The provisioning system enables you to provision and manage applications.
The WebSphere 5.1 plug-in provides both plans and component procedures as tools for you to perform tasks. By using plans, you link directly to the functionality you desire. Using component procedures, you have a greater number of tasks that you can perform. Any task that you can perform using a plan included with the WebSphere Plug-In, you can perform by using a component procedure.
The WebSphere 5.1 plug-in organizes tasks in four categories: application tasks, infrastructure tasks, configuration tasks, and advanced tasks. These four task categories follow the same convention for describing the task that you must perform.
Table 4–1 Common Task Names
Task Name |
Description |
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View All |
Links to all components of a particular type within a specified folder. |
Create |
Links to the component Details page where you can add a new component of this type to the provisioning system. You can create new components by importing them from an existing application server or by browsing the file system. |
Start or Stop |
Links to the component Details page to run the Start or Stop component procedure. |
Install, Uninstall, Remove, Join, Leave |
Links to plans that produce the described functionality. |