IBM WA599G - WebSphere Application Server V9 Administration in a Federated Environment

Course Outline

• Course introduction
• WebSphere Application Server architecture: Federated
• Federating a cell
• Exercise: Configuring the lab workstation
• Exercise: Creating a federated cell
• Workload management
• Exercise: Clustering and workload management
• WebSphere security: SSL
• Exercise: Configuring SSL for WebSphere
• Overview of Intelligent Management
• Course summary

Objective

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the architectural concepts that are related to WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
• Create a deployment manager instance
• Federate an application server to a cell
• Add a stand-alone application server to a WebSphere Application Server cell
• Cluster an application server within a WebSphere Application Server cell
• Configure WebSphere Application Server SSL security settings
• Deploy applications in clustered environments
• Describe the features of Intelligent Management

Exercises

• Exercise 1: Configuring the lab workstation
• Exercise 2: Creating a federated cell
• Exercise 3: Clustering and workload management
• Exercise 4: Configuring SSL for WebSphere

Prerequisites

• Basic operational skills for the Linux operating system
• Administrative skills for a web server, such as IBM HTTP Server or Apache
• Basic understanding of cloud concepts, private, public and hybrid clouds, and specifically traditional on-premises environments
• Completion of course WebSphere Application Server V9 Administration (WA590G) or WebSphere Application Server V9 Administration (ZA590G), or experience with WebSphere Application Server in a stand-alone environment

Audience

This course is designed for WebSphere administrators who have experience with stand-alone application server environments, and want to learn about creating and managing a federated environment.