Synchronizing and restarting nodes in the cluster

Synchronize the nodes in an IBM® WebSphere® Application Server network deployment.

About this task

Synchronizing nodes in a cluster ensures that the deployment manager has an up-to-date copy of each node's configuration.

Procedure

1. Log in to the deployment manager's (the Sametime® System Console) Integrated Solutions Console as the WebSphere administrator.
2. Stop the deployment manager:
   1. Click System Administration > Deployment manager.
   2. Click the "Configuration" tab.
   3. On the Configuration tab of the deployment manager settings, click Stop.
3. Now start the deployment manager:
   1. Open a command window and navigate to the was_install_root/profiles/DeploymentManagerName/bin directory.
   2. Run the following command:

      IBM AIX®, or Linux™

      ./startManager.sh

      Microsoft™ Windows™

      startManager.bat

4. Log in to the Integrated Solutions Console.
5. Wait until the nodes have all started. Then follow these steps to synchronize all the nodes:
   1. In the deployment manager's Integrated Solutions Console, click System Administration > Nodes.
   2. Select all nodes in the cluster.
   3. Click Full Resynchronize.
6. Proceed to the next topic for information on restarting the application servers in the cluster.