Administration of IBM Business Process Manager 8.0 (Advanced Edition) Training

Chapter 1. Overview of IBM Business Process Manager

• 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 IBM Business Process Manager (IBPM)
• IBM Business Process Manager (IBPM) Advanced
• Process Authoring Environments
• Process Center
• Process Server
• Relationship Between IBM BPM Environments
• SCA Artifacts Deployed to IBM Business Process Manager
• SCA Application Artifacts
• Review Questions
• Review Answers

Chapter 2. Installation of IBM Business Process Manager

• Supported Software and Hardware
• Pre-Install Tasks
• Launchpad
• Installation Types
• Installation Manager
• Review Questions
• Review Answers
• References

Chapter 3. Databases and Database Design Tool

• BPM Databases
• Database Design Tool (DDT)
• Database Design File
• Running the Database Design Tool
• Creating a Database Design for a Deployment Environment
• Configuring Common Database
• Configuring Other Database Components
• Saving Database Design File and Exiting DDT
• Generating Database Scripts from a Database Design
• Creating a Database Design for a Single Component
• Editing an Existing Database Design
• Create the Common Database
• Create the Performance Data Warehouse Database
• Create the Process Server Database
• Create the Messaging Engine Database
• Create the Business Process Choreographer Database
• Create the Business Space Database
• Review Questions
• Review Answers

Chapter 4. Profiles

• Profiles
• Benefits of Profiles
• Types of Environments
• 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
• 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
• Remote Messaging Pattern
• Remote Messaging and Remote Support Pattern
• Remote Messaging, Remote Support and Web Pattern
• Prerequisites to Creating a Deployment Environment
• Deployment Environment Configuration Wizard
• Starting and Stopping a Deployment Environment
• Deployment Environment Configuration
• Manually
• Create a BPM Server
• Review Questions
• Review Answers
• Summary

Chapter 6. IBM Business Process Manager Administration

• Starting Servers
• Stopping Servers
• Launching the Admin Console
• Logging In
• Admin Console Overview
• Navigation Tree
• 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
• Review Questions
• Review Answers

Chapter 7. Service Component Architecture (SCA)

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

Chapter 8. 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 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
• Using the BPC Explorer
• Accessing the BPC Explorer
• Viewing Process Templates
• Process Template Properties
• Viewing the Flow of a Process
• Viewing Process Instances
• Viewing Completed Process Instances
• Things to Know About Auto Deletion
• Querying a Process Instance's Activities
• Terminating a Business Process Instance
• Review Questions
• Review Answers

Chapter 9. Process Error Recovery

• Introduction
• Automated Recovery
• Manual Recovery
• What Can Go Wrong?
• Why Instances Fail?
• Unhandled Activity Failure
• SCA Invocation Failure
• Asynchronous 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 Answers
• Summary

Chapter 10. Failed Event Manager

• Introduction
• How Asynchronous Call Works
• The Failed Event Architecture
• FEM and Web Service Binding
• Administering Failed Events
• Introduction to Store and Forward
• Enabling Store and Forward
• Recovery Using Store and Forward
• Summary

Chapter 11. Troubleshooting

• Problem Determination
• Error Reporting
• Basic and HPEL Logging Mode
• Important Log Files
• Configuring JVM Log Files
• Viewing JVM Logs
• Reading Java Exceptions
• Log Format
• Log Event Types
• Setting the Log Levels
• Level Specification String
• Tracing
• Configuring Tracing
• Components to Enable Trace for
• Cross-Component Trace
• Cross-Component Trace Settings
• Cross-Component Analysis in IID
• First Failure Data Capture (FFDC)
• Installation and Profile Creation Logs
• Getting IBM Support
• Review Questions
• Review Answers
• Summary

Chapter 12. WebSphere 8 HPEL Logging

• New HPEL Logging Feature
• Benefits of HPEL
• HPEL Log Repository Architecture
• HPEL Logging Configuration
• HPEL Trace Configuration
• Configuration of Log Detail Level With HPEL
• Log Repository Location
• Viewing HPEL Log Records in Admin Console
• Viewing HPEL Log Records by Command Line
• HPEL Text Log
• Summary

Chapter 13. 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 IID
• Dealing With Task Expiration
• Task Security
• Escalation
• People Directory
• Configuring a People Directory
• Configuring LDAP People Directory
• Configuring VMM People Directory
• Summary

Chapter 14. Business Rules

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

Chapter 15. Process Center Administration

• IBM Business Process Manager History
• Process Center
• Relationship Between IBM BPM Environments
• Setup of Process Center Environments
• Business Process Standards
• Main Usage Scenarios
• “BPMN Only” Scenario
• “BPEL Only” Scenario
• “Mixed” Scenario
• Managing Development Artifacts with Process Center
• Using Process Center from Development Tools
• Tools Used for BPMN Process Management Activities
• Using Multiple Process Center Environments
• Enabling Automatic Deployment from Process Center
• “Offline” Process Server Environments
• Summary

Chapter 16. Business Space

• Overview of Business Space
• Using Business Space
• Business Space Security
• Business Space Widgets
• Module Browser Widget
• Service Monitoring
• Use of REST Services
• REST Services Security
• Summary

Chapter 17. Performance Tuning

• The New Nature of Load
• Microflows
• Understanding Process Navigation
• Resources Used by a Process Instance
• The Processing Pipeline
• 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. 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 19. Messaging Bindings Administration

• Messaging Binding Choices
• Sending a Message
• Messaging in WebSphere Environments
• Default Messaging
• 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 20. 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 SCA Application Service Clients
• Dynamic Web Service Client Configuration
• Static Client Configuration
• Summary

Chapter 21. Clustering IBM Business Process Manager

• Overview of Clustering IBM Business Process Manager
• 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 22. WebSphere Default Messaging in a Cluster

• Default Messaging
• Service Integration Bus
• Default Messaging JMS Configuration
• Service Integration Bus Resources
• Default Messaging JMS Provider
• Relationship Between Messaging Components
• "Clustered" Messaging
• Messaging High Availability
• Messaging Scalability
• HAManager
• Core Group
• Messaging Engine Policy Assistance
• Enabling Messaging Engine Policy Assistance
• Messaging Engine Core Group Policy
• Maintaining Messaging Engine Policies
• Summary