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• Plan the WebSphere eXtreme Scale environment

  • Plan overview

  • Hardware and software

  • Directory conventions

  • JEE considerations

  • Cache topology

    • Local in-memory cache

    • Peer-replicated local cache

    • Distributed cache

    • Embedded cache

    • Multi-master replication

      • Initial considerations for multi-master topology

      • Available topologies for multi-master replication

      • Topology considerations for multi-master replication

  • Catalog service

    • High-availability catalog service

    • Catalog server quorums

  • Containers and partitions

  • Capacity planning

    • Sizing memory and partition count calculation

    • Sizing CPU per partition for transactions

    • Sizing CPUs for parallel transactions

    • Dynamic cache capacity planning

  • Operational checklist

• Install

  • Install a stand-alone configuration

    • Runtime files for installation

    • Get started sample

  • Install within WAS

    • Runtime files for WAS installation

    • Installation Factory for customized packages

      • Build definition file

      • Build definition file with Installation Factory

        • Install a CIP

        • Installation maintenance

        • Uninstall packaging updates

      • Create a build definition file and generating an IIP

        • Install an IIP

        • Modify a build definition file

      • Silent installation

        • wxssetup.response.txt file

    • Create and augment profiles

      • Use the graphical user interface to create profiles

      • Use the graphical user interface to augment profiles

      • manageprofiles command

      • Non-root profiles

  • Install silently

    • Installation parameters

  • Customize WebSphere eXtreme Scale for z/OS

    • Install the WebSphere Customization Tools

    • Generate customization definitions

    • Upload and running customized jobs

  • Uninstall WebSphere eXtreme Scale

• Upgrade and migrating WebSphere eXtreme Scale v7.1
  • Update eXtreme Scale servers
  • Migrate to WebSphere eXtreme Scale v7.1
  • Use the Update Installer to install maintenance packages
• Configure the deployment environment
  • XML files for configuration
  • Configure data grids
    • Configure local deployments
    • Configure evictors
      • TimeToLive (TTL) evictor
      • Plug in a pluggable evictor

    • Plug-ins for indexing data

    • Configure a locking strategy

    • Configure loaders

    • Configure write-behind loader support

      • Write-behind caching

      • Write-behind caching support

      • Handle failed write-behind updates

      • Example: Writing a write-behind dumper class

    • Configure peer-to-peer replication with JMS

      • Distribute changes between peer JVMs

      • JMS event listener

    • ObjectGrid descriptor XML file

    • objectGrid.xsd file

  • Configure deployment policies

    • Configure distributed deployments

    • Controlling shard placement with zones

      • Use zones for effective shard placement

      • Zone-preferred routing

      • Define zones for containers

      • Zone definition examples for deployment file

      • View zone information with xsadmin

    • Configure failover detection

    • Deployment policy descriptor XML file

    • deploymentPolicy.xsd file

  • Configure catalog and container servers

    • Server properties file

    • Configure WebSphere eXtreme Scale with WAS

      • Configure the catalog service in WAS

        • Create catalog service domains in WAS

          • Catalog service domain administrative tasks

          • Catalog service domain collection

          • Catalog service domain settings

          • Catalog service domain custom properties

      • Configure container servers in WAS

        • Configure WAS applications to automatically start container servers

    • Configure quorum

    • Best practice: Clustering the catalog service

    • Configure multi-master replication topologies

  • Configure ports

    • Plan for network ports

    • Configure ports in stand-alone mode

    • Configure ports in a WAS environment

    • Servers with multiple network cards

  • Configure Object Request Brokers

    • ORB properties file

    • ORB properties and file descriptor settings

    • Enable NIO or ChannelFramework on the ORB

    • Use the Object Request Broker with stand-alone WebSphere eXtreme Scale processes

    • Configure a custom Object Request Broker

  • Configure clients

    • Client properties file

    • Configure clients

    • Enable the client invalidation mechanism

    • Configure request retry timeout values

  • Configure entities

    • Relationship management

    • Entity metadata descriptor XML file

    • emd.xsd file

  • Configure cache integration

    • Configure JPA loaders

    • Configure a JPA time-based data updater

    • JPA cache configuration properties

      • JPA cache plug-in

      • Hibernate cache plug-in configuration

      • OpenJPA cache plug-in configuration

    • Configure HTTP session managers

      • XML files for HTTP session manager configuration

      • Configure the HTTP session manager with WAS

        • Automatically splicing applications for HTTP session management in WAS

        • splicer.properties file

        • Use WebSphere eXtreme Scale for SIP session management

      • Configure HTTP session manager with WebSphere Portal

      • Configure the HTTP session manager for various application servers

      • Servlet context initialization parameters

    • Configure the dynamic cache provider for WebSphere eXtreme Scale

  • Configure Spring integration

    • Spring descriptor XML file

    • Spring objectgrid.xsd file

    • Spring extension beans and namespace support

    • Start a container server with Spring

  • Configure the REST data service

    • REST data service properties file

    • Administer the REST data service

    • Install the REST data service

      • Deploy the REST data service on WAS

      • Deploy the REST data service on WAS Community Edition

      • Deploy the REST data service on Apache Tomcat

• Operate the deployment environment

  • Start and stop stand-alone servers

    • Start stand-alone servers

      • Start a stand-alone catalog service

      • Start container processes

      • startOgServer script

    • Stop stand-alone servers

      • stopOgServer script

      • Stop servers gracefully with the xsadmin tool

    • Start and stop secure eXtreme Scale servers

  • Start and stop servers in a WAS environment

  • Use the embedded server API to start and stop servers

    • Embedded server API

  • Manage ObjectGrid availability

  • Ovveride catalog service quorum

  • Administer programmatically with Managed Beans (MBeans)

    • Access Managed Beans (MBeans) using the wsadmin tool

    • Access Managed Beans (MBeans) programmatically

• Secure the deployment environment

  • Tutorial: Integrate WebSphere eXtreme Scale security with WAS

    • Introduction

    • Module 1: Prepare WAS

      • Lesson 1.1: Understand the topology and get the tutorial files

      • Lesson 1.2: Configure the WAS environment

    • Module 2: Configure WebSphere eXtreme Scale to use WAS Authentication plug-ins

      • Lesson 2.1: Configure client server security

      • Lesson 2.2: Configure catalog server security

      • Lesson 2.3: Configure container server security

      • Lesson 2.4: Install and run the sample

    • Module 3: Configure transport security

      • Lesson 3.1: Configure CSIv2 inbound and outbound transport

      • Lesson 3.2: Add SSL properties to the catalog server properties file

      • Lesson 3.3: Check the orb.properties file

      • Lesson 3.4: Run the sample

    • Module 4: Use Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) authorization in WAS

      • Lesson 4.1: Enable WebSphere eXtreme Scale authorization

      • Lesson 4.2: Enable user-based authorization

      • Lesson 4.3: Configure group-based authorization

    • Module 5: Use the xsadmin tool to monitor data grids and maps

  • Tutorial: Security in a mixed environment

    • Introduction

    • Module 1: Prepare the environment

      • Lesson 1.1: Understand the topology and get the tutorial files

      • Lesson 1.2: Configure the WAS environment

    • Module 2: Configure authentication

      • Lesson 2.1: Configure WebSphere eXtreme Scale client security

      • Lesson 2.2: Configure catalog server security

      • Lesson 2.3: Configure container server security

      • Lesson 2.4: Install and run the sample

    • Module 3: Configure transport security

      • Lesson 3.1: Configure CSIv2 inbound and outbound transport

      • Lesson 3.2: Add SSL properties to the catalog server properties file

      • Lesson 3.3: Check the orb.properties file

      • Lesson 3.4: Run the sample

    • Module 4: Use Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) authorization in WAS

      • Lession 4.1: Enable WebSphere eXtreme Scale authorization

      • Lesson 4.2: Enable user-based authorization

    • Module 5: Use the xsadmin tool to monitor data grids and maps

  • Security integration with WAS

  • Enable local security

  • Start and stop secure servers

    • Start secure servers in a stand-alone environment

    • Stop secure servers

    • Start secure servers in WAS

  • Data grid authentication

  • Data grid security

  • Application client authentication

  • Application client authorization

  • Transport layer security and secure sockets layer

    • Configure secure transport types

    • Configure the orb.properties file for transport security support

    • Configure SSL parameters

  • Java Management Extensions (JMX) security

  • Security integration with external providers

  • Secure the REST data service

  • Security descriptor XML file

  • objectGridSecurity.xsd file

• Monitor the environment

  • Statistics overview

  • Monitor with the web console

    • Start and logging in to the web console

    • Connect the web console to catalog servers

    • View statistics with the web console

  • Monitor with the statistics API

    • Statistics modules

  • Monitor with the xsAdmin sample utility

    • Attributes and arguments for xsadmin utility

    • Create a configuration profile for the xsadmin utility

  • Monitor with WAS PMI

    • Enable PMI

    • Retrive PMI statistics

    • PMI modules

    • Access Managed Beans (MBeans) using the wsadmin tool

  • Monitor with managed beans (MBeans)

  • Monitor with vendor tools

    • IBM agent for Tivoli Monitoring

    • CA Wily Introscope

    • Monitor eXtreme Scale with Hyperic HQ

  • Monitor eXtreme Scale information in DB2

• Tune and performance

  • Operational checklist

  • Operating systems and network tuning

  • Plan for network ports

  • ORB properties and file descriptor settings

    • Enable NIO or ChannelFramework on the ORB

  • JVM tuning for WebSphere eXtreme Scale

    • JVM tuning

  • Configure failover detection

  • Use WebSphere Real Time

    • WebSphere Real Time in a stand-alone environment

    • WebSphere Real Time in WAS

  • Tune IBM DynaCache

  • Tune the cache sizing agent

    • Cache memory consumption sizing

• Troubleshoot

  • Enable logs

  • Enable trace

  • Trace options

  • Troubleshoot installation

  • Troubleshoot client connectivity

  • Troubleshoot loaders

  • Troubleshoot XML configuration

  • Troubleshoot security

  • IBM Support Assistant for WebSphere eXtreme Scale

  • Messages

  • Release notes

• Glossary

• Site map

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