Chapter 2. Configuration and Administration of Tuxedo
In this chapter, we will discuss the essentials of Tuxedo configuration and administration and the tools used by a Tuxedo administrator to perform day-to-day operations.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Administration of a Tuxedo application
- Structure of a Tuxedo application (configuration file)
- Parameters in the configuration file
- Environment variables
- Commands and tools to build, monitor, and change the Tuxedo system configuration
- Various important components and built-in features of Tuxedo
- Tuning and monitoring guidelines
This chapter is basically dedicated to Tuxedo administrators and is divided into two main categories. The first one is configuring and setting up a Tuxedo application, and the other is monitoring/administrating a Tuxedo application. It is very important to understand how to structure a Tuxedo application using a configuration file called UBBCONFIG, as well as to understand each and every parameter in the configuration file, their dependency and hierarchy, and the environment variables. For monitoring purposes, we need to know the various commands and tools, how to change the Tuxedo system configuration at runtime, and how to tune various parameters for higher throughput. At the end of the chapter, I will share some tuning/monitoring guidelines, which may help you to get the best out of a Tuxedo application.