Viewing and managing server inventory

You can view the list of application servers in your inventory from the Server management page in the WebSphere Automation UI. If you have the appropriate permission, you can register servers for monitoring or delete them from the list of managed servers.

Before you begin

You must have a user profile with the View WebSphere inventory permission or the Manage WebSphere inventory permission. For more information, see Configuring roles and permissions.

Procedure

  1. Log in to WebSphere Automation; in the menu, click Operate > Application runtimes.
    For more information, see Accessing the WebSphere Automation UI.
  2. Open the Server management page, as shown in the following image.
    Figure 1. Viewing Server management page with an inventory of managed application servers
    Example Server management page showing inventory of managed application servers in a table. Column headings include Server, Hostname, Operating system, WebSphere version, Java SDK version, Topology, and action controls.
    If you do not see the menu option Operate > Application Runtimes, or if you see a message that you are not authorized, then you do not have permission to access the page. For more information about permissions, see Roles and permissions. If you do not see a listing of servers, then you need to register your servers with WebSphere Automation. For instructions on registering servers with WebSphere Automation, see Registering a server.
  3. Use the data to assess the registration status of your application servers.
    Note the following controls:
    • Filtering options:
      Cell
      To show only the servers in a cell, check the box for that cell in the list. You can select more than one cell.
      WebSphere version
      To show only the servers of a specific version of WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Liberty, check the box for that version in the list. You can select more than one version.
      Server type
      To show only single instances of WebSphere Application Server, check the Application Server box. To show only instances of WebSphere Application Server deployment manager, check the Deployment Manager box. Instances of WebSphere Application Server Liberty are not shown if either of these server types is selected.
      Operating system
      To show only servers installed on a particular operating system, check the box for that operating system in the list.
    • Sorting options (column headings):
      Server
      The name of the server. Click this column heading to toggle between grouping the servers alphanumerically by name, in reverse order, or in original (unsorted) order. You can click the name of the server to view information about the server on a dedicated page.
      Hostname
      The hostname of the server. Click this column heading to toggle between grouping the servers alphanumerically, in reverse order, or in original (unsorted) order.
      Operating system
      The operating system of the server. Click this column heading to toggle between grouping the servers by operating system in alphabetically, in reverse order, or in original (unsorted) order.
      WebSphere version
      The version of WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Liberty that is used by the server. Click this column to toggle between grouping the servers alphanumerically by name, in reverse order, or in original (unsorted) order.
      Topology
      The location information for the server. Clicking this column heading toggles between grouping alphanumerically, in reverse order, or in original (unsorted) order.
    • Other controls:
      Register server
      Opens a dialog that links to instructions on how to add a server to vulnerability tracking. You must have the Manage WebSphere inventory permission to register a server. For more information, see Registering a server.
      Action menu
      Click the three-dot icon to open the action menu. The action menu has two controls, Start memory analysis and Remove.
      • Click Start memory analysis control starts a memory leak investigation on that server. Processes on the monitored server are paused while a memory heap dump is collected for analysis, which could affect applications and users. For more information, see Starting health investigations.
      • Click Remove to remove the server from the list of managed servers. You must have the Manage WebSphere inventory permission to remove a server.
        Note: To prevent the server from being added again to the list of registered servers:
        1. WebSphere Application Server: Delete the was-usage-metering.properties file on the removed server.
        2. WebSphere Application Server Liberty: Edit the server.xml file on the removed server and remove the usageMetering-1.0 feature and the usageMetering configuration: 
          <featureManager>
   <feature>usageMetering-1.0</feature>
</featureManager>

<usageMetering url="your_usage_metering_URL"
apiKey="your_API_key"
sslRef="your_metering_sslRef"/>
      Download audit report
      Click to generate an audit report with a listing of all servers in your managed inventory in comma-separated text format. For more information, see Generating an audit report of server inventory.
      Page controls
      You can select the number of servers to display per page, and move from page to page when the list requires more than one page.
    Note the following additional column heading:
    Java SDK Version
    The version of Java™ that is installed on the server.