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Chapter 1 Introduction : Utilities, Plug-ins and Modules

Utilities, Plug-ins and Modules
TIBCO Administrator includes several utilities, plug-ins and modules that are introduced in this section.
TIBCO Domain Utility
The TIBCO Domain Utility is part of the TIBCO Runtime Agent installation. The utility is launched directly after installing the administration server and is used to create the initial administrator domain. You can start the utility at any time to manage domain machines, domain configurations, administration server settings, upgrade administration domains and register a TIBCO Enterprise Message Service server. A registered server can be configured using the TIBCO Enterprise Message Service Plug-in that is described later in this section.
TIBCO Domain Utility is documented in the TIBCO Runtime Agent Domain Utility User’s Guide. The guide is part of the TIBCO Runtime Agent documentation set and is available in the TIBCO_HOME/tra/<version>/doc directory.
Scripting Deployment Utility
Three scripting utilities are available, buildear, ImportDomainSecurity and AppManage. The utilities allow you to perform the functions available in the GUI applications from the command line. This allows you to create and execute scripts for repetitive tasks.
The utilities are installed as part of the TIBCO Runtime Agent installation and are documented in the TIBCO Runtime Agent Scripting Deployment User’s Guide. The guide is part of the TIBCO Runtime Agent documentation set and is available in the TIBCO_HOME/tra/<version>/doc directory.
The buildear utility builds an enterprise archive file based on an archive defined in a TIBCO Designer project. You provide the location of an archive resource in TIBCO Designer, location of the TIBCO Designer project and location of the output enterprise archive file to the buildear utility. You can optionally save an archive version to the project when building the enterprise archive file.
The AppManage utility creates an XML based deployment configuration file where deployment options can be defined. The utility also uploads the deployment file and enterprise archive file into an administration domain. It can be used to:
Command Line Utilities
The following command line utilities are documented in the TIBCO Administrator Server Configuration Guide.
Converts back and forth between single-file (.dat) and multi-file projects.
Loads data from a file created with RepoExport into a project.
TIBCO Enterprise Message Service Plug-in
The TIBCO Enterprise Message Service plug-in (EMS plug-in) allows you to use TIBCO Administrator to configure a TIBCO Enterprise Message Service server. The EMS plug-in is included in your TIBCO Administrator installation.
The EMS plug-in includes online help files that describe each parameter that can be set from within the TIBCO Administrator GUI. You should be familiar with the TIBCO Enterprise Message Service documentation, which explains full use of the server.
You must first install the TIBCO Enterprise Message Service server, and then run TIBCO Domain Utility to add the EMS plug-in to your administration domain. After the EMS plug-in is installed, you access it from the TIBCO Administrator GUI by clicking Application Management > All Services Instances > machine-name - EMS port.
The next diagram shows the All Service Instances panel with the EMS server status listed.
Figure 5 Service Instances
The users and roles defined in your domain can be synchronized with the users and groups defined for the TIBCO Enterprise Message Service server. Both users and their passwords become known to the server after synchronization.
 
 
If your domain is integrated with an LDAP directory server, synchronization with the users and groups defined for the TIBCO Enterprise Message Service server is not supported. An LDAP directory server does not allow passwords to be exported, and as a result passwords would not be exported on synchronization.
To Set Parameters Using the EMS Plug-in
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Click Application Management > All Service Instances
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You can set options for the following:
TIBCO BusinessWorks Manual Work Module
TIBCO BusinessWorks provides a simple web interface for viewing manual work tasks assigned to users. This interface is named BW Manual Work in the TIBCO Administrator GUI. This will only be available if TIBCO BusinessWorks or TIBCO InConcert is installed on the TIBCO Administrator server machine.
The BW Manual Work module is documented in TIBCO BusinessWorks Palette Reference, which is part of the TIBCO BusinessWorks documentation set.
The TIBCO BusinessWorks Manual Work module does not support file-based (non-database) administration domains.
To access the module from the TIBCO Administrator GUI, in the left panel, click BW Manual Work.
When you log into the web interface, you can see any task that you have acquired. To log in, you must specify a valid username, password, and TIBCO InConcert server name.
Authorized users can perform the following tasks:
UDDI Servers Module
The Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Servers module allows you to define connections to UDDI servers and view the web services contained in the servers. If you have been granted access to publish your own web services, you can also use the UDDI Servers module to publish information about your business and the web services you offer. See the TIBCO BusinessWorks Administration guide for information about UDDI.

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