Using the installation verification tool

Use the installation verification tool (IVT) to verify that the installation of the product and the application server profile is successful. A profile consists of files that define the runtime environment for an application server. Verify each profile from its First steps console with the IVT.

Before you begin

After installing the product and creating a profile, you are ready to use the IVT.

About this task

Use the IVT to gain assurance that the product is successfully installed. The IVT tests standalone application server profiles to make sure that the server processes can start.

The IVT program scans product log files for errors and verifies core functionality of the product installation.

The Profile Management Tool creates profiles. After creating a profile, the Profile Management Tool displays a prompt for starting the First steps console. The First steps console is unique for each profile. See firststeps command for more information.

Installation verification is the first option on the First steps console.

The test consists of starting and monitoring the application server during its start up.

Procedure

Use the installation verification test to verify the proper creation of profiles.

Select Installation verification on the First steps console after installing the product.
You can also start the First steps console from the command line as described in firststeps command.
You can also start the ivt command directly from the bin directory of the profile:
- profile_root/bin/ivt.sh
- profile_root\bin\ivt.bat
If you create additional profiles, the ivt script location is within the profile_root/bin directory.
Observe the results in the First steps status window.
The log file for installation verification is the profile_root/logs/ivtClient.log.
The IVT provides the following useful information about the application server:
- Application server name
- Name of the profile
- Profile file path
- Type of profile
- Node name
- Current encoding
- Port number for the administrative console
- Various informational messages that include the location of the SystemOut.log file and how many errors are listed within the file
- Completion message
As the IVT starts the application server on a Windows platform, the IVT attempts to start the Windows service for the application server, if a Windows service exists. This is true even though the Windows service might have a manual startup type.
If the log shows that errors occurred during the installation verification, correct the errors and run the IVT again. If necessary, create a new profile after correcting the error, and run the IVT on the new profile.

Results

The IVT tool starts the server process of a profile automatically if the server is not running. Once the server initializes, the IVT runs a series of verification tests. The tool displays pass or fail status in a console window. The tool also logs results to the profile_root/logs/ivtClient.log file. As the IVT verifies your system, the tool reports any detectable errors in the SystemOut.log file.

Note: This topic references one or more of the application server log files. As a recommended alternative, you can configure the server to use the High Performance Extensible Logging (HPEL) log and trace infrastructure instead of using SystemOut.log , SystemErr.log, trace.log, and activity.log files on distributed and IBM® i systems. You can also use HPEL in conjunction with your native z/OS® logging facilities. If you are using HPEL, you can access all of your log and trace information using the LogViewer command-line tool from your server profile bin directory. See the information about using HPEL to troubleshoot applications for more information on using HPEL.

What to do next

After installing the product and verifying the installation, you can configure the installation by creating more profiles.

You can also install other packages on the product installation image, such as IBM HTTP server, the Web Server Plug-ins, or the Application Client.

See Task overview: Installing for more information.