System Management - differences between releases

The following chart shows the different System Management capabilities between editions and supported releases.

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System Management x x x x x x x x x x x x
Scheduler x x x x x x x x x x x x
Tivoli enabled x x x x x x x x x x x x
Staging server functions to migrate only changes to the database to the production environment x x x x x x x x x x x x
Cleanup utility (DBClean) x x x x x x x x x x x x
Tracing facilities x x x x x x x x x x x x
Diagnostic logging x x x x x x x x x x x x
E-mail notification can be sent to administrators in the event of unexpected errors or abnormal conditions x x x x x x x x x x x x
Different level of logging and tracing can be configured through the WAS console x x x x x x x x x x x x
User traffic logging x x x x x x x x x x x x
User traffic logging is stored in the database for further analysis x x x x x x x x x x x x
Business auditing function for change audit trails x x x x x x x x x


IT Performance Reporting x x x x x x x x x x x x
Performance Monitor x x x x x x x x x x x x
Tool for measuring the performance of a WebSphere Commerce server from a local or remote machine x x x x x x x x x x x x
Statistics gathered on URL, tasks, and JSP pages x x x x x x x x x x x x
Statistics include response time, total occurrences, and total time in task x x x x x x x x x x x x
Clustered environment supported x x   x x   x x   x x  
Integrated with WAS Performance Monitor Interface (PMI) viewable via the Tivoli Performance View x x x x x x x x x x x x
Enhanced, wizard driven install











Extensive Eclipse based on-line help (Information Center) x x x x x x x x x


Object model/data model well documented in the on-line help x x x x x x x x x x x x
Databeans, Javabeans and EJB with cross-references well documented in the on-line help x x x x x x x x x x x x
Database schema well documented in the on-line help x x x x x x x x x x x x
Remote configuration manager and configuration manager Password management tools x x x x x x x x x x x x
A three tier environment can be supported with the web server, application server and database server all on separate machines x x x x x x x x x x x x
Cluster of the application server is supported x x x x x x x x x x x x
A single store or a single mall (single instance) can span multiple physical servers x x x x x x x x x x x x
Multiple instances is supported on single machine x x x x x x x x x x x x
Deployment of customizations using WAS utilities x










Support for WAS profiles x x x x x x iseries iseries iseries iseries iseries iseries
Application server logging can occur on a separate machine x x x x x x x x x x x x
Command line instance creation x x x








WebSphere Commerce Migration wizard x x x








Caching of dynamic web pages x x x x x x x x x x x x
DynaCaching from dynamic page caching x

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At the web server level x x x x x x x x x x x x
At the application server level x x x x x x x x x x x x
Persistence is supported x x x x x x x x x x x x
Struts x x x








Globalization/multicultural support











Enabled for both single-byte and double-byte language all in a single instance, single store, single catalog x x x x x x x x x x x x
Location or customer preference can control language, currency, data format, address, taxation, shipping, payment, products, prices x x x x x x x x x x x x


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