Starting TIBCO Administrator on Windows

1. For launching TIBCO Administrator, first we need to start the administration server.

2. Two Windows services must be running for the server to be available. After creating an administration domain, these two services are installed and set to start automatically.

3. To start these services first time, traverse to Services dialog and find the TIBCO administration server for your domain.

4. Click on the start button for TIBCO Administrator and TIBCO Hawk Agent services.
5. You can also start the TIBCO Administrator and TIBCO Hawk Agent services through command prompt.

6. For Starting the Administration server, type the following command in command-line prompt:

-> cd <TIBCO Installation Path>\tibco\administrator\domain\<domain-name>\bin

-> tibcoadmin_<domain-name>.exe

7. Start the TIBCO Hawk Agent, which is used for TIBCO Administrator monitoring functions, by typing below command in command –line prompt:

-> cd <TIBCO Installation Path>\tibco\tra\domain\<domain-name>

-> hawkagent_<domain-name>.exe

Introduction to TIBCO Administrator

1. TIBCO Administrator is a central administration server for TIBCO products. 

2. You can create the application, deploy the application and manage the application in TIBCO administrator using a web browser based interface.

i. Create Application:

ii. Deploy Application:

3. You can also create EAR files and deploying applications using available command line utilities.

Overview of Administration

1. A TIBCO ActiveMatrix Business Works project has the following lifecycle:

i. Design

ii. Deploy

iii. Run

i. Design:

The design phase involves creating and testing the project using TIBCO designer. Below is the example screen shot for creating project:

Below is the example screen shot for testing the project:

ii. Deployment:

Enterprise Archive File (EAR file) will be created by using TIBCO designer for deploying an application. The EAR file contains the required resources for running the project.

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After build an Archive file, it will create an EAR file in the specified location.

Using TIBCO Administrator GUI, deploy the application to the machine or machines where it will run.

iii. Run:

The TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks process engine executes the process instances of the deployed application and TIBCO Administrator can be used to monitor and manage the process engine.