Node Manager is a WebLogic Server utility that enables you to start, shut down, and restart Administration Server and Managed Server instances from a remote location. Although Node Manager is optional, Oracle recommends using it if your WebLogic Server environment hosts applications with high availability requirements because Node Manager allows you to control the running state of distributed server instances from a centralized location.
The Java implementation of Node Manager is configured by default to control all server instances belonging to the same domain, a per domain Node Manager. The server instances need not reside on the same machine. For more information about Node Manager, see Administering Node Manager for Oracle WebLogic Server.
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If you are logged into a domain partition, navigate from the Domain Partition menu.
This chapter includes the following sections:
To create a new machine:
From the Machine Identity page, you can set the properties that will be used to identify your new machine:
Name: enter a name for your new machine.
Machine OS: choose the operating system your machine will run on. If you are creating a machine that will run on a UNIX platform, then select UNIX from the menu; otherwise use Other.
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
From the Node Manager Properties page, you can define the Node Manager configuration for this machine:
Node Manager Type: select the Node Manager type from the menu.
Listen Address: enter the DNS name or IP address upon which Node Manager listens.
Listen Port: enter the listen port. This is the port where Node Manager listens for incoming requests.
Node Manager Home: if you are using script based Node Manager, enter the Node Manager home location.
Shell Command: if you are using script based Node Manager, enter a value in this field.
Debug Enabled: select this option to enable Node Manager debugging.
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
On the Review page, review the configuration for this machine.
For more information, see Configuration Options.
This section describes how to configure machines. This section includes the following tasks:
To monitor general configuration settings for a Unix machine:
To create notes for machines:
For more information, see Configuration Options.