Administering WebSphere Application Server involves the use of both the MVS console and the WebSphere Application Server administrative console. For example:
The following table lists the main Application Server operations tasks and directs you to information that helps you to perform these tasks. The Application Server activities and operations can be performed from:
Task | MVS console | Application Server administrative console | TSO panel | Reference to associated procedure |
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Start operations | ||||
Starting the Application Server environment and location service daemon | Yes | No | No | See Starting servers. |
Starting a cluster or application server | Yes | Application server only | No | See Starting clusters, Starting servers, and Using the administrative console. |
Stop operations | ||||
Stopping the location service daemon | Yes | No | No | See Steps for stopping or canceling the location service daemon from the MVS console . |
Stopping a cluster | Yes | Yes | No | See Stopping clusters. |
Stopping an application server | Yes | Yes | No | See Stopping servers. |
Cancel operations | ||||
Canceling the location service daemon | Yes | No | No | See Steps for stopping or canceling the location service daemon from the MVS console. |
Canceling a cluster | Yes | Yes | No | See Stopping clusters. |
Canceling an application server | Yes | Yes | No | See Stopping servers. |
Display operations | ||||
Displaying the status of ARM-registered address spaces including clusters and servants | Yes | No | No | See Displaying the status of ARM-registered address spaces including WebSphere for z/OS servers and server instances. |
Displaying units of work (threads) for DB2 | Yes | No | No | See DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 and z/OS Command Reference athttp://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi. |
Displaying indoubt units of work (threads) for DB2 | Yes | No | No | See DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 and z/OS Command Reference athttp://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi. |
Displaying units of work for RRS | No | No | Yes | See z/OS MVS Programming: Resource Recovery at http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi. |
Displaying units of work for CICS | Yes | No | Yes | See CICS Operations and Utilities Guide at http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi |
Displaying units of work (transactions) for IMS | Yes | No | No | See IMS/ESA Summary of Operator Commands at hhttp://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi. |
Displaying the status of a cluster | Yes | Yes | No | See Example: Displaying status of clusters . |
Displaying the status of a server | Yes | Yes | No | See Example: Displaying status of a server . |
Displaying active address spaces | Yes | No | No | See Example: Displaying active address spaces. |
Displaying active replies | Yes | No | No | See Example: Displaying active replies. |
Modify operations | ||||
Getting help for the modify command | Yes | No | No | See Example: Getting help for the modify command. |
Canceling application clusters and servers | Yes | No | No | See Example: Canceling application clusters and servers with the modify command. |
Modifying trace variables dynamically | Yes | No | No | See Enabling trace on a running server.. |
Modifying the Java trace string | Yes | No | No | See Example: Modifying the Java trace string. |
Displaying status | Yes | No | No | See Modify command. |
Other Application Server operations | ||||
ARM and restart | Yes | No | No | See Automatic restart management. |
Setting up error log streams for different clusters and servants | No | You can associate a log stream with a cluster from the administrative console | No | See Setting up the error log. |
Setting up System Management Facilities recording | Yes | Enable it from here, but initiate it from the MVS console. | No | See Collecting job-related information with Systems Management Facility (SMF). |
Shutting down the WebSphere for z/OS environment | Yes | Application server only | No | See Stopping clusters, Stopping servers, and Steps for stopping or canceling the location service daemon from the MVS console. |
Taking a WebSphere for z/OS system cluster out of service | Yes | Application server only; You cannot take a WebSphere for z/OS system cluster out of service from the administrative console | No | |
Workload Management | ||||
Displaying the status of a WLM application environment | Yes | No | No | See Handling workload management and server failures. |
Handling workload management and server failures | Yes | No | No | See Handling workload management and server failures. |
Getting out of the stopped state and back to the available state for an application environment | Yes | No | No | See Handling workload management and server failures. |
Checking and managing the workload management application environment (display, stop/quiesce, restart/resume) | Yes | No | No | See Handling workload management and server failures and WLM dynamic application environment operator commands. |