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If you are not familiar with work managers, review the conceptual topic Work managers.Why and when to perform this task
A work manager acts as a thread pool for application components that use asynchronous beans. Use the administrative console to configure work managers. You can define multiple work managers for each cell. Each work manager is bound to a unique place in Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI).Note: The work manager service is only supported from within the Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) Container or Web Container. Looking up and using a configured work manager from a J2EE application client container is not supported.
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Results
The work manager is now configured and ready for access by application components that need to manage asynchronous code execution.