WebSphere User Group Leaders' Blog

Extending the WUG through Second Life (SL)

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:20:47 +0000

Hello WebSpherians - As I had announced at Impact 2007 I will begin opening up the WebSphere User Group to Second Life. Working with my good friend on Second Life, Elizabeth Zeno- owner of 77 Degrees http://77degrees.blogspot.com/ , we have have made plans to host our first WebSphere User Group on Second Life.

I curious on how many users would attend a Second Life WebSphere User Group session. Let me know if think this is a good idea.

Bryon Kataoka - iSOA Group/Commerce Solutions

WebSphere 6.1.0.3 NodeAgent won't start...

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:57:42 +0000

I have just recent run into and solved a problem where a WebSphere 6.1.0.3 nodeagent process wouldn’t start on Windows. What was odd is that it initially presented itself by not starting via the Windows Service. I was able to start it via startNode.bat just fine. When it didn’t start, the java.exe process would run, get to about 50-60mb, take 100% of cpu and then not get any further.

Next, I tried starting it via startNode.bat while running as the same user that the service was running as, and discovered that it didn’t work running as that user. Now that was interesting. Somehow there was a problem related to a specific user. The fun part was what came next. A look through all of the WebSphere logs didn’t yield anything. I turned tracing on to the highest level and that didn’t reveal anything.On the thought that maybe some file couldn’t be read or written to, I grabbed the filemon utility from Sysinternals.com and noticed a file that was being overwritten under c:\Documents and Settings\Local Settings\Application Data\javasharedresources . That was interesting, but didn’t seem that important.

Next, I used the Windows “runas” command. I logged in as the user that was unable to get startNode.bat to work. With runas, I specified to run as myself using my profile and the nodeagent started just fine. Next, I specified to run as myself, but to use the profile for the user that was broken by specifying /env. And would you believe it, now it wouldn’t start. Hmmm, so the problem was somewhere in the profile and filemon had pointed me to a file that was under the broken user’s profile!

I renamed the file under c:\Documents and Settings\Local Settings\Application Data\javasharedresources and then ran startNode.bat as the user it had not been working for. Whew, it worked! I have no idea what this file is used for, but when it was recreated, all was well. Running a difference on the files yielded nothing and the privileges appeared to be the same between the two files.

Brooke

WUG Leaders' Blog Kickoff

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:04:02 +0000

As the GWC enters new stages of growth and worldwide awareness, we have developed a tool for WUG Leaders to share their thoughts with each other and the Community at large. Recently, GWC members had a great showing at IBM Impact 2007, with almost 600 members attending the conference, including 33 Leaders and IBM Liaisons. We managed to sign up an additional ~300 by recruiting at our pedestal, and other GWC Sessions. This outstanding presence is just one example of the vibrant community the GWC embodies.

www.WebSphere.org – the online information hub of the GWC - has also seen impressive growth in recent months. The Global Presentations page has over 70 presentations posted, which have been downloaded over 2150 times. Our online Forums section continues to be quite active, in which membership is approaching 2900 individuals. Overall GWC membership is now in excess of 19,000 members.

Among all of these members, the WUG Leaders are the ones making it happen. By planning engaging and informative meetings, they are giving these people a compelling reason to join the Community. We appreciate their contributions, and look forward to reading their stories and opinions on this blog!