WA1232 IBM WebSphere Portal 5.0.2 Installation and Deployment Training and Courseware

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The course focuses on the new administrative GUI and tools to manage portlets and access control, portlet customization, search engines, and security features.

Topics
	IBM WebSphere Portal 5.0.2 architecture IBM WebSphere Portal installation Configuration Deployment Testing Authentication Authorization Security Clustering (ND) Backup/Restore XMLAccess Portal settings Troubleshooting

Audience
	This is an intermediate/advanced course for administrators, architects, and developers who implement portal solutions built on the IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5.0.2 platform.

Duration
	Three days.

Course Outline

1. Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server
	Topics What is a Portal An Example of WebSphere Portal Sites Benefits of Portal Sites General Portal Architecture The Major Components of Horizontal Portals The Major Components of Horizontal Portals – cont’ WebSphere Portal Goals WebSphere Portal Components WebSphere Portal Components – cont’ WebSphere Portal Accessibility WebSphere Portal Packaging WebSphere Portal Express WebSphere Portal Multiplatform A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal WebSphere Application Server Enterprise Edition WebSphere Portal Server WebSphere Portal Server Architecture Portal Container Portal Engine Architecture Page Aggregation Modules Portlet WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets Portlet Application Portlet Mode and State WebSphere Portlet Content Publishing (WPCP) Portal Document Manager (PDM) Search Engine WebSphere Portal Information Summary

2. WebSphere Application Server Overview
	Introduction Application Server Base vs. Network Deployment Node Cell A Typical Cell Configuration Repository Administration Service Cluster Web Container Web Request Processing Plugin Configuration Virtual Host Managed Process Basics Key Possibilities Coexistence Scenarios Common Topologies All in One Vertical Scaling Server Separation Multi-tier Horizontal Scaling Web Server Horizontal Scaling J2EE Modules J2EE Application Assembly Web Module Configuring Web Applications EJB Modules Enterprise Application Modules Installing an Enterprise Application Relationship Between WAS and WPS Relationship Between WAS and WPS … Admin Console from Portal Server

3. Installation
	Topics Installation Planning Architecture Decisions Sample Plan: Development Sample Plan: Q&A Sample Plan: Staging Sample Plan: Production WebSphere Application Server Options System Prerequisites Starting the Installation Process Install Time Options Verification Apply Fix Pack Upgrading WebSphere Application Server Enterprise Edition Apply E-fixes Apply WPS Fix Pack 2

4. Portal Page Hierarchy
	Topics Elements of a Portal Site Screen The Home Screen Screen … Page and Label Page/Label Hierarchy URL Theme Skin Skin… Putting it all together

5. Page Management
	Topics Opening Administration Console Create a Page or Label Page Properties Private Page Page Layout Adding Portlets to a Page Layout Locking Creating URL URL Link

6. Portlet Administration
	Topics Terminologies Portlet Instance Types Portlet Instance Types (cont.) Instance Type Summary Portlet Applications and Concrete Portlet Applications Portlet Modes Example of Using Edit Mode Portlet Mode - Advanced Portlet Window States Portlets vs. Servlets Portlet Deployment Descriptors portlet.xml portlet.xml – cont’ Relationship between web.xml and portlet.xml Relationship between Portlet and Concrete Portlet Example of portlet.xml Example of portlet.xml – cont’ Installing a Portlet Web Module How is a Portlet Web Module Installed? Managing Applications Managing Applications… Managing Portlets

7. Security
	Topics Key Concepts Authentication Portal User Registry Enabling Security with Member Manager Database WebSphere Security Changes Enabling Security with LDAP Security with LDAP… Single Sign On (SSO) The Member Manager Authorization How Does Authorization Work? Roles Role Membership More on Authorization Resources Common Access Rights Managing Users and Groups Setting Resource Permission Resource Permissions GUI Enabling SSL Credential Vault Credential Components of Credential Vault Structure of the Credential Vault Slot Scope Credential Access Level Single Sign-on Scenario Vault Administration Vault Administration…

8. Configuration Management
	Topics Configuration Utilities WPSconfig Utility ANT Script File How WPSConfig Uses ANT? More on Properties Property Precedence What Can You Do With WPSConfig? Migrating Database Migrate to DB2 Migrate to DB2… Migrate to Oracle Migrate to Oracle… Introduction to xmlaccess Running xmlaccess Example Input File Basic Syntax Export Example Deleting Users Symbolic Reference Example Symbolic Reference Example… Guidelines

9. Backup and Restore
	Topics Introduction Backup WebSphere Restore WebSphere Backup/Restore Database Backup Portal Server Configuration Restore Portal Server Configuration Backup Portal Server Files Backup/Restore LDAP

10. Problem Determination
	Topics Steps to Follow WebSphere specific Notes HTTP Server Access Log HTTP Server Error Log HTTP Server Start Up Error The JRAS Toolkit JRAS Log Types Common Log Format Example WebSphere Log Using JRAS Understanding Java Stack Trace Application Server Logs Service Logs Native Log Web Server Plug-in Log WebSphere Log Files Server Log Files Application Tracing Application Tracing… Tools for Tuning and Troubleshooting Tools for Tuning and Troubleshooting… Collector Running Collector Information Collected FFDC dumpNameSpace Version Information Java Stack Dump Thread Analyzer Configure Application Server Traces Select the Log or Trace Diagnostic Trace Options Trace Specification Runtime Trace Options Configuring JVM Logs Native Logs Activity Log Problem With Installation Admin Server Does Not Start Admin Client Does Not Start Application Server Does Not Start 404 File Not Found 500 Internal Server Error Cannot Find Server or DNS Error Virtual Host Not Found JSP Compilation Problem Class Not Found Error JNDI Name Not Found Application Server Crashed High CPU Usage Application Server Hanging Portal Server Logs Portal Server Tracing

11. Portal Server Clustering
	Topics What is Clustering Sample Topology Basic Steps Install Network Deployment Setting up WPS1 Setting up WPS2 Apply Security to Network Deployment Join the Cell Create the Cluster Create the Cluster… Duplicate JVM Custom Property Customize Portlet Deployment Service Generate plugin-cfg.xml Start and Validate the Cluster Installing a Portlet Web Module Deploying Themes and Skins Deploying Themes and Skins… Configuring Dynamic Cache

12. Performance Tuning WebSphere Portal Server
	Topics Basic Concepts WebSphere Tuning JVM Heap Tuning Database Tuning topas Advanced topas Use svmon Generating svmon Reports The monitor Tool Network Buffer Tuning Network Dropped Packets Resolution Network Statistics Report TCP/UDP Buffer Tuning System Activity Report Disk I/O Report Reduce IO Bottleneck Using filemon Using vmstat Tuning VMM Policy The vmstat Command The mpstat Command The iostat Command The netstat Command netstat (cont.) Increasing the Connection Backlog Minimize Packet Fragmentation Reduce Socket Overhead Recover from Browser Disconnects Kernel Tuning Performance Tips Performance Tips (cont.) Performance Testing Guidelines Tune Service Properties

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