Administrative console buttons

This page describes the button choices that are available on various pages of the administrative console, depending on which product features you have enabled.

• Abort. Aborts a transaction that is not yet in the prepared state. All operations that the transaction completed are undone.

• Add. Adds the selected or typed item to a list, or produces a dialog for adding an item to a list.

• Add Node. Displays the Add Node page, in which you specify the host name and SOAP connector port for a node you want added to a cell.

• Apply. Saves your changes to a page without exiting the page.

• Back. Displays the previous page or item in a sequence. Note that the administrative console does not support using the Back and Forward buttons of a browser. Using those buttons can cause intermittent problems. Use the Back or Cancel buttons on the administrative console panels instead.

• Browse. Opens a dialog that enables you to look for a file on your system.

• Cancel. Exits the current page or dialog, discarding unsaved changes. Note that the administrative console does not support using the Back and Forward buttons of a browser. Using those buttons can cause intermittent problems. Use the Cancel button on the administrative console panels instead.

• Change. In the context of security, lets you search the user registry for a user ID for an application to run under. In the context of container properties, lets you change the data source the container is using.

• Clear. Clears your changes and restores the most recently saved values.

• Clear Selections. Clears any selected cells in the tables on this tabbed page.

• Close. Exits the dialog.

• Commit. Releases all locks held by a prepared transaction and forces the transaction to commit.

• Copy. Creates copies of the selected appservers.

• Create. Saves your changes to all tabbed pages in a dialog and exits the dialog.

• Delete. Removes the selected instance.

• Details. Shows the details about a transaction.

• Done. Saves your changes to all tabbed pages in a dialog and exits the dialog.

• Down. Moves downward through a list.

• Dump. Activates a dump of a traced appserver.

• Edit. Lets you edit the selected item in a list, or produces a dialog box for editing the item.

• Export. Accesses a page for exporting EAR files for an enterprise application.

• Export DDL. Accesses a page for exporting DDL files for an enterprise application.

• Export Keys. Exports LTPA keys to other domains.

• Filter. Produces a dialog box for specifying the resources to view in the tables on this tabbed page.

• Finish. Forces a transaction to finish, regardless of whether its outcome has been reported to all participating applications.

• First. Displays the first record in a series of records.

• Full Resynchronize. Synchronizes the user's configuration immediately. Click this button on the Nodes page if automatic configuration synchronization is disabled, or if the synchronization interval is set to a long time, and a configuration change has been made to the cell repository that needs to be replicated to that node. Clicking this button clears all synchronization optimization settings and performs configuration synchronization anew, so there will be no mismatch between node and cell configuration after this operation is performed. This operation can take a while to perform.

• Generate Keys. Generates new LTPA keys. When security is turned on for the first time with LTPA as the authentication mechanism, LTPA keys are automatically generated with the password entered in the panel. If new keys need to be generated, use this button after the server is back up with security turned on. Clicking this button generates the keys and propagates them to all active servers (cell, node, and appservers). The new keys can be used to encrypt and decrypt the LTPA tokens. Click Save on the console taskbar to save the new keys and the password in the repository.

• Immediate Stop. Stops the server, but bypasses the normal server quiesce process that would allow in-flight requests to complete before shutting down the whole server process. This shutdown mode is faster than the normal server stop processing, but some application clients may receive exceptions.

• Import Keys. Imports new LTPA keys from other domains. To support single sign on (SSO) in WebSphere across multiple WebSphere domains (cells), LTPA keys and a password should be shared among the domains. After exporting the keys from one of the cells into a file, clicking this button imports the keys into all active servers (cell, node and appservers). The new keys can be used to encrypt and decrypt the LTPA token. Click Save on the console taskbar to save the new keys and the password in the repository.

• Install. Displays the Preparing for application install page, which you use to deploy an application or EJB or Web component onto an application server.

• Install RAR.The Install RAR button opens a dialog used to install a JCA connector and create a resource adapter for it.

• Manage Transactions. Displays a list of active transactions running on a server. You can forcibly finish any transaction that has stopped processing because a transactional resource is not available.

• Modify. Opens a dialog used to change a specification.

• Move. Moves the selected appservers to a different location in the administrative cell. When prompted, specify the target location.

• New. Displays a page which you use to define a new instance. For example, clicking New on the Application Servers page displays a page on which can configure a new appserver.

• Next. Displays the next page, frame, or item in a sequence.

• OK. Saves your changes and exits the page.

• Ping. Attempts to contact selected appservers.

• Previous. Displays the previous page, frame, or item in a sequence.

• Quit. Exits a dialog box, discarding any unsaved changes.

• Refresh. Refreshes the view of data for instances currently listed on this tabbed page.

• RegenerateKey. Regenerates a key for global data replication. If you are using the DES or TRIPLE_DES encryption type, regenerate a key at regular intervals (for example, monthly) to enhance security.

• Remove. Deletes the selected item.

• Remove Node. Deletes the selected node.

• Reset. Clears your changes on the tab or page and restores the most recently saved values.

• Restart. Stops the selected objects and starts them again.

• Restart all Servers on Node. Stops all application servers on the node and starts them again.

• Retrieve new. Retrieves a new record.

• Save. Saves the changes in your local configuration to the master configuration.

• Select. For resource analysis, lets you select a scope in which to monitor resources.

• Set. Saves your changes to settings in a dialog.

• Settings. Displays a dialog for editing servlet-related resource settings.

• Settings in use. Displays a dialog showing the settings now in use.

• Start. In the context of appservers, starts selected application servers. In the context of data collection, starts collecting data for the tables on this tabbed page.

• Stop. In the context of server components such as appservers, stops the selected server components. In the context of a data collection, stops collecting data for the tables on a tabbed page. In the context of nodes, stops servers on the selected nodes. In the context of deployment managers, stops the deployment manager server.

• Synchronize. Synchronizes the user's configuration immediately. Click this button on the Nodes page if automatic configuration synchronization is disabled, or if the synchronization interval is set to a long time, and a configuration change has been made to the cell repository that needs to be replicated to that node. Clicking this button requests that a node synchronization operation be performed using the normal synchronization optimization algorithm. This operation is fast but might not fix problems from manual file edits that occur on the node. So it is possible for the node and cell configuration to be out of synchronization after this operation is performed. If problems persist, use Full Resynchronize.

• Terminate Deletes the Application Server process or another process that cannot be stopped by the Stop or Immediate Stop commands. Some application clients may receive exceptions. Always attempt Immediate Stop before using this option.

• Test Connection After you have defined and saved a data source, you can click this button to ensure that the parameters in the data source definition are correct. On the collection panel, you can select multiple data sources and test them all at once.

• Uninstall. Deletes a deployed application from the WebSphere Application Server configuration repository. Also deletes application binary files from the file system.

• Update. Replaces an application deployed on a server with an updated application. As part of the updating, you might need to complete steps on the Preparing for application install and Update Application pages.

• Update Resource List. Updates the data on a table. Discovers and adds new instances to the table.

• Use Cell CSI. Enables OMG Common Secure Interoperability (CSI) protocol.

• Use Cell SAS. Enables IBM Secure Authentication Service (SAS).

• Use Cell Security. Enables cell security.

• View. Opens a dialog on a file.

    

 

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