I worked with WebSphere (version 5 maybe?) many, many years ago. The admin console was seemed like it was designed to increase confusion. Eventually a consultant I was working with tipped me off that there was a scripting interface, which came bundled with Python (Jython). This made administration so much easier once I got the hang of the APIs, since I could just automate/script things.

I have no idea if this is still possible with modern WS.