Course Content
WebSphere Administration Overview
- WebSphere product family
- Overview of WebSphere administration
- Themes in WebSphere administration
- What’s new with WebSphere 6.1
Installing WebSphere 6.1
- WebSphere installer overview
- Graphical installer vs. Silent Installer
- Installing and Uninstalling WebSphere 6.1
- Installing WebSphere 6.1 Network Deployment
Profiles and Centralized Configuration Management
- Profiles what they are and how they work
- WebSphere Configuration repository
- Centralized configuration management in WebSphere
Basic Administration
- Using the administration console
- Installing applications
- Creating data sources
- Configuring security in the administration console
- Configuring and administering the web container
- Configuring and administering the EJB container
- Basic troubleshooting and log files
- Virtual hosts
Advanced Administration
- JMX
- WebSphere Administration Architecture
- WebSphere scripting overview
- JACL and Jython
- Automating WebSphere administrative tasks
- Java Connector Architecture
HTTP Plug-in and Web Servers
- Installing IHS
- Installing HTTP Plug-in
- Basic IHS administration
- Configuring the HTTP plug in
- Strategies for integrating WebSphere and an HTTP Server
WebSphere Clustering & High Availability
- Clustering topologies
- High availability WebSphere configurations
- Creating and managing clusters
- Data replication service
Advanced Application Deployment
- J2EE class loaders
- J2EE packaging
- Deployment Descriptors
- Automating application builds and deployments with ANT
- Troubleshooting application deployment issues
Securing WebSphere
- WebSphere security architecture
- Java and J2EE Security Model
- WebSphere & SSL
- WebSphere security scenarios
Odds and Ends (Optional Topics)
- Configuring JMS
- Tivoli Performance Viewer
- WebSphere performance management
