WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Administration and Configuration Guide for the Full Profile

Chapter 1. System management: Technical overview 7

You can develop custom Java applications that use Java Management Extensions based

on the WebSphere application programming interface (API).

 Command-line utilities

These administrative utilities help you manage your WebSphere Application Server

environment and include the following features:

– Called from a command line

– Can be used to perform common administrative tasks, such as starting and stopping

the application server and backing up the configuration

Command-line utilities work on local application servers, nodes, and the deployment

manager only.

The set of administrative tools that you employ ultimately depends on the size and complexity

of your runtime environment. The next sections of this publication address the multiple levels

of administration in WebSphere Application Server.

1.3 New features for administrators

WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.5 and V8.5.5 provide the following

enhanced capabilities to extend application development and deployment:

 Support for Java 7

Java 6 is installed with the product and used by default. WebSphere Application Server

V8.5 provides optional support for the IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition

Version 7.0. This IBM software development kit (SDK) provides a full-function SDK for

Java that is compliant with Java SE 7 application programming interfaces. To use Java 7,

install IBM WebSphere SDK7.0 using IBM Installation Manager and then use the

managesdk tool to enable it.

 Comprehensive programming model support

A wide variety of programming models are supported, providing greater flexibility and

improving developer productivity. The following programming models are enhanced in

WebSphere Application Server V8.5:

– Service Component Architecture (SCA): Support for several OASIS specifications

– Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGI): Support for Enterprise JavaBean (EJB)

assets in reusable bundles, plus a blueprint security update

– Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit support

 WebSphere Batch

Use the enhanced features of WebSphere Batch to build robust batch applications for

performing lengthy bulk transaction processing and computation-intensive work.

 Monitored directory

You can speed the process of installing, debugging, updating, and uninstalling applications

by dragging applications into the monitored directory. The following application file types

are supported:

– Enterprise archive (EAR)

– Web archive (WAR)

– Java archive (JAR)

– Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) archive (SAR)