> While this is a good solution, if you do not need to "reboot" or take a > linux image offlinethat is running Websphere, you can have the Sys Admins > set up a cluster and take on of the application servers down at a time. > This would mean no outage.
Yes, that's true. I read the question as "if I'm testing stuff like operating system patches, how can I skip *some* of the heavyweight startup scripts like WAS w/o taking them out of the configuration or waiting for a full-up system startup every time?" The two solutions are actually complementary -- the flag file or sysconfig variable approach lets you leave the system configuration alone (it's those times that you forget to put something back in that wake you at 2 am), but still skip the heavy stuff during testing. The cluster bit lets you keep services up and running; you still need the flag idea to let you control what parts start/stop when you bring a node up and down, but the cluster bit hides the details from the users. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
