WebSphere Training : WebSphere Portal v5.1 Administration and Deployment

This course teaches WebSphere Portal Server v5.1 installation, configuration, performance tuning as well as administration. Portal administration involves, creating pages, installing portlets, configuring security and other day to day operations.

This WebSphere Portal Administration training course is an excellent way to gain a broad skill base with the product.

WebSphere Training Audience

This is a course for administrators who are responsible for installing and maintaining a WebSphere Portal Server based web site. Prior experience with WebSphere Application Server administration is definitely helpful but not mandatory.

WebSphere Training Prerquisites

Basic understanding of WebSphere Application Server v5 administration.

WebSphere Training Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

Discuss approaches and processes for the planning and designing of a portal community

Explain the WebSphere Portal Solution architecture and its abstractions

Create Portal users and groups, and exercise access control options to manage their usage of Portal resources

Install and activate portlets and portlet applications

Create new or existing Portal Places, and configure their default content

Publish Web content using Document Manager

Integrate and publish remote portlets

WebSphere Training Topics

IBM WebSphere Portal 5.1 architecture

IBM WebSphere Portal installation

Configuration

Deployment

Setting up a Virtual Portal

Authentication

Authorization

Security

Clustering (ND)

Backup/Restore

XMLAccess

Portal settings

Troubleshooting

Portal planning and design

User and group profiling and authentication

Page aggregation

Rebranding the portal look and feel (Themes and skins implementation)

Utilizing the WebSphere Portal v5 Document Manager (PDM)

Web services

Portal search engine administration

Web clipping administration

WebSphere Training Course duration

5 Days

WebSphere Training Course outline

1. Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server

Topics
What is a Portal
An Example of WebSphere Portal Sites
Benefits of Portal Sites
General Portal Architecture
The Major Components of Horizontal Portals
WebSphere Portal Goals
WebSphere Portal Components
WebSphere Portal Accessibility
WebSphere Portal Packaging
WebSphere Portal Express
WebSphere Portal Enable
A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal
WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation 5.1.1
WebSphere Portal Server
WebSphere Portal Server Architecture
Portal Container
Portal Engine Architecture
Page Aggregation Modules
Portlet
WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets
Portlet Application
Portlet Mode and State
WebSphere Portlet Content Publishing (WPCP)
Portal Document Manager (PDM)
Search Engine
WebSphere Portal Information
Summary

2. WebSphere Application Server Overview

Introduction
Application Server
Base vs. Network Deployment
Node
Cell
A Typical Cell
Configuration Repository
Administration Service
Cluster
Web Container
Web Request Processing
Plugin Configuration
Virtual Host
Managed Process
Basics
Key Possibilities
Coexistence Scenarios
Common Topologies
All in One
Vertical Scaling
Server Separation
Multi-tier
Horizontal Scaling
Web Server Horizontal Scaling
J2EE Modules
J2EE Application Assembly
Web Module
Configuring Web Applications
EJB Modules
Enterprise Application Modules
Installing an Enterprise Application
Relationship Between WAS and WPS

3. Installation

Topics
Installation Planning
Architecture Decisions
Sample Plan: Development
Sample Plan: Q&A
Sample Plan: Staging
Sample Plan: Production
WebSphere Application Server Options
System Prerequisites
Preparing the Operating System
Starting the Installation Process
Install Time Options
Install Time Options - Full
Install Time Options - Custom
Install Time Options - Test Environment
Default Installation Location
Verification
Starting and Stopping Portal Server

4. Portal Page Hierarchy

Topics
Elements of a Portal Site
Screen
The Home Screen
Page and Label
Page/Label Hierarchy
URL
Theme
Skin
Putting it all together

5. Page Management

Topics
Opening Administration Console
Create a Page or Label
Page Properties
Private Page
Page Layout
Adding Portlets to a Page
Layout Locking
Creating URL
URL Link

6. Customizing the Look and Feel

Topics
Customization Basics
Customization Technique
Theme Basics
Creating a Theme
How Does a Theme Work
Theme at Work
Customizing the New Theme
Creating a Skin
How Does a Skin Work
Customizing a Skin

7. Portlet Administration

Topics
Terminologies
Portlet Instance Types
Portlet Instance Types (cont.)
Instance Type Summary
Portlet Applications and Concrete Portlet Applications
Portlet Modes
Example of Using Edit Mode
Portlet Mode - Advanced
Portlet Window States
Portlets vs. Servlets
Portlet Deployment Descriptors
portlet.xml
Relationship between web.xml and portlet.xml
Relationship between Portlet and Concrete Portlet
Example of portlet.xml
Installing a Portlet Web Module
How is a Portlet Web Module Installed?
Managing Applications
Managing Portlets

8. Web Clipping

Topics
What is Web Clipping
Creating a New Clip
Advanced Options
HTML Clipping

9. Cooperative Portlets

Topics
Introduction
Example of Click-to-Action
Business Benefits of C2A
Basic Concepts
Runtime Architecture of Click-to-Action
Portlet Wrapper Class
Enable C2A in Portlet Applications
Development Steps
C2A JSP Tags
C2A JSP Tags (cont.)
Example of C2A Source JSP
Example of C2A Source JSP - cont’
Example of Target Action Descriptor WSDL
Example of Target Action Descriptor - cont’
Example of C2A web.xml
Example of C2A portlet.xml
Example of a Target Portlet
Scattering
Wiring

10. Document Manager

Topics
What is Portal Document Manager (PDM)?
Productivity Components
Configuring the PDM Portlet
Document library Management
Management Functions
Access Control
Document Search
Approval Workflow
Versioning

11. Search Engine

Topics
Key Features
Taxonomy and Categorization
Summarization and Stemmer Support
Search Engine Organization
Creating Document Collection
Managing a Collection
Collection Status
Adding Sites to a Collection
Configuring Crawl Schedule
Document Approval
Search Portlet
Using the Search Portlet
Lotus Discovery Server Portlets

12. Security

Topics
Key Concepts
Authentication
Portal User Registry
Enabling Security with Member Manager Database
WebSphere Security Changes
Enabling Security with LDAP
Security with LDAP…
Single Sign On (SSO)
The Member Manager
Authorization
How Does Authorization Work?
Roles
Role Membership
More on Authorization
Resources
Common Access Rights
Managing Users and Groups
Setting Resource Permission
Resource Permissions GUI
Enabling SSL
Credential Vault
Credential
Components of Credential Vault
Structure of the Credential Vault
Slot Scope
Credential Access Level
Single Sign-on Scenario
Vault Administration

13. Miscellaneous Administration Tasks

Topics
Custom Unique Names
Global Settings
Supported Markup
Supported Clients

14. Configuration Management

Topics
Configuration Utilities
WPSconfig Utility
ANT Script File
How WPSConfig Uses ANT?
More on Properties
Property Precedence
What Can You Do With WPSConfig?
Migrating Database
Migrate to DB2
Migrate to Oracle
Introduction to xmlaccess
Running xmlaccess
Example Input File
Basic Syntax
Export Example
Deleting Users
Symbolic Reference
Example Symbolic Reference
Guidelines

15. Backup and Restore

Topics
Introduction
Backup WebSphere
Restore WebSphere
Backup/Restore Database
Backup Portal Server Configuration
Restore Portal Server Configuration
Backup Portal Server Files
Backup/Restore LDAP

16. Problem Determination

Topics
Steps to Follow
WebSphere specific Notes
HTTP Server Access Log
HTTP Server Error Log
HTTP Server Start Up Error
The JRAS Toolkit
JRAS Log Types
Common Log Format
Example WebSphere Log Using JRAS
Understanding Java Stack Trace
Application Server Logs
Service Logs
Native Log
Web Server Plug-in Log
WebSphere Log Files
Server Log Files
Application Tracing
Tools for Tuning and Troubleshooting
Collector
Running Collector
Information Collected
FFDC
dumpNameSpace
Version Information
Java Stack Dump
Thread Analyzer
Configure Application Server Traces
Select the Log or Trace
Diagnostic Trace Options
Trace Specification
Runtime Trace Options
Configuring JVM Logs
Native Logs
Activity Log
Problem With Installation
Admin Server Does Not Start
Admin Client Does Not Start
Application Server Does Not Start
404 File Not Found
500 Internal Server Error
Cannot Find Server or DNS Error
Virtual Host Not Found
JSP Compilation Problem
Class Not Found Error
JNDI Name Not Found
Application Server Crashed
High CPU Usage
Application Server Hanging
Portal Server Logs
Portal Server Tracing

17. Portal Server Clustering

Topics
What is Clustering
Sample Topology
Basic Steps
Install Network Deployment
Setting up WPS1
Setting up WPS2
Apply Security to Network Deployment
Join the Cell
Create the Cluster
Duplicate JVM Custom Property
Customize Portlet Deployment Service
Generate plugin-cfg.xml
Start and Validate the Cluster
Installing a Portlet Web Module
Deploying Themes and Skins
Configuring Dynamic Cache

18. Performance Tuning WebSphere Portal Server

Topics
Basic Concepts
WebSphere Tuning
JVM Heap Tuning
Database Tuning
topas
Advanced topas Use
svmon
Generating svmon Reports
The monitor Tool
Network Buffer Tuning
Network Dropped Packets Resolution
Network Statistics Report
TCP/UDP Buffer Tuning
System Activity Report
Disk I/O Report
Reduce IO Bottleneck
Using filemon
Using vmstat
Tuning VMM Policy
The vmstat Command
The mpstat Command
The iostat Command
The netstat Command
netstat (cont.)
Increasing the Connection Backlog
Minimize Packet Fragmentation
Reduce Socket Overhead
Recover from Browser Disconnects
Kernel Tuning
Performance Tips
Performance Tips (cont.)
Performance Testing Guidelines
Tune Service Properties

19. ReleaseBuilder

What is ReleaseBuilder?
High Level Concepts
Preparing a Staging Server
Making a Release in Staging
Exporting Shared Configurations
Computing the Differences
Applying Changes in Production
Caveats

20. Virtual Portals

What are Virtual Portals?
Characteristics of virtual portals
Virtual Portals
Creating Virtual Portals
Pre-configuring Virtual Portals
Virtual Portals - Actions
Virtual Portals - Content & Search

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Pentium 4 1.3 or above

1GB minimum, 1.5GB recommended.

10GB free hard disk space (preferably in C: drive).

CD-ROM drive

Network connectivity to the internet. Note: Some of the lab exercises require functioning Internet access.

Minimum Software Requirements

Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition. (Other versions of Windows are not supported)

Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0(can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com)

Winzip (can be downloaded at http://www.winzip.com)

Netscape 4.7 / Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher)

DB2 UDB 8.1

DB2 UDB Fixpack 6

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 5.2

WebSphere Portal Server Enable 5.1

LabFiles.zip (You will receive this through email.)

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