WEBSPHERE ADMIN Online Training Course Content

  • WebSphere Platform Overview
    • WebSphere Product Categories
    • WebSphere Development, Presentation, Integration and Deployment Tools
    • WebSphere Application Server Features
    • WebSphere Application Server Offerings
  • J2EE Architecture Overview
    • Enterprise Application Overview and Development Cycle
    • J2EE Architecture and Containers
    • Applet, Servlet and JSP Overviews
    • JDBC, JNDI and JTA
    • EJB, JMS and RMI Over IIOP
    • JavaMail, JAF, JAAS and JACC
    • XML and JAXP
    • New in J2EE 1.4
    • Web Services Support: JAX-RPC, SAAJ, Web Services for J2EE and JAXR
    • J2EE Connector, Management and Deployment
    • Development Roles and Deployment Descriptors
  • WebSphere Application Server Architecture
    • Application Server Architecture Overview
    • Under the Cover
    • Basic Concepts
    • Web Server Plug-ins
    • Containers
    • Application Server Services: Transaction, ORB, PMI, Message Listener, Naming and Security Services
    • Web Services Support
    • WebSphere Administration Architecture
    • Master Configuration Repository
    • Network Deployment Architecture Overview
    • Cells, Nodes and Node Agents
    • Clusters
  • WebSphere Application Server Installation
    • Hardware/Software Requirements
    • Installation Planning
    • Cell Topologies
    • Installation Process
    • GUI and Silent Installation
    • Application Server Components
    • Verifying the Installation
    • WebSphere Configuration Files
  • Administrative Console
    • Starting the Console
    • Navigating the Console
    • Administrative Tasks
    • Scope, Filters and Preferences
    • Saving Configuration Changes
    • Getting Help
  • Managing Profiles
    • Profile Types
    • Directory Structure
    • Default Profile
    • Creating Profiles
    • Using the Profile Creation Wizard
    • Using wasprofile
    • Federation
  • Configuring WebSphere Resources
    • Defining JDBC Resources
    • Configuring JCA Resources
    • WebSphere JavaMail Provider
    • Defining Virtual Hosts
    • WebSphere Variables
    • Shared Libraries and Library References
  • Application Assembly and Packaging
    • J2EE Deployable Units
    • Assembly Process
    • J2EE Modules
    • Assembly Steps
    • Packaging Checklist
    • Deployment Descriptor Elements (EJB, Web, Connector, Client and Application)
    • IBM Extensions and Bindings
  • Application Server Toolkit
    • AST Features
    • Commonly Used Perspectives and Views
    • JAR Dependency Editor
    • Creating Projects and Defining Project Properties
    • Creating Modules: Web, EJB, Application Client and Connector
    • Importing Resources
    • Web Deployment Descriptor (Servlet Properties, Filters, Listeners, Environment Variables, References, Pages, MIME Mappings, Parameters and Extensions)
    • EJB Deployment Descriptor (EJB Properties, Assembly Descriptor, Transactions, References and Access)
    • EJB Client JARs
    • Application Client Properties
    • Application Deployment Descriptor (Modules and Security)
    • Application Validation
    • Generating Deployment Code
    • Exporting Applications
  • Enterprise Application Deployment
    • Deployment Process
    • Deployment Preparation
    • Application Installation Options
    • Mapping Modules to Servers
    • Specifying Virtual Hosts
    • Managing Deployed Applications
  • Java and Process Management
    • WebSphere Class Loaders
    • Class Loader Hierarchy and Delegation
    • Common Class Loading Problems
    • Class Loader Configuration
    • Process Definition
    • JVM Settings
    • Monitoring Policy
  • Session Management
    • Session Management Configuration
    • Session Persistence
    • Session Scope
    • WebSphere Affinity
    • Session Management Options
    • Internal Messaging Properties
    • Replication Domains and Entries
    • Shared Session Database Settings
  • Command Line Administration
    • Wsadmin Advantages and Disadvantages
    • Configuring Wsadmin
    • Wsadmin Objects
    • Configuration Types and Object Names
    • Containment Path
    • Running Commands
    • JACL
    • Running Scripts
    • Examples
    • Managing Nodes and Servers
    • Creating and Restoring Backups
  • Workload Management
    • Workload Management Benefits
    • Vertical, Horizontal and Combination Scaling
    • Clustering
    • Creating and Managing a Cluster
    • Implementing Workload Management
    • Workload Management Selection Policy
    • Load Balancing Problems
  • Tivoli Performance Viewer
    • Analyzed Resources
    • Performance Data Reporting Process
    • Enabling PMI and JVMPI
    • Launching the Performance Viewer
    • Performance Monitoring Settings
    • Selecting Counters
    • Summary Reports
    • Performance Viewer: Actions
    • Recording and Replaying Performance Data
    • Enabling and Viewing Performance Advice
  • Troubleshooting Tools
    • Define Symptoms
    • Identify the Source of the Problem
    • Trouble-Shooting Resources and Tools
    • Runtime Status Messages
    • Diagnostic Providers
    • Enabling Trace and Specifying Trace Settings
    • Viewing Log Files
    • WebSphere Logging Tools
    • Profiling and Logging Perspective
    • Analyzing Entries
    • Viewing Information from the Symptom Database
    • Dumping the Name Space
  • WebSphere Security Basics
    • Security Risks
    • Security Layers
    • Authentication and Authorization
    • Lazy Authentication
    • LTPA
    • User Registries and Supported LDAP Servers
    • Single Sign-On
    • Transport Level Security
    • Encryption and Decryption
    • Cryptography
    • Certificates
    • Digital Signatures
    • Message Integrity
    • SSL and TLS
  • Defining Security Settings
    • Securing Web Applications
    • Authenticating Users
    • Defining Security Roles, Security Constraints and Web Resource Collections
    • Servlet Security Settings
    • Securing EJB Applications
    • Annotations: Roles and Method Permissions
    • Defining Method Permissions and Security Role References
    • Security Identity and Run As Identity
    • Gathering and Mapping Security Roles
    • Security Configuration Files
    • Examples
    • Security Tips
  • JMS Deployment and Configuration
    • JMS Capabilities and Messaging Styles
    • JMS Interactions and Participants
    • JMS Runtime Environment
    • Message-Driven Beans
    • Listener Ports and JMS Activation Specifications
    • WebSphere JMS Support
    • Feature Comparison
    • Security Considerations
    • JMS Provider Configuration: Default Messaging, WebSphere MQ and Generic JMS Providers
    • Configuring JMS Resources
    • JMS References and Transactions
  • Service Integration Bus
    • Bus Features and Components
    • SIB Architecture
    • Creating a Bus
    • Bus Properties
    • Bus Security
    • Message Store Types
    • Adding Bus Members
    • Destinations
    • Configuring a Foreign Bus
    • Messaging Engines
    • Linking Messaging Engines
    • Server Messaging Properties
  • Web Service Support
    • Service-Oriented Architecture
    • Supported Standards
    • Web Service Deployment
    • SIBWS Setup
    • Inbound and Outbound Services
    • Handlers and Handler Lists
    • Applying a Mediation
    • UDDI References
    • Gateway Services
  • Defining Web Services Security
    • Supported Specifications
    • WebSphere Security Model for Web Services
    • Configuration Files
    • WS Security Wizard
    • Enabling Authentication
    • Specifying Message Integrity
    • Configuring Confidentiality
    • Examples
  • Conclusion