Node group

A node group is a collection of managed nodes. Managed nodes are WebSphere Application Server nodes. A node group defines a boundary for server cluster formation.

Node groups

Nodes that you organize into a node group need to be similar in terms of installed software, available resources, and configuration to enable servers on those nodes to host the same applications as part of a server cluster. The deployment manager does no validation to guarantee that nodes in a given node group have anything in common.

Node groups are optional and are established at the discretion of the WebSphere Application Server administrator. However, a node must be a member of a node group. Initially, all Application Server nodes are members of the default DefaultNodeGroup node group.

A node can be a member of more than one node group.

Nodes on distributed platforms and the i5/OS platform cannot be members of a node group that contains a node on a z/OS platform. However, nodes on distributed platforms and nodes on the i5/OS platform can be members of the same node group.

To delete a node group, the node group must be empty. The default node group cannot be deleted.

An Application Server node must be a member of a sysplex node group. Nodes in the same sysplex must be in the same sysplex node group. A node can be in one sysplex node group only.

When the deployment manager is configured on a z/OS node, the default node group, DefaultNodeGroup, is the sysplex node group for the deployment manager node and any other node in the cell from the same sysplex. Sysplex node groups are special node groups that the system manages.

Sysplex node groups

A sysplex node group is a node group unique to the z/OS operating system. The sysplex node group includes a sysplex name and a z/OS operating system location service configuration. A sysplex is a collection of z/OS systems that cooperate by using certain hardware and software products to process workloads.

You cannot explicitly create a sysplex node group. The z/OS operating system creates sysplex node groups in the following ways:
  • When you configure a deployment manager server on the z/OS operating system, the default node group is a sysplex node group. The deployment manager is automatically a member of the sysplex node group. Application Server for z/OS nodes that you add to the network deployment cell are automatically members of this node group.
  • You can add an Application Server for z/OS node to a network deployment cell whose deployment manager is on a distributed platform node. In this case, you must add the first Application Server for z/OS node for the network deployment cell to an empty node group. The system automatically configures the node group into a sysplex node group by using the sysplex name and the z/OS location service configuration that belongs to the Application Server for z/OS node.

You cannot remove a node from a sysplex node group. However, if a node is the only member of a sysplex node group, you can add that node to an empty node group. The empty node group is converted into a sysplex node group and the former sysplex node group of the node is converted into a regular node group.

You cannot delete a node group that is a sysplex node group.




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Example: Using node groups
Related tasks
Managing node groups
Creating clusters
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