This article provides various ways to access information about administering
the product and your applications being hosted by the product. Find information
based on:
Click a check mark in the table to go to the instructions for the
task.
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Application Assembly Tool |
AE adminstrative console |
Application client resource configuration tool |
Configuring client resources |
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Creating an application client |
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Inspecting the runtime values of properties |
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Finding resources |
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Starting and stopping resources |
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Pinging resources |
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Removing objects from EAR files |
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Configuring enterprise applications |
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Creating the EAR.WAR and JAR files in an application |
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Installing enterprise applications |
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Starting, stopping, and restarting applications and modules |
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Updating application configurations |
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Exporting application configurations |
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Viewing deployment descriptor information for enterprise applications (read-only) |
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Showing the status of enterprise applications |
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Exporting enterprise applications |
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Updating nodes |
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Reconnecting administrative nodes |
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Regenerating WebSphere plug-in configurations |
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Configuring tracing on administrative nodes |
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Starting and stopping application servers |
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Updating application servers |
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Configuring new EJB containers |
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Updating EJB containers |
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Creating an EJB module |
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Installing EJB modules |
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Viewing deployment descriptor information for EJB modules |
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Updating EJB module configurations |
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Showing the status of EJB modules |
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Moving EJB modules to other application servers |
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Exporting table DDLs of EJB modules |
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Updating Web container configurations |
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Creating a Web module |
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Installing Web modules |
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Viewing deployment descriptor information for Web modules |
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Updating Web module configurations |
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Showing the status of Web modules |
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Moving Web modules to other application servers |
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Updating session management settings |
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Configuring new HTTP transports |
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Removing HTTP transport configurations |
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Updating transport configurations |
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Configuring new data source providers |
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Configuring new data sources |
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Removing data source providers (JDBC providers) and data sources |
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Updating data source and data source provider configurations |
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Configuring new custom services |
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Removing custom services |
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Updating custom service configurations |
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Administering virtual hosts |
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Configuring security |
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Administering server traces |
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Administering the transaction service |
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Analyzing resources |
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Specifying server groups |
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Editing services of server groups |
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Configuring OLT and Debugger |
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Configuring Object Request Brokers (ORBs) |
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Monitoring and tuning performance |
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Using the Performance Tuner Wizard |
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Configuring JVM settings |
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Configuring new mail sessions |
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Updating mail session configurations |
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Removing mail session configurations |
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Configuring new URL providers |
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Updating URL provider configurations |
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Removing URL provider configurations |
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Removing URL configurations |
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Installing and uninstalling URL providers on nodes |
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Configuring new JMS providers |
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Configuring new JMS connection factories |
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Configuring new JMS destinations |
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Updating JMS provider, connection factory, and destination configurations |
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Installing and uninstalling JMS providers on nodes |
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Removing JMS providers, connection factories, and destinations |
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Updating JMS provider, connection factory, and destination configurations |
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Administering WebSphere administrative domains |
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Configuring J2C connection factories |
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Installing and uninstalling J2C adapters on nodes |
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Administering generic servers |
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Adding generic servers |
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Regenerating the Web server plug-in configuration |
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The following tables provide quick entry points into descriptions,
tasks, and settings of various objects that you can administer.
Use the following information to compare, select among, and learn how to use the features of
the various product interfaces.
The table summarizes the available product interfaces (with the
exception of the installation program and the
problem determination tools).
Interface |
Purpose |
Administrative console (Java based) |
Graphical interface for configuring and operating application servers and other resources
that support applications in a runtime environment |
Application assembly tool |
Graphical interface for assembling applications from application components and modifying their
J2EE deployment descriptors |
wscp |
Command line interface for operational tasks, such as starting and stopping
application servers |
XMLConfig |
Command line interface for configuration tasks, including the import and export of human
readable XML files describing resource configurations |
Configuration using property files |
Ability to manually edit various property files in the product directory structure
for miscellaneous configuration purposes |
Client launcher (launchClient) |
Command line interface for starting a client application. |
EAR expander |
Command line interface for expanding .ear files into the directory structure typical
for use in the runtime of this product. Should not need to use this tool on an ordinary
basis. |
Application client resource configuration tool |
Graphical interface for configuring resources that support client applications
in a runtime environment. (See also information on developing
a Java client.) |
SOAP EAR Enabler |
Command line interface for enabling a set of SOAP services within an
Enterprise Application Archive (EAR) file. |
EJBCommandTarget |
Enables administrators to execute commands in a designated server without
providing their own CommandTarget implementation. |
Resource Analyzer |
Enables administrators to gather and analyze performance data of servlets,
enterprise beans, and related resources. |
XML-SOAP Admin tool |
A modified version of the Apache SOAP XML-Admin interface for managing
each SOAP-enabled EAR file. |
Deployment tool |
Interface for generating code for deployment. Useful for more complicated or custom
scenarios. For simple scenarios, the use of this tool is hidden from the administrator. It is invoked
by other consoles and tools. (See
also the article about generating code
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Administrators that have access to an administrative client can
use the full capabilities of the client. At this time, it is not
possible to allow administrators to perform some operations (such as starting and
stopping servers) but deny them the ability to perform other operations
(such as creating and configuring resources).