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Managed nodes
A managed node is a node that is federated to a dmgr and contains a node agent and can contain managed servers. In a managed node, you can configure and run managed servers.
The servers that are configured on a managed node make up the resources of your deployment environment. These servers are created, configured, started, stopped, managed and deleted using the administrative console of the dmgr.
A managed node has a node agent that manages all servers on a node.
When a node is federated, a node agent process is created automatically. This node agent must be running to be able to manage the configuration of the profile.
For example, when you do the following tasks:
- Start and stop server processes.
- Synchronize configuration data on the dmgr with the copy on the node.
However, the node agent does not need to be running in order for the applications to run or to configure resources in the node.
A managed node can contain one or more servers, which are managed by a dmgr. You can deploy solutions to the servers in a managed node, but the managed node does not contain a sample applications gallery. The managed node is defined by a custom profile and has a First steps console.
Related tasks:
Administer the IT infrastructure
Related information:
Unmanaged nodes
Node agents