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BBSON bulletin board

Intelligent Management offers a bulletin board service overlay network (BBSON) that is independent of the WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment high availability manager. The high availability manager provides a mechanism that allows servers to easily exchange state data. This mechanism is commonly referred to as the bulletin board.

Overview

BBSON, which is enabled by default, alleviates the Intelligent Management dependency on the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment high availability manager. BBSON is only used by the Intelligent Management components; other components continue to use the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment high availability manager. By using BBSON you avoid constructing and managing core groups and bridges required for Intelligent Management. You can use BBSON for new cells bridged to existing cells running WebSphere Virtual Enterprise Version 7.0 or later versions. For configuration information about the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment high availability manager, see the topic on setting up a high availability environment.

Troubleshooting

For problem diagnosis and debugging purposes, use the manageBBSON.py script to collect BBSON state dumps from every process in the product cell. For more information, read about the manageBBSON.py script.

For transitioning users For transitioning users: The WebSphere Virtual Enterprise command that equates to manageBBSON.py is manageWVEBB.py. If you are making the transition from WebSphere Virtual Enterprise, you can continue to use the manageWVEBB.py command, which operates the same as the manageBBSON.py command.trns

Restrictions

The following restrictions apply when using BBSON:
  • Do not use BBSON if you have an older version than WebSphere Virtual Enterprise 7.0 in your cell.

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