Changing WebSphere Portal 6.1 Profile Path and Name using Graphical Installer

Setting the profile name, and path, while installing WebSphere Portal 6.1 is actually pretty easy, though many people don't even realize that it's possible.

Simply add the profile path, name, and isDefault property to the install.sh command line.  Here's an example:

./install.sh -W detectProfileAction.isDefault="True" -W detectProfileAction.profileName="wp_wcmdev01" -W detectProfileAction.profilePath="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles"

The full document from IBM can be found at the following URI.  The article is specific to AIX and SA Portal, but worked fine for me on Linux using an ND configuration as well.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wpdoc/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.wp.ent.doc_v6101/install/stdalone_aix_inst_wp.html