Adding existing nodes to the cluster nodes

Optionally, you can add your existing WebSphere profiles as nodes in the cluster environment.

About this task

Follow these guidelines to add existing nodes to the cluster.

Procedure

  1. Start the Websphere Deployment Manager as follows.
    1. Log in to the server where the WebSphere Deployment Manager is installed.
    2. Navigate to the Deployment Manager profile location

      Example location: /data/webservers/IBM/WASND85/profiles/Dmgr01/bin

    3. Execute the startmanager script.
  2. Add the WebSphere profile node to the cluster as follows.
    1. Log in to server where the WebSphere profile is created.
    2. Navigate to the WebSphere profile location.

      Example location: /data/webservers/IBM/WASND85/profiles/AppSrv01/bin

    3. Execute command: ./addNode.sh DEPLOYMENT_MANAGER_HOST DEPLOYMENT_MANAGER_SOAP_PORT

      For example: ./addNode.sh example.com 8879

      You can obtain the SOAP Port can be from the Deployment Manager – AboutThisProfile.txt.