IBM Websphere : deployement & advanced configuration

If you're a WebSphere Application Server administrator or developer, this is your advanced guide for delivering applications rapidly, running them smoothly, and administering them efficiently. Four leading IBM consultants draw on their years of experience to illuminate the key steps involved in taking WebSphere Application Server applications from development to production. They focus on the areas most crucial to success, including application assembly and build, application and infrastructure configuration and administration, and application testing and verification. Along the way, they show how to implement automated deployment processes that can be executed frequently, reliably, and quickly—so you can get your applications to market fast. The focus is on WebSphere Application Server Version 5.1, but much of the information applies to other versions. Coverage includes : Installing, testing, and managing WebSphere Application Server environments: clustering, security, messaging, integration, and more. Deploying and managing key J2EE technologies: JDBC, Connectors, EJB, container managed and message driven beans, transactions, JMS, JavaMail, and more. Deploying highly available, scalable multi-node WebSphere Application Server environments: clustering, distributed session management, and edge components. Advanced considerations: working with Java Management Extensions, caching, and much more. Performance-tuning tools. Troubleshooting. Leveraging key WebSphere deployment and administration tools: ANT, wsadmin, Admin Console, and the Application Server Toolkit. Advanced discussions of J2EE and architectural concepts you need to deploy successfully—with practical examples.

INTRODUCTION TO WEBSPHERE AND DEPLOYMENT. Introduction. J2EE Applications. WAS Quick Start. Build and Deploy Procedures. WebSphere Application Server Architecture. J2EE DEPLOYMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. J2EE Web Applications and the Web Container. JDBC as a Resource. J2EE Connector. Enterprise JavaBeans. CMP and Advanced EJB Settings. Transactions with WebSphere Application Server. JMS and Message Driven Beans. Other Resources. Client Applications. MANAGING WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE. Advanced Considerations for Build. Ideal Development and Testing Environments. JMX in WebSphere Application Server. Security. WebSphere Caching. WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER NETWORK DEPLOYMENT. WAS Network Deployment Architecture. WAS Network Deployment Clustering. Session Management. WebSphere Edge Components. Problem Determination and Server Tools. Problem Determination. Performance Tuning Tools. APPENDIXES.