Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Administration Handbook

Node Manager Capabilities

You can invoke the Node Manager, which is a Java-based stand-alone tool, both explicitly from the command line as well as implicitly through the Administration Console. As you recall, you must install the Node Manager (installed automatically when you install WebLogic Server) on each machine that runs the Admin and Managed Servers. On the server where the Admin Server runs, you can connect to the Node Manager through WLST, which acts offline as an interface to the command line Node Manager. You can use WLST offline commands to start and stop the Admin Server after first connecting to the Node Manager. In the WLST online mode, you can start Managed Servers and stop server instances that you had started with the Node ...