PI06339: A 64-bit install of the WebSphere Application Server Profile Management Tool may not launch on Windows 7

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.1
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 1 (9.1.0.1) for 9.1
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 1 (8.5.5.1) for 8.5.5
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.1.1
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 2 (8.5.5.2) for 8.5.5
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.5
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 1 (9.5.0.1) for 9.5.0
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 3 (8.5.5.3) for 8.5.5
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 2 (9.5.0.2) for 9.5.0
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 3 (9.5.0.3) for 9.5.0

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Abstract:
  
  Attempts to run the Profile Management Tool (PMT) from a
  WebSphere Application Server 64-bit server install in Rational
  Application Developer v8.x may result in it not being launched.
  
  Problem:
  
  You install Rational Application Developer (RAD) 8.5.1 on a
  Windows 7 64-bit platform as an administrator and when you
  launch it as a non-admin user with the Windows 7 user access
  controls enabled then you notice that you are not able to run
  the Profile Management Tool PMT) for a 64-bit install of
  WebSphere Application Server.
  
  64-bit PMT was introduced as of WebSphere Application Server
  v7.0.0.23 via APAR PM58927:
  
  ADD 64 BIT Profile Management Tool(PMT) SUPPORT
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM58927
  
  Prior to that the products 'Run Profile Management Tool' action
  would have been disabled with a 64-bit WebSphere Application
  Server v7 install.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  1) Launch the product as non-admin user
  2) Select 'Window ? Preferences'
  3) Navigate to 'Server ? WebSphere Application Server'
  4) Ensure your existing WebSphere v7.0 runtime is selected, then
  click on 'Run Profile Management Tool' button
  
  Expected results: PMT GUI should launch to allow creation of new
  profiles.
  Actual results: PMT GUI does not appear.
  
  
  Local fix:
  
  Run ?WAS_HOME?\bin\ProfileManagement\pmt.bat from a command
  prompt started using 'Run As Administrator' on Windows 7.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of the v7 WebSphere Test Environment on a 64-bit       *
  * platform.                                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Profile Management Tool(PMT) wont launch for 64 bit WAS 7 in *
  * windows environment.                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Modified the PMT launch behavior for WAS 7 in windows
  environment since this problem doesnt exist in any other OS.
  
  The fix for this APAR is included in Rational Application
  Developer v8.5.5.1.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL APP DEV WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724J1901

Applicable component levels

• R855 PSY

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