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Topics
 
  • Overview of WebSphere Process Server
  • Installing and Configuring WebSphere Process Server
  • Installing Business Process Applications
  • Business Process Choreography
  • Human Task Management
  • Business Rules
  • Problem Determination and Resolution
  • Connectivity and Transformation Options
  • Administering the Messaging Infrastructure
  • Performance Monitoring and Tuning
  • Clustering Process Server
 
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
  • Manage Human Tasks and Business Rules
  • 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
  • Create a clustered Process Server environment
  
   
Audience  
 

This course is designed for System Administrators who need to install, configure and maintain systems using WebSphere Process Server v7.0.

  
   
Prerequisites  
 

Students should have a good understanding of the basic administration aspects of WebSphere Application Server v7.0. The following courses can provide this experience for students who are not familiar with WebSphere v7.0 administration:

WA1700 WebSphere Application Server V7.0 Administration on Windows
WA1840 WebSphere Application Server V7.0 Administration on Linux

  
 
Duration  
 

Five days
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Outline for WebSphere Process Server v7.0 Administration Training

Chapter 1. Overview of WebSphere Process Server

  • Defining SOA
  • The SOA Umbrella
  • What’s a Service?
  • Service Actors
  • Business Process Management
  • Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
  • ESB Example
  • Introduction to Service Component Architecture (SCA)
  • Introduction to WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WESB)
  • Introduction to WebSphere Process Server (WPS)
  • Introduction to WebSphere Process Server (WPS)
  • SCA Artifacts Deployed to WebSphere Process Server
  • SCA Artifacts Deployed to WebSphere Process Server
  • SCA Application Artifacts
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • WPS and WESB v7 References
 

Chapter 2. Installation of WebSphere Process Server

  • Supported Software and Hardware
  • Pre-Install Tasks
  • Launchpad
  • Installation Type
  • Installing WebSphere Application Server
  • Installing WebSphere Application Server
  • Installing WebSphere Process Server
  • Installing WebSphere Process Server
  • Features
  • Installation Summary
  • Installation Verification
  • Installation Verification
  • Troubleshooting Installation
  • Troubleshooting Installation
  • Fixes
  • Fixes
  • Downloading and Applying a Fix Pack
  • Downloading and Applying a Fix Pack
  • Downloading and Applying a Fix Pack
  • Co-existing with Other WebSphere Products
  • Co-existing with Other WebSphere Products
  • Co-existing with Other WebSphere Products
  • Co-existing with Other WebSphere Products
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • References
 

Chapter 3. Databases and Database Design Tool

  • WPS Databases
  • WPS Databases
  • WPS Databases
  • Database Design Tool (DDT)
  • Database Design Tool (DDT)
  • Database Design File
  • Running the Database Design Tool
  • Creating a Database Design for a Deployment Environment
  • Configuring Common Database
  • Configuring Common Database
  • Configuring Other Database Components
  • Configuring Other Database Components
  • Saving Database Design File and Exiting DDT
  • Generating Database Scripts from a Database Design
  • Generating Database Scripts from a Database Design
  • Creating a Database Design for a Single Component
  • Editing an Existing Database Design
  • Editing an Existing Database Design
  • Create the Common Database
  • Create the Common Database
  • Create the Common Database
  • Create the Common Database
  • Create the Messaging Engine Database
  • Create the Messaging Engine Database
  • Create the Business Process Choreographer Database
  • Create the Business Process Choreographer Database
  • Create the BPC Reporting Tables
  • Create the Business Space Database
  • Create the Common Event Infrastructure Database
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
 

Chapter 4. Profiles

  • 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
  • Augmenting Profiles using Profile Management Tool
  • Troubleshooting Profile Creation or Augmentation
  • Deleting Profiles
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • References
 

Chapter 5. Deployment Environment

  • Deployment Environment
  • Deployment Environment Pattern
  • Deployment Environment Patterns
  • Single Cluster Pattern
  • Single Cluster Pattern
  • Remote Messaging Pattern
  • Remote Messaging Pattern
  • Remote Messaging and Remote Support Pattern
  • Remote Messaging and Remote Support Pattern
  • Custom Pattern
  • Prerequisites to Creating a Deployment Environment
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
  • Starting and Stopping a Deployment Environment
  • Deployment Environment Configuration
  • Deployment Environment Configuration
  • Manually
  • Create a WPS Server
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • Summary
 

Chapter 6. Introduction to Mediation Flow

  • What is a Mediation Flow?
  • Source and Target Operations
  • Message Flow Logic
  • Mediation Primitives
  • Special Nodes
  • Special Nodes
  • Creating a Mediation Flow
  • Creating an Implementation
  • Anatomy of a Message
  • Routing Primitives
  • Transformation Primitives
  • Other Primitives
  • Subflow
  • Summary
 

Chapter 7. WebSphere Process Server Administration

  • Preface
  • Starting Servers
  • Stopping Servers
  • 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 SCA Module
  • 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 8. 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 9. Administering Business Process Applications

  • Business Process Management
  • SOA and Business Process
  • 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
  • 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
  • Process Template Properties
  • Process Template Properties
  • Viewing the Flow of a Process
  • Viewing Process Instances
  • Viewing Process Instances
  • Viewing Completed Process Instances
  • Things to Know About Auto Deletion
  • Querying a Process Instance's Activities
  • Terminating a Business Process Instance
  • Terminating a Business Process Instance
  • Versioning a Process
  • Versioning a Process
  • Versioning a Process
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
 

Chapter 10. Administering the Business Process Choreographer

  • Setting BPC Explorer Security
  • Compensation
  • Compensation
  • Example: Transaction Context Propagation
  • Compensation Service
  • Configuring the Compensation Service
  • Compensation Service Properties
  • 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
 

Chapter 11. Administering Human Tasks

  • Introduction
  • Anatomy of a Task
  • Types of Human Tasks
  • Auxiliary Task Types
  • The BPC Explorer
  • To-do Task
  • Editing Task Template in WID
  • Dealing With Task Expiry
  • Task Security
  • Task Security
  • Escalation
  • Escalation
  • People Directory
  • Configuring a People Directory
  • Configuring LDAP People Directory
  • Configuring VMM People Directory
  • Summary
 

Chapter 12. Business Rules

  • Introduction to Business Rule
  • Example Use Cases
  • Key Components of a Business Rule
  • Steps to Create Business Rules
  • Business Rules Manager (BRM)
  • Using the BRM Tool
  • Using the BRM Tool
  • Summary
 

Chapter 13. 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
  • Web Service Binding Administration
  • Summary
 

Chapter 14. Messaging Bindings Administration

  • Messaging Binding Choices
  • Sending a Message
  • Messaging in WebSphere Environments
  • Default Messaging
  • Service Integration Bus
  • Service Integration Bus
  • WebSphere MQ
  • Which To Use?
  • Default Messaging JMS Configuration
  • Relationship Between Default Messaging Components
  • Consuming a Message
  • JMS Import Binding Configuration
  • JMS Export Binding Configuration
  • Working with WebSphere MQ
  • WebSphere MQ JMS Configuration
  • Relationship Between MQ Messaging Components
  • MQ JMS Import Configuration
  • MQ JMS Export Configuration
  • Summary
 

Chapter 15. Adapters Administration

  • What is an Adapter?
  • Adapter and SOA
  • Adapter Example
  • WebSphere JCA Adapters
  • WebSphere JCA Adapters
  • Outbound Processing
  • Inbound Processing
  • Case Study
  • Deploying Adapter Module
  • Adapter Administration
  • Adapter Administration
  • Example: The Flat File Adapter
  • Summary
 

Chapter 16. Process Error Recovery

  • Introduction
  • Automated Recovery
  • Manual Recovery
  • Manual Recovery
  • Manual Recovery
  • Manual Recovery
  • What Can Go Wrong?
  • Why Instances Fail?
  • Unhandled Activity Failure
  • Unhandled Activity Failure
  • SCA Invocation Failure
  • Asynchronous SCA Invocation Failure
  • Asynchronous SCA Invocation Failure
  • Analyzing and Recovering Failed Events
  • Synchronous SCA Invocation Failure
  • Infrastructure Failure
  • Infrastructure Failure
  • Recovering from Internal Failure
  • Configure BPC Container
  • Guidelines
  • Review Questions
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • Summary
 

Chapter 17. Performance Tuning

  • The New Nature of Load
  • The New Nature of Load
  • Understanding Process Navigation
  • Resources Used by a Process Instance
  • The Processing Pipeline
  • Factors that Control Pipeline Size
  • Factors that Control Pipeline Size
  • Configure Process Navigation
  • Setting the JMS Pipeline Size
  • Set Database Pipeline Size
  • Pipeline Size Guidelines
  • Database Tuning
  • Additional Resources
  • Summary
 

Chapter 18. 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
  • First Failure Data Capture (FFDC)
  • Installation and Profile Creation Logs
  • Getting IBM Support
  • Review Questions
  • Review Answers
  • Summary
 

Chapter 19. Routing Web Service Requests Through a Web Server

  • Why is This Important?
  • What is Required?
  • Web Server Integration
  • Web Server Virtual Host
  • Virtual Hosts and Networking
  • Creating a Virtual Host in WebSphere
  • Relation to Enterprise Applications
  • Web Server Plug-in Architecture
  • Plug-in Configuration
  • Modify Web Service Provider Endpoint URL
  • Check Web Service WSDL
  • Modify Web Service Clients
  • Configuring Business Process Service Clients
  • Dynamic Web Service Client Configuration
  • Static Client Configuration
  • Summary
 

Chapter 20. Clustering Process Server

  • Overview of Clustering Process Server
  • When to Use Clustering
  • Deployment Pattern and Clusters
  • Clustered SCA Components
  • Growing the Capacity of a System
  • Option 1 – Growing an Existing Cluster
  • Adding a Node to the Deployment Environment
  • Adding a New Cluster Member
  • Option 2 – Add New Cluster to a Deployment Environment
  • Option 3 – Add New Deployment Environment
  • Configuring the Web Servers
  • Deploy an SCA Application
  • Testing a Cluster
  • Summary
 

Chapter 21. WebSphere Default Messaging in a Cluster

  • Default Messaging
  • Service Integration Bus
  • Service Integration Bus
  • Service Integration Bus
  • Bus Members
  • Messaging Engine
  • Message Store
  • Destination
  • Default Messaging JMS Configuration
  • Creating a Service Integration Bus
  • Adding a Bus Member
  • Bus Member Message Store
  • Add a Destination
  • Default Messaging JMS Provider
  • Relationship Between Messaging Components
  • "Clustered" Messaging
  • Messaging High Availability
  • Messaging Scalability
  • HAManager
  • HAManager
  • Core Group
  • Core Group
  • Messaging Engine Policy Assistance
  • Enabling Messaging Engine Policy Assistance
  • Messaging Engine Core Group Policy
  • Maintaining Messaging Engine Policies
  • Summary