Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Set up the application serving environment > Administer nodes and resources
Work with dmgrs - centralized cell management
A dmgr is an administration application that is created when you add a cell or dmgr management profile to a Network Deployment product. With the dmgr, you can administer multiple nodes.
- Configure dmgrs
Configure dmgrs for a single, central point of administrative control for all elements in a WAS distributed cell.
- Start and stop the dmgr
The dmgr is an administration application that runs in a special application server, which is created when you install the WAS ND or when you create a management profile using the dmgr profile template. With the dmgr, you can administer multiple WAS nodes. This topic describes how you start and stop the dmgr.