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6.6: Tools and resources quick reference
6.6: Tools and resources quick reference
This article provides various ways to access information about administering
the product and your applications being hosted by the product. Find information
based on:
The following tables provide quick entry points into descriptions,
tasks, and settings of various objects that you can administer.
See also the
administrative model, which enables you to
click a resource in a topology diagram to go straight to the
information about the resource.
Configuring the overall administrative environment
Configuring specific application servers
Configuring application components installed in a runtime
Configuring resource providers for data access and other functions
Configuring various services to support applications in the runtime
Configuring resources related to routing and distributing application requests
Use the following information to compare, select among, and learn how to use the features of
the various product interfaces.
The table summarizes the available product interfaces (with the
exception of the installation program and the
problem determination tools).
Interface |
Purpose |
Administrative console (Java based) |
Graphical interface for configuring and operating application servers and other resources
that support applications in a runtime environment |
WSCP |
Command line interface for operational tasks, such as starting and stopping
application servers |
XMLConfig |
Command line interface for configuration tasks, including the import and export of human
readable XML files describing resource configurations |
Administrative console (Web based) |
Graphical interface for configuring and operating application servers and other resources
that support applications in a runtime environment |
Configuration using property files |
Ability to manually edit various property files in the product directory structure
for miscellaneous configuration purposes |
WAR to Web Application conversion tool |
Converts J2EE WAR files to the format needed by WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.x. |
The following table summarizes the traits or features of the
administrative interfaces that are alternative options
to one another.
Trait |
Java console? |
Web console? |
WSCP? |
XMLConfig? |
Graphical interface (requires human presence for use) |
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Command line (can be used programmatically) |
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Lets you save configuration changes and apply them later |
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Produces or allows work with properties files that can be read and edited by hand |
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Full administrative functionality |
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Can be used remotely with respect to administrative
server machine |
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Supports variable substitution |
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Administrators that have access to an administrative client can
use the full capabilities of the client. At this time, it is not
possible to allow administrators to perform some operations (such as starting and
stopping servers) but deny them the ability to perform other operations
(such as creating and configuring resources).
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