IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Administration

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Explain how WebSphere Application Server relates to the WebSphere family of products
Describe the architectural concepts related to WebSphere Application Server V6.1
Install and configure WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server (IHS)
Explain the basic concepts of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Assemble and install server-side Java enterprise applications
Use WebSphere Application Server administrative tools to configure and manage enterprise applications
Configure security for server-side application resources
Deploy applications in clustered environments
View performance information about server and application components
Use problem determination tools and log files to troubleshoot problems


Course outline.
· Course introduction
· WebSphere product family overview
· Architectural overview: Standalone
· Architectural overview: Federated
· WebSphere Application Server V6.1 installation
· Exercise: WebSphere Application Server installation
· Exercise: IBM HTTP Server installation
· Exercise: WebSphere Information Center installation
· Administrative console
· Exercise: Explore WebSphere Application Server through the administrative console
· J2EE overview
· Application assembly using AST
· Introduction to the Trade family of applications
· Exercise: Using AST to assemble the Trade application
· Application installation
· Exercise: Installing Trade application
· Problem determination
· Exercise: Problem determination
· wsadmin
· Exercise: Experimenting with wsadmin
· Profiles and federating cells
· Exercise: Federating a cell
· Workload management
· Exercise: Clustering
· Introduction to WebSphere Platform Messaging (WPM)
· Exercise: Install Trade processor application
· WebSphere security
· Exercise: Configuring SSL
· Exercise: Enabling WebSphere and J2EE Security
· Integrated Performance Viewer
· Exercise: Integrated Performance Viewer
· Course summary