WAS v8.5 > End-to-end paths > Data access resources > Tasks: Storing and retrieving persistent data with the JPA APIAdminister applications that use JPA.
Configure persistence providers.
Step 6 towards the goal: Tasks: Storing and retrieving persistent data with the JPA API
See the topic Configuring JPA to work in the environment.
- Set up a data source by configuring JDBC for use with JPA for WebSphere Application Server. See the topic Associating persistence providers and data sources.
- Learn about configuring caching to improve performance. See the topic, Configuring OpenJPA caching to improve performance.
Monitor the applications by logging the application behavior with JPA for WAS.