When you are ready to test your projects,
you must start a server. In some situations, listed below, the server tools
start a server for you automatically. For more information on which test server
will start, refer to the list of related topics at the end of this topic.
Prerequisites:- Create a server

If you are trying to run the WebSphere Application Server v6.x other
than the integrated test environment as a non-root user ID, this might fail.
By default, WebSphere Application Server v6.x uses the root user ID to run
the server. A non-root user profile needs to be created by the root user.
Depending on the assignment of profile directory ownership completed by the
installer, a non-root user can create a profile, start WebSphere Application
Server, or do both.
found in the WebSphere Application Server Information Center.
- (Restriction) Start a remote WebSphere Application Server v6.x
using the development environment is not supported. To start a remote WebSphere Application
Server v6.x server, you have to start the server on the remote machine. If
you want to start the server in start, debug or run mode, you have the following
options:
- Use the WebSphere administrative
console to set the correct VM parameters, for example, the debug or profile
parameters.
- Start the WebSphere Application
Server v6.x on the remote machine. After the server is started on the remote
machine, on the Servers view of the workbench, right-click the server and
select Restart > Debug, Restart > Profile ,
or Restart > Run to restart
the server in the mode that you want.
Once you have started the server you can
test the projects that are associated with the server. You can stop and restart
the server at any time. The status of the server is displayed in the Status column
of the Servers view.
To manually start a server:
- Switch to the Servers view.
- In the Servers view, right-click the server you want to start.
- Select Start. The following
things happen:
- If you have selected the Automatically publish when starting
servers check box on the Server preferences page ( ), the workbench
checks to see if your project and files on the server are synchronized prior
to starting the server. If they are not, the project and the files are automatically
updated on the remote server when it is started.
- A Console view opens in the workbench. It will take a minute to start
the server. If the server fails to start, check for the reason that it failed
in the Console.
- In the Status column of the Servers view, the
status of the server changes to Started.
Tip: The server is automatically
started when you right-click on a file and then select Run As
> Run on Server.