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Overview of IBM WebSphere Application Terminology for IBM
Lotus Connections Administrators
In this document you will learn about IBM® WebSphere® Application Server terminology and how it is
used in an IBM Lotus® Connections environment.
Time needed
There are no prerequisites or system requirements for this content. No prior WebSphere Application
Server knowledge is required.
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IBM WebSphere Application Server Terminology
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The following diagram shows one possible architecture of a WebSphere Application Server environment:
Below, you will find definitions for each of the terms shown in the graphic above.
Application Server
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According to the WebSphere Application Server Glossary, an application server is "a server program
in a distributed network that provides the execution environment for an application program."
More specifically:
The application server is the primary runtime component in all configurations and is where
an application actually executes. All WebSphere Application Server configurations can have
one or more application servers. ... With Network Deployment, you can build a distributed
server environment consisting of multiple application servers maintained from a central
administration point. In a distributed server environment, you can cluster application
servers for workload distribution.
... A cluster is a logical collection of application server processes that provides workload
balancing and high availability. Application servers that belong to a cluster are members of
that cluster and must all have identical application components deployed on them. Other
than the applications configured to run on them, cluster members do not have to share any
other configuration data. For example, one cluster member might be running on a large
multi-processor server while another member of that same cluster might be running on a
small mobile computer. The server configuration settings for each of these two cluster
members is very different, except in the area of the application components that are
assigned to them. In that area of configuration, they are identical. The members of a cluster
can be located on a single node (vertical cluster), across multiple nodes (horizontal cluster),
or on a combination of the two. When you install, update, or delete an application, the
updates are automatically distributed to all members in the cluster.
... the central administration point of a cell that consists of multiple nodes and node groups
in a distributed server configuration. ... The deployment manager uses the node agent to
manage the application servers within one node. A deployment manager provides
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management capability for multiple federated nodes and can manage nodes that span
multiple systems and platforms. A node can only be managed by a single deployment
manager and must be federated to the cell of that deployment manager. The configuration
and application files for all nodes in the cell are centralized into a master configuration
repository. This centralized repository is managed by the deployment manager and
synchronized with local copies that are held on each of the nodes.
In distributed server configurations, each node has a node agent that works with the
deployment manager to manage administration processes... A node agent is created
automatically when you add (federate) a stand-alone node to a cell. It is not included in the
Base and Express® configurations.
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set of product core files. Also, creating new profiles is more efficient and less prone to error than
full product installations, allowing a developer to create separate profiles of the product for
development and testing.
Templates for several types of profiles are provided with WebSphere Application Server Network
Deployment:
v Cell
– This environment creates two profiles:
- A management profile with a deployment manager
- An application server profile added (federated) to the management profile
v Management
– A management profile provides components for managing multiple application server
environments. Possible profiles are as follows:
- Deployment manager
- Administrative agent
- Job manager
v Application server
– An application server profile runs your enterprise applications and makes them available to
the internet or to an intranet. It contains a stand-alone application server.
v Custom
– A custom profile contains an empty node with no servers. However, a server can be added
after the profile is created.
v Secure proxy (configuration-only)
– A secure proxy (configuration-only) profile is for use with a DeMilitarized Zone (DMZ)
secure proxy server. This configuration-only profile is intended only to be used to configure
the profile using the Integrated Solutions Console. After you configure the profile, you can
export the profile configuration and then import it into the secure proxy profile in your
DMZ. Secure proxy (configuration-only) profile is only an administrative component.
Source: WebSphere Application Server V7: Concepts, Planning, and design
For more information on profiles, watch the IBM Education Assistant module WebSphere Profiles
The following screen capture shows where profiles, cells, nodes, and servers are found in a
simple WebSphere Application Server deployment with no Lotus products installed:
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Note: The colors of the boxes correspond to the color scheme of the first graphic.
The following screen capture shows where profiles, cells, nodes, and servers are found in a
WebSphere Application Server deployment, with no Lotus products installed, that uses a
Deployment Manager:
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Note: The colors of the boxes correspond to the color scheme of the first graphic.
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v Define WebSphere Application Server terminology related to Lotus Connections topologies.
v Describe the use of WebSphere Application Server profiles with Lotus Connections.
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The following graphics show how profiles, cells, nodes, and servers are used in a WebSphere Application
Server configuration with Lotus Connections installed:
In the first graphic, Lotus Connections is installed in an advanced stand-alone configuration with all
Lotus Connections features installed on one machine, but across multiple server instances:
Note that there is a single Cell, Node and Profile, but two application servers running on that profile
with each server running two applications.
In the second graphic, Lotus Connections is installed using the Network Deployment option. In the
configuration shown, subsets of application servers and applications are installed into separate clusters.
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Note the following:
v There is a single cell for this configuration, even though it is spread across several machines.
v The deployment manager is installed on a separate machine from the nodes that it manages.
v Each WebSphere Application Server installation has a single node and profile, but the servers running
Lotus Connections applications each have two application servers and two applications configured.
The following graphic shows where the WebSphere Application Server components are found at the
Operating System level when Lotus Connections is installed using the Network Deployment option:
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Note: The colors of the boxes correspond to the color scheme of the architecture graphics.
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