Use Admin Server to Manage multiple managed servers through Nodemanager

Question

hi guys,
Iam trying to simulate the production environment for a Weblogic based application.
I want to use one Admin Server(adminServer) to control 2 managed servers(weblogic,Bizarro).
adminServer & weblogic sit on windows machine (prod1) and Bizarro sits on OakStage(unix
machine).
I have nodeManagers running on both machines. They were started using the default
start scripts that were provided.
I can sucessfully start&stop instance weblogic (the instance that resides on the
same machine as adminServer). When I try to start Bizarro i get the following
error in the console
<Oct 18, 2002 7:59:22 AM PDT> <Error> <NodeManager> <Could not start server 'Bizarro'
via Node Manager - reason: '[SecureCommandInvoker: Could not create a socket to
the NodeManager running on host '192.168.0.97:5555' to execute command 'online
Bizarro', reason: Operation timed out: connect. Ensure that the NodeManager on
host '192.168.0.97' is configured to listen on port '5555' and that it is actively
listening]'>
but iam sure node manager is running on port 5555 on that box.
Here is my config.xml file. Is there something Iam missing?
I have also modified the hosts file to only have the ip address of the admin server.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--If your domain is active, please do not edit the config.xml file. Any changes
made to that file while the domain is active will not have any effect on the domain's
configuration and are likely to be lost. If your domain is inactive, you may edit
this file with an XML editor. If you do so, please refer to the BEA Weblogic Server
Configuration Reference documentation available from http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs61/reference.html.
In general, we recommend that changes to your configuration file be made through
the Administration Console.-->
<Domain Name="adminDomain">
<Security Name="adminDomain" PasswordPolicy="wl_default_password_policy" Realm="wl_default_realm"/>
<PasswordPolicy Name="wl_default_password_policy"/>
<FileRealm Name="wl_default_file_realm"/>
<StartupClass ClassName="com.ias.hub.weblogic.WeblogicStartup" Name="hubStartup"
Targets="weblogic"/>
<CustomRealm ConfigurationData="user.filter=(&(uid=%u)(objectclass=person));user.dn=ou=people,
o=beasys.com;server.principal=uid=admin, ou=Administrators, ou=TopologyManagement,
o=NetscapeRoot;membership.filter=(&(uniquemember=%M)(objectclass=groupofuniquenames));group.filter=(&(cn=%g)(objectclass=groupofuniquenames));server.host=ldapserver.example.com;group.dn=ou=groups,
o=beasys.com" Name="defaultLDAPRealmForNetscapeDirectoryServer" Notes="This is
provided as an example. Before enabling this Realm, you must edit the configuration
parameters as appropriate for your environment." Password="{3DES}CqUY0ZB2q6DOFOH3DpKGnQ=="
RealmClassName="weblogic.security.ldaprealmv2.LDAPRealm"/>
<Server ListenPort="9000" Machine="Prod1" Name="weblogic" StdoutDebugEnabled="true"
StdoutSeverityLevel="64">
<ServerStart ClassPath="my correct claspath" Name="weblogic" OutputFile="weblogic.log"/>
<SSL ListenPort="9001" Name="weblogic"/>
<ServerDebug Name="weblogic"/>
<KernelDebug Name="weblogic"/>
<Log FileName="weblogic.log" Name="weblogic"/>
<ExecuteQueue Name="default" ThreadCount="15"/>
<WebServer LogFileName="./config/adminDomain/logs/access.log" LoggingEnabled="true"
Name="weblogic"/>
</Server>
<JDBCConnectionPool CapacityIncrement="2" DriverName="weblogic.jdbc.oci.Driver"
InitialCapacity="15" LoginDelaySeconds="1" MaxCapacity="15" Name="IasPool" Properties="user=stage2;password=******;server=ORCL_STAGE.INTERASSET.COM"
RefreshMinutes="25" Targets="weblogic" TestTableName="DUAL" URL="jdbc:weblogic
racle"/>
<SNMPAgent Name="adminDomain"/>
<Application Deployed="true" Name="certificate" Path=".\config\adminDomain\applications">
<WebAppComponent Name="certificate" Targets="adminServer" URI="certificate.war"/>
</Application>
<JDBCDataSource JNDIName="IAS_DATA_SOURCE" Name="IasDataSource" PoolName="IasPool"
Targets="weblogic"/>
<Application Deployed="true" Name="DefaultWebApp" Path=".\config\adminDomain\applications">
<WebAppComponent Name="DefaultWebApp" Targets="adminServer" URI="DefaultWebApp"/>
</Application>
<CustomRealm ConfigurationData="user.filter=(&(uid=%u)(objectclass=person));user.dn=ou=people,
dc=example, dc=com;server.principal=cn=Manager, dc=example, dc=com;membership.filter=(&(uniquemember=%M)(objectclass=groupofuniquenames));group.filter=(&(cn=%g)(objectclass=groupofuniquenames));server.host=ldapserver.example.com;group.dn=ou=groups,
dc=example, c=com" Name="defaultLDAPRealmForOpenLDAPDirectoryServices" Notes="This
is provided as an example. Before enabling this Realm, you must edit the configuration
parameters as appropriate for your environment." Password="{3DES}CqUY0ZB2q6DOFOH3DpKGnQ=="
RealmClassName="weblogic.security.ldaprealmv2.LDAPRealm"/>
<Machine Name="Prod1">
<NodeManager Name="Prod1"/>
</Machine>
<Application Deployed="true" Name="entity" Path=".\config\adminDomain\applications">
<EJBComponent Name="entity" Targets="weblogic" URI="entity.jar"/>
</Application>
<Application Deployed="true" Name="hub" Path=".\config\adminDomain\applications">
<WebAppComponent Name="hub" Targets="weblogic" URI="hub"/>
</Application>
<Server ListenAddress="192.168.0.97" ListenPort="7000" Machine="OakStage" Name="Bizarro">
<ServerStart ClassPath="my correct classpath" Name="Bizarro" OutputFile="bizarro.log"/>
<SSL Name="Bizarro"/>
<ServerDebug Name="Bizarro"/>
<KernelDebug Name="Bizarro"/>
<Log Name="Bizarro"/>
<WebServer Name="Bizarro"/>
</Server>
<Realm FileRealm="wl_default_file_realm" Name="wl_default_realm"/>
<ApplicationManager Name="adminDomain"/>
<CustomRealm ConfigurationData="server.host=ldapserver.example.com;membership.scope.depth=1;microsoft.membership.scope=sub;membership.filter=(|(&(memberobject=%M)(objectclass=memberof))(&(groupobject=%M)(objectclass=groupmemberof)));group.dn=ou=Groups,
o=ExampleMembershipDir;group.filter=(&(cn=%g)(objectclass=mgroup));server.principal=cn=Administrator,
ou=Members, o=ExampleMembershipDir;user.dn=ou=Members, o=ExampleMembershipDir;user.filter=(&(cn=%u)(objectclass=member))"
Name="defaultLDAPRealmForMicrosoftSiteServer" Notes="This is provided as an example.
Before enabling this Realm, you must edit the configuration parameters as appropriate
for your environment." Password="{3DES}CqUY0ZB2q6DOFOH3DpKGnQ==" RealmClassName="weblogic.security.ldaprealmv2.LDAPRealm"/>
<JTA Name="adminDomain"/>
<Server ListenPort="7000" Name="adminServer" NativeIOEnabled="true" TransactionLogFilePrefix="config/adminDomain/logs/">
<ServerStart Name="adminServer"/>
<Log FileName="config/adminDomain/logs/weblogic.log" Name="adminServer"/>
<ServerDebug Name="adminServer"/>
<ExecuteQueue Name="default" ThreadCount="15"/>
<KernelDebug Name="adminServer"/>
<WebServer DefaultWebApp="DefaultWebApp" LogFileName="./config/adminDomain/logs/access.log"
LoggingEnabled="true" Name="adminServer"/>
<SSL Enabled="true" ListenPort="7005" Name="adminServer" ServerCertificateChainFileName="config/adminDomain/ca.pem"
ServerCertificateFileName="config/adminDomain/democert.pem" ServerKeyFileName="config/adminDomain/demokey.pem"/>
</Server>
<UnixMachine Name="OakStage">
<NodeManager ListenAddress="192.168.0.97" Name="OakStage"/>
</UnixMachine>
<Log FileName="adminDomain.log" Name="adminDomain"/>
</Domain>
Thanks guys
regards
syd

Answer 1

Can this be done when you set up your domain along with admin and managed servers the very first time ? Even if you set up a domain with bunch of managed servers why does the library still get installed on admin server??? Also, for the method you described dont we have to update targets for statup and shutdown classes and work managers?
Also, what is the other method to do it from the console?
METHOD 2 (Other than the one you described- Please tell me if this is correct method and if we need to go to till level)
Step1:
I went to deployments base_domain (in admin console) > deployments chose each library and changed targets manually and activate the changes
Step2
Go to Startup and shutdown classes and change targets there
Step 3
Go to work managers and change targets there.
Please let me know
Edited by: user9021545 on May 12, 2011 10:18 AM