This course teaches the operational tasks involved in maintaining a WebSphere Portal Server environment. This course focuses specifically on the advanced configuration required to support a cluster of WebSphere Portal servers. Rather than simply working with a basic installation throughout the entire course, students are shown how to accomplish the tasks that will be required in a production-scale WebSphere Portal deployment. Students will initially work separately so they become familiar with administrative tasks and then will work together to create a horizontal Portal cluster.

After completing this course, students 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

This course is designed for administrators who install, configure, and manage Web-based applications on WebSphere Application Server V6.1. It is also appropriate for webmasters and application architects.

Before taking this course, students should have:

• An understanding of basic Internet concepts
• Experience using a Web browser
• Administration skills for a Web server, such as IBM HTTP Server or Apache
• Basic operational skills for the Windows 2000 operating system

• 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