Enterprise Manager enables you to monitor application servers at runtime. You can perform the following tasks:
View basic information
View summary information
Stop application server domains
Monitor logs and alerts
For information about monitoring logs, see Monitoring Logs. For information about monitoring alerts, see Monitoring Alerts.
For basic information about Enterprise Manager, see Enterprise Manager Basics.
You can view basic information about an application server from Enterprise Manager.
In the Explorer panel of Enterprise Manager, select the application server.
The Status tab appears.
View the information.
The HostAndPort row displays the computer name and administrative port on which the application server is running.
The System row indicates whether the application server is located in the Java EE or SRE portion of the Explorer panel.
The Component row displays the hierarchy of the application server in the Explorer panel.
The State row specifies the current status of the application server. The valid values are Up and Down.
The RestartRequired row is set to true when you must restart the application server because of configuration changes.
You can view summary information for an application server from Enterprise Manager.
In the Explorer panel of Enterprise Manager, select the application server.
Click the Summary tab.
The Summary tab displays icons for the Connectivity Map components and message servers that are running in the domain.
You can stop an application server domain from Enterprise Manager.
You cannot stop an application server instance from Enterprise Manager. Furthermore, you cannot start an application server domain or an application server instance from Enterprise Manager.
You can hide, show, and remove application servers in the Explorer panel of Enterprise Manager.
In the Explorer panel of Enterprise Manager, right-click the application server and click Hide.
The server is hidden.
In the Explorer panel of Enterprise Manager, right-click the Servers node and click Show All Servers.
The hidden server or servers reappear.
In the Explorer panel of Enterprise Manager, click the Save Current User Preferences icon.
If you change the configuration and you attempt to log out without saving the preferences, then Enterprise Manager displays a prompt that enables you to save the preferences.
You must be an Enterprise Manager user that has the Manager role.