This page describes the button choices that are available on various
pages of the administrative console, depending on which product features you
enable.
Select
all items. Selects each resource that is listed on
the administrative console panel, in preparation for performing an action
against the selected resources.
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Deselect all items. Removes all the listed resources from
each selection so that no action is performed against any of the resources.
Show filter function. Produces a dialog box for specifying
the resources to view in the table on this administrative console page.
Hide
filter function. Hides the dialog box for specifying the resources to
view in the table on this administrative console page.
When you produce
the dialog box, select the column to filter and enter the filter criteria.
- Column to filter
- Select the column to filter from the drop-down list. When you apply the
filter, only those items in the selected column that meet the filter criteria
are displayed.
For example, select Names to enter criteria by which
to filter application server names.
- Filter criteria
- Enter a string that must be found in the name of a collection entry to
qualify the entry to display in the collection table. The string can contain
percent sign (%), asterisk (*), or question mark (?) symbols as wildcard characters.
For example, enter *App* to find any application server whose name
contains the string App.
Prefix each of the following
characters ( ) ^ * % { } \ + $ with a backslash (\) so
that the regular expression engine performing the search correctly matches
the search criteria. For example, to search for all Java DataBase Connectivity
(JDBC) providers containing (XA) in the provider name, specify
the following string:
*\(XA\)
Clear
filter value. Clears your filter changes and restores the most recently
saved values.
- Abort. Stops a transaction that
is not yet in the prepared state. All operations that the transaction completed
are undone.
- Activate. Activates a group member.
- Add. Adds the selected or typed item to a list, or produces a dialog
for adding an item to a list.
- Add Node. Displays the Add Node page, in which
you specify the host name and SOAP connector port for a node that you want
added to a cell.
- Apply. Saves your changes to a page without exiting the page.
- Back. Displays the previous page or item in a sequence. The administrative
console does not support using the Back and Forward options of a browser,
which can cause intermittent problems. Use Back or Cancel on the administrative
console panels instead.
- Balance. Balances active members
in high availability groups across servers that host the high availability
groups. The administrator must first determine which groups have active members
and select those groups before selecting Balance.
- Browse. Opens a dialog that enables
you to look for a file on your system.
- Calculate groups. Calculates the
number of high availability groups that are returned based on the match set.
- Cancel. Exits the current page or dialog, discarding unsaved changes.
The administrative console does not support using the Back and Forward options
of a browser, which can cause intermittent problems. Use Cancel on the administrative
console panels instead.
- Change. In the context of security,
you can search the user registry for a user ID for an application to run under.
In the context of container properties, you can change the data source that
the container is using.
- Clear. Clears your changes and
restores the most recently saved values.
- Clear selections. Clears any selected
cells in the tables on this tabbed page.
- Close. Exits the dialog.
- Commit. Releases all locks that
are held by a prepared transaction and forces the transaction to commit.
- Copy. Creates copies of the selected
application servers.
- Create. Saves your changes to
all the tabbed pages in a dialog and exits the dialog.
- Create tables. Develops scheduler
database tables.
- Deactivate. Deactivates a group
member. The group member must be in the active state to be deactivated. The
deactivate option causes the group member to move to the idle state. The group
policy overrides which members are activated and deactivated for a group.
The policy is enforced for every member state change. If the deactivate option
conflicts with the group policy, the policy resets who is the active member
of the group.
- Delete. Removes the selected instance.
- Details. Shows the details about
a transaction.
- Disable. Disables a group or
group member. When you disable a group or group member, the active group or
group member is first deactivated. If the deactivate option is successful,
the group or group member moves to the disable state. A disabled group or
group member cannot be activated.
- Done. Saves your changes to all
the tabbed pages in a dialog and exits the dialog.
- Down. Moves through a list.
- Drop tables. Removes scheduler
database tables.
- Dump. Activates a dump of a traced application server.
- Edit. Lets you edit the selected
item in a list, or produces a dialog box for editing the item.
- Enable. Enables a group or a
group member.
- Export. Accesses a page for exporting
enterprise archive (EAR) files for an enterprise application.
- Export DDL. Accesses a page for
exporting data definition language (DDL) files for an enterprise application.
- Export Keys. Exports Lightweight
Third-Party Authentication (LTPA) keys to other domains.
- Export route table. Exports the
route table information for a selected cluster to a binary file in the configuration.
- Filter. Produces a dialog box
for specifying the resources to view in the tables on this tabbed page.
- Finish. Forces a transaction to
finish, regardless of whether its outcome has been reported to all participating
applications.
- First. Displays the first record
in a series of records.
- Force delete. Forces the removal of a node that
is not removed properly from the cell in the master repository. The Remove
node action is preferred over the Force delete action to delete
a node from the configuration. If you click Force delete, but the node
still exists in the configuration, uninstall the node or run the removeNode command
by using the -force parameter on that node. Force delete action is equivalent
to running the cleanupNode command at the deployment manager.
- Full resynchronize. Synchronizes the user's configuration
immediately. Click full resynchronize on the Nodes page if automatic configuration
synchronization is disabled, or if the synchronization interval is set to
a long time, and a configuration change is made to the cell repository that
needs to be replicated to that node. Clicking this option clears all synchronization
optimization settings and performs configuration synchronization again, so
no mismatches occur between node and cell configuration after this operation
is performed. This operation can take awhile to perform.
- Generate keys. Generates new LTPA
keys. When security is turned on for the first time with LTPA as the authentication
mechanism, LTPA keys are automatically generated with the password entered
in the panel. To generated new keys, use this option after the server is up
with security turned on. Clicking this option generates the keys and propagates
them to all active servers (cell, node, and application servers). The new
keys can be used to encrypt and decrypt the LTPA tokens. Click Save on
the console taskbar to save the new keys and the password in the repository.
- Immediate stop. Stops the server,
but bypasses the normal server quiesce process that supports in-flight requests
to complete before shutting down the entire server process. This shutdown
mode is faster than the normal server stop processing, but some application
clients can receive exceptions.
- Import keys. Imports new LTPA
keys from other domains. To support single signon (SSO) in WebSphere Application
Server across multiple WebSphere domains (cells), share LTPA keys and a password
among the domains. After exporting the keys from one of the cells into a
file, click this option to import the keys into all the active servers (cell,
node, and application servers). The new keys can be used to encrypt and decrypt
the LTPA token. Click Save on the console taskbar to save the new
keys and the password in the repository.
- Install. Displays the Preparing
for application installation page, which you use to deploy an application,
an enterprise bean, or a Web component onto an application server.
- Install RAR. Opens a dialog that
is used to install a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition Connector Architecture
(JCA) connector and to create a resource adapter.
- Manage state. Displays a list
of MBeans that corresponds to your previous selection of data source or connection
factory configurations. You can apply JCA lifecycle management operations
to these MBeans to control the run-time status of the corresponding resources.
- Manage transactions. Displays
a list of active transactions running on a server. You can forcibly finish
any transaction that has stopped processing because a transactional resource
is not available.
- Modify. Opens a dialog that is
used to change a specification.
- Move. Moves the selected application
servers to a different location in the administrative cell. When prompted,
specify the target location.
- Move down. Moves downward through
a list.
- Move up. Moves upward through
a list.
- New. Displays a page that you use to define a new instance. For
example, clicking New on the Application Servers page displays a page
on which you can configure a new application server.
- Next. Displays the next page,
frame, or item in a sequence.
- OK. Saves your changes and exits the page.
- Pause. In the context of JCA lifecycle
management, stops all outbound communication that is conducted through a resource
on a specified server to a backend.
- Ping. Attempts to contact selected
application servers.
- Previous. Displays the previous
page, frame, or item in a sequence.
- Quit. Exits a dialog box and discards
any unsaved changes.
- Refresh. Refreshes the view of data for instances that are currently
listed on this tabbed page.
- Regenerate encryption key. Regenerates a key for
global data replication. If you are using the DES or TRIPLE_DES encryption
type, regenerate a key at regular intervals (for example, monthly) to enhance
security.
- Remove. Deletes the selected item.
- Remove file. Removes the specified file from the selected application
or module.
- Remove node. Deletes the selected node.
- Reset. Clears your changes on the tab or page and restores the
most recently saved values.
- Restart. Stops
the selected objects and starts them again.
- Restart all servers on node. Stops all application
servers on the node and starts them again.
- Resume. In the context of JCA
lifecycle management, restarts the activity of a data source or a connection
factory that was paused by a previous JCA lifecycle management operation.
- Retrieve new. Retrieves a new
record.
- Rollout update. Sequentially updates an application
that is installed on multiple cluster members across a cluster. After you
update application files or a configuration, click Rollout update to
install the configuration or the updated files for an application on all the
cluster members of a cluster on which the application is installed. The Rollout
update option applies the following steps to each cluster member in sequence:
- Saves an updated configuration.
- Stops the cluster member.
- Updates the application on the node by synchronizing the configuration.
- Restarts the cluster member.
Use Rollout Update if the application is deployed on one or more
clusters spread across multiple nodes. This action enables one node to always
be running with a version of the application. For a single node environment,
use Update and then save and synchronize the node instead.
- Save. Saves the changes in your
local configuration to the master configuration.
- Select. For resource analysis,
lets you select a scope in which to monitor resources.
- Set. Saves your changes to settings
in a dialog.
- Settings. Displays a dialog for
editing servlet-related resource settings.
- Settings in use. Displays a dialog
showing the settings in use.
- Show groups. Displays a collection
of high availability groups, based on the match set.
- Show servers. Displays a collection
of servers that are contained in the high availability groups that match the
match set.
- Start. In the context of application servers, starts selected application
servers. In the context of data collection, starts collecting data for the
tables on this tabbed page.
- Stop. In the context of server components such as application servers,
stops the selected server components. In the context of a data collection,
stops collecting data for the tables on a tabbed page. In
the context of nodes, stops servers on the selected nodes. In the context
of deployment managers, stops the deployment manager server.
- Synchronize. Synchronizes the user's configuration
immediately. Click Synchronize on the Nodes page if automatic configuration
synchronization is disabled, or if the synchronization interval is set to
a long time, and a configuration change is made to the cell repository that
needs replicating to that node. A node synchronization operation is performed
using the normal synchronization optimization algorithm. This operation is
fast, but might not fix problems from manual file edits that occur on the
node. It is possible for the node and cell configuration to be out of synchronization
after this operation is performed. If problems persist, use Full Resynchronize.
- Terminate. Deletes the Application
Server process or another process that cannot be stopped by the Stop or Immediate
Stop commands. Some application clients can receive exceptions. Always
attempt an immediate stop before using this option.
- Test connection After you define and save a data source, you can
select this option to ensure that the parameters in the data source definition
are correct. On the Collection panel, you can select multiple data sources
and test them simultaneously.
- Uninstall. Deletes a deployed
application from the WebSphere Application Server configuration repository.
Also deletes application binary files from the file system.
- Update. For applications, replaces an application that is deployed
on a server with an updated application. As part of the updating, you might
need to complete steps on the Preparing for application installation and
Update application pages.
- Update resource list. Updates
the data on a table. Discovers and adds new instances to the table.
- Use cell CSI. Enables Object Management Group
(OMG) Common Secure Interoperability (CSI) protocol.
- Use cell SAS. Enables IBM
Secure Authentication Service (SAS).
- Use cell Security. Enables cell security.
- Verify tables. Validates the mapping
between the table names, scheduler resource, and data sources.
- View. Opens a dialog on a file.