Administrator's Guide

CHAPTER 1

Administration Quick Reference

Use this Quick Reference to quickly get to the following information:

 
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SMC panels

The SMC is divided into these areas:

This section describes the panels in each of the areas.

NOTE:   The panels are different if you are managing a clustered environment. For a quick reference to the SMC panels for a cluster, see Administering a server cluster.

 
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Configuration options

Configuration options consist of the following panels:

Panel

Description / Where to go for more information

General

General, server logging, and ORB/RMI settings. Use this panel to configure separate ports for different types of users and operations.

For more information    See:

Advanced

Debugging, performance, server cache, and J2EE transactions.

For more information    See:

Pools

Adding, removing, and maintaining JDBC and Connector connection pools.

For more information    See:

Databases

Adding and removing databases. Configuring how the server accesses the SilverMaster database and deployment databases. You can also use this panel to synchronize database schema and delete idle connections.

For more information    See:

Connections

Managing client connection settings.

For more information    See Client connection parameters

 
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Security options

Security options consist of the following panels:

Panel

Description / Where to go for more information

General

General security settings.

For more information    See:

Advanced

HTTPS client certificate levels, accelerator settings, and trusted clients.

For more information    See:

Permissions

You can set up access control at the cluster, server, or database level. To control access to J2EE archives, you can set up access control on the Deployed Objects directory of the database where these objects are deployed.

For more information    See Authorization and access control

Users & Groups

Adding Silver Security and certificate users. Adding Silver Security groups. Viewing users in external security providers. Editing user properties.

For more information    See:

Certificates

Viewing certificates that have been installed on the server. Viewing recognized Certificate Authorities.

For more information    See:

Security Providers

Configuring the application server to recognize external security providers, including Windows directory services, LDAP, NIS+, and certificate issuers.

For more information    See Accessing security provider systems.

 
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Monitor options

Monitor options consist of the following panels:

Panel

Description / Where to go for more information

Charts

Displaying real-time charts of various server statistics.

For more information    See Displaying charts of server activity

Logs

Displaying logs if you have enabled server logging.

For more information    See Displaying logs

Statistics

Displaying tabular views of server statistics related to sessions and threads, as well as summary statistics.

For more information    See Displaying views of server statistics

 
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Deployment options

Deployment options consist of the following panels:

Panel

Description / Where to go for more information

Deployed objects

Viewing and managing J2EE objects. Use this panel to enable, disable, and shut down J2EE applications that have been deployed on the server.

For more information    See Maintaining deployed J2EE objects

JNDI tree

For more information    See Maintaining deployed J2EE objects

Manage URLs

For more information    See Maintaining deployed J2EE objects

Resource Adapters

For more information    See Maintaining deployed J2EE objects

 
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Administration tasks

This section provides a quick reference to common administration tasks.

 
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Data source configuration

 
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General server management

 
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Security

 
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Tuning and performance

 
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Load balancing and failover

 
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Troubleshooting



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