Using command assistance, you can view wsadmin scripting
commands in the Jython language for the last action run in the administrative
console. This topic discusses how to access command assistance from
the administrative console.
Before you begin
You must have WebSphere® Application
Server and the administrative console running to access command assistance.
About this task
Use command assistance to see wsadmin scripting commands
that correspond to actions in the administrative console. Seeing these
commands might help you develop the commands necessary to administer WebSphere Application Server
from the wsadmin utility.
If a command assistance link is listed
in the help portlet, wsadmin commands exist for the last console
action that you completed, and command assistance is available for
that action.
When command assistance is unavailable in the
help portlet: Some console actions do not have wsadmin commands
directly associated with them. When the help portlet of the administrative
console panel does not have a command assistance link in it, no command
assistance data is available for the last console action.
Procedure
- Click the link under Command assistance to view
wsadmin scripting commands for the last action run for this administrative
console panel.
After the Command assistance window opens,
it refreshes automatically when new command assistance data is available.
Examples of actions include a click on a button or a click
on a link in the navigation bar, a collection panel, or a detail panel.
The editing of forms is not a user action.
The wsadmin scripting
commands display in the Jython language in a secondary window that
you can view by clicking on the Command assistance link in the help
portlet.
If you perform an administrative console action after
you launch the Command assistance window, whether or not the scripting
commands display in the window depends on whether your browser supports
Javascript. If your browser supports Javascript, the Command assistance
window automatically refreshes the command list to reflect the most
recent console action. If the browser does not support Javascript,
click the link again under Command assistance in the help portal
to refresh the command list.
- To view the description of a specific wsadmin command,
place your cursor over the command.
- Optionally, log the command assistance data to a file by
selecting the Log command assistance commands setting on the
Preferences page of the administrative console.
A timestamp
and the breadcrumb trail of the panel that produced the command assistance
data are provided with the wsadmin data.
This file is saved
to
${LOG_ROOT}/server/commandAssistanceJythonCommands_user
name.log:
- server is the server process
where the console runs, such as
dmgr, server1, adminagent,
or jobmgr.
- user name is the administrative console user name.
- When you manage a profile using an administrative agent, the command
assistance log is put in the location of the profile that the administrative
agent is managing. The ${LOG_ROOT} variable defines the profile location.
- Optionally, allow command assistance to emit Java™ Management Extensions (JMX) notifications
by selecting the Enable command assistance notifications setting
on the Preferences page of the administrative console.
Enablement
of the notifications allows integration with product tools such as
the Rational® Application
Developer Jython editor to assist you in writing scripts.
The
notification type is websphere.command.assistance.jython.user_name where user_name is
the name of the administrative console user.
Results
You have viewed wsadmin scripting commands from the administrative
console, optionally logged the commands to a file, and optionally
allowed command assistance to emit JMX notifications.
What to do next
You can continue your administration of the administrative
console.