and installed applications for the default profile, run the dspwasinst script from Qshell. For more information, see the topic about the dspwasinst command.