Define a New Singleton Service

Before you begin

Singleton services can only be migrated automatically within a cluster. Ensure that you have created and configured a cluster and its member servers.

A singleton service is a service running on a managed server that is available on only one member of a cluster at a time. WebLogic Server provides allows you to automatically monitor and migrate singleton services from one server to another.

The following procedures show you how to define a new singleton service.

If you have not already done so, in the Change Center of the Administration Console, click Lock & Edit (see Use the Change Center).
In the Domain Structure tree, expand Environment > Clusters.
Select the cluster where you want to define the new singleton service, then select Singleton Services.
Click New.
Enter information for the following required fields:
Singleton Service Name

Class Name:
Click Next.
Select a server in the User Preferred Server field.
This is the server where the singleton service will initially be started.
Click Finish.
To activate these changes, in the Change Center of the Administration Console, click Activate Changes.
Not all changes take effect immediately—some require a restart (see Use the Change Center).

Result

The new singleton service appears in the list of defined singleton services. The Class Name and Prefered Server are listed.

After you finish

The singleton service created using these procedures uses the default behavior for determining the list of candidate servers for migration. The default is to iterate through all of the servers in the cluster. To configure the list of candidate servers and other aspects of automatic server migration, see Configure a Singleton Service.

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Define a New Singleton Service