Websphere Course

by Vibrant Technologies & Computers

Module

Title

Contents

Module 1:

Install & Uninstall

Understand two tier architecture
Understand Multi tier architecture
Understand WLS architecture

Module 2:

Logs and Configuration

Understanding product directory structure
Various log files written by WAS
HPEL
Configuring WAS classloaders

Module 3:

IBM HTTP Server & WAS Plug-in

Installing IHS and WebSphere Plug-in
Creating Web server definition
Plug-in generation and propagation

Module 4:

Cluster Configuration and Management

Basic terminology
Federating nodes into DMGR cell
Vertical and Horizontal clustering
Node synchronization
Assigning weights to cluster members
Cluster level operations

Module 5:

JDBC

JDBC providers
Creating data source & testing connection
Connection pool settings

Module 6:

JMS

Why JMS?
Messaging models
JMS – administered objects
WAS JMS – High level picture
Service Integration Bus
File store and Data store
WebSphere MQ messaging
WebSphere MQ Link

Module 7:

Application Deployment

Understanding virtual hosts
Deployment – High level picture
Application targets
Deployment using admin console
Monitored directory deployment

Module 8:

Administrative Scripting

Using ws_ant
Introduction to Jython
How wsadmin works?
Profile scripts

Module 9:

Job Manager

Creating Job Manager Profile
Registering DMGR and base nodes to Job Manager
Creating and scheduling jobs for execution

Module 10:

SSL Part I

SSL Concepts
Configure SSL between IHS and WAS
The ikeyman tool

Module 11:

SSL Part II

Inbound SSL
SSL Configuration object
Outbound SSL
Monitoring Certificate Expiry

Module 12:

Monitoring and Tuning

Analyzing Thread Dumps
Analyzing Heap Dumps
Dump Agents
JVM Tuning
Analyzing GC log messages using GCMV
Performance monitoring infrastructure (PMI)

Module 13:

High availability

Understanding session affinity
Deploying applications in a cluster
Clustering and JMS
Clustering and JDBC

Module 14:

Administrative Agent

Creating administrative agent profile
Registering & Deregistering application server nodes
Working with administrative agent console

Module 15:

Security

Introduction to WAS security
User, Group and Role
Authentication and Authorization
Securing different types of applications

Module 16:

Security Auditing

Configure security auditing
Signing audit records
Encrypting audit records

Module 17:

Administration Tools

EarExpander.sh
Collector.sh
Visual Configuration Explorer
The applyPerfTuningTemplate.py tool

Module 18:

CIM

CIM Overview
Job Targets
Using Sudo
Job Types
Job Creation Wizard
Submitting CIM jobs from command line