Before you begin
Make sure that all WebSphere Application Server for z/OS server, administrator and client user IDs (any user IDs that run WebSphere Application Server for z/OS scripts) are run with environment variables LANG and LC_ALL both set to the same locale based on code page IBM-1047. Settings based on any other code page may cause the scripts to fail. See "Changing the Locale in the Shell" in UNIX System Services User's Guide for more information.Why and when to perform this task
Scripting is a non-graphical alternative that you can use to configure and manage WebSphere Application Server. The WebSphere Application Server wsadmin tool provides the ability to run scripts. The wsadmin tool supports a full range of product administrative activities.The following
figure illustrates the major components involved in a wsadmin scripting solution:
Figure 1: A WebSphere Application Server scripting solution
To perform a task using scripting, you must first perform the following steps:
Steps for this task
What to do next
Before you perform any task using scripting, make sure that you are familiar with the following concepts:Optionally, you can customize your scripting environment. For more information, see Scripting environment properties.
After you become familiar with the scripting concepts, choose a scripting language, and start the scripting client, you are ready to perform tasks using scripting.
Related tasks
Migrating administrative scripts
Using scripting (wsadmin)
Related reference
Scripting reference material