About Configuring WebSphere

This section describes the configuration of the SIMULIA Execution Engine including configuring WebSphere and starting the application.

The configuration procedures in this section assume that you created a user called seeadmin to control the configuration of the SIMULIA Execution Engine.

To fully configure the SIMULIA Execution Engine application within WebSphere, you must perform the following main steps:

  1. Follow all of the instructions under Manually Configuring the SIMULIA Execution Engine or Automatically Configuring the SIMULIA Execution Engine.
  2. Optionally configure usernames, passwords, and other security features as described in Enabling Security and in Configuring Security.
  3. Stop and restart WebSphere as described in Restarting the SIMULIA Execution Engine in WebSphere, to force WebSphere and the SIMULIA Execution Engine to recognize the configuration changes.
  4. Preload the basic system metamodels for Isight and the SIMULIA Execution Engine, as described in Creating the Connection Profile and Preloading the Library.

The acs.properties file options are described in Understanding the acs.properties File Settings.

About WebSphere URL Port Numbers

The WebSphere Administrative console is accessed via a web browser using a URL that is specific to the system running WebSphere. You need to determine the correct port number before accessing the console, especially if you are using a Linux system.

A sample URL for accessing the console is shown below:

http://seecomputer:9060/ibm/console

By default, the WebSphere Administrative console uses the following port numbers: 9060 (non-secure) and 9043 (secure). However, these port numbers are incremented by one if multiple installations of WebSphere are present on the system.

If neither of these default port numbers works, examine the following file for your SIMULIA Execution Engine:

<websphere_install_directory>\AppServer\profiles\<profileName>\logs\
AboutThisProfile.txt

The port number settings for your Administrative console are listed within this log file, which is located in the directory shown above for default installations of WebSphere; your directory may differ if you are using a nondefault WebSphere installation.