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Ask the Experts Replay: "WebSphere Application Server System management includes Admin tools , Synchronization , Discovery and Application Management in Full profile"

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Abstract

This Session covers questions and issues in Server startup , Synchronization , Discovery , Admin tools ( adminconsole and wsadmin.sh/bat) and Application management areas of WebSphere Application Server V7.x/8.x specifically in Full profile setup.

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Ask the Experts session
20 May 2014 - 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT

TimeQuestions asked
00:00Silence
00:30General introduction
03:40Technical introduction
04:47Can I federate the lower version of an application server profile into the upper version of dmgr ? Are there any limitations with this topology setup?
06:00Is it recommended/supported starting my nodeagent and application server on a node with 2 different user accounts ?
08:12My installedApps folder was wiped out. How do I recover it and how do I prevent this from happening in the future?
12:47My complete deployment manager profile is lost due to some hardware issue and unfortunately no backup taken. Is it possible to recover this dmgr config data from the appserver nodes ?
17:20If I connect to the nodeagent process from the wsadmin.sh /bat scripting tool in deployment manager, is it okay to make some changes to the configuration? What can be done by connecting to the nodeagent process?
19:14We use an application server IBM WAS, write scripts for automation jython. Can you offer something for configuration change management? So that you can use instead of urban deploy.
21:39Are there any tools or utilities available to kill a specific thread inside the JVM process?
22:29What is the major change brought up in v 8 from 7?
23:15Will WAS 8.5 DMGR manage a WAS 6.1 node? Also can you provide a link or some info on migrating WAS 6.1 nodes to WAS 8.5 on the same server?
26:06What kind of software you can recommend to use for configuration change management?Urban deploy plugin for WebSphere needs urban deploy, but we don't need all urban deploy features?
27:54Can you migrate from V6.1 to V8? If yes, how should we migrate?
30:04Can applications that use different versions of Java co-exist on same WAS Server. app A on JVM 1 with JDK 6, app B on JVM 2 with JDK7?
31:42Any plans when Jee7/Java8 will be available in WAS?
32:26Closing remarks
33:23End of Call

Panel of Experts:
Vikram ThommandruWebSphere Application Server L2 Technical Support
Kumaran AyyakuttiWebSphere Application Server L2 Technical Support
Vishavpal ShergillWebSphere Application Server L2 Technical Support
Sangwon OhWebSphere Application Server L2 Technical Support


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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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