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Administer service modules with the administrative console or widgets
Use the administrative console and administration widgets to view and modify service modules. You can do some tasks, such as viewing modules and their properties, in both administrative interfaces. Other tasks, such as stopping and starting modules or modifying business calendars, are specific to one interface.
Module administration with the administrative console
After deploying service applications, use the administrative console perform the following types of tasks:
- List all of the associated service modules deployed to IBM Process Server, including mediation modules
- See the applications associated with each module, and determine if those applications are running
- List details for a service module, including module properties
- List details about the application used to deploy a service module
- Start or stop a service module
- Modify service module properties
- Work with imports and exports for a service module
For specific information on these tasks, refer to the online help in the administrative console.
Module administration with widgets
Use one or more of the administration widgets in a business space to browse deployed modules in a cell, view detailed information about each module, and edit module artifacts. These artifacts can include module properties, business rule groups, security roles, business calendars, and service control points.
For example, the Module Browser widget has a graphical view that visually represents the services exposed and invoked by a module with appropriate contextual information about each. Detailed information about the module is also available and includes the module version, cell identifier (used to uniquely identify a versioned module in a cell), and endpoints. The graphical view provides overall module status and highlights any existing configuration problems.
The Module Browser widget is used with other administration widgets. It enables you to list the names of any properties and policies defined for the module. In addition, if you are using IBM Process Server, it lists the business rules, BPEL processes, business state machines, human tasks, business calendars, and security roles defined for the module. Select an artifact from the list in this widget to perform any necessary administration tasks in related widgets.
As a group, these widgets provide visibility into all the administrative artifacts in an application cluster, effectively aggregating solution administration. The data provided in these widgets can help you answer questions such as these:
- What services are consumed in or exposed by a module?
- Is the module wiring correct, and are the correct versions of modules deployed?
- Are all service exports and service imports bound to existing modules?
- What is the status of a module? Is it running, or stopped?
- Are there any failed events in the module?
- What properties does the module expose?
- What mediation policies are associated with the module?
- What BPEL processes and human tasks are used in a module?
- What security roles are used in a module?
- What business calendars are used in a module?
- What business state machines are defined for a module?
- What business rules are used in a module?
For detailed task information, refer to the online help provided with each widget.