IntroductionCourse Outline
Topics
 
  • Overview of WebSphere Process Server
  • Installing and Configuring WebSphere Process Server
  • Installing Business Process Applications
  • Business Process Choreography
  • Problem Determination and Resolution
  • Connectivity and Transformation Options
  • Administering the Messaging Infrastructure
  • Performance Monitoring and Tuning
 
What you will learn  
 

After completing this course, the participant should be able to:

  • Install and configure WebSphere Process Server
  • Install, configure and manage business processes and service-based applications
  • Query the status of an individual execution of a business process
  • Compensate for unexpected process errors
  • Use various troubleshooting tools and techniques to diagnose problems
  • Control the routing and transformation of service requests
  • Configure messaging resources required for WebSphere Process Server
  • Improve the performance of WebSphere Process Server
 
   
Audience  
 

This course is designed for System Administrators who need to install, configure and maintain systems using WebSphere Process Server v6.2.

  
   
Prerequisites  
 

Students should have a good understanding of the basic administration aspects of WebSphere Application Server v6.1. The following courses can provide this experience for students who are not familiar with WebSphere v6.1 administration:

WA1561 WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Administration (Best preparation)

  
 
Duration  
 

Three days
Lab Setup Guide

Outline for WebSphere Process Server v6.2 Administration Training

Chapter 1 - Overview of WebSphere Process Server
 
  • Defining SOA
  • SOA as an Alignment Strategy
  • The SOA Umbrella
  • What’s a Service?
  • Service Actors
  • Serving up SOA
  • Business Process Management
  • BPM & Workflow
  • SOA Governance
  • Introduction to Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)
  • Motivation for BPEL
  • BPEL Example: A Buy-Sell Partnership
  • Introduction to Service Component Architecture (SCA)
  • SCA Artifacts Deployed to WebSphere Process Server
  • SCA Artifacts Deployed to WebSphere Process Server
  • SCA Application Artifacts
  • Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
  • ESB Example
  • Introduction to WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WESB)
  • Introduction to WebSphere Process Server (WPS)
  • Introduction to WebSphere Process Server (WPS)
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • References
 

Chapter 2 - Installation of WebSphere Process Server
 
  • Supported Software and Hardware
  • Pre-Install Tasks
  • Launchpad
  • Installation Type
  • Feature Selection
  • Product File Installation
  • WPS Environments
  • Installation Summary
  • Installation Verification
  • Installation Verification
  • Installation Verification
  • Troubleshooting Installation
  • Troubleshooting Installation
  • Troubleshooting Installation
  • Fixes
  • Fixes
  • Downloading and Applying a Fix Pack
  • Co-existing With Other WebSphere Products
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • References
 

Chapter 3 - Basic Topologies
 
  • Profiles
  • Benefits of Profiles
  • Types of Profiles
  • Creating Profiles
  • Creating Profiles Using the Profile Management Tool
  • Creating Profiles Using manageprofiles Command
  • Verifying Profile Creation
  • Augmenting Profiles
  • Augmenting Profiles using Profile Management Tool
  • Deleting Profiles
  • Installation Topologies
  • Topology 1
  • Topology 2
  • Topology 3
  • Topology 3
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • References
 

Chapter 4 - Configuration of WebSphere Process Server
 
  • Configuration Overview
  • Configuration Overview
  • A Note About A Service Integration Bus (SIB)
  • A Note About A Service Integration Bus (SIB)
  • Configuration Overview
  • WPS Databases
  • WPS Databases
  • Create a Deployment Manager Profile
  • Create a Deployment Manager Profile
  • Create a Deployment Manager Profile
  • Create the Common Database
  • Create a Custom Profile
  • Create the MEDB Database
  • Create the Deployment Environment
  • Deployment Environment Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Wizard
  • Manually
  • reate a WPS Server
  • Configure Common Event Infrastructure (CEI)
  • Create the EVENT Database
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
 

Chapter 5 - WebSphere Process Server Administration
 
  • Preface
  • Starting and Stopping a Process Server
  • Launching the Admin Console
  • Logging In
  • Admin Console Overview
  • Navigation Tree
  • Navigation Tree
  • Task Filtering Selector
  • Task Filtering Selector
  • Workspace Area
  • Help Area
  • Save Configuration
  • Save Conflicts
  • Process Server Specific Configuration Settings
  • Installing an Application
  • Installation Steps
  • Finishing Up
  • Listing SCA Modules
  • Configuring the Application Scheduler
  • Scheduling an Event
  • Automating Tasks Using wsadmin
  • Automating Tasks Using wsadmin
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • References
 

Chapter 6 - Introduction to Web Services
 
  • A Conceptual Look at Services
  • Defining Services
  • Service Communication Analogy
  • Three Key Service Questions
  • Connecting the Dots
  • SOA – Runtime Implementation
  • What is a Web Service?
  • Enterprise Assets as Services
  • Advantages of Web Services
  • Web Service Business Models
  • Web Service Business Models
  • Binding via SOAP
  • SOAP in Protocol Stack
  • SOAP Structure
  • Interface via WSDL
  • WSDL Structure
  • Locating a Service
  • UDDI Overview
  • UDDI Terminology
  • UDDI Structure
  • WS-I Overview
  • WS-I Deliverables
 

Chapter 7 - Administering Business Process Applications
 
  • Process and Task Templates
  • Relation Between Process Template and Application State
  • Starting and Stopping Process Templates Using the Admin Console
  • Starting and Stopping Process Templates Using the Admin Console
  • Starting and Stopping Task Templates Using the Admin Console
  • Starting and Stopping Process and Task Templates Using a Script
  • Starting and Stopping Process and Task Templates Using a Script
  • Caveats to Using the bpcTemplates.jacl Script
  • Uninstalling a Business Process Application Using the Admin Console
  • Uninstalling a Business Process Application Using a Script
  • Uninstalling a Business Process Application Using a Script
  • Using the BPC Explorer
  • Accessing the BPC Explorer
  • Viewing Process Templates
  • Querying Process Instance Status
  • Process Template Properties
  • Viewing Completed Process Instances
  • Viewing Completed Process Instances
  • Querying a Process Instance's Activities
  • Viewing the Flow of a Process
  • Viewing the Flow of a Process
  • Terminating a Business Process Instance
  • Terminating a Business Process Instance
  • Versioning a Process
  • Versioning a Process
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • References
 

Chapter 8 - Administering the Business Process Choreographer
 
  • Compensation
  • Compensation
  • Example: Transaction Context Propagation
  • Compensation Service
  • Configuring the Compensation Service
  • Events
  • Event Example
  • Event Sources
  • Event Infrastructures
  • Event Infrastructures
  • Event Monitoring Example Using Common Base Event Browser
  • Choosing an Event Infrastructure
  • Modifying Event Infrastructure Settings
  • Modifying Event Infrastructure Settings
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • References
 

Chapter 9 - Service Component Architecture (SCA)
 
  • Need For a New Programming Model
  • SCA Vendor Support
  • SCA Basics
  • SCA Components
  • SCA Components
  • A Service Component
  • References and Wires
  • Wiring Example
  • Service Assembly Model
  • Example Assembly
  • Imports
  • Export
  • Example Import and Export
  • Summary
 

Chapter 10 - Web Service Binding Administration
 
  • The Import Component
  • The Export Component
  • Introduction to Binding
  • Supported Binding Types
  • Implementing Protocol Translation Pattern
  • The Web Service Binding
  • Web Service Import and Export
  • Web Service Binding Administration
  • Summary
 

Chapter 11 - Process Error Recovery
 
  • Introduction
  • Automated Recovery
  • Manual Recovery
  • Manual Recovery
  • Manual Recovery
  • Manual Recovery
  • What Can Go Wrong?
  • Why Instances Fail?
  • Web Service Invocation Failure
  • SCA Invocation Failure
  • SCA Invocation Failure
  • SCA Invocation Failure
  • Analyzing and Recovering Failed Events
  • Synchronous SCA Invocation Failure
  • Infrastructure Failure
  • Recovering from Internal Failure
  • Configure BPC Container
  • Guidelines
  • Review Questions
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • Summary
 

Chapter 12 - Troubleshooting
 
  • Problem Determination
  • Error Reporting
  • Important Log Files
  • Important Log Files
  • Configuring JVM Log Files
  • Viewing Logs
  • Event Types
  • Event Types
  • Log Detail Levels
  • Log Detail Levels
  • Configuring Tracing
  • Log File Format
  • Components to Enable Trace for
  • Reading Java Exceptions
  • Installation and Profile Creation Logs
  • Getting IBM Support
  • Reference
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • Summary
 

Chapter 13 - Performance Tuning
 
  • The New Nature of Load
  • The New Nature of Load
  • Resources Used by a Process Instance
  • The Processing Pipeline
  • The WebSphere Messaging Pipeline
  • The WebSphere Messaging Pipeline
  • Setting Messaging Pipeline Size
  • Set Database Pipeline Size
  • Pipeline Size Guidelines
  • Database Tuning
  • Summary