Oracle Corporation
System and method for partition administrative targeting in an application server environment

Abstract:

A system and method for partition administrative (admin) targeting in an application server, cloud, or other computing environment. An application server can include one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of a domain. An administrative virtual target associated with a partition enables an administrator to identify an administrative resource group, including one or more administrative applications or resources, for use with the partition. A partition administrative lifecycle state (e.g., SHUTDOWN) can be associated with various substates (e.g., BOOTED or HALTED). When a partition is associated with a first state or substate (e.g., SHUTDOWN.BOOTED), the administrative resource group in that partition continues to run at an associated target, while other resource groups are shut down. When a partition is associated with a second state or substate (e.g., SHUTDOWN.HALTED), all of the resource groups, including administrative resource groups, in that partition are shut down.