Creating generic servers

A generic server is a server that is managed in the WebSphere® Application Server administrative domain even though the server 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 WebSphere Application Server or process.

About this task

[IBM i] There are two basic types of generic application servers:
  • Non-Java applications or processes.
  • Java applications or processes
[IBM i] 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.

[IBM i] Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: For the Base WebSphere Application Server, 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. To create a generic server, use the wsadmin tool. To manage Base generic application servers, you need to use the command prompt environment, such as startServer <genericServerName> or stopServer <genericServerName> or serverStatus <genericServerName>.gotcha

Procedure

What to do next

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.
Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: [Updated in September 2013]You use the Terminate or Stop buttons in the administrative console to stop any application server, including a generic application server.[Updated in September 2013]gotcha
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