Thursday, April 13, 2006

Basic WebSphere Application Server V5.0 and V5.1 wsadmin Programmers Guide

Websphere Application Server v5 and v5.1

Examples for the WebSphere Application Server V5.0 wsadmin tool are included in the information center, Redbooks and technotes. Many clients want to advance their skills, doing more than making minor modifications to these examples. A common goal for clients is to use wsadmin to create commands that duplicate the functionality of the administrative console.

The building blocks in this document help you build the skills necessary to correctly formulate commands that administer a WebSphere Application Server V5.x environment. This document explains how simple techniques that use wsadmin commands, and other available documentation, can help you reach your administrative design goals.


Content
Basic WebSphere Application Server V5.0 wsadmin
Programmers Guide

Index
1. Purpose
2. Official Product Documentation
3. Wsadmin Command Overview
3.1. Help
3.2. AdminApp
3.3. AdminConfig
3.4. AdminControl
4. Wsadmin Application Commands, AdminApp
4.1. Options
4.2. Interactive
5. Wsadmin Configuration Commands, AdminConfig
5.1. Basic AdminConfig Subjects
5.1.1. Types
5.1.2. Attributes
5.1.3. Required Attributes
5.1.4. Config IDs
5.2. Techniques for Formulating Administrative Configuration Commands
5.2.1. Scenario 1
5.2.2. Scenario 2
5.2.2.1. Discovering the Type
5.2.2.2. Understanding the Final Command
5.2.2.3. Forming the Final Command
6. Wsadmin Control Commands, AdminControl
7. Conclusion


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1. Purpose
Many examples for the WebSphere Application Server V5.0 wsadmin tool are provided in the information center, Redbooks or technotes. Many clients want to advance their skills beyond the making minor enhancements to examples, without calling IBM® Support.

The final goal for the client is the ability to create commands to mimic the administrative console and beyond. The Basic WebSphere Application Server V5.0 Wsadmin Programmers Guide advances the client skills by pointing out important documentation that IBM provides, and the simple techniques needed to correctly formulate any command to administer a WebSphere Application Server V5.x. This document shows how some public documentation and some simple techniques that use wsadmin commands, can reach the final administrative design goals.

2. Official Product Documentation
WebSphere Application Server V5.0 Information Center:
V5.0: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/index.jsp
V5.1: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ws51help/index.jsp

The WebSphere Application Server Information Center contains many examples for wsadmin commands, the migration commands from WSCP to wsadmin, and information about WebSphere Application Server MBeans, JavaDoc.

The recommend starting point for new wsadmin users is the information center’s Contents view, where you can expand your WebSphere Application Server editions to find All topics by feature. Inside this view is the System administration section. Underneath System administration is Scripting, where new users can learn how to use wsadmin with the information center.

More advance users can employ good search strings to locate information directly.

One example of a generic search string is Example wsadmin; a more specific wsadmin search uses the specific command, for example, installInteractive. The search results show all the examples and descriptions that IBM has created. This is a powerful source, which IBM keeps up-to-date with current information.

WebSphere Application Server Support Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/support/
The IBM Redbooks, white papers, technotes and fixes for WebSphere Application Server are located on this Web site. The WebSphere Application Server Support Web site provides a variety of information to help you use and fix WebSphere Application Server.

The IBM Redbooks contain cook book examples for wsadmin; for example, the IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0 System Management and Configuration Redbook contains “Command Line Administration and Scripting” in Chapter 22.

Technotes document specific examples that many customers run into that are not documented or that correct documented commands and examples from the Redbooks or other sources.

WebSphere developerWorks :
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/
developerWorks is a Web site where advanced technical papers written by the architects and developers of WebSphere products explain the design and usage of the products.

3. Wsadmin Command Overview
Three major categories, or objects, comprise the WebSphere Application Server administration commands: AdminApp, AdminConfig and AdminControl. The most helpful command to use when lost in wsadmin is the help command.

The building blocks in this document help you build the skills necessary to correctly formulate commands that administer a WebSphere Application Server V5.x environment. This document explains how simple techniques that use wsadmin commands, and other available documentation, can help you reach your administrative design goals.


Content
Basic WebSphere Application Server V5.0 wsadmin
Programmers Guide

Index
1. Purpose
2. Official Product Documentation
3. Wsadmin Command Overview
3.1. Help
3.2. AdminApp
3.3. AdminConfig
3.4. AdminControl
4. Wsadmin Application Commands, AdminApp
4.1. Options
4.2. Interactive
5. Wsadmin Configuration Commands, AdminConfig
5.1. Basic AdminConfig Subjects
5.1.1. Types
5.1.2. Attributes
5.1.3. Required Attributes
5.1.4. Config IDs
5.2. Techniques for Formulating Administrative Configuration Commands
5.2.1. Scenario 1
5.2.2. Scenario 2
5.2.2.1. Discovering the Type
5.2.2.2. Understanding the Final Command
5.2.2.3. Forming the Final Command
6. Wsadmin Control Commands, AdminControl
7. Conclusion





1. Purpose
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