WebSphere Application Server 7.0 Administration Guide

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Steve Robinson is an international WebSphere consultant. He has been working in IT for over 15 years and has provided solutions for many large-enterprise corporate companies across the world. Steve currently specializes in JEE and WebSphere consulting and has both an administration and development background. Before dedicating his efforts to WebSphere, Steve was an accomplished developer and consultant for both IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft .NET. Steve also runs and supports http://www.webspheretools.com a very popular knowledge site dedicated to WebSphere and related tools. He can be contacted at stevencharlesrobinson@googlemail.com.



Guide Table Of Contents Back to BOOK PAGE Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Installing WebSphere Application Server Chapter 2: Deploying your Applications Chapter 3: Security Chapter 4: Administrative Scripting Chapter 5: WebSphere Configuration Chapter 6: WebSphere Messaging Chapter 7: Monitoring and Tuning Chapter 8: Administrative Features Chapter 9: Administration Tools Chapter 10: Product Maintenance Index Preface Up Chapter 1: Installing WebSphere Application Server Installation planning Installation scenarios Profile types Preparation and prerequisites Graphical installation Installing the base binaries Downloading the WAS for Linux trial Uploading the trial install to your Linux server Installing as root Running the launchpad Installation wizard welcome screen Software license agreement System prerequisites check Optional features Installation directory WebSphere Application Server environments Profile creation Installation registry files Installation logs Profile manager logs and files Logs Files Admin console Silent installation Creating a response file Editing a response file Running the installer silently Examining installation logs Summary Up Chapter 2: Deploying your Applications Inside the Application Server JVM Web container Virtual hosts Environment settings Resources JNDI Application file types Deploying an application Starting and stopping your applications Data access applications Data sources Preparing our sample database JDBC providers Creating a JDBC provider Creating a J2C alias Creating a data source Deploying a data access application Selecting installation options Mapping modules to servers Providing JSP reloading options for web modules Mapping shared libraries Mapping resource references to resources Mapping virtual hosts for web modules Mapping context roots for web modules Reviewing the deployment steps Using the application Summary Up Chapter 3: Security J2EE security Global security Global security registry types Turning on global security Standalone custom registry Local operating system Creating a Linux user Standalone LDAP Download OpenLDAP Installing OpenLDAP Configuring OpenLDAP Adding a user to LDAP Configuring an LDAP registry in WebSphere Administrative roles Mapping users and groups to administrative roles Summary Up Chapter 4: Administrative Scripting Automation The ws_ant tool Deploying an application using ws_ant The wsadmin tool Interactive commands Individual commands Profile scripts Command script files Listing installed applications with Jython Installing an application using Jython Querying application status Summary Up Chapter 5: WebSphere Configuration File structure The WebSphere file system The product binaries file structure The profile file structure XML configuration files Cell level XML files Node level XML files Server level XML files Important properties files The soap.client.props file The sas.client.props file Logs JVM logs Configuring logs Changing log file locations Changing log styles FFDC logs Viewing JVM logs Viewing logs in the admin console Viewing logs on the file system Linux tail command Linux grep command JVM settings Changing JVM settings using the admin console Class loaders Class loading basics WebSphere class loaders Application server class loader Configuring server class loaders Application class loader Configuring application class loaders Web module class loader Configuring module class loading Class loading isolation Summary Up Chapter 6: WebSphere Messaging Java messaging Java Message Service JMS features JMS concepts JMS API WebSphere messaging Default JMS provider WebSphere SIB Creating a SIB Configuring JMS Creating queue connection factories Creating queue destinations Installing the JMS demo application JMS Test Tool application WebSphere MQ overview Overview of WebSphere MQ example Installing WebSphere MQ Running the WMQ installer Creating a queue manager Creating a WMQ connection factory Creating a WMQ queue destination Reconfiguring the JMS demo application Summary Up Chapter 7: Monitoring and Tuning Tivoli Performance Viewer Enabling Tivoli Performance Viewer Key TPV categories Summary Reports Key performance modules Starting Tivoli Performance Viewer PMI for external monitoring Request metrics Enabling request metrics Components to be instrumented Trace level Request metrics destination Request metrics in SystemOut.log Retrieving performance data with PerfServlet Dynamic caching JVM tuning JVM core and heap dumps Requesting a Java core dump using Jython Requesting a heap dump using Jython Requesting a Java core dump using the kill command JVM-triggered heap dump Analysing a Java core (thread) dump IBM Thread and Monitor Dump Analyzer for Java Installing the JCA tool Generate a Java core dump to view the thread lock Other analysis tools Setting the initial and maximum heap sizes Tuning your heap size Summary Up Chapter 8: Administrative Features The administrative agent Creating an administration profile Profile Management Tool Starting the administrative agent Administrative agent console Registering an application server node Creating a second application server node Removing the administrative agent IBM HTTP Server Starting IBM HTTP Server The WebSphere plugin Installing the WebSphere plugin Manual configuration of the plugin Generate plugin Summary Up Chapter 9: Administration Tools Dumping namespaces Example name space dump EAR expander Oveview of the WebSphere Application Server toolkit Installing the WebSphere Application Server toolkit Running the Application Server toolkit Log analysis using the ASTK Creating a new project Importing log files Applying filters Selecting columns Loading symptom databases Inspecting J2EE applications Summary Up Chapter 10: Product Maintenance Understanding updates Update process overview Product update types Preparing for updates Locating updates Fix Central Update installers Creating a backup Installing a new Update Installer Downloading the Update Installer Installing the graphical Update Installer Applying an update using the Update Installer Silent updates Logs Troubleshooting tips Summary Up Index

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Steve Robinson has been working in IT for over 15 years and has provided solutions for many large-enterprise corporate companies across the world. Steve specialises in Java and Middleware consulting. Steve comes from both an administration and development background.

Before moving to JEE, Steve was an accomplished developer and consultant for both IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft .NET Technologies.

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