Chapter 20. Automated WebSphere Administration

Objectives

This chapter covers the following concepts:

  • The automation capabilities of WebSphere Application Server V5

  • How to automate WebSphere administration by using built-in tools such as wsadmin, Ant tasks, response files, and shell scripts

  • How to create and/or use JMX based tools to automate WebSphere administration

Overview

An administrator’s job is never done. There is always one more task that must be investigated before going home at the end of the day. What if there was a way to only have to do a task once and any subsequent requests would either be done automatically for you or with a lot less effort? WebSphere V5 provides the tools and functionality to make that dream a reality.

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