You can use server operations to run executable files on
your middleware servers from the administrative console.
Before you begin
- Create and configure the middleware server. For more information,
read about adding middleware servers to configurations.
- Create a Java™ or non-Java
executable file that performs the operation that you want to run on
your middleware server. You specify this file when you create the
server operation.
About this task
Server operations consist of Java or
non-Java process definitions that you can define to run on middleware
servers. You can create these operations to perform tasks such as
enabling or disabling tracing, starting or stopping applications,
and querying the running state of the server.
Procedure
Use middleware server management administrative tasks
commands to specify server operations, or use the administrative console.
If you use the administrative console to specify server operations,
follow this procedure:
- Go to the server operations wizard.
In the administrative
console, click .
- Specify the properties for your server operation.
The
properties are different if you choose a Java or
non-Java server operation.
For operations that run
non-Java and Java executable
files:
- Specify a name for the action, the name of the executable file,
and any arguments to pass to the executable file.
- Specify variables for the user name and password, and specify
the actual values to pass for the user name and password at the time
the executable file runs.
- Specify the operating systems on which the executable files can
run.
- Specify a working directory, which is where to run the executable
file.
For operations that run Java executable
files, you must also specify the following properties:
- Specify the location of the Java executable
directory.
- Specify the type of target: a Java class,
or an executable Java archive
(JAR) file.
- Specify the environment variable that stores the process ID (PID)
file name. The PID file name is stored in a WebSphere® variable. Remember the name of
the variable so that you can create the variable in a later step.
- Create the PID file name environment variable.
The
PID file name specifies the location of the PID file where the server
operation runs. To define the PID file name variable, click or . Enter the same name for the variable that you entered
in the server operations panel, and for the value, enter the fully
qualified or variable qualified location of the PID file.
- To run the server operation, select the operation from
the list, and click Execute.