Instrumenting a remote application server

This utility uses SSH to connect to the remote server, copy necessary files, and issue commands to instrument the server. An SSH server must be running on the remote server. To instrument a remote server:

  1. Click Add Remote.
  2. On the Application Server page, select the server type from the Type list. The term "Embedded" refers to the WebSphere Application Server test environments that come with some Rational Software Development Platform products.
  3. In the Server name field, type a name for the server instance to configure. Servers can be configured to run multiple instances simultaneously (possibly running different applications), each of which is given a name. Each instance will be configured separately.
  4. In the Server home field, type the path to the server program directory in the file system (for example, c:\servers\was-5.1). Note that this is the install directory of the server on the remote machine.
  5. If you selected WebSphere Application Server 6.0, you must also specify a Profile Name.
  6. If you selected a BEA WebLogic server, you must also specify the following settings:
    1. Domain
    2. Domain path
    3. Java home
    4. Admin server hostname
    5. Admin server port
    6. Script for starting (Optional)
    7. Node Manager for starting (Optional)

    Consult the BEA WebLogic documentation for details about each of these settings.

  7. On the Connection page, specify the remote host information under Target System Configuration. This target system is the system where the application server resides. The Install Path and JRE 1.5 home fields must be directories located on the remote machine. The SSH Authentication group must contain the SSH authentication information.
  8. The Advanced page provides additional options for connecting to the SSH server. These settings are not required.

After instrumenting the server, the tool attempts to restart the server automatically. If the tool is unable to restart the server, you will be notified and will have to restart the server manually.

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