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Connect ® Login

Allows you to connect to the server. For details, see Logging on to the J2EE Engine.

Connect ® Logout

Allows you to disconnect from the server

Connect ® Exit

Allows you to close the Visual Administrator tool

Tools ® Properties

●      Ping Time (ms) – the ping time in milliseconds. Shows the interval at which Visual Administrator tool checks if the connection to the J2EE Engine is alive. The default value is 1500.

The minimum value is 100.

●      Status msg history – the number of messages in the Status bar. The default value is 20 messages.

The minimum and maximum values are 1 and 100, respectively.

●      HTML Browser – the path to the executable of the browser you want to use to visualize the help topics.

●      Look and Feels – displays the installed look-and-feels and which ones are currently used. You can change the current Look and Feel of the Visual Administrator tool by choosing one of the available modes: Metal, CDE/Motif, or Windows. You can also add a new Look and Feel by specifying its name and class. The class must extend the standard javax.swing.LookAndFeel interface. The default mode is Metal.
The same operation can be performed using the Ctrl + P key combination.

       1.      Help ® Help

       2.      Help ® About

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       1.      Opens a help topic using the HTML browser specified in the Tools ® Properties menu.

       2.      Opens a window with information about the J2EE Engine. The same operation can be performed using the Shift + F1 key combination.

Shuts down a selected cluster element. Visible if a cluster element is selected.

Starts a service on a particular element. Visible if a service is selected.

Some of the services might have special requirements to be started. For more information, see the specific section of the documentation, corresponding to the particular service.

Stops a service on a particular element. Visible if a service is selected.

Be careful when stopping services. A hard reference connection may exist between the service and other services. When you stop the service, all the services that are referenced will also be stopped.

Provides detailed information about system events.

Tools ® Export

Exports the server configuration from the database. You can specify what kind of information is exported – global data or particular dispatcher/server data. The configuration is stored as an archive file under the /admin folder.

Reboots a cluster element. Visible if a cluster element is selected. Make sure that you are familiar with the J2EE Engine architecture and that you are aware of the consequences of rebooting a Java dispatcher or server process.