How to enable IBM Websphere Application Management Service?

Question

I try to use the IBM Websphere $AdminApp (and the Ant tasks) to install/update an application EAR on a remote server. You may want to read this question too.

Manual process

I open a jython console with this command line:

$was61profile1\bin$> wsadmin.bat -lang jython -host MYHOST -port 32092

After that I want to list all applications:

wsadmin>AdminApp.list()
WASX7015E: Beim Ausführen des Befehls "AdminApp.list()" ist eine Ausnahme eingetreten. Informationen zur Ausnahme:
com.ibm.ws.scripting.ScriptingException: WASX7206W: Der Application Management Service ist nicht aktiv. Die Befehle für die Anwendungsverwaltung können nicht ausgeführt werden.

Excuse my german. ;-) I think the error message itself is clear: The application management service is not running.

How to enable the Application Management Service?

I did search for documentation on the horrible, horrible IBM website. I also tried to click through the configuration options on the Websphere admin pages. But I can't find anything remotely close to application management service. I do that clicking again with english language settings now, but I'd appreciate if someone can point me to the configuration option or the documentation.

Answer 1

Crap, I was connected to the wrong port. If you want to use AdminApp.list() you have to connect to the deployment manager (abbreviated as DMGR). I restarted my console with

*WAS_HOME*\profiles\was61profile1\bin>wsadmin.bat -lang jython -host MYHOST -port 32003

and then I could list installed applications via AdminApp.

Make sure you go to the Websphere Administration console web interface and go to System configuration -> Deployment manager and check the list of Ports on the right hand side of the page. There is a port for SOAP_CONNECTOR_ADDRESS and that is what you need to use for the console.