WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Contents of this section: Administering applications and their environments

Setting up the application serving environment
This section is for the administrator who is responsible for integrating application serving capabilities into an existing network environment. It looks at the product as part of a larger system, typically a production environment or realistic test environment. This section reiterates some installation and customization activities, including topology planning and creating product configurations. It carries the focus into the administrative realm, discussing port configuration and other network concerns. See also Overview and new features for installing an application serving environment.

This information expands the topology planning discussion by describing how to set up and maintain logical administrative domains of cells and nodes, and how to balance workload through clustering and high availability configurations.

Using the administrative clients
This section describes the many options available for administering your applications and the servers to which the applications are deployed. Options include the graphical administrative console; scripting with the wsadmin tool; programmatic administration using Java Management Extensions (JMX) and MBeans; and a wide array of command-line tools, including ANT.
Starting and stopping quick reference
This section summarizes what can be started and stopped, including applications and the application servers on which these applications are deployed.
Class loading
This section describes how to configure class loaders. It includes both configuration that is performed during application assembly (packaging) and configuration performed at the server. The product run-time environment uses class loaders to find and load new classes for an application. Class loaders are part of the Java virtual machine (JVM) code and are responsible for finding and loading class files.
Deploying and administering applications
This section describes how to deploy applications onto application servers, and then how to administer the deployed applications. It includes installing applications, starting applications, exporting application files, updating applications, removing applications, and other common tasks.
Administer WebSphere applications
This section provides administrative instructions that are specific to the various types of applications. For example, you can focus on administering your Web applications in their Web container; or aspects of Web services support; or the messaging or security subsystems.
Troubleshooting deployment
This section describes how to identify and handle a variety of problems encountered during development, assembly, and deployment activities.
Troubleshooting administration
This section describes how to identify and handle a variety of problems encountered during administrative activities.



Related concepts
Product overview and quick start

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