java weblogic.Deployer command line utility

Syntax:

java weblogic.Deployer [options]  [-deploy|-redeploy|-undeploy|-start|-stop|-listapps]    [file(s)]

Weblogic.Deployer used to perform various deployment tasks

1.Deploy an application: we can deloy an application by using weblogic.Deployer utility.

To deploy a new application:

Java weblogic.Deployer –adminurl t3://localhost:7001 –username system –password weblogic  -name app –source  /myapp/app.ear –targets server1,server2 –deploy

2.Redeploy an application: weblogic.Deployer allows us to redeploy an entire application or a part of application.

To redeploy an application:

Java weblogic.Deployer –adminurl t3://localhost:7001 –username system –password weblogic –name app –redeploy

To redeploy a part of application:

Java weblogic.Deployer –adminurl t3://localhost:7001 –username system –password weblogic –targets server1,server2

 –redeploy jsps/*.jsp

3.Undeploy an application: Utility allows to undeploy an application.

To undeploy an application:

Java weblogic.Deployer –adminurl t3://localhost:7001 –username system –password weblogic –name app –undeploy

targets –server1,server2

4.Listing deployment applications and tasks: Deployer utility can list the all deployed applications and tasks.

To list all deployed applications:

Java weblogic.Deployer –adminurl t3://localhost:7001 –username system –password weblogic –listapps

To list all deployment tasks:

Java weblogic.Deployer –adminurl t3://localhost:7001 –username system –password weblogic –listtask

4.cancel a deployment task: You can cancel a deployment task using Deployer utility.

To cancel a deployment task:

Java weblogic.Deployer –adminurl t3://localhost:7001 –username system –password weblogic –cancel id tag

Examples:

1.Deploy an application:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -name benefits -source c:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercise\applications\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

Output:

weblogic.Deployer invoked with options:  -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -name benefits -source c:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercise\applications\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

<Oct 25, 2012 11:04:22 AM IST> <Info> <J2EE Deployment SPI> <BEA-260121> <Initiating deploy operation for application, benefits [archive: c:\student\course\labs

\Lab08\exercise\applications\benefits.war] , to ms1 ms2 ms3 .>

Task 6 initiated: [Deployer:149026]deploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Task 6 completed: [Deployer:149026]deploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: deploy completed on Server ms1

Target state: deploy completed on Server ms3

Target state: deploy completed on Server ms2

2.Redeploy an application:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -name benefits -redeploy

Output:

weblogic.Deployer invoked with options:  -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -name benefits -redeploy

<Oct 25, 2012 11:21:57 AM IST> <Info> <J2EE Deployment SPI> <BEA-260121> <Initiating redeploy operation for application, benefits [archive: null], to configured targets.>

Task 9 initiated: [Deployer:149026]redeploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Task 9 completed: [Deployer:149026]redeploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: redeploy completed on Server ms1

Target state: redeploy completed on Server ms3

Target state: redeploy completed on Server ms2

3.Undeploy an application:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -name benefits -undeploy

Output:

weblogic.Deployer invoked with options:  -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -name benefits -undeploy

<Oct 25, 2012 11:14:54 AM IST> <Info> <J2EE Deployment SPI> <BEA-260121> <Initiating undeploy operation for application, benefits [archive: null], to configured targets.>

Task 7 initiated: [Deployer:149026]remove application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Task 7 completed: [Deployer:149026]remove application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: undeploy completed on Server ms1

Target state: undeploy completed on Server ms3

Target state: undeploy completed on Server ms2

4. Listing deployment applications:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -listapps

Output:

weblogic.Deployer invoked with options:  -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -listapps

benefits

Number of Applications Found : 1

5. Listing deployment tasks:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -listtask

Output:

weblogic.Deployer invoked with options:  -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -listtask

Task 1 completed: [Deployer:149026]stop application benefits on cl1.

Target state: listtask completed on Cluster cl1

Task 2 completed: [Deployer:149026]start application benefits on cl1.

Target state: listtask completed on Cluster cl1

Task 3 completed: [Deployer:149026]stop application benefits on cl1.

Target state: listtask completed on Cluster cl1

Task 5 failed: [Deployer:149026]deploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: listtask failed on Server ms1

weblogic.management.DeploymentException: [Deployer:149258]Server failed to remove the staged files 'C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms1\stage\benefits\benefits.war' for application 'benefits' completely. Check the directory and make sure no other application using this directory. This will result in inappropriate results when this server gets partitioned and trying to deploy this application.

Target state: listtask failed on Server ms3

weblogic.management.DeploymentException: [Deployer:149258]Server failed to remove the staged files 'C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms3\stage\benefits\benefits.war' for application 'benefits' completely. Check the directory and make sure no other application using this directory. This will result in inappropriate results when this server gets partitioned and trying to deploy this application.

Target state: listtask failed on Server ms2

weblogic.management.DeploymentException: [Deployer:149258]Server failed to remove the staged files 'C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms2\stage\benefits\benefits.war' for application 'benefits' completely. Check the directory and make sure no other application using this directory. This will result in inappropriate results when this server gets partitioned and trying to deploy this application.

Task 6 completed: [Deployer:149026]deploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms1

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms3

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms2

Task 7 completed: [Deployer:149026]remove application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms1

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms3

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms2

Task 8 completed: [Deployer:149026]deploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms1

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms3

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms2

Task 9 completed: [Deployer:149026]redeploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms1

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms3

Target state: listtask completed on Server ms2

Errors:

Java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -name benefits -source C:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercise\applications\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: weblogic/Deployer

SOL:

Set the class path.

C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\bin>setDomainEnv.cmd

Error:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -name benefits -source  C:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercise\applications\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

weblogic.Deployer invoked with options:  -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username

 weblogic ûpassword weblogic1 -name benefits ûsource C:\student\course\labs\Lab0

8\exercise\applications\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

No source specified for operation

Sol: 

Check the source parameter and correct it.

Error:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -name benefits -source c:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercises\applications\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

weblogic.Deployer invoked with options:  -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username

 weblogic -name benefits -source c:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercises\applicat

ions\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

The file, 'c:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercises\applications\benefits.war', does not exist.

Sol:

Check the source file path and correct it.

Error:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username weblogic -password weblogic1 -name benefits -source c:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercise\applications\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

weblogic.Deployer invoked with options:  -adminurl t3://localhost:7001 -username

 weblogic -name benefits -source c:\student\course\labs\Lab08\exercise\applicati

ons\benefits.war -targets ms1,ms2,ms3 -deploy

<Oct 25, 2012 10:58:39 AM IST> <Info> <J2EE Deployment SPI> <BEA-260121> <Initia

ting deploy operation for application, benefits [archive: c:\student\course\labs

\Lab08\exercise\applications\benefits.war], to ms1 ms3 ms2 .>

Task 5 initiated: [Deployer:149026]deploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Task 5 failed: [Deployer:149026]deploy application benefits on ms1,ms3,ms2.

Target state: deploy failed on Server ms1

weblogic.management.DeploymentException: [Deployer:149258]Server failed to remove the staged files 'C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms1\stage\benefits\benefits.war' for application 'benefits' completely. Check the directory and make sure no other application using this directory. This will result in inappropriate results when this server gets partitioned and trying to deploy this application.

Target state: deploy failed on Server ms3

weblogic.management.DeploymentException: [Deployer:149258]Server failed to remove the staged files 'C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms3\stage\benefits\benefits.war' for application 'benefits' completely. Check the directorand make sure no other application using this directory. This will result in inappropriate results when this server gets partitioned and trying to deploy this application.

Target state: deploy failed on Server ms2

weblogic.management.DeploymentException: [Deployer:149258]Server failed to remov

e the staged files 'C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms2\stage\be

nefits\benefits.war' for application 'benefits' completely. Check the directory

and make sure no other application using this directory. This will result in ina

ppropriate results when this server gets partitioned and trying to deploy this a

pplication.

Sol:

Remove the application from the staging directory and try deploying the application.

Staging path:

C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms1\stage\benefits\benefits.war'

C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms2\stage\benefits\benefits.war'

C:\bea\user_projects\domains\wlg_domain\servers\ms3\stage\benefits\benefits.war'