WA1312 WebSphere Portal v5.1 Administration and Deployment Training and Courseware
This course teaches WebSphere Portal Server v5.1 installation, configuration, performance tuning as well as administration. Portal administration involves, creating pages, installing portlets, configuring security and other day to day operations.

This WebSphere Portal Administration training course is an excellent way to gain a broad skill base with the product.
Topics
  • IBM WebSphere Portal 5.1 architecture
  • IBM WebSphere Portal installation
  • Configuration
  • Deployment
  • Setting up a Virtual Portal
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Security
  • Clustering (ND)
  • Backup/Restore
  • XMLAccess
  • Portal settings
  • Troubleshooting
  • Portal planning and design
  • User and group profiling and authentication
  • Page aggregation
  • Rebranding the portal look and feel (Themes and skins implementation)
  • Utilizing the WebSphere Portal v5 Document Manager (PDM)
  • Web services
  • Portal search engine administration
  • Web clipping administration
Objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
  • Discuss approaches and processes for the planning and designing of a portal community
  • Explain the WebSphere Portal Solution architecture and its abstractions
  • Create Portal users and groups, and exercise access control options to manage their usage of Portal resources
  • Install and activate portlets and portlet applications
  • Create new or existing Portal Places, and configure their default content
  • Publish Web content using Document Manager
  • Integrate and publish remote portlets
Audience
This is a course for administrators who are responsible for installing and maintaining a WebSphere Portal Server based web site. Prior experience with WebSphere Application Server administration is definitely helpful but not mandatory.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of WebSphere Application Server v5 administration.
Duration
Five days.
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Course Outline
Lab Setup Guide