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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:

Resources quick reference

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
Description Administrative overview Settings
Administrative domains Administering WebSphere administrative domains  
Nodes Administering nodes  
Administrative servers Administering WebSphere administrative servers Administrative server properties
Web resources Administering Web resources Web resource properties
Virtual hosts Administering virtual hosts Virtual host properties
Configuring specific application servers
Description Administrative overview Settings
Application servers Administering application servers Application server properties
EJB containers Administering EJB containers EJB container properties
Servlet engines Administering servlet engines Servlet engine properties
Configuring application components installed in a runtime
Description Administrative overview Settings
Applications Administering applications  
Enterprise beans Administering enterprise beans Enterprise bean properties
Web applications Administering Web applications Web application properties
Servlets Administering servlets Servlet properties
JSP files Administering JSP files  
Configuring resource providers for data access and other functions
Description Administrative overview Settings
Data access Administering database connections JDBC driver properties
Data source properties
Configuring various services to support applications in the runtime
Description Administrative overview Settings
Security Administering security Security properties
Sessions and Session Managers Administering Session Managers No console settings
User Profile Managers Administering User Profile Managers
Tracing Administering the product trace Trace properties
Transactions Administering transactions Transaction properties
Generic servers Administering generic servers Generic server properties
OLT and Distributed Debugger Administering OLT and Distributed Debugger  
Configuring resources related to routing and distributing application requests
Description Administrative overview Settings
Servlet redirectors Administering servlet redirectors  
Models and clones Administering models and clones Model and clone properties
Plug-ins for Web servers Administering WebSphere plug-ins for Web servers Plug-in properties

Tools quick reference

Use the following information to compare, select among, and learn how to use the features of the various product interfaces.

Summary of available product interfaces (consoles and tools)

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.

Comparison of administrative consoles

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)    
Command line (can be used programmatically)    
Lets you save configuration changes and apply them later  
Produces or allows work with properties files that can be read and edited by hand
Full administrative functionality    
Can be used remotely with respect to administrative server machine    
Supports variable substitution      

Scope of administrative capabilities

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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