Submitting jobs to manage servers
In a flexible management environment, we can submit jobs to create and administer servers on managed targets of the job manager. The servers can be a stand-alone server or a federated node of a deployment manager.
Before submitting a job, start the job manager and the targets. If a target is a stand-alone application server, also start the administrative agent.
Your ID at the job manager must be authorized for the administrator role or the operator role to submit jobs. When you submit a job, we can specify a user name and password for authentication and authorization at the target or targets. When you submit a job to multiple targets, the user name and password or the credentials for the submitter must be applicable to all the job targets.
The topics in this section describe how to create and administer servers by running jobs in the job manager console or the deployment manager console.
The jobs that we can run depend on the jobs supported by managed targets and the security credentials. To run jobs that administer clusters, a deployment manager target must be registered with the job manager. To run jobs that administer proxy servers, a target that supports proxy servers must be registered with the job manager.
Instead of using a console, we can run wsadmin commands in the AdministrativeJobs command group. See the Administrative job types topic.
- Run the Create application server job.
- Run the Create cluster job.
- Run the Create cluster member job.
- Run the Create proxy server job.
- Run the Configure properties job to apply properties files to application servers.
- Run the Start cluster job.
- Run the Start server job.
- Run the Stop cluster job.
- Run the Stop server job.
- Run the Delete application server job.
- Run the Delete cluster job.
- Run the Delete cluster member job.
- Run the Delete proxy server job.
What to do next
On the Job status page, click the ID of the job and view the job status. If the job is not successful, view any error messages that result from running the job, correct the error condition, and submit the job again.
If the job is successful, click Jobs > Target resources to see the server in the list of resources.
Subtopics
- Create application servers using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Create application server job to create a server. The job can create an application server on a stand-alone node or on a federated node of a deployment manager.
- Create clusters using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Create cluster job. A cluster is a set of servers that you manage together to balance workload. The job creates a cluster that runs on a deployment manager node. The cluster becomes a managed resource of the job manager.
- Create cluster members using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Create cluster member job to create a server to add to a cluster. A cluster is a set of servers that you manage together to balance workload. The cluster can group application servers, proxy servers, or on-demand routers. Each server in the cluster is a cluster member. The job creates a cluster member that runs on a deployment manager node. The cluster member becomes a managed resource of the job manager.
- Create proxy servers using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Create proxy server job. A proxy server routes requests to application server nodes. The job creates a proxy server that runs on a deployment manager or stand-alone node. The proxy server becomes a managed resource of the job manager.
- Start clusters using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Start cluster job to start a cluster that is on a managed target of the job manager.
- Start servers using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Start server job to start an application server on a managed target. The job can start a stand-alone server or a server on a federated node of a deployment manager.
- Stopping servers using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Stop server job to stop an application server on a managed target. The job can stop a stand-alone server or a federated node of a deployment manager.
- Stopping clusters using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Stop cluster job to stop a running cluster that is on a managed target of the job manager.
- Apply properties files to configure servers using the job manager
In a flexible management environment, we can submit the Configure properties job to apply properties files to application servers managed by the job manager. After you edit a properties file intended for a managed application server target, use the job manager to distribute the properties file to the managed target and apply the changed file to update the application server configuration.
- Delete application servers using the job manager
We can submit the Delete application server job to remove a server from the flexible management environment. The job can delete a stand-alone server or a server on a federated node of a deployment manager.
- Delete clusters using the job manager
We can submit the Delete cluster job to remove a cluster from the flexible management environment.
- Delete cluster members using the job manager
We can submit the Delete cluster member job to remove a cluster member from the flexible management environment.
- Delete proxy servers using the job manager
We can submit the Delete proxy server job to remove a server from the flexible management environment. The job can delete a proxy server from a stand-alone server or a federated node of a deployment manager.
Related tasks
Start and stop the job manager Start and stop the administrative agent Checking job status
Administrative job types