Reviewing AppServer broker status

The Status section of the AppServer main page summarizes current operational details about the AppServer broker. Figure 4–1 shows an example of the Status section. Note that the broker's name displays in the page's title area.

Figure 4–1: AppServer Status section sample

Table 4–1 describes each of these AppServer broker details.

Table 4–1: AppServer status details 
This field...
Displays the...
Host
Host machine's name.
Broker
The running status of the broker. Possible values are:
  • ACTIVE (The broker is currently running.)
  • Not Running (The broker is not currently running.)
The broker can also report Starting and Shutting Down values; however, depending on the speed of the machine on which your management console is running, you may not see these intermediary states.
Operating mode
Operating mode of the broker. This mode determines how client requests are dispatched to individual Application Server processes running on the AppServer instance.
One of four possible modes can be reported: Stateless, State-free, State-aware, or State-reset.
Broker statistics available
Status of the broker as it relates to data collection. The possible states are True or False.
See the "Data collection details" section for more information about data collection.
Servers available
Number of AppServers running and available to fulfill a connection request from a client to an AppServer through this broker when the broker's status is ACTIVE.
This value can change frequently, reporting the real-time changes in number of servers available.
Should register with NameServer?
Status of True or False to indicate whether the broker resource is registered with a NameServer.

These points relate to the fields highlighted in Table 4–1:


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