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Installation Guide › WebSphere Version › Manual EAR Deployment › Perform Post-Deployment Steps for the Cluster › Start the WebSphere Cluster

Start the WebSphere Cluster

To start the WebSphere cluster, you start the Deployment Manager and then start each managed node.

Follow these steps:

  1. Start a Policy Server that supports CA IdentityMinder.

    Note: If you have a Policy Server cluster, only one Policy Server should be running while you create CA IdentityMinder directories, create or modify CA IdentityMinder environments, or change WorkPoint settings.

  2. Run the Deployment Manager.
  3. On the first managed node, complete the following steps:
    1. Navigate to was_home\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\Custom01\bin.
    2. Execute the startNode.bat\.sh command.

      The first managed node starts.

  4. Repeat step 3 on each node in the cluster.
  5. Start each cluster member in Servers, Clusters, cluster_name, Cluster Members in the WebSphere Administrative Console on the Deployment Manager.
  6. Verify that the messaging engine for the cluster is running in Service integration, Buses, iam_im-IMSBus, Messaging Engines in the WebSphere Admin Console on the Deployment Manager.
  7. If you have installed a SiteMinder Web Agent, start the Web Server where you installed the SiteMinder Web Agent and the application server proxy plug-in.