Creating a Windows service for WebSphere AppServer

For those who need to set up a WAS profile to run as a Windows service in case it was originally selected as not to run as a Windows Service in the profile creation wizard or for those using Curam's automatic install scripts which deletes the profile, there is a command in C:\Program Files\WebSphere\AppServer\bin called WASService.exe. To create the new service invoke the following command: WASService.exe -add CuramWAS -serverName CuramServer -profilePath "c:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\default" This will create a service called "IBM Websphere Application Server V6 - CuramWAS" so don't look for something that starts with "CuramWAS" One other note. It sets up the "Startup Type" for the service as "Manual" by default, so if you want it to start up when the system reboots you need to set it up as "Automatic"