Administering And Managing Enterprise Servers; Enterprise Server Architecture - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Administering and Managing Enterprise Servers

You can manage your Enterprise Server(s) via the following user interfaces:
• Enterprise Server Administration Server
• Server Manager
• Class Manager
• Virtual Server Manager
In previous releases, the Enterprise Server and other Netscape servers were
administered by a single server, called the Administration Server. In a previous
release, the "administration server" became simply an additional instance of the
Enterprise Server, called Enterprise Server Administration Server, or
Administration Server. You use the Administration Server to administer all of your
Enterprise Server instances. For more information, see "Administration Server," on
page 36.
NOTE
For managing individual instances of Enterprise Server, you can use the Server
Manager. For more information, see "Server Manager," on page 37.
To manage virtual servers, use the Class Manager. For more information, see
"Virtual Server Configuration," on page 35.

Enterprise Server Architecture

Enterprise Server incorporates a modular architecture that integrates seamlessly
with all of the products in the Netscape family of servers. In addition, Enterprise
Server includes an administration server interface for coordinating administrative
functions across all of your web servers. Note that this administrative interface is
itself another instance of Enterprise Server.
Enterprise Server includes the following software modules:
• Content Engines
• Server Extensions
• Runtime Environments
You can also perform administrative tasks manually by editing the
configuration files or by using command-line utilities.
Enterprise Server Architecture
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