Outline for WebSphere Application Server V7  Training Course

Introduction

• The WebSphere family
• Various WAS Editions
• Overview of the Java EE 5 Architecture
• What is new in WAS 7?

Components and Configurations

• Understand server profiles
• Installation of WAS Base server
• Base Server Architecture and Components
• The Job Manager and Administrative Agent
• Centralized Installation Manager
• Installation of WAS Network Deployer
• Deployment Manager
• Cells, Nodes, Clusters
• Cluster Topologies for Best Practices
• WAS 7 Architecture

Administrative Console

• Overview of Web Application
• Where the console resides
• Navigating the GUI
• Deployment and Configuration Settings
• Application Server Properties
• Configuring Web and EJB containers

RAD - Assembly and Deploy Module

• Adding EJB Modules
• Adding Web Modules
• Setting variables for Deployment
• Saving and Deploying the EAR

Troubleshooting and Monitoring

• Backing up Configurations
• Runtime Provisioning
• PMI
• ITCAM - Tivoli Composite Application Manager
• Tivoli Performance Viewer
• Performance Monitoring Servlet
• Console Messages
• Trace Facility
• Log Analyzer
• ISA - IBM Support Assistant and add-ons
• System Dump Processing

Administering Session Management

• Session Management Features, Properties
• Session Scope
• Session Tracking Mechanism
• Persistent Session Management

Distributed Servers and Repositories

• Administrative Agents and Job Managers
• Network Deployment (WAS-ND)
• Creating Cells
• Federating Nodes
• Configuration Repositories
• Node and Cell Discovery
• File Synchronization
• Managed Servers
• Managing remote Web Servers

Clusters and Topologies

• Why Cluster?
• Creating Clusters
• Replication
• Adding Servers to Clusters
• Cluster Management
• Vertical Horizontal Scaling
• Cluster Topologies
• MultiClustering

Administering Security

• Security Overview
• WAS Security Architecture
• Security Model and Components
• User Registry
• Security Server and Collaborator
• Global Security
• Multiple Security Domains
• Fine Grained Administrative Security
• Securing Admin Console
• Security Auditing
• Securing Applications
• Roles, Constraints, Resources
• Mapping Roles to Users and Groups

Scripting Tools

• BSF
• Mbeans
• wsadmin and Jython
• Configuring wsadmin
• wsadmin Objects: AdminConfig, AdminApp...
• wsadmin is Powerful
• Advanced wsadmin
• More wsadmin
• Using Property Files
• Overview of JMX