Define variables for federate base Application Server node - definitions
This article lists definitions for the terms you will come across in the
WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Customization Dialog.
Note: Some term
definitions--those that you cannot set in the related panel--are not displayed.
To see the definition, you must to go to the Information Center article for
the panel on which you can change that particular term.
Rules:
- In the following, unless specified otherwise, names must be 8 or fewer
characters.
- In some of the following, specifying "Y" (yes) tells the Dialog to define
the profile or enable an option. Specifying "N" (no) tells the Dialog to not
define the profile or enable the option.
- WebSphere Application Server home directory
- Directory in which the base Application Server configuration resides.
Note: Depending
on your service level and the variables you loaded in the "Load customization
variables" step, you may need to modify this value to reflect the correct
directory.
Deployment Manager Access
- Node host name
- IP name or address of the system on which the deployment manager server
is configured. This value, equivalent to "cell host" in addNode.sh, is used
by other WebSphere Application Server for z/OS functions to connect to this
server in order to federate the designated node into the deployment manager
cell.
Note: The node host name must always resolve to an IP stack
on the system where the Application Server runs. The node host name cannot
be a DVIPA or a DNS name that, in any other way, causes the direction of requests
to more than one system.
- JMX SOAP port
- JMX (Java Management Extensions) SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
connector port that the add node request uses to connect to the deployment
manager. It provides the federation process with knowledge of which deployment
manager is the target of the federation.
- Deployment manager security is enabled
- Specify "Y" to enable deployment manager security.
- Include Apps
- Specify "Y" if you want to include applications with your deployment manager
node. Enabling this option instructs the addNode program to include applications
from the node, as it would remove them prior to federation otherwise. If the
application already exists in the cell, a warning is printed and the application
is not installed into the cell.
Note: You must use this option
to migrate all the applications to the new cell. Federating the node to a
cell using the addNode command does not merge any cell-level configuration
information, including that from virtualHost.
- Launch the node agent after node federation
- Specify "N" if you do not want to start the node agent after federating
a node.
Note: This option was added in WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
Version 5.1.x.
- Base server ORB port
- Port for IIOP requests which acts as the bootstrap port for this server
and also as the port through which the ORB accepts IIOP requests. The port
value cannot be 0.
Note: The add node operation creates the nodeagent
administrative server with a default ORB port equivalent to the INS CosNaming
default bootstrap port. Because this same port was previously used by the
node's initial base server, the initial base server's ORB port must change
to a new port value. The default value to which the Application Server's ORB
port is set is 9810. If you configure multiple cells that intersect the same
systems, use of the default value will cause a port conflict between these
cells. This option helps you set the port number in case port 9810 was previously
assigned.
Node Agent Definitions
- Server name (short)
- Name of the node agent server. This is the server's job name, as specified
in the MVS START command JOBNAME parameter. This value is also passed as a
parameter to the server's start procedures to specify the location of the
server's configuration files and identify the server to certain WebSphere
Application Server for z/OS-exploited z/OS facilities (for example, SAF).
Rule: Name
must usually contain 7 or fewer all-uppercase characters. If you wish to instead
specify 8 characters, you must follow the steps outlined in the Information
Center article "Converting a 7-character jobname to 8 characters."
- Server name (long)
- Name of the node agent and the primary external identification of the
nodeagent server. This name identifies the server as displayed through the
administrative console and also appears as part of the directory path under
the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS home's configuration directory.
Rule: Name
must be 60 or fewer characters and can be of mixed case.
- JMX SOAP Connector port
- Port number for the JMX HTTP connection to this server based on the SOAP
protocol. JMX is used for remote administrative functions and is invoked through
scripts such as wsadmin.sh.
Rule: Value cannot be 0.
- DRS Client Address port
- Port used to access the server's data replication service. This is important
for configurations that define replication groups.
Rule: Value cannot
be 0.
- Node Discovery port
- Defines the TCP/IP port to which the node agents listens for discovery
requests that originate from the deployment manager.
- Node Multicast Discovery port
- Defines the multicast TCP/IP port to which the node agent listens for
discovery requests that originate from its managed servers. This is a CLASS
D address.
- ORB listener host name
- IP address on which the server's ORB listens for incoming IIOP requests.
The default is "*", which instructs the ORB to listen on all available IP
addresses.
- ORB port
- Port for IIOP requests which acts as the bootstrap port for this server
and also as the port through which the ORB accepts IIOP requests.
Rule: Value
cannot be 0.
- ORB SSL port
- Port for secure IIOP requests. The default is "0", which allows the system
to choose this port.

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