Registering host computers with job managers (deprecated)

You must register a remote host computer with a job manager to enable the job manager to access applications, command files, and other resources on the host computer.

• Use the Targets page of the job manager console or the deployment manager console to register hosts.
  1. Click Jobs > Targets > New Host.
  2. On the New target page, specify parameters that identify the remote host and specify security information.
     1. Specify the host computer name in one of the following formats:
        • Fully qualified domain name system (DNS) server host name string, such as xmachine.manhattan.ibm.com
        • Default short DNS host name string, such as xmachine
        • Numeric IP address, such as 127.1.255.3
        The host can be the same computer on which the product is installed or a different computer.
     2. Optionally, specify the operating system of the target host.
     3. For Administrative user with installation authority, specify an administrative user name for the target host.
     4. Specify the password or private key file for the administrative user so that the job manager can access and run jobs on the host. If the host does not require a password, you can specify a null String value of "".
     5. Specify other parameters as needed.
        Best practices: Select Save security information and you will not need to enter the user name and password for every job manager action on the host.
     6. Click OK.
• Use the wsadmin registerHost command to register hosts. The command is in the JobManagerNode command group.
  1. Open a command window on the bin directory of the job manager profile.
  2. Run the wsadmin command to start the wsadmin tool and, optionally, use the Jython language.

     wsadmin -lang jython

  3. Run the registerHost command to make the host computer a target of the job manager.

     AdminTask.registerHost('[-host host_computer -hostProps [ [osType operating_system]
     [username administrative_user][privateKeyFile key_file_path]
     [passphrase passphrase][saveSecurity true] ]')

     host is the computer name of the host that you want to register with the job manager. You must specify a host value.

     hostProps specifies properties of the host.

     Table 1. registerHost -hostProps defined properties . You can specify one or more defined properties for the registerHost command, or specify undefined properties for the command.

     Property name	Property description
     osType	The operating system type. Specify osType to enable the command to complete faster. This optional property determines the means for connecting with the host. Valid values are: aix hpux os400 linux solaris windows os390
     username	A user with authority to log in to the host. This property is required.
     password	The password for the given username. A value for password or privateKeyFile must be specified. If the host does not require a password, you can specify a null String value of "".
     privateKeyFile	The path to the private keyfile. If you do not specify a value for password, then you must specify a value for privateKeyFile.
     passphrase	A passphrase for the privateKeyFile, if needed.
     saveSecurity	Specifies whether to store security properties (username, password, privateKeyFile, passphrase) with the host and used as default values for job submissions. If this property is given a value of true, then the security properties are stored with the host and used for subsequent job submissions to this host.
     imDataLocations	The fully qualified path of one or more Installation Manager data locations. Separate multiple paths by a semicolon. This property is useful if you have non-default Installation Manager data locations on your targets. If an invalid data location is specified, it will not be saved. If the specified data location can be detected by the inventory job, it will not be saved. You can use the find data location job to search for data locations on the system. The find data location job automatically updates this property. AdminTask.registerHost('[-host hostname -hostProps [ [imDataLocations datalocation1; datalocation2] [password ****] [saveSecurity true] [username username] ]]') This property is optional.
     property_name	A user-defined target property name and value, specified with the format: [property_name property_value] You can specify paths for Liberty variables; for example: [WLP_WORKING_DIR /working] [WLP_SHARED_DIR /shared] [WLP_ADDITIONAL_DIRS /addl] This example defines three properties. This property is optional.

     Alternatively, you can run the registerHost command in interactive mode:

     AdminTask.registerHost('-interactive')