How do I administer applications and their environments?

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A node is a grouping of managed servers. Use this task to view information about nodes and manage them.Administer nodes

Node agents are administrative agents that represent a node to your system and manage the servers on that node. Node agents monitor application servers on a host system and route administrative requests to servers. A node agent is created automatically when a node is added to a cell.Administer node agents

When you installed the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment product, a cell was created. A cell provides a way to group one or more nodes of your Network Deployment product. You probably will not need to reconfigure the cell. Use this task to view information about and manage a cell.Administer cells

Application server configuration files define the available application servers, their configurations, and their contents. You should periodically save changes to your administrative configuration. You can change the  default locations of configuration files, as needed.Administer configurations

Configuration data for the WebSphere Application Server product resides in files. Two services help you reconfigure and otherwise manage these files: the file transfer service and file synchronization service.  By default, the file transfer service is always configured and enabled at a node agent, so you do not need to take additional steps to configure this service. However, you might need to configure the file synchronization service.Configure remote file services

Create, configure, and operate application server processes. An application server configuration provides settings that control how an application server provides services for running enterprise applications and their components.Administer application servers with the console

Create, configure, and operate application server processes. An application server configuration provides settings that control how an application server provides services for running enterprise applications and their components.Configure application servers with scripting

Create, configure, and operate application server processes. An application server configuration provides settings that control how an application server provides services for running enterprise applications and their components. Manage application servers with scripting

Use a generic server configuration to hook various types of servers into your application server management system.Administer generic servers

One step in the process of creating an application server is to specify a template. A server template is used to define the configuration settings of the new server. Use server templates

Use custom services to hook various kinds of services into your application server management system.Administer custom services

To monitor application servers and manage the workloads of servers, use server clusters and cluster members provided by the Network Deployment product.Use the console to balance workloads by clustering application servers

To monitor application servers and manage the workloads of servers, use server clusters and cluster members provided by the Network Deployment product.Use scripting to balance workloads by clustering application server

Planning ahead for high availability helps you avoid the risk of a failure without failover coverage. The application server runtime of the infrastructure managed by a high availability manager includes such entities as cells and clusters. Establish high availability (HA)

The UDDI Registry is supplied as a J2EE application file, uddi.ear. You can use either the WebSphere Application Server administrative console or the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management interface to  manage UDDI Registries.Administer the UDDI registry

The product provides plug-ins for supported Web servers, to enable the Web servers to pass requests to the application server, for applications running on the application server. See also the Web server related tasks in How do I install an application serving environment?Use the console to administer communication with Web servers (plug-ins)

The product provides plug-ins for supported Web servers, to enable the Web servers to pass requests to the application server, for applications running on the application server. See also the Web server related tasks in How do I install an application serving environment?Use scripting to administer communication with Web servers (plug-ins)

Configure the service that the product provides for managing HTTP sessions: Session Manager.Administer HTTP sessions with the console

Configure the service that the product provides for managing HTTP sessions: Session Manager.Administer HTTP sessions with scripting

Configure naming. Naming is used by clients of WebSphere Application Server applications to obtain references to objects related to those applications, such as Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) homes. These objects are bound into a mostly hierarchical structure, referred to as a name space. The name space structure consists of a set of name bindings, each consisting of a name relative to a specific context and the object bound with that name.Provide access to naming and directory resources (JNDI) - Name server

Configure naming. Naming is used by clients of WebSphere Application Server applications to obtain references to objects related to those applications, such as Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) homes. These objects are bound into a mostly hierarchical structure, referred to as a name space. The name space structure consists of a set of name bindings, each consisting of a name relative to a specific context and the object bound with that name.Provide access to naming and directory resources (JNDI) - Bindings

Configure data sources that applications use to access the data from databases.Provide access to relational databases (JDBC resources) with the console

Configure data sources that applications use to access the data from databases.Provide access to relational databases (JDBC resources) with scripting

Use one of various ways to implement a messaging provider for use with WebSphere Application Server. A messaging provider enables use of the Java Messaging Service (JMS) and other message resources in the product.Choosing a messaging provider

Use one of various ways to implement a messaging provider for use with WebSphere Application Server. A messaging provider enables use of the Java Messaging Service (JMS) and other message resources in the product.Provide access to messaging resources (default messaging provider) with scripting

Installable modules include enterprise archive (EAR), enterprise bean (EJB), Web archive (WAR), resource adapter (connector or RAR), and application client files.Install applications with the console

Installable modules include enterprise archive (EAR), enterprise bean (EJB), Web archive (WAR), resource adapter (connector or RAR), and application client files.Install applications with scripting

You can start an application that is not running (has a status of Stopped) or stop an application that is running (has a status of Started). Start and stop applications with the console

You can start an application that is not running (has a status of Stopped) or stop an application that is running (has a status of Started).Start and stop applications with scripting

Update deployed applications or modules using the administrative console or wsadmin scripting. Learn which changes are candidates for hot deployment and dynamic reloading, in which you can make various changes to applications and their modules without having to stop the server and start it again.Update applications with the console

Update deployed applications or modules using the administrative console or wsadmin scripting. Learn which changes are candidates for hot deployment and dynamic reloading, in which you can make various changes to applications and their modules without having to stop the server and start it again.Update applications with scripting

To deploy Web services that are based on the Web Services for Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specification, you need an enterprise application, also known as an enterprise archive (EAR) file that has been configured and enabled for Web services. You can use either the administrative console or the wsadmin scripting interface to deploy an EAR file.Deploy and administer Web services applications

Learn about and decide among the available administrative clients, including a graphical console, scripting (wsadmin), command line tools, and Java Management Extensions (JMX) programs.Choose an administrative client

The administrative console is a Web-based tool that you use to administer the product. The administrative console supports a full range of product administrative activities.Use the administrative console

Scripting is a non-graphical alternative that you can use to configure and manage WebSphere Application Server. The WebSphere Application Server wsadmin tool provides the ability to run scripts. The tool supports a full range of product administrative activities.Using scripting (wsadmin)

Troubleshoot problems that occur either during deployment or shortly afterwards, when you try to access an application that you just deployed for the first time.Troubleshoot deployment

Review some possible causes, based on the error you are seeing.Troubleshoot administration




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