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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[AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [iSeries] There are two basic types of generic application servers:
  • Non-Java applications or processes.
  • Java applications or processes
[AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [iSeries] 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

[z/OS] Generic application servers must be non-Java application processes that are either a started task or a shell script. You cannot create a Java application as a generic server for WebSphere Application Server on the z/OS platform.

[z/OS] The following processes can be created as a generic server provided that they are either started tasks or a shell scripts:
  • 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 
[iSeries] Important: For standalone application server profiles (profiles which do not belong to a Network Deployment cell), you can use the administrative console to create generic servers and to adjust the settings for the generic server. However, you cannot use the administrative console to start, stop or otherwise control the server. Use the wsadmin tool for those types of operations.

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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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