The WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment version 5.0 (WAS ND)
provides an infrastructure for you to centrally administer multiple WAS
servers, resources, and other elements of your topology. Your managed
topology can include support for clustered servers with workload management
and failover. WAS ND's support for centrally administering topologies
provides significant benefits for both large-scale and small-scale
topologies.
This article provides tips to help you better exploit the administrative
capabilities of WAS ND. We discuss options for deciding on the scope of your
topology, and advice on administering the topology. If you are planning or
administering a topology based on WAS ND (or WAS Enterprise), these tips,
which are based on lab experiences with ... (more)