WebSphere Application Server Training Course Content

1.      WebSphere Product Family Overview

·         J2EE 1.4 platform Architecture

·         WebSphere Software platform

·         About Application Server

·         WebSphere V6.1 packaging

·         Product Offerings (Express, Base & ND)

·         IBM HTTP Server

2.     Stand-Alone Architecture Overview

·         Application Server Basics

·         Rum Time Architecture

·         JDBC Providers

·         Data Sources 

·         Architecture Administration

·         WebSphere Profiles Overview   

·         WebSphere profiles Benefits 

·         Managing Profile

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3.     Network Deployment Architecture

·         Overview

·         Network Deployment Basics       

·         Network Deployment Runtime Flow

·         Managed vs Unmanaged Nodes

·         Network Deployment Administration Flow

·         File Synchronization

·         Network Deployment Profiles

·         Managing Web Servers  

·         Managing plug-in

·         Webserver  Custom plugin-cfg.xml

·         Managing Webserver  Plug-in properties

·         Messaging overview

·         High Availability

·         Data Replication

·         Node Groups

·         Name Service Overview

·         Configuration of virtual hosts

 

1.      Application Server Installation

·         Installation Overview

·         Installation Environments

·         Requirements Specification

·         Profile Creation

·         Profile Management Tool

·         Manage profiles Command Line Tool

·         First Steps

·         Installation Verification

·         Silent Installation

·         Uninstallation

·         Sample Applications during Installations

·         Directory Structure

·         Common Command Line Tools

·         Server Commands

·         Web server Installation 

·         Web server Plug-in installation   

 

 

2.     Administrative Console

·         Starting Administrative Console

·         Administrative Console in a Cell Topology

·         Administrative Console Login

·         Administrative Console Areas

·         Administrative Console Navigation Tree

·         Administrative Console Help

·         Administrative Console Preference

·         Administrative Console Filters

·         Trouble Shooting Information

·         Tivoli Performance Viewer

3.      J2EE Overview

·         Application Programming Model

·         J2EE Benefits

·         Standards Supported

·         J2EE 1.4 Platform Architecture

·         J2EE Application Components

·         J2EE Packaging Files

 

4.     Application Installation

·         Creating J2C Authentication Alias

·         Creating JDBC Provider for Resources

·         Creating Data Sources

·         Deployment

·         Managing Applications

·         Starting an Application

·         Application Configuration Options

·         Application Update

·         Export Application

·         Export DDL

 

5.     Clusters

·         What is WLM?

·         Introduction to Clusters

·         Types of Clusters

·         Creating Clusters

·         Installing Application to a Cluster

·         Controlling Cluster

·         Request Routing

·         Failover

·         Session Management

·         Session Affinity

·         Session Persistence

·         Replication Domains

6.     WebSphere  Platform Messaging

·         Introduction to Messaging

·         JMS

·         Service Integration Bus

·         Adding Bus Members

·         Messaging Engine

·         Data stores

·         Bus Destinations

·         JMS Connection Factories

·         JMS Destinations

·         JMS Activation Specifications

·         High Availability

·         Quality of Service for Reliability

·         Relationship to WebSphere MQ

7.     WebSphere  Security

·         Basic Security Model

·         WebSphere  Security  Overview

·         Authentication and Access Control

·         Registries and Authentication Types

·         Application Security (J2EE Security)

·         Federated Repositories

·         Custom Registry Configuration

·         Local operating System Security

·         Authentication Mechanisms

·         LTPA and LDAP

·         Single Sign-On (SSO)

·         Administrative Security Roles

·         Java Security Model

·         Java2 Security Overview

·         SSL

·         Certificates and Key Management

8.     Performance Monitoring

·         Performance Issues

·         Need for Performance Tuning

·         WebSphere Performance Tuning

·         PMI Data Collection

·         PMI Data Models  and Counters

·         Enabling PMI

·         Tivoli Performance Viewer

·         Tivoli Performance Viewer Interface

·         Tivoli Performance Viewer Modules

·         Request Metrics Overview

·         Request Metrics Features

·         Performance Advisors

·         Using TPV Performance Advisor

·         Configuring External Monitoring Tool

9.     Problem Determination

·         Installation Log files

·         Server Log files

·         Viewing logs

·         Configure JVM Logs

·         Viewing runtime messages in console

·         HTTP plug-in logs

·         Embedded Http Server Logs 

·         Trace, Enable Trace

·         Setting Log detail Levels

·         Generating IBM Heap Dump

·         Generating Thread Dump

·         Hung Thread  Defecation

·         Problem Determination Tools

·         Collector Tools

·         Plug-in Analyzer

·         Heap Analyzer

·         Thread Analyzer

·         GC Analyzer

10. WS ADMIN and Scripting

·         Comparison B/W Console and wsadmin

·         Why Scripting

·         Introduction to Wsadmin

·         Overview of Wsadmin

·         Administrative Objects in Wsadmin

·         Invoking Wsadmin

·         Invoking Wsadmin  with Security Enabled

·         Connection Type in Wsadmin

·         Introduction  to Scripting

·         Executing Scripts

·         Help for Commands

11.   Runtime Functions

·         Class Loaders Over view

·         Delegation Model

·         Class Loader Hierarchy

·         Shared Libraries

·         Creating a Library

·         Applying a Library

12.  Migrations & Patching

·         Applying Fixes

·         Migration  From V6.0 to V6.1

·         WebSphere profiles Benefits

·         Managing  Profiles