tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10243737359360916672011-07-07T13:01:53.791-07:00Websphere application server administration certification Study Guide/ NotesSunil Patilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16075929903536310688noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024373735936091667.post-82982005172174819002009-07-01T20:25:00.001-07:002009-09-22T13:36:34.658-07:00<h4>Architecture (17%)</h4><br /><ol><br /><li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/webspherecomponents'>Discuss the relationships between IBM WebSphere Application Server, V6.1 and the application components (e.g., browser, HTTP server, plug-in, firewall, database servers, WebSphere MQ, load balancing, and ip spraying.)</a></li><br /> <li>Evaluate the design considerations of IBM WebSphere Application Server, V6.1 packaging and installation in an enterprise environment (e.g., LDAP, database servers, Service Integration Bus Technology (SIB), etc.)</li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/wasndruntimearchitecture'> Articulate the various components of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 runtime architecture.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/wlmandfailover'> Describe workload management and failover strategies using IBM WebSphere Application Server, V6.1</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/sip'> Articulate the usage of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in WebSphere.</a></li><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/portletcontainerinwas'>Articulate support for portlet containers.</a></li><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/dynamiccaching'>Describe WebSphere dynamic caching features.</a></li><br /></ol><br /><br /><h4>Installation/Configuration of Application Server (13%)</h4><br /><ol><br /><li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/wasinstallation'>Identify installation options and determine the desired configuration (e.g., silent install, required/desired plug-ins etc.)</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/verifyinstallation'> Install WebSphere Application Server and verify the installation (e.g., IVT, verification using sample (snoop and/or hitcount.))</a></li><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/profiles'>Create profiles.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/installlationfactory'> Utilize installation factory to create custom install packages.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/wastroubleshooting'>Troubleshoot the installation (e.g., identify and analyze log files.)</a></li><br /></ol><br /><br /><h4> Application Assembly and Deployment (17%)</h4><br /><ol><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/nameservicemanagement'> Describe the name service management of WebSphere Application Server (JNDI).</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/packagej2eeapplication'> Package J2EE applications, including Enhanced Ear Files using the Application Server Toolkit (AST)</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/securityrole'>Define and map security roles (e.g., J2EE security).</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/definejdbcanddatasource'>Define JDBC providers and data sources (e.g., resource scoping).</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/j2c'>Configure J2C resource adapters, connection factories (resource scoping) and Message Driven Bean Activation Spec.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/JMS'>Configure WebSphere JMS providers</a>.</li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/wsadmin'>Automate deployment tasks with scripting.</a></li><br /></ol><br /><br /><h4> WebSphere Security (11%)</h4><br /><ol><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/implementsecuritypolicy'> Implement security policies (e.g., authentication and authorization (using different security registries), etc.)</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/applicationsecurity'>Protect WebSphere resources</a>.</li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/adminsecrutiy'>Define and implement WebSphere administrative security roles</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/sslmanagement'>Configure WebSphere plug-in to use SSL</a>.</li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/describefederatedrepository'>Describe Federated Repositories using Virtual Member Manager (VMM)</a>.</li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/implementfederatedrepository'>Implement federated repositories.</a></li><br /><br /></ol><br /><br /><h4> Workload Management, Scalability, Failover (11%)</h4><br /><ol><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/nodefederation.'> Federate nodes (including custom profiles)</a></li><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/createcluster'>Create clusters and cluster members.</a></li><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/sessionmanagement'>Evaluate session state failover options (memory-to-memory, database persistence).</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/replicationdomain'>Create and configure Data Replication Service (DRS) replication domains.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/managewebserverinmanagedunmanagedmode'>Manage Web Servers in a managed and unmanaged node.</a></li><br /><br /></ol><br /><h4> Maintenance and Performance Tuning (18%)</h4><br /><ol><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/applicationperformanceconsiderations'> Manage application configurations (e.g., application bindings, tune HTTP session configuration parameters such as timeout value, persistence, etc.).</a></li><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/backupconfig'>Perform WebSphere backup, restore and configuration tasks.</a></li><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/monitorsizeoflogfiles'>Monitor size of log files and backup/purge as needed.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/managepluginconfiguration'> Manage the plug-in configuration file (e.g., regenerate, edit, propagate, etc.).</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/tunningwas'>Tune performance of WebSphere Application Server (e.g., configure caching, queuing and thread pooling parameters, tune JVM heap size, etc.)</a>.</li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/2009/08/tivoli-performance-viewer-tpv.html'>Use Integrated Tivoli Performance Viewer gather information about resources</a> </li><br /><li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/performanceadvisor'>Use Integrated Tivoli performance runtime advisor to analyze results</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/tuningdatasource'>Tune data source configuration (e.g., connection pooling, timeouts, etc.)</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/classloader'>Configure class loader parameters. </a></li><br /></ol><br /><h4> Problem Determination (13%)</h4><br /><ol><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/configureandreviewlogs'>Configure, review and analyze logs (e.g., Web server, IBM WebSphere Application Server)</a></li><br /> <li> <a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/loganalyzer'>Use Log Analyzer from the Application Server Toolkit to analyze logs.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/usetracefacility'> Use trace facility (e.g., enabling, selecting components, and log configuration).</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/ffdctool'>Use First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) Tool.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/dumpnamespace'> Use the JNDI dumpNameSpace utility.</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/jvmtroubleshooting'>Perform JVM troubleshooting tasks (e.g., thread dump, JVM core dump, and heap dump).</a></li><br /> <li><a href='http://wpcertification.blogspot.com/search/label/IBMSupportassistance'>Use IBM Support Assistant.</a></li><br /></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' 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