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WebSphere Virtual Enterprise Version 6.1.1
Preparing the hosting environment for dynamic operations
Dynamic operations monitor the middleware server environment and can make recommendations or changes based on the data that is observed. To prepare the hosting environment for dynamic operations, you must federate middleware nodes, create the on demand router, create middleware servers and dynamic clusters, and deploy applications to your servers and dynamic clusters with an associated service policy.
Before you begin
. Complete the following prerequisite tasks:
About this task
To set up the dynamic operations environment you must create on demand routers, servers and dynamic clusters. These actions set up the application server virtualization portion. You can then deploy your applications and define service policies, which configures application virtualization. The autonomic managers work with these elements to maximize the performance of your environment.
Procedure
- Federating middleware nodes
If the node was not federated into the cell during the middleware agent installation, you can federate the nodes from the command line.
- Creating ODRs
The on demand router is a proxy server that can route work to servers.
- Adding middleware servers to configurations
Middleware servers include any servers in your middleware tier that provide the infrastructure for your applications or data.
- Creating dynamic clusters
You can associate any representationsof external middleware servers with dynamic clusters . Creating a dynamic cluster enables application server virtualization. When in automatic mode, WebSphere(R) Virtual Enterprise can automatically control the size and placement of dynamic clusters on the nodes. In supervised mode, the administrator can review information and suggested actions that are provided by WebSphere(R) Virtual Enterprise in the form of runtime tasks.
- Deploying applications with defined service levels
You can also enable application virtualization. The steps to deploy applications vary depending on the type of servers that you are using. You can deploy enterprise applications, PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) applications, unmanaged Web applications, or WebSphere(R) Application ServerCommunity Edition applications. .
- Defining a service policy
Associate your middleware applications with service policies, work classes, and routing policies to enhance performance and resiliency.
- Start stand-alone servers, and place your dynamic clusters into automatic or supervised modes.
Results
The on demand router can route requests to applications that are deployed on your servers and dynamic clusters according to your defined service policies, work classes, and routing policies. These steps have configured application infrastructure virtualization in your environment.
What to do next
After you have your dynamic operations environment configured, you can use various features that depend on this environment to further enhance your operations. These features include health management, centralized installation manager, application editions, and more.
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