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6.6.0.1.9: Actions on the right-click menus of the Java administrative console

6.6.0.1.9: Actions on the right-click menus of the Java administrative console

The table summarizes choices available on the right-click menus of folders or items in the tree view.

Some actions are not available for certain folders or items, or can become temporarily unavailable due to the state of the selection. For example, if a server is already stopped, its Stop action will be unavailable.

Action Result
Clone Displays a Create Clone dialog for defining a new clone for a server group. This option is available for a server group as part of the right-click menu choice New -> Clone.
Create Server Group Displays a Create Server Group task wizard for defining a new server group or for defining one based on an existing server.

The wizard can be used to set values for some server group properties. To view or change all properties, the server group properties dialog can be used.

Export Application Displays an Export Application dialog for specifying a node and directory to which an enterprise application should be exported. The application is saved as an EAR file.
Export Binding Displays a dialog for specifying the exporting destination of binding files. Binding files contain location information needed to resolve external references for an application or module. For example, binding information is needed to map an external resource from its logical name (in the deployment descriptor) to its actual JNDI name.
Export Table DDL Displays an Export Table DDL dialog for specifying a node and directory to which table DDL files should be exported.

This action is only enabled for EJB modules containing container managed persistence (CMP) beans and for Web modules that use EJB modules containing CMP beans.

Find Displays a Find dialog for compiling a list of all objects that have the same object type as the selection.
Force Stop Stops the resource when the regular Stop action is ineffective. Use the option when the administrative server or other resource is in a strange state and cannot be stopped using the ordinary Stop action.
Install Enterprise Application Displays an Application Installation task wizard for installing an application (EAR file) or module (JAR or WAR file).
Move Displays a dialog for moving an EAR file to a node that contains the destination server or server group. If a server group is named as the destination, then the EAR file is copied to all nodes that contain the clones of the server group.

Manual steps are required. Please see "Moving EJB modules to other application servers."

This option is only available to EJB modules or Web modules. The EAR file containing the EJB or Web module is the EAR file moved.

New Displays a Properties dialog for configuring the resource.
Ping Pings the resource to see whether the resource is responding. The administrator can use the ping action as a basic check of the "health" of the resource.

For information about the ping operation, consult the documentation for the operating system in use.

Properties Displays a properties dialog for configuring the resource.
Reconnect Connects a node to the administrative server.
Regen WebServer Plugin Regenerates the configuration for a WebSphere plugin for Web servers. This option will overwrite the existing plugin configuration so the information in "6.6.45: Administering WebSphere plug-ins for Web servers" should be reviewed before using this option.
Remove Permanently removes the selection and its children from the administrative domain.
Restart Stops a resource, then returns the resource to the state it was in before it (or its parent resource) was stopped.

For example, suppose you performed Stop for Restart (or just Restart) on a running administrative server node containing application server "A" in the stopped state and application server "B" in the running state. The Restart command would cause application server A to remain stopped. It would return application server B to the running state, along with the administrative server.

Show Status Displays a Module Status window that provides information about the modules, the servers that the modules are installed on and their corresponding status values.
Start Changes the resource to running state.
Stop Stops the resource.

For an administrative server node, this action stops the administrative server running on the node. It does not shut down the operating system.

Stop for Restart Stops a resource and any resources contained by the resource, in preparation for the Restart command.

It can be useful for stopping and restarting an administrative server that contains multiple application servers, some of which are running and others of which are stopped. Using a combination of Stop for Restart and then Restart will return the application servers to their former states (stopped or running) when the administrative server is restarted.

Transactions Displays the Transactions dialog for viewing and controlling transactions occurring on the resource. See the related information to learn more about administering transactions.
Trace Displays the Trace Administration dialog. See the related information to learn more about tracing.
View Deployment Descriptor Displays the deployment descriptor of the selected enterprise application, EJB module or Web Module.
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