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iPlanet Application Server 6.5 SP1, Enterprise Edition Administrator's Guide |
Updated: November 25, 2002 |
Preface
This preface contains the following topics:
Using the Documentation
The following table lists the tasks and concepts that are described in the iPlanet Application Server manuals and Release Notes. If you are trying to accomplish a specific task or learn more about a specific concept, refer to the appropriate manual.
Note that the printed manuals are also available online in PDF and HTML format, at: http://docs.sun.com/db?p=prod/s1appsrv
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About This Guide
The Administrator's Guide guide leads you through the tasks that you perform as the administrator of one or more iPlanet Application Server machines. This guide assumes that you have installed iPlanet Application Server on at least one machine. For information about installing iPlanet Application Server, refer to the Installation Guide.
You perform most of the administration tasks with iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool, a GUI-based tool for server and application administration. This tool is described in .
How This Guide Is Organized
This guide is divided into three . If you are new to administering an iPlanet Application Server machine, begin with Getting Started for an overview of how to start the server and Administration Tool. If you are already familiar with administering application servers, skim before going on to Administering a Single iPlanet Application Server.
If you are administering more than one application server, continue to Administering Multiple iPlanet Application Servers, for additional, multiple-server enterprise specific information.
Part I: Getting Started
The first part of the Administrator's Guide describes the environment of iPlanet Application Server.
The following is included in this part:
- Chapter 1 "Performing Basic Administrative Tasks describes how to get started with iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool, as well as the basic iPlanet Application Server configuration tasks that you can perform.
Part II: Administering a Single iPlanet Application Server
The second part of the Administrator's Guide describes server and application administration procedures for a single iPlanet Application Server machine.
The following s are included in this part:
- Chapter 2 "Monitoring Server Activitydescribes the monitoring service that allows you to chart various attributes of the Executive, Java, and C++ server processes.
- Chapter 3 "Configuring SNMP to Monitor iPlanet Application Server with Third-Party Tools escribes how to configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) so you can monitor iPlanet Application Server with a third-party SNMP management tool.
- Chapter 4 "Logging Server Messages describes the message-logging service provided by iPlanet Application Server.
- Chapter 5 "Securing iPlanet Application Server describes how to set up users and groups to provide security for your applications.
- Chapter 6 "Enabling High Availability of Server Resourcesdescribes how you can increase application performance.
- Chapter 7 "Configuring the Web Connector Plug-In describes the web connector plug-in, which sends users' requests to applications residing on iPlanet Application Server.
- Chapter 8 "Administering Database Connectivity describes how to configure data access drivers and apply settings to database connectivity parameters.
- Chapter 9 "Administering Transactions describes the tasks and conceptual information necessary for administering transactions using iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool.
- Chapter 10 "Enabling Support For Corba-Based Clients describes how to configure RMI/IIOP ORB for Corba elements, using the existing JavaSoft ORB and a third-party ORB called ORBIX2000.
- Chapter 11 "Administering Message Driven Beans describes how to configure a JMS Provider and administer Message Driven Beans support.
Part III: Administering Multiple iPlanet Application Servers
The third part of the Administrator's Guide describes how to administer multiple iPlanet Application Server machines. More in-depth administration procedures and concepts that apply to a multiple-server enterprise have been included. These procedures focus solely on multiple-server administration, and are used along with the single-server procedures described in Part II.
The following s are included in this part:
- Chapter 12 "Configuring Multiple Servers describes how to configure the web connector plug-in, distributed data synchronization, and multicast communication for multiple iPlanet Application Server machines, using iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool.
- Chapter 13 "Administering Multi-Server Applicationsdescribes how to maintain multiple iPlanet Application Server machines at the same time using iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool.
- Chapter 14 "Balancing User-Request Loads describes load balancing, which optimizes the ability of each iPlanet Application Server machine to process users' requests by keeping those requests balanced among several application servers.
- Chapter 15 "Managing Distributed Data Synchronization describes how to group iPlanet Application Server machines into data synchronization clusters.
- Chapter 16 "Setting Up iPlanet Application Server for Development describes how to set up iPlanet Application Server for the purpose of developing applications. This section would be of special interest to developers.
- Appendix A "Troubleshooting contains troubleshooting information about your iPlanet Application Server machine.
Documentation Conventions
This guide uses the following documentation conventions:
This guide uses URLs of the form:
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