Creating generic servers

A generic server is a server that is managed in the WebSphere administrative domain, although it is not a server that is supplied by WebSphere Application Server. The WebSphere Application Server generic servers function enables you to define a generic server as an application server instance within the WebSphere Application Server administration, and associate it with a non-WebSphere server or process.

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There are two basic types of generic application servers:
  • Non-Java applications or processes.
  • Java applications or processes
Therefore, a generic server can be any server or process that is necessary to support the Application Server environment, including:
  • A Java server
  • A C or C++ server or process
  • A CORBA server
  • A Remote Method Invocation (RMI) server

You can use the wsadmin tool or the administrative console to create a generic server.

[Windows] [AIX HP-UX Solaris] If you are running in a mixed cell environment that includes Version 6.1 and Version 6.0.2 cells, you might not be able to create a generic server on the Version 6.0.2 nodes if the GENERIC_SERVER server-index.xml file does not contain a Version 6.0.2 specific server entry in GENERIC_SERVER's server-index.xml file. If you encounter this situation, go to the bin directory for the deployment manager profile bin directory and issue the following command to copy the updateGenericServerTemplates.xml file into this directory. The updateGenericServerTemplates.xml file resides in the WAS_HOME/bin directory. [Windows]
ws_ant.bat -buildfile updateGenericServerTemplates.xml
[AIX HP-UX Solaris]
./ws_ant.sh -buildfile updateGenericServerTemplates.xml 
Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: For the Base WebSphere Application Server product, you cannot use the administrative console to create a generic application server definition or use the administrative console to start, stop or, in any way, control or manage that application server. The Base product administrative console can only be used to create server definitions and, if necessary, adjust the server definitions that it creates. To manage Base generic application servers, you need to use the command prompt environment, such as startServer <genericServerName> or stopServer <genericServerName> or serverStatus <genericServerName>. The wsadmin tool has no functional role in the Base application server environment. gotcha

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After you define a generic server, use the Application Server administrative console to start, stop, and monitor the associated non-WebSphere Application Server server or process when stopping or starting the applications that rely on them.
Important: You can use either the Terminate or Stop buttons in the administrative console to stop any application server, including a generic application server.



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