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

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6.1 Introducing the WebSphere administrative consoles

The WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console, referred to as the administrative console, is a

graphical, web-based tool that is used to configure and manage the resources within your

WebSphere environment.

The administrative console application name is

isclite, and it is a system application. This

means that the application is central to a WebSphere Application Server product, and it is

installed when the product is installed. In this case, the administrative console application is

installed during profile creation, if selected, or afterwards using the command line. You do not

see system applications in the list of installed applications when using the administrative

console. You cannot stop or start the application directly or uninstall the application directly.

With the introduction of the flexible management topologies, there are multiple administrative

consoles available in a WebSphere solution:

 Administrative console hosted by an application server or deployment manager in case of

a Network Deployment environment:

This administrative console is used to manage an entire WebSphere cell. It supports the

full range of product administrative activities, such as creating and managing resources

and applications, viewing product messages, and so on.

In a stand-alone server environment, the administrative console is located on the

application server and can be used to configure and manage the resources of that server

only.

In a Network Deployment environment, the administrative console is located in the

deployment manager server,

dmgr. In this case, the administrative console provides

centralized administration of multiple nodes. Configuration changes are made to the

master repository and pushed to the local repositories on the nodes by the deployment

manager.

 Administrative agent console:

An administrative agent hosts the administrative console for application server nodes that

are registered to it.

When you access the URL for the administrative console, you can select the node type to

manage. After your selection is made, you are directed to the appropriate administrative

console where you can log into:

– Administrative console for the administrative agent:

This console allows you to manage the administrative agent, including security

settings. You can also register nodes that the administrative agent controls with the job

manager.

– Administrative console for an application server:

This console is the administrative console for the application server.

 Job manager administrative console (referred to as the job manager console):

The job manager console provides the interface to manage the job manager itself,

including security settings and mail resources. Its primary function is to submit jobs for

processing on the nodes that are registered to it.

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6.1.1 Starting and accessing the consoles

The way that you access the administrative console is the same whether you have a

stand-alone server environment or a distributed server environment. However, the location

and how you start the necessary processes varies.

Finding the URL for the console

Each application server process that hosts the administrative console has two admin ports

that are used to access the administrative console. These ports are:

 WC_adminhost

 WC_adminhost_secure (for SSL communication)

These ports are assigned at profile creation time. If you do not know which is the port number

for the administrative console, look in the following location:

 In case of a Network Deployment environment: profile_home/properties/portdef.props

 In case of a stand-alone environment:

profile_home/config/cells/cell_name/nodes/node_name/serverindex.xml

Use the following URL to access the administrative console using the non-SSL port:

http://<hostname>:<WC_adminhost>/ibm/console

Use the following URL to access the administrative console using the SSL port:

https://<hostname>:<WC_adminhost_secure>/ibm/console

If administrative security is enabled, you are automatically redirected to the secure port.

Administrative console in a stand-alone server environment

In a single application server installation, the administrative console is hosted by the

application server. The server must be started to access the administrative console.

To access the administrative console:

1. Make sure that your application server is running by entering the following command:

serverStatus.bat(sh) -all

The serverStatus command is used to obtain the status of one or all of the servers

configured on the node. You provide the server name as an argument, or use the -all

argument. The default server name is

server1. Example 6-1 shows the output of this

command.

Example 6-1 Example output for the serverStatus command in a Windows environment

D:\was85\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv_85_02\bin>serverstatus.bat

-all

ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file

D:\was85\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv_85_02\logs\serverStatus.log

ADMU0128I: Starting tool with the AppSrv_85_02 profile

ADMU0503I: Retrieving server status for all servers

ADMU0505I: Servers found in configuration:

ADMU0506I: Server name: server_85_2

ADMU0509I: The Application Server "server_85_2" cannot be reached. It appears

to be stopped.