Middleware nodes and servers

The term middleware server refers to a server on any middleware platform. Middleware servers include the following types: WebSphere® Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition Intelligent Management Pack, Apache Tomcat servers, JBoss servers, BEA WebLogic servers, PHP servers, and so on.

Middleware agent

The middleware agent is a light weight agent that you can install on the nodes that you want Intelligent Management Pack to manage. The middleware agent can run on any node. Nodes that run the middleware agent do not need WebSphere Application Server or Intelligent Management Pack installations on the node. The middleware agent replaces the remote agent.

Middleware server types

Definition

The support that Intelligent Management Pack offers differs between complete, discovered, and assisted life-cycle servers.

Management

You can manage certain aspects of assisted life-cycle and discovered middleware servers with the administrative console.

  • With server operations, you can run a Java or non-Java executable file on your middleware server from the administrative console.
  • With the log viewer, you can view the log files for your middleware servers from the administrative console.
  • With external configuration, you can configure the administrative console so that you can view and edit configuration documents for your middleware servers.

Other Intelligent Management Pack management features, such as dynamic clusters, health policies, service policies, runtime tasks, reporting, and so on, offer varied support for assisted life-cycle and discovered middleware servers.