Product GUIs and tools

IBM WebSphere Application Server provides a variety of graphical and non-graphical user interfaces. The product GUIs are described, as well as some key scripting and command-line tools. For a complete list of available commands, and for more information about commands, see the section, Command-line syntax in the Reference view of the information center.

Tools for installing, upgrading, and migrating

Installation wizard
An ISPF interface that leads you through the process of installing the product.
Migration tools
Command-line tools are available to help you migrate from a previous product version.

Tools for developing applications

IBM WebSphere Application Server is not an application development tool. The WebSphere Studio Application Developer product line offers development environments and tools that complement each edition of the Application Server. For more information, see Product family overview.

Tools for assembling applications

As described in Assembling or packaging, assembly is a necessary packaging and configuration step prior to deploying an application onto the server.

Application Assembly Tool[5.0 only][Version 5.0.1][Version 5.0.2]
The Application Assembly Tool (AAT) assembles enterprise applications for deployment. For more information, see Assembling applications with the AAT.
Deployment tool[5.0 only][Version 5.0.1][Version 5.0.2]
The AAT calls this command-line tool to generate code for deployment. In specific cases, you might need to use it. See ejbdeploy tool.
Application Client Resource Configuration Tool

Use this tool to configure deployment descriptors that define the resources needed by application clients. For more information, see Assembling application clients on workstation platforms.

clientUpgrade
Use this tool to migrate client Java archive (JAR) files from the J2EE 1.2 specification to the J2EE 1.3 specification.
Text editor
You can use your favorite text editor to edit deployment descriptors, which are XML documents.

Tools for deploying and administering

As described in Deploying, deploying involves putting an application onto a particular server.

Systems administration tools
See Welcome to System Administration for a description of the available systems administration tools, including the graphical WebSphere Administrative Console, the WSAdmin scripting client, and an assortment of special purpose command line tools.
LaunchClient command
This command line tool starts application clients. See launchClient tool.
UDDI user console
This is the graphical interface for interacting with the IBM WebSphere UDDI Registry. See UDDI user console.
NameSpaceDump tool
This command line interface displays the IBM WebSphere Application Server name space for debugging purposes. See dumpNameSpace tool.

Tools for monitoring and tuning

Tools for troubleshooting

Application Server Toolkit
This toolkit provides both local and remote debugging capability for multiple types of application components.
Log Analyzer
The Log Analyzer takes one or more service or activity logs, merges all of the data, and displays the entries. Based on its symptom database, it analyzes and interprets the error conditions in the log entries to help you debug problems. Log Analyzer has a special feature enabling it to download the latest symptom database from the IBM Web site.



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