N1 Grid Service Provisioning System User's Guide and Release Notes for the WebSphere Plug-In 1.0

Preface

This book explains how to use the N1™ Grid Service Provisioning System software to capture and deploy WebSphere 5.1 application server products, applications, and files.

Who Should Use This Book

The main audience for the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 User's Guide for the WebSphere Plug-In includes system administrators and operators of N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 software who want to be able to incorporate WebSphere 5.1 functionality with N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software. These users are expected to be familiar with the following:

Before You Read This Book

If you are not already familiar with using the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software, read the following books:

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Overview of WebSphere 5.1 Plug-In provides an overview of the plug-in solution.

Chapter 2, Release Notes for WebSphere Plug-In describes late-breaking news and known issues with the WebSphere 5.1 plug-in.

Chapter 3, Installing and Configuring the WebSphere Plug-In explains how to install and configure the plug-in.

Chapter 4, Using the WebSphere 5.1 Plug-In explains how to capture and deploy application server products, applications, and files through the plug-in and describes the specific component types that are provided with the plug-in.

Related Third-Party Web Site References

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.


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Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function 

URL 

Description 

Documentation 

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents 

Support and Training 

http://www.sun.com/supportraining/

Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses 

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output 

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output 

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value 

The command to remove a file is rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

Perform a patch analysis.

Do not save the file.

[Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.] 

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

C shell prompt 

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt 

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt 

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt 

#