PQ68756, 4.0.4, 4.0.5: Add a tag to the server-cfg.xml file to location
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Abstract
WebSphere AEs does not allow a user to define the filename or location for the plugin-cfg.xml when generated from the console.
 
Download Description
USERS AFFECTED:
WebSphere Application Single Server installations with multiple instances of WebSphere installed.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
WebSphere's web-based adminstrative console does not provide the option to write the plugin-cfg.xml file to an alternate directory similar to the command line program
GenPluginCfg. bat/sh .

RECOMMENDATION:
Customer is requesting the same config option in the admin console as what exists via the command line program GenPluginCfg. sh/bat to change the default location for writing the plugin-cfg.xml file (-outputFile). Since customer has configured mulitple instances for one installation of WebSphere, they are unable to regenerate the plugin-cfg.xml file for each node without overwritting the prior nodes file.

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
To allow the web-based administrative console to also write to a configurable directory, WebSphere has added a new pathMap configuration parameter inside of server-cfg.xml to duplicate
the behavior permitted by the command line utility for regenerating the plugin.

symbolicName = "PLUGIN_CFG_ROOT"
path = " DIRECTORY_TO_WRITE_FILE "
Sample server-cfg.xml file...
<pathMap xmi:id='PathMap_1'>
<entries xmi:id='PathMapEntry_1'
symbolicName='APP_INSTALL_ROOT'
path='${WAS_ROOT}/installedApps'
description='The filesystem path to the directory which will contain
installed enterprise
applications.'/>
<!-- removed extra entries for this sample-->
<entries xmi:id='PathMapEntry_7'
symbolicName='PLUGIN_CFG_ROOT'
path='C:\temp'
description='The filesystem path to write
the plugin-cfg.xml'/>
</pathMap>
 
Prerequisites
None
 
 
Installation instructions
Please refer to the readme for detailed installation instructions.
 
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Readme US English 3919
 
Download package
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DOWNLOAD RELEASE DATE LANGUAGE SIZE(Bytes) Download Options
PQ68756 12/16/2002 US English 863582 FTP DD
 
Technical support
800-IBM-SERV (US calls only)
 
Problems (APARs) fixed
PQ68756
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Plug-in
Operating system(s): HP-UX
Software version: 4.0.5
Software edition:
Reference #: 4003666
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Dec 18, 2002