Cleaning up WebSphere Application Server profiles

Having performed a clean installation of WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.0, I chose to create a Deployment Manager ( dmgr ) profile, but was surprised to find that another profile ( AppSvr01 ) was also created at the same time. However, this profile did not have an application server instance e.g. server1, available to it.

I wanted to create a new, clean profile, also called AppSvr01, I wanted to remove the "old" profile. Being a typical hacker, I used the command: -

rm -Rf /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSvr01

which worked a treat.

However, the Profile Management Tool ( pmt.sh ) still thought that this profile existed, and therefore, would not let me create a new one.

I dug around, and found the manageprofiles.sh command which, through some trial and lots of error, allowed me to validate and then remove the now orphaned AppSvr01 profile as follows: -

(a)

The -listProfiles subcommand didn't show AppSvr01 at all, merely returning: -

[Dmgr01]

(b)

The -validateRegistry subcommand showed me that AppSvr01 was not valid: -

/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/manageprofiles.sh -validateRegistry

returned: -

A list of profiles that are not valid follows:
[AppSrv01]

(c)

The -validateAndUpdateRegistry subcommand cleaned up the registry nicely, returning: -

[AppSrv01]

(d)

The -validateRegistry subcommand showed me that AppSvr01 was not valid: -

/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/manageprofiles.sh -validateRegistry

then returned: -

All of the profiles in the registry are valid.

I probably could have used the -augment subcommand, but didn't need to do so in this particular instance.

For the record, here's much much more fine information about manageprofiles.sh

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/topic/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/rxml_manageprofiles.html