Introduction: System administration

We can administer the WebSphere Application Server product through scripts, command line tools, the administrative console, or the Java programming interface. You administer server processes, topological units referenced as nodes and cells, and the configuration repository where configuration information is stored in XML files.

A variety of tools, processes, and configuration files are provided for administering the product:

• Administrative topology

  Servers, nodes and node agents, cells and the deployment manager are fundamental concepts in the administrative universe of the product. It is also important to understand the various processes in the administrative topology and the operating environment in which they apply.

  For more information, refer to Welcome to basic administrative architecture.

• WAS operations

  Depending on the task, we can perform administrative tasks from the administrative console, the VS™ console, or the TSO or resource recovery services (RRS) panels .

  For more information, including a table that lists the main Application Server operations tasks and that links you to information that helps we perform these tasks, refer to Where to perform WAS operations.

  • Console
  • Script
  • Command line tools
  • Programming
  • Configuration Data

  
  

  Subtopics

  • Welcome to basic administrative architecture
    

  • Where to perform WAS operations
    
  • Introduction: Administrative console
    
  • Introduction: Administrative scripting (wsadmin)
    
  • Introduction: Administrative commands
    
  • Introduction: Administrative programs
    
  • Introduction: Administrative configuration data
    
  • (iSeries) Product library, directories, subsystem, job queue, job description, and output queues
    
  • Guided activities for the administrative console
    
  • Use the administrative clients
    

  
  Related:
  

• Script the application serving environment (wsadmin)
• Administer nodes and resources
• Administer application servers