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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Administering
Overview of administering a WebSphere Commerce site
In WebSphere Commerce the person who performs administrative tasks is called a Site Administrator. The Site Administrator installs, configures, and maintains WebSphere Commerce and the associated software and hardware. The administrator responds to system warnings, alerts, and errors, and diagnoses and resolves system problems. Typically, this person controls access and authorization (creating and assigning members to the appropriate role), manages the Web site, monitors performance, and manages load balancing tasks. The Site Administrator might be responsible for establishing and maintaining several server configurations for different stages of development such as testing, staging, and production. The Site Administrator also handles critical system backups and resolves performance problems.
Administration Console
Site Administrators use the Administration Console to control a site or store by completing administrative operations and configuration tasks such as publishing stores, refreshing the registry, and scheduling jobs. You can access the Administration Console at a site-level, or for a particular store.
Message types
WebSphere Commerce predefines several message types and sets them as active. You can change the parameters for message types.
Configuring the SMTP connection pool properties
Ensure that the WebSphere Application Server SMTP connection pool properties match the SMTP server timeout to avoid periodic mail failure. These failures can occur due to mail being sent with a connection that has already expired on the SMTP server.

Configuring the SMTP connection pool properties

Ensure that the WebSphere Application Server SMTP connection pool properties match the SMTP server timeout to avoid periodic mail failure. These failures can occur due to mail being sent with a connection that has already expired on the SMTP server.

The WebSphere Application Server SMTP connection pool properties can be modified to avoid mail failures in one of two ways. You must either:

Set Unused Timeout to below the SMTP server connection timeout; and
Min Connections to 0.

Or:

Set Aged Timeout to below the SMTP server connection timeout.

See the WebSphere Application Server documentation for details on these parameters.

Procedure

To adjust the SMTP connection pool properties within WebSphere Application Server:

WebSphere Commerce Enterprise

WebSphere Commerce - Express

WebSphere Commerce Professional

Open the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console.
Expand the Applications menu, and click Enterprise Applications > WC_devcommerce1 > Manage Modules > E-mail Adapter > Enablement-JCAEmailConector.rar > Resource Adapter > J2C connection factories > Enablement-JCAEmailConnector.rar > Connection pool properties.
Change the appropriate values.
Click Apply or OK.

WebSphere Commerce Developer

Make a backup of the WCDE_installdir\wasprofile\config\cells\localhost\applications\WC.ear\deployments\WC\deployment.xml file.
Open the original deployment.xml file for editing.
Find the line that begins with the following markup: <connectionPool xmi:id="ConnectionPool
Change the appropriate values that follow.
Save and close the file.