Administrative console quick reference

Use this quick reference as a guide to configuring your application servers and the WebSphere Application Server environment with the adminsitrative console.

• Server settings
• Environment settings
• Performance monitoring settings
• Troubleshooting settings

Server settings

• Classloader settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Classloader

• Custom services settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Custom Services

• Dynamic caching settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Dynamic Cache Service
  • Configure dynamic caching.
  • Configure external cache groups.
  • Enable cache replication (Network Deployment only).

• EJB container settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> EJB Container
  • Specify data source and EJB cache settings.

• End point (port) settings
  
  • Application Servers: Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Endpoints
  • JMS Servers (Base): Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Endpoints
  • JMS Servers (Network Deployment): Servers --> JMS Servers --> server_name --> Endpoints

• Extension MBean provider settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Administration Services --> Extension MBeans Providers

• HTTP transport settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Web Container --> HTTP Transports
  • Configure HTTP transports such as the internal HTTP port and the administrative console port.

• Java virtual machine settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Process Definition --> Java Virtual Machine

• JMX connector settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Administration Services --> JMX Connectors
  • Configure JMX connectors to provide a communication channel between managed processes.

• Message listener service settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Message Listener Service
  • Configure message listener ports.
  • Specify thread pool settings for the Message Listener Service Message Driven Bean.

• ORB service settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> ORB Service
  • Configure the object request broker service.
  • Specify thread pool settings for the ORB service.

• Process definition settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Process Definition

• Repository service settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Administration Services --> Repository Service

• Session management settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Web Container --> Session Management
  • Configure session tracking.
  • Specify type of session persistence for a distributed environment.

• Transaction service settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Transaction Service
  • Configure the transaction service.
  • Manage transactions.

• Web container settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Web Container
  • Specify the default host for the Web container.
  • Enable servlet caching.
  • Configure thread pool settings.

Environment settings

• Internal replication domain settings (Network Deployment only)
  Environment --> Internal Replication Domains

• Naming settings
  
  • Environment --> Naming --> Name Space Bindings
  • Environment --> Naming --> CORBA Naming Service Users
  • Environment --> Naming --> CORBA Naming Service Groups

• Shared library settings
  Environment --> Shared Libraries

• Update Web server plugin
  Environment --> Update Web Server Plugin

• Virtual host settings
  Environment --> Virtual Hosts

• WebSphere Application Server variables settings
  Environment --> Manage WebSphere Variables

Performance monitoring settings

• Performance monitoring service settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Performance Monitoring Service

• PMI request metrics settings
  Troubleshooting --> PMI Request Metrics

Troubleshooting settings

• Configuration problems
  Troubleshooting --> Configuration Problems

• Debugging service settings
  Servers --> Application Servers --> server_name --> Debugging Service

• Logs and trace settings
  
  • Troubleshooting --> Logs and Trace --> server_name --> Diagnostic Trace
  • Troubleshooting --> Logs and Trace --> server_name --> JVM Logs
  • Troubleshooting --> Logs and Trace --> server_name --> Process Logs
  • Troubleshooting --> Logs and Trace --> server_name --> IBM Service Logs