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Administration is greatly enhanced when using profiles instead of multiple
product installations. Not only is disk space saved, but updating the product is
simplified when you maintain a single set of product core files. Also, creating new
profiles is more efficient and less prone to error than full product installations,
allowing a developer to create separate profiles of the product for development
and testing.
Profile concept
In WebSphere Application Server files are divided into two categories:
► Core product files
Application binaries for WebSphere Application Server
► User files
Customizations, including configuration files, installed applications, resource
adapters, properties, log files
Profiles are collections of user files (Figure 3-1). They share core product files. A
profile contains its own set of scripts, its own environment, and its own repository.
WebSphere Application
Server V7.0
Core Product Files
+ WebSphere =
V7.0 User Files
(Profile)
Figure 3-1 WebSphere Application Server installation structure
Each profile is stored in a unique directory path selected by the user at profile
creation time. Profiles are stored in a subdirectory of the installation directory by
default, but they can be located anywhere (Example 3-1).
Example 3-1 Directory structure of WebSphere Application Server V7.0 on Windows
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles
\AdminAgent01
\AppSrv01
\AppSrv02
\AppSrv03
\Dmgr01
\JobMgr01
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