WebSphere Application Server V8: Administration and Configuration Guide

WebSphere Application Server V8: Administration and Configuration Guide

by Martin Bentancour, Libor Cada, Jing Wen Cui, Marcio d'Amico, Ural Emekci, Sebastian Kapciak, Jennifer Ricciuti, Margaret Ticknor
Released November 2011
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738436180

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Book description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides system administrators and developers with the knowledge to configure an IBM WebSphere® Application Server Version 8 runtime environment, to package and deploy applications, and to perform ongoing management of the WebSphere environment.
As one in a series of IBM Redbooks publications and IBM Redpapers publications for V8, the entire series is designed to give you in-depth information about key WebSphere Application Server features. In this book, we provide a detailed exploration of the WebSphere Application Server V8 runtime administration process.
This book includes configuration and administration information for WebSphere Application Server V8 and WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8 on distributed platforms and WebSphere Application Server for z/OS® V8.
The following publications are prerequisites for this book:

  • WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Technical Overview, REDP-4756

  • IBM WebSphere Application Server V8 Concepts, Planning, and Design Guide, SG24-7957

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    Table of contents

    1. Notices
      1. Trademarks
    2. Preface
      1. The team who wrote this book
      2. Now you can become a published author, too!
      3. Comments welcome
      4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
    3. Part 1: Installation and profile management
    4. Chapter 1: System management: Technical overview
      1. 1.1: System management overview
        1. Terminology
        2. Directory conventions
        3. Profiles
        4. System management tools
      2. 1.2: System management in a stand-alone server environment
      3. 1.3: System management of multiple stand-alone servers
      4. 1.4: System management in a distributed server environment
        1. Centralized changes to configuration and application data
        2. Rules for process startup
        3. Distributed process discovery
        4. Configuration and application data repository (1/2)
        5. Configuration and application data repository (2/2)
        6. File synchronization in distributed server environments
      5. 1.5: Management of distributed and stand-alone servers
      6. 1.6: Centralized installation manager
      7. 1.7: Java Management Extensions (JMX)
        1. JMX MBeans
        2. JMX usage scenarios
      8. 1.8: IBM Support Assistant
    5. Chapter 2: Installing WebSphere Application Server on distributed systems
      1. 2.1: IBM Installation Manager overview
        1. Terminology overview
      2. 2.2: Installation Manager installation
        1. Installation options
        2. Installation (1/2)
        3. Installation (2/2)
      3. 2.3: Using the Installation Manager
        1. Various modes in Installation Manager
      4. 2.4: Working with the Installation Manager
        1. Installation Manager preferences
        2. Repository overview
        3. Repository configuration
        4. Updating the Installation Manager
        5. Key features of Installation Manager
        6. Listing packages
        7. Examining the log files
        8. Uninstalling the Installation Manager
      5. 2.5: Installing WebSphere Application Server
        1. Checking prerequisites
        2. Installing WebSphere Application Server using the GUI
        3. Creating a response file
        4. Installing silently
      6. 2.6: WebSphere Customization Toolbox
        1. Embedded WebSphere Customization Toolbox
        2. Stand-alone WebSphere Customization Toolbox
        3. Overview of the tools in the WebSphere Customization Toolbox offerings
        4. Installing the stand-alone WebSphere Customization Toolbox
        5. Starting the WebSphere Customization Toolbox
        6. WebSphere Customization Toolbox command line tool
    6. Chapter 3: Working with profiles on distributed systems
      1. 3.1: Types of profiles
        1. Application server profile
        2. Deployment manager profile
        3. Custom profile
        4. Cell profile
        5. Administrative agent profile
        6. Job manager profile
        7. Profile generation
      2. 3.2: Planning for profiles
      3. 3.3: Building systems with profiles
        1. Starting the WebSphere Customization Toolbox Profile Management Tool
        2. Common windows and steps for all profiles (1/3)
        3. Common windows and steps for all profiles (2/3)
        4. Common windows and steps for all profiles (3/3)
        5. Creating an application server profile (1/2)
        6. Creating an application server profile (2/2)
        7. Creating a deployment manager profile
        8. Creating a cell profile
        9. Creating a custom profile
        10. Federating nodes to a cell (1/2)
        11. Federating nodes to a cell (2/2)
        12. Creating an administrative agent profile
        13. Creating a job manager profile
        14. Registering nodes to an administrative agent
        15. Deregistering a node from the administrative agent
        16. Registering an administrative agent node with a job manager
      4. 3.4: Managing profiles
        1. Using the manageprofiles command
        2. Getting help
        3. Getting a list of profiles
        4. Creating a profile with the manageprofiles command
        5. Deleting profiles
    7. Chapter 4: Installing WebSphere Application Server on z/OS systems
      1. 4.1: IBM Installation Manager overview
      2. 4.2: IBM Installation Manager installation
        1. Checking prerequisites
        2. Obtaining an Installation Manager installation kit
        3. Installing Installation Manager on the system
      3. 4.3: Working with Installation Manager
        1. Installation Manager preferences
        2. Repository overview
        3. Updating Installation Manager
        4. Installing the WebSphere Application Server initial repository
      4. 4.4: Using Installation Manager
        1. Key features of Installation Manager
        2. Uninstalling Installation Manager
      5. 4.5: Installing WebSphere Application Server
        1. Installing using the command line
        2. Installing additional packages
        3. Creating response files
        4. Installing silently
        5. The post-installer
        6. Service information
        7. Uninstalling packages
        8. Preparing the base z/OS operating system
      6. 4.6: WebSphere Customization Toolbox
    8. Chapter 5: Working with profiles on z/OS systems
      1. 5.1: Creating WebSphere environments
        1. WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
        2. WebSphere DMZ secure proxy server for z/OS
      2. 5.2: Getting started with the Profile Management tool
      3. 5.3: Creating a sample z/OS Network Deployment cell
        1. Creating a deployment manager definition
        2. Creating the base application server definition (1/3)
        3. Creating the base application server definition (2/3)
        4. Creating the base application server definition (3/3)
        5. Federating an application server
        6. Uploading jobs and associated instructions
      4. 5.4: Creating a job manager profile
        1. Creating the customization definition
        2. Uploading the jobs and the associated instructions
      5. 5.5: Creating an administrative agent profile
        1. Creating the customization definition (1/2)
        2. Creating the customization definition (2/2)
        3. Uploading jobs and the associated instructions
    9. Part 2: Administration and configuration techniques
    10. Chapter 6: Administration consoles and commands
      1. 6.1: Introducing the WebSphere administrative consoles
        1. Starting and accessing the consoles
        2. Logging in to an administrative console
        3. Changing the administrative console session timeout
        4. The graphical interface
        5. Finding an item in the administrative console
        6. Updating existing items
        7. Adding new items
        8. Removing items
        9. Starting and stopping items
        10. Using variables
        11. Saving work
        12. Getting help
      2. 6.2: Securing the administrative console
        1. Enabling security after profile creation
        2. Administrative security roles
      3. 6.3: Job manager console
        1. Submitting a job with the job manager (1/2)
        2. Submitting a job with the job manager (2/2)
        3. Distributing files using the job manager
      4. 6.4: Using command-line tools
        1. Command location
        2. Key usage parameters
        3. Entering commands
    11. Chapter 7: Administration of WebSphere processes
      1. 7.1: Working with the deployment manager
        1. Deployment manager configuration settings
        2. Starting and stopping the deployment manager
      2. 7.2: Starting and stopping an administrative agent
      3. 7.3: Starting and stopping the job manager
      4. 7.4: Working with application servers
        1. Creating an application server
        2. Viewing the status of an application server
        3. Starting an application server
        4. Stopping an application server
        5. Viewing runtime attributes of an application server
        6. Customizing application servers (1/2)
        7. Customizing application servers (2/2)
      5. 7.5: Working with nodes in a distributed environment
        1. Starting and stopping nodes
        2. Node agent synchronization
        3. Removing a node from a cell
        4. Renaming a node
        5. Node groups
      6. 7.6: Working with clusters
        1. Creating application server clusters
        2. Viewing the cluster topology
        3. Managing clusters
      7. 7.7: Working with virtual hosts
        1. Creating and updating virtual hosts
      8. 7.8: Managing applications
        1. Managing enterprise applications: Administrative console
        2. Deploying an enterprise application
        3. Uninstalling an enterprise application
        4. Starting an enterprise application
        5. Stopping an enterprise application
        6. Preventing an enterprise application from starting on a server
        7. Viewing application details
        8. Finding a URL for a servlet or JSP
      9. 7.9: Enabling process restart on failure
        1. Windows
        2. UNIX and Linux
        3. z/OS
    12. Chapter 8: Administration with scripting
      1. 8.1: Overview of WebSphere scripting
      2. 8.2: Launching wsadmin
        1. Scripting environment properties file
        2. Script profile file
        3. Connected versus local mode
      3. 8.3: Command and script invocation
        1. Invoking a single command (-c)
        2. Running script files (-f)
        3. Invoking commands interactively
      4. 8.4: The wsadmin tool management objects
        1. Help
        2. AdminControl
        3. AdminConfig
        4. AdminApp
        5. AdminTask
        6. Properties file based configuration
      5. 8.5: Managing WebSphere using script libraries
        1. Invoking script libraries
        2. Displaying help for script libraries
        3. Application script library
        4. Resource script library
        5. Security script library
        6. Server script library
        7. System management script library
      6. 8.6: Assistance with scripting
        1. Enabling command assistance
        2. Building script files using command assist
      7. 8.7: Example: Using scripts with the job manager
        1. Introduction
        2. Creating the customized script
        3. Submitting the job
        4. Verifying the results
      8. 8.8: Online resources
    13. Chapter 9: Accessing databases from WebSphere
      1. 9.1: JDBC resources
        1. JDBC providers and data sources
        2. WebSphere support for data sources
      2. 9.2: Steps in defining access to a database
        1. Creating an authentication alias
      3. 9.3: Example: Connecting to an IBM DB2 database
        1. Creating the JDBC provider
        2. Creating the data source
      4. 9.4: Example: Connecting to an Oracle database
        1. Creating the JDBC provider
        2. Creating the data source
      5. 9.5: Example: Connecting to an SQL Server database
        1. Creating the JDBC provider
        2. Creating the data source
      6. 9.6: Example: Connecting to an Informix Dynamic Server database
        1. Creating the JDBC provider
        2. Creating the data source
      7. 9.7: Configuring connection pooling properties
        1. WebSphere Application Server data source properties
        2. Extended DB2 data source
        3. JDBCProviderManagement group commands
        4. DB2 Lock sharing between transaction branches
    14. Chapter 10: Accessing EIS applications from WebSphere
      1. 10.1: JCA resource adapters
        1. WebSphere Application Server JCA support
      2. 10.2: Resource adapters
        1. Connection factory
        2. Installing and configuring resource adapters
      3. 10.3: Configuring J2C connection factories
      4. 10.4: Resource authentication
        1. Container-managed authentication
        2. Component-managed authentication
    15. Chapter 11: Configuring messaging providers
      1. 11.1: Messaging providers introduction
      2. 11.2: Configuring the default messaging provider
        1. Configuring a connection factory
        2. Configuring JMS destinations
        3. Configuring JMS activation specifications
      3. 11.3: Configuring the WebSphere MQ provider
        1. Configuring a connection factory
        2. Configuring MQ destinations
        3. Configuring MQ activation specifications
      4. 11.4: Configuring a generic JMS provider
        1. Configuring a connection factory
        2. Configuring JMS destinations
    16. Chapter 12: Configuring and managing web servers
      1. 12.1: Web server support overview
        1. Request routing using the plug-in
        2. Web server and plug-in management
      2. 12.2: Installation
      3. 12.3: Web server configuration using WebSphere Customization Toolbox (WCT)
        1. Configuration files
        2. Stand-alone server environment
        3. Distributed server environment
        4. Configuring a remote web server in a distributed environment (1/2)
        5. Configuring a remote web server in a distributed environment (2/2)
      4. 12.4: Working with web servers
        1. Manually defining nodes and web servers
        2. Viewing the status of a web server
        3. Starting and stopping a web server
        4. IBM HTTP Server remote administration
        5. Mapping modules to servers
      5. 12.5: Working with the plug-in configuration file
        1. Regenerating the plug-in configuration file (1/2)
        2. Regenerating the plug-in configuration file (2/2)
        3. Propagating the plug-in configuration file
        4. Modifying the plug-in request routing options
      6. 12.6: IBM HTTP Server and Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
        1. IBM HTTP Server
        2. Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS (1/2)
        3. Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS (2/2)
    17. Part 3: Managing distributed systems
    18. Chapter 13: Performance tuning
      1. 13.1: Performance tuning facts
      2. 13.2: Using the queue analogy to tune WebSphere resource pools
        1. Upstream queuing
        2. Data source tuning
        3. EJB container
        4. Web container tuning
        5. Web server tuning
        6. Determining the optimum queue sizes
        7. Estimating web container and ORB thread pool initial sizes
      3. 13.3: JVM tuning
        1. Garbage collection policies
        2. Setting maximum and minimum heap sizes
        3. Sizing the nursery and tenured space when using the gencon policy
        4. Using compressed references
      4. 13.4: Other tuning considerations
        1. Dynamic caching
        2. The pass by reference parameter
        3. Large page support
        4. High Performance Extensible Logging
        5. Application tuning
      5. 13.5: Tools
        1. Tivoli Performance Viewer
        2. Collecting Java dumps and core files using the administrative console
        3. IBM Pattern Modelling and Analysis Tool for Java Garbage Collector
        4. IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic tools for Java
        5. IBM HTTP server status monitoring page
        6. WebSphere performance advisors
    19. Chapter 14: Clustering, workload management, and high availability
      1. 14.1: Clustering
        1. Clustering for scalability and failover
        2. Creating a cluster
      2. 14.2: Workload management
        1. Components that can be workload managed
        2. WLM benefits
      3. 14.3: High availability and failover
        1. Overview
        2. WebSphere Application Server high availability and failover (1/2)
        3. WebSphere Application Server high availability and failover (2/2)
        4. How high availability features work
    20. Chapter 15: Monitoring distributed systems
      1. 15.1: Overview
        1. Monitoring scenarios
      2. 15.2: Enabling monitoring infrastructures
        1. PMI defaults and monitoring settings
        2. Enabling request metrics
      3. 15.3: Viewing the monitoring data
        1. Starting TPV monitoring and configuring settings
        2. Exploring Tivoli Performance Viewer data views (1/2)
        3. Exploring Tivoli Performance Viewer data views (2/2)
      4. 15.4: Monitoring scenarios
        1. Database interactions
        2. Threading resources
        3. JVM memory usage
        4. Request level details
      5. 15.5: IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere Application Server
        1. Installing the data collector
        2. Configuring IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere metrics
        3. Viewing IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere data
      6. 15.6: Additional resources for monitoring
        1. Verbose garbage collection
        2. Java dump and core files
        3. Basic logging
        4. Advanced logging
        5. Operating system monitoring
        6. Summary of monitoring tips
    21. Part 4: Managing z/OS systems
    22. Chapter 16: Performance tuning
      1. 16.1: Introduction to WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V8 performance
      2. 16.2: External factors and z/OS specifics
        1. Getting the most benefit from collocation
        2. Addressing hardware configuration
        3. z/OS tuning tips
      3. 16.3: Performance tuning templates
      4. 16.4: 64-bit considerations
        1. Enablement of 64-bit mode
        2. Effects of switching to 64-bit mode
      5. 16.5: JVM tuning
        1. Default garbage collection
        2. General JVM suggestions
      6. 16.6: Connection pool tuning
      7. 16.7: Runtime provisioning
      8. 16.8: Pass by reference
      9. 16.9: Logging and tracing
        1. HPEL overview
        2. Enabling HPEL mode
        3. z/OS logging and tracing tips
      10. 16.10: Tuning workload management on z/OS systems
        1. The concept of workload management on z/OS systems
        2. Classification rules
        3. Classification XML
        4. Commands and tools
      11. 16.11: Fast response cache accelerator and caching
        1. FRCA overview
        2. Enabling FRCA in WebSphere Application Server
        3. Cache specification XML
        4. FRCA and RACF integration
        5. Caching enhancements in WebSphere Application Server V8
        6. Using IBM Extended Dynamic Cache Monitor to supervise caching
      12. 16.12: Using WebSphere for z/OS Optimized Local Adapters
        1. Introduction to Optimized Local Adapters
        2. Enabling WebSphere for z/OS Optimized Local Adapters
      13. 16.13: IBM HTTP Server Status monitoring page
      14. 16.14: Tools
    23. Chapter 17: Clustering and high availability
      1. 17.1: Clustering on z/OS systems
        1. Clustering for scalability and failover
        2. Creating a cluster on a z/OS system
      2. 17.2: High availability
        1. High availability manager
        2. Core groups (1/4)
        3. Core groups (2/4)
        4. Core groups (3/4)
        5. Core groups (4/4)
        6. High availability policies and groups
      3. 17.3: Failover and failback
        1. High availability and failover of singletons
        2. Data replication domains
        3. Session management replication
        4. EJB stateful session bean replication
        5. Cache replication
        6. Resource workload routing
        7. High availability application update rollout
        8. Additional resources
    24. Chapter 18: Monitoring z/OS systems
      1. 18.1: Overview
      2. 18.2: Monitoring from the administrative console
      3. 18.3: IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere Application Server
        1. Installing the data collector
        2. Configuring IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere metrics
        3. Viewing IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere data
      4. 18.4: Additional resources for monitoring
        1. IBM Support Assistant
        2. Verbose garbage collection
        3. Java dump and core files
        4. Basic logging
        5. Advanced logging (1/2)
        6. Advanced logging (2/2)
        7. z/OS monitoring
        8. Summary of monitoring tips
    25. Part 5: Working with applications
    26. Chapter 19: New features for application development and deployment
      1. 19.1: Java Enterprise Edition 6 support
      2. 19.2: Integrated standards-base programming models and extensions
        1. Session Initiation Protocol applications
        2. Java batch programming model
        3. OSGi applications programming model
        4. Communications enabled applications
        5. Service Component Architecture programming model
        6. Extensible Markup Language programming model
        7. Integrated Web Services support
        8. Simplified development of server-side REST applications using Java API for RESTful Web Services
      3. 19.3: Monitored directory support
      4. 19.4: Development and deployment tools
        1. IBM Assembly and Deploy Tools for WebSphere Administration
        2. IBM Rational Application Developer Standard Edition for WebSphere Software Version 8
        3. IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Version 8
    27. Chapter 20: Understanding class loaders
      1. 20.1: JVM class loaders
      2. 20.2: WebSphere Application Server and Java EE application class loaders
        1. WebSphere extensions class loader
        2. Application and web module class loaders
        3. Handling Java Native Interface code
      3. 20.3: Configuring class loaders for Java EE applications
        1. Application server class loader policies
        2. Class loading and delegation mode
        3. Shared libraries
        4. Class loader viewer
      4. 20.4: Learning class loaders for Java EE by example
        1. Example 1: Simple web module packaging
        2. Example 2: Adding an EJB module and utility jar
        3. Example 3: Changing the WAR class loader delegation mode
        4. Example 4: Sharing utility JAR files using shared libraries
      5. 20.5: OSGi class loaders
    28. Chapter 21: Packaging and deploying Java EE applications
      1. 21.1: Java EE applications introduction
        1. Java EE 6 EAR files
        2. Development tools
        3. Enterprise applications
        4. EJB 3.1 modules
        5. JPA persistence units
        6. JPA access intents
        7. Resource adapters
        8. Web modules
        9. WebSphere extensions to web modules
        10. EJB 3.1 content in WAR modules
      2. 21.2: Preparing to use the sample application
        1. Downloading the application
        2. Importing the application to the development tool
        3. Customizing the sample application
        4. Creating the ITSO Bank DB2 database
      3. 21.3: Configuring web module extensions
      4. 21.4: Packaging recommendations
      5. 21.5: Creating WebSphere Enhanced EAR files
        1. Configuring a WebSphere Enhanced EAR
        2. Configuring application options
        3. Configuring the JDBC provider and data source for DB2
        4. Configuring a virtual host
        5. Setting the default virtual host for web modules
        6. Examining the WebSphere Enhanced EAR file
      6. 21.6: Exporting an application project to an EAR file
      7. 21.7: Preparing the runtime environment for the application
        1. Creating an environment variable for the application file directory
        2. Creating the ITSO Bank application server
        3. Defining the ITSO Bank virtual host
        4. Creating the virtual host for IBM HTTP Server and Apache
        5. Creating a DB2 JDBC provider and data source (1/2)
        6. Creating a DB2 JDBC provider and data source (2/2)
      8. 21.8: Deploying the application
      9. 21.9: Deploying business-level applications
        1. Creating a business-level application
      10. 21.10: Deploying application clients
        1. Installing application clients
        2. Preparing the sample application
        3. Launching the J2EE client
    29. Chapter 22: Updating Java EE applications
      1. 22.1: Working with applications
      2. 22.2: Replacing an entire application EAR file
      3. 22.3: Replacing or adding an application module
        1. Replacing or adding single files in an application or module
        2. Removing application content
        3. Performing multiple updates to an application or module
        4. Rolling out application updates to a cluster
        5. Hot deployment and dynamic reloading
      4. 22.4: Using a monitored directory
        1. Setting up a monitored directory
        2. Working with a monitored directory
    30. Chapter 23: Working with SCA applications
      1. 23.1: SCA application introduction
        1. SCA component
        2. SCA composite
        3. SCA contribution
      2. 23.2: Preparing to use the sample application
        1. Downloading the application
        2. Importing the application to the development tool
        3. Completing the service definition
      3. 23.3: Packaging an SCA application for deployment
        1. Creating the contribution
        2. Exporting the SCA application for deployment
      4. 23.4: Deploying an SCA application
        1. Importing the SCA archive file as an asset
        2. Creating a new business-level application
        3. Adding the new asset to the business-level application
        4. Starting and verifying the business-level application
    31. Chapter 24: Working with OSGi applications
      1. 24.1: OSGi overview
        1. OSGi application model
        2. OSGi application life cycle
        3. Enterprise OSGi
      2. 24.2: Using the sample application
      3. 24.3: Packaging OSGi applications
        1. Enterprise bundle archives
        2. Composite bundle archives
        3. Common OSGi patterns
        4. Sample application packaging
      4. 24.4: Exporting OSGi applications
      5. 24.5: Deploying OSGi applications
        1. Deploying the application
      6. 24.6: Updating OSGi applications
    32. Chapter 25: Session management
      1. 25.1: HTTP session management
      2. 25.2: Session management configuration
        1. Session management properties
        2. Accessing session management properties
      3. 25.3: Session identifiers
        1. Choosing a session tracking mechanism
        2. Cookies
        3. URL rewriting
      4. 25.4: Local sessions
      5. 25.5: General properties for session management
      6. 25.6: Session affinity
      7. 25.7: Session affinity and failover
      8. 25.8: Persistent session management
        1. Enabling database persistence
        2. Memory-to-memory replication (1/2)
        3. Memory-to-memory replication (2/2)
        4. Session management tuning (1/2)
        5. Session management tuning (2/2)
        6. Larger DB2 page sizes and database persistence
        7. Single and multi-row schemas (database persistence)
        8. Contents written to the persistent store using a database
      9. 25.9: Invalidating sessions
      10. 25.10: Session listeners
      11. 25.11: Session security
      12. 25.12: Session performance considerations
        1. Session size
        2. Reducing persistent store I/O
        3. Multirow persistent sessions: Database persistence
        4. Managing your session database connection pool
        5. Session database tuning
      13. 25.13: Stateful session bean failover
        1. Enabling stateful session bean failover
        2. Stateful session bean failover consideration
    33. Part 6: Maintenance
    34. Chapter 26: Managing your environment with the centralized installation manager
      1. 26.1: The centralized installation manager prerequisites
        1. Linux and UNIX target requirements
        2. Windows target requirements
        3. IBM i targets
        4. Additional requirements
      2. 26.2: Planning considerations
        1. WebSphere Application Server V8
        2. WebSphere Application Server V6.1 and V7
      3. 26.3: Working with the centralized installation manager and WebSphere Application Server Version 8
        1. Installation Manager
        2. Accessing the centralized installation manager
      4. 26.4: Working with the centralized installation manager and WebSphere Application Server V6.1 and V7
        1. IBM Update Installer
        2. The centralized installation manager repository structure
        3. Package types
        4. Accessing the central installation manager
      5. 26.5: Managing WebSphere Application Server V8 environment with the centralized installation manager
        1. Adding new targets
        2. Installing Installation Manager on remote targets (1/2)
        3. Installing Installation Manager on remote targets (2/2)
        4. Installing a Secure Shell (SSH) public key
        5. Installing WebSphere Application Server binaries on remote host
        6. Creating a WebSphere Application Server profile on a remote target
        7. Registering and unregistering the profile in the Job Manager console
        8. Working with remote targets
        9. Installing maintenance to remote targets
        10. Using the centralized installation manager with a command line
      6. 26.6: Managing WebSphere Application Server V6.1 and V7 with the centralized installation manager
        1. Installing the IBM Installation Factory
        2. Creating the centralized installation manager repository
        3. Adding packages to the centralized installation manger repository when the deployment manager is connected to the Internet
        4. When the deployment manager is not connected to the Internet
        5. Adding and removing additional installation targets
        6. Installing a Secure Shell public key
        7. Installing packages to the target systems
        8. Product installation
        9. Installing maintenance to a target system
        10. Uninstalling packages
        11. The centralized installation manager AdminTask commands
    35. Chapter 27: System recovery
      1. 27.1: Backups
        1. Backing up a profile
        2. Restoring a profile
        3. Exporting and importing profiles
      2. 27.2: Recovery of transactions
      3. 27.3: Environment recovery
        1. Rapid node recovery
        2. Moving nodes to new environments
        3. Recreating cells from a template
    36. Related publications
      1. IBM Redbooks
      2. Other publications
      3. Online resources
      4. Help from IBM
    37. Back cover

    Product information

    • Title: WebSphere Application Server V8: Administration and Configuration Guide
    • Author(s): Martin Bentancour, Libor Cada, Jing Wen Cui, Marcio d'Amico, Ural Emekci, Sebastian Kapciak, Jennifer Ricciuti, Margaret Ticknor
    • Release date: November 2011
    • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
    • ISBN: 9780738436180