Manage WebSphere Application Server

V5R3 is shipped with a pre-configured WebSphere® Application Server - Express Version 5 application server instance referred to as the System Application Server Instance (SYSINST). This topic describes how to start SYSINST.

The SYSINST has the following IBM® supplied system administrative web applications pre-installed, providing an easy-to-use web GUI interface to administration tasks:
  • iSeries™ Navigator Tasks for the Web
  • Access core systems management tasks and access multiple systems through one iSeries from a web browser
  • Tivoli® Directory Server Web Administration Tool
  • Setup new or manage existing (LDAP) directories for business application data.
The SYSINST is not started by default when V5R3 is installed. Before you begin working with the above functions, the Administration instance of the HTTP Server (port 2001) must be running on your system. The above administrative web applications are accessible after the SYSINST is started. Perform these steps to start the SYSINST.

Set up the system instance to start when the ADMIN HTTP server starts.

  1. Using a Web browser, go to the IBM HTTP Server Configuration and Administration forms by performing these steps:
    1. Open this URL in your browser: 
      http://your.server.name:2001/
      where your.server.name is the name of your iSeries server.
    2. Enter a valid user ID and password for your iSeries server.
    3. At the iSeries Tasks page, select IBM Web Administration for iSeries .
  2. Click the Manage tab and the HTTP Server tab.
  3. Select Admin from the Server drop-down list.
  4. Select Include /QIBM/UserData/HTTPA/admin/conf/admin-cust.conf from the Server Area drop-down list.
  5. Under Server Properties, select General Server Configuration.
  6. On the General Server Configuration page, click the General Settings tab.
  7. Select Yes in the Start the system application server instance when the 'Admin' server is started field.
  8. The Stop the system application server instance when the 'Admin' server is stopped field displays. It is recommended that you select Yes to stop the system application server instance when the ADMIN server is stopped. Click OK.
  9. Restart the administrative instance, and both the administrative HTTP server and the SYSINST are started.

(Optional) Start the system instance independent of the ADMIN HTTP server.

If you have already set up the system instance using the previous steps, you can perform these steps to start the system instance independent of the ADMIN HTTP server.

  1. Using a Web browser, go to the IBM HTTP Server Configuration and Administration forms by performing these steps:
    1. Open this URL in your browser: 
      http://your.server.name:2001/
      where your.server.name is the name of your iSeries server.
    2. Enter a valid user ID and password for your iSeries server.
    3. At the iSeries Tasks page, select IBM Web Administration for iSeries .
  2. Click the Manage tab and the Servers tab.
  3. Select the system application server instance from the Server drop-down list.
  4. Click Start to start SYSINST.
Parent topic: WebSphere tasks