If you are not sure what a profile is, refer to this article.

There are a number of options can be be used with the manageprofiles.sh (Linux) or manageprofiles.bat (Windows) script.

• Backup a profile (-backupProfile) (this article)
• Create a new profile (-create)
• Delete a profile (-delete)
• Determine if a profile is valid in the registry (-validateRegistry)
• Determine if a profile is valid in the registry and updae (-validateAndUpdateRegistry)
• List profiles (-listProfiles)
• List default profile (-getDefaultName)
• List profile path (-getPath)
• Restore a profile (-restoreProfile)

The -listProfiles option can be used to list the profiles on the system. In this example, there are two profiles, AppSrv01 and AppSrv02.

~]# ${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/bin/manageprofiles.sh -listProfiles
[AppSrv01, AppSrv02]

If the profile contains a node server, the stopNode command would be used to stop the node before the profile is backed up.

${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/profiles/your_profile/bin/stopNode.sh

Or if the profile contains a deployment manager, the stopManager command would be used to stop the deployment manager before the profile is backed up.

${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/profiles/your_profile/bin/stopManager.sh

In this example, a file named backup.xml will be created.

AVOID TROUBLE

The manageprofiles.sh command uses the wsadmin tool to connect to the host listed in the profiles serverindex.xml file. Almost always, the hostName in the profiles serverindex.xml file will match the hostname of the local system. However, if by chance DNS resolves the hostName in the profiles serverindex.xml file to some other system, wsadmin will attempt to make an SSH connection to whatever system DNS resolves the hostname too.

${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/bin/manageprofiles.sh -backupProfile -profileName profile001 -backupFile /path/to/backup.xml

Typically, the -adminUserName and -adminPassword options are not needed as the admin username and password will be defined in the soap.client.props file. However, these options can be used, typically just for testing or debugging purposes.

${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/bin/manageprofiles.sh -backupProfile -profileName profile001 -backupFile /path/to/backup.xml -adminUserName john.doe -adminPassword itsasecret

If the creation of the backup file is successful, something like this should be returned.

INSTCONFSUCCESS: Success: The profile backup operation was successful.