This training course is meant for companies maintaining a complex WebSphere based web site. The course provides hands-on practice performing the tasks required in a production WebSphere environment. This course uses WebSphere Network Deployment Edition v6.1 in the labs but the lectures provide information on tools, procedures, and best practices that apply to both WebSphere v6.0 and v6.1 environments.

The course covers advanced topics in the area of best practices, work load management (WLM), security, script based automation, troubleshooting, and migration. After taking this course, students will be able to design a WebSphere based system that is more secure, easier to manage and performs better. Students will also be familiar with some of the new administrative tools that are available with WebSphere v6.1, some of which can also be used in a WebSphere v6.0 environment.

In the labs students will gradually build a complex WebSphere environment from scratch. Changes will be made to a 'staging' enviornment and then moved to production using scripting when possible. Besides simulating a real WebSphere environment this technique will also minimize chance for errors in production

WebSphere Training Audience

The class is meant for WebSphere administrators who are currently maintaining a multi-machine environment running several applications. This course is highly recommended before starting to make any major enhancements to the current infrastructure with the intention to improve its capacity or security.

Clients Using WebSphere 6.1: This course will help you more effectively administer a 6.1 environment and use many of the administrative tools that were introduced with 6.1.

Clients Using WebSphere 6.0 with plans to migrate to 6.1: This course will help you plan your migration, understand the tools and techniques that may be applied to your 6.0 environment, and more effectively manage both environments.

Clients Using WebSphere 6.0with no current plans to migrate to 6.1: This course will help you use many of the new WebSphere administrative tools, many of which can also be used in a v6.0 environment. You will also learn administrative best practices that apply to any WebSphere environment. Finally, the course would give you a chance to 'try before you buy' with WebSphere 6.1.

WebSphere Training Prerequisites

Students should have a good understanding of the basic administration aspects of WebSphere Application Server v6.0 or v6.1. The following courses can provide this experience for students who are not familiar with WebSphere v6.x administration:

• WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Administration (Best preparation)
• WebSphere Application Server V6.0 Administration
• WebSphere Application Server v6 Administration for v5.x Administrators