IBM SG24-6526-00 manual Specifying ports, Application server jobs

Figure 6-7 The NETSTAT command showing ports 900 and 902

If you have trouble connecting a console to the administration server, although the job says that it is ready, then it may be a name problem. If a console is started, then you can find the full name of the administration server job by selecting the node and looking for Process ID on the General page.

The job log of the administration server job has messages that indicate when individual application servers were started and stopped, for example:

WebSphere application server job 033456/QEJB/SALESORDER started.

If these messages do not correspond to an explicit start or stop request, then there may be a time out problem. For more information, see “Constrained performance” on page 132.

6.3.3 Specifying ports

The WebSphere console and some other IBM tools, for example the Resource Analyzer, have a special provision for alternative instances and ports. The console takes two parameters. The first parameter is the name of the WebSphere server, and the second parameter is the port. Both are optional. The first defaults to the current system and is never appropriate if you are running WebSphere on the iSeries. The second defaults to 900 and may be omitted for the standard instance.

If you are using an additional instance, you need to know the port that it is using and specify this as the second parameter to the console.

Many clients may lack this explicit support for alternative instances. However, it is still normally possible to attach the clients to an alternative instance. Using system:port in place of the system name works with most clients.

6.3.4 Application server jobs

For each application server that is started by any instance, there is a job running in the QEJBSBS subsystem. The name of the job is the name of the application if it is acceptable as an OS/400 job name. If the name is too long, then it is truncated and unusual characters may be omitted.

The name of the instance is not used as part of the job name. If you have the same application server name in multiple instances, it is not obvious which job belongs to which instance. To see the full name of the job (including its OS/400 job number), enter 5 next to it.

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