Introduction
Discusses the administrator's job, presents a roadmap for the administrator's responsibilities, and outlines how the administrator can plan the configuration.

Administration Tools
Identifies the administration tools.

Creating a Configuration File
Defines the configuration file, explains how to set parameters, and how to configure application-wide parameters, machines, groups, servers, services, interfaces, routing, and network information.

Starting & Shutting Down Applications
Explains how to start up and shut down applications, how to use the tmshutdown command, and how to clear common problems.

Distributing Applications
Discusses distributed applications, factory-based and data-dependent routing, and how distributed applications affect the UBBCONFIG file.

Building Networked Applications
Defines terms related to networked applications, explains how to configure networked applications, includes an example of a network configuration with multiple netgroups, and explains how to run a networked application.

Configuring Transactions
Discusses transactions and explains how to modify the UBBCONFIG file to support transactions. Includes an example of a distributed application using transactions.

Managing Interface Repositories
Discusses administration considerations and commands related to managing interface repositories, and how to start one or more interface repository servers.

Configuring Multiple Domains (WLE System)
Explains how to configure multiple WLE domains. This chapter is specific to the WLE system.

Working with Multiple Domains (TUXEDO)
Explains how to manage multiple domains. This chapter is specific to the BEA TUXEDO system.

Managing Workstation Clients (TUXEDO)
Explains how to manage workstation clients. This chapter is specific to the BEA TUXEDO system.

Managing Remote Client Applications
Defines terms related to the management of remote client applications, defines "remote client," and explains how to set environment variables and the maximum number of remote clients. Also explains how to configure a listener, and how to modify the UBBCONFIG file to support remote clients. Information about how to set up IIOP to work with remote client applications is included.

Managing Queued Messages (TUXEDO)
Explains how to manage queued messages. This chapter is specific to BEA TUXEDO servers.

Securing Applications
Discusses the levels of security provided by the system, how to configure the RESOURCES SECURITY parameter, how to implement operating system security and application password-level security, and how to implement security via an authentication server and an access control list (ACL).

Monitoring a Running System
Gives an overview of system and application data, explains monitoring methods, discusses using the tmadmin command interpreter, explains how to run the tmadmin commands and how to monitor a running system with tmadmin commands, gives an example of output from the tmadmin commands, and includes a case study.

Monitoring Log Files
Defines the ULOG file and the transaction log, and explains how to create and maintain logs and how to use logs to detect failures.

Tuning Applications
Explains how to maximize application resources, when to use MSSQ sets, how to enable load balancing and assign priorities to interfaces or services, how to bundle services into servers and enhance efficiency with application parameters, and how to set application parameters, determine IPC requirements, and measure system traffic.

Migrating Applications
Discusses migration options, explains how to switch master and backup machines, how to migrate a server group and machines, how to cancel migration, and how to migrate transaction logs to a backup machine.

Dynamically Modifying Systems
Discusses dynamic modification methods and procedures.

Dynamically Reconfiguring Systems
Introduces dynamic reconfiguration, gives an overview of the tmconfig command interpreter, includes general instructions for running tmconfig, and includes procedural information and tips for using dynamic reconfiguration.

Event Broker/Monitor (TUXEDO)
Explains how to use the Event Broker. This chapter is specific to the BEA TUXEDO system.

Administrative Reference (WLE System)
Describes administrative commands and server processes for the WLE system.

Troubleshooting
Includes such topics as distinguising between types of failures, broadcasting unsolicited messages, performing system file maintenance, and repairing partitioned networks.

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