Advanced Edition administrative console topics

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Preliminaries

   Starting and stopping servers

   Finding product prerequisite information

   Product installation root reference
Using the console

       Using the Java administrative console
           Starting and stopping Java administrative consoles
           Inspecting the runtime values of properties
           Updating resources
           Removing resources
           Finding resources
           Starting and stopping resources
           Pinging resources
           Actions on the administrative console menu
           Actions on the right-click menus
Administering enterprise applications

       What are enterprise applications? (brief description)
       What are deployment descriptors? (brief description)

       Administering enterprise applications with the Java administrative console
           Installing enterprise applications with the Java administrative console
           Viewing deployment descriptors of enterprise applications with the Java administrative console
           Showing the status of enterprise applications, with the Java administrative console
           Exporting enterprise applications with the Java administrative console

        Enterprise application properties
Administering administrative nodes

       What are nodes? (brief description)

       Administering nodes with the Java administrative console
           Configuring new nodes with the Java administrative console
           Reconnecting administrative nodes with the Java administrative console
           Regenerating WebSphere plug-in configurations with the Java administrative console
           Configuring tracing on administrative nodes with the Java administrative console

        Node properties
Administering application servers

       What are application servers? (brief description)

       Administering application servers with the Java administrative console
           Configuring new application servers with the Java administrative console
           Starting and stopping application servers with the Java administrative console
           Editing services of application servers with the Java administrative console

        Application server properties
Administering EJB containers

       What are EJB containers? (brief description)

       Administering enterprise bean containers with the Java administrative console
           Configuring new EJB containers with the Java administrative console

        EJB container properties
Administering EJB modules

       What are enterprise beans? (brief description)
           What are EJB modules? (brief description)

       Administering EJB modules with the Java administrative console
           Installing EJB modules with the Java administrative console
           Viewing deployment descriptors of EJB modules with the Java administrative console
           Showing the status of EJB modules with the Java administrative console
           Exporting table DDLs of EJB modules with the Java administrative console
           Moving EJB modules to other application servers with the Java administrative console

        Enterprise bean properties
Administering Web containers

       What are Web containers? (brief description)

       Administering Web containers with the Java administrative console
           Configuring the Web container services of application servers with the Java administrative console
           Administering transports of Web container services of application servers with the Java administrative console

        Servlet engine properties
Administering Web modules

       What are Web modules? (brief description)
       What are servlets? (brief description)
       What are JSP files? (brief description)

       Administering Web modules with the Java administrative console
           Installing Web modules with the Java administrative console
           Viewing deployment descriptors of Web modules with the Java administrative console
           Showing the status of Web modules with the Java administrative console
           Moving Web modules to other application servers with the Java administrative console

        Web application properties
Administering session support

       What are sessions and Session Managers? (brief description)

       Administering session support with the Java administrative console
           Configuring the Session Manager services of application servers with the Java administrative console

        Session Manager properties
Administering HTTP transports

       What are transports? (brief description)

       Administering transports with the Java administrative console
           Creating new transport configurations with the Java administrative console
           Editing existing transport configurations with the Java administrative console
           Removing transport configurations with the Java administrative console

        Properties of transports
Administering database connections

       What is data access? (brief description)

       Administering database connections with the Java console
           Configuring new database connections with the Java administrative console

        Properties of JDBC providers
           6.6.14.0.1: Properties of data sources
Administering custom services

       What are custom services? (brief description)

       Administering custom services with the Java administrative console
           Adding and removing custom services with the Java administrative console
           Updating custom services with the Java administrative console

        Properties of custom services
Administering virtual hosts

       What are virtual hosts? (brief description)

       Administering virtual hosts with the Java administrative console
           Configuring new virtual hosts with the Java administrative console
           Adding and removing virtual host aliases with the Java administrative console
           Adding, removing, and editing virtual host MIME types with the Java administrative console

        Properties of virtual hosts
Administering security

       What is security? (brief description)

       Securing applications with the Java console
       Specifying global settings with the Java console
       Securing cloned applications

       Summary of security settings with the Java console
       Enabling security with the Java console
       Specifying how to authenticate users with the Java console
       Selecting users and groups for roles with the Java console
       Assigning users to Run As roles using the Java console
       Selecting users and groups for administrative roles with the Java console
       Making LTPA-secured calls across WebSphere domains with the Java administrative console
       Configuring SSL in WebSphere Application Server
       Selecting users and groups

       Avoiding known security risks in the runtime environment
       Protecting individual application components and methods
       LDAP with MS Active Directory
       Specifying authentication options in sas.client.props
       The demo keyring

       General security properties
           Properties for configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL) support
           Properties for configuring security using local operating system
           Properties for LTPA support
           Properties for mapping security roles and "run as" roles to users and groups
           Properties for configuring security using LTPA and custom user registry (pluggable user registry)
           Custom settings for custom user registry
           Properties for LDAP support
           Properties for Select Users/Groups window
           Advanced properties for LDAP support
           Properties for mapping "Run As" roles to users

       Supported directory services
Administering application server tracing

       What are messages, events, traces, and logs? (brief description)

       Administering the product messages, logs, and traces
               Filtering messages with the Java administrative console
               Viewing messages with the Java administrative console
               Viewing logs

       Updating the trace services of application servers with the Java administrative console

           Event Viewer properties
           Trace Administration properties
           Server trace properties
Administering transaction support

       What are transactions? (brief description)

       Administering transactions with the Java administrative console
           Viewing transactions and forcing outcomes with the Java administrative console

        Transaction properties
Analyzing resource performance

       Analyzing resources with the Java administrative console
Administering server groups

       What are server groups?

       Administering server groups with the Java administrative console
           Specifying server groups with the Java administrative console
           Editing services of server groups with the Java administrative console

       Server group properties
Administering application tracing and debugging with Distributed Debugger and Object Level Trace

       What are Object Level Trace and Debugging? (brief description)

       Administering the OLT services of application servers with the Java administrative console
           Configuring the Object Level Trace services of application servers with the Java administrative console

        Object Level Trace and Distributed Debugger properties
Administering ORBs

       What are Object Request Brokers (ORBs)? (brief description)

       Administering the ORB services of application servers with the Java administrative console
           Configuring the ORB services of application servers with the Java administrative console

       Object Request Broker properties for Advanced Edition
Monitoring and tuning performance

       Monitoring and tuning performance with the Java administrative console
           Using the Performance Tuner Wizard of the Java administrative console
           Configuring the Performance Monitor services of application servers, with the Java administrative console
Administering JavaMail support

       What are JavaMail and mail sessions? (brief description)

       Administering JavaMail support resources with the Java console
           Configuring new JavaMail support resources with the Java administrative console

        Properties of JavaMail providers
           6.6.37.0.1: Properties of JavaMail sessions
Administering URL support

       What are URL providers and URLs? (brief description)

       Administering URL support resources with the Java administrative console
           Configuring URL resources with the Java administrative console
           Installing and uninstalling URL providers on nodes, with the Java administrative console

        Properties of URL providers
           6.6.38.0.1: Properties of URLs
Administering JMS (messaging) support

       What are JMS providers and messaging? (brief description)

       Administering JMS support resources with the Java administrative console
           Configuring JMS resources with the Java administrative console
           Installing and uninstalling JMS providers on nodes, with the Java administrative console

        Properties of JMS providers
           6.6.39.0.1: Properties of JMS connection factories
           6.6.39.0.2: Properties of JMS destinations
Administering administrative domains

       What are WebSphere administrative domains? (brief description)

       Administering WebSphere administrative domains with the Java administrative console

        Administrative domain properties
Administering J2C resource

       What are J2C resources?

       Administering J2C support resources with the Java administrative console
           Configuring J2C connection factories with the Java administrative console
           Installing and uninstalling J2C adapters on nodes, with the Java administrative console

       Properties of J2C Resource Adapters
           Properties of J2C connection factories
Administering Web server plug-ins

       What are Web server plug-ins? (brief description)

       Administering WebSphere plug-ins for Web servers
       Controlling where the WebSphere plug-ins for Web servers are installed
       Regenerating the Web server plug-in configuration
       What to do after changing Web server ports
       Checking your IBM HTTP Server version
       Manually updating the Domino Web server configuration file

        Properties of WebSphere plug-ins for Web servers
           Modifications to Web server configuration files during product installation
Administering generic servers

       What are generic servers?

       Administering generic servers with the Java administrative console
           Adding generic servers with the Java administrative console

        Properties of generic servers