Setting background applications using wsadmin scripting
You can enable or disable a background application using scripting and the wsadmin tool.
About this task
Background applications specify whether the application must initialize fully before the server starts. The default setting is false and this indicates that server startup will not complete until the application starts. If you set the value to true, the application starts on a background thread and server startup continues without waiting for the application to start. The application may not ready for use when the application server starts.