DURATION
5 Days
Description
This course combines the material from courses WP710 (WebSphere Portal V6.0 Administration - 1) and WP720 (WebSphere Portal V6.0 Administration - 2) into a single 5-day course.
In this hands-on lab course, students explore the operational aspects of an IBM WebSphere Portal version 6.0 installation. Students practice such tasks as installation, migration of data to a relational database, and utilization of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory. This course focuses on the deployment and management of portal resources, such as portlets, pages, themes, and skins. Students manage page hierarchies, configure resource permissions on portal resources, and configure virtual portals.
The course then explores the advanced administrative aspects of an IBM WebSphere Portal V6.0 installation. Students learn about the basic architecture of a standalone WebSphere Portal server and how its components interact with WebSphere Application Server. Various high availability topologies are discussed, including server clustering, vertical and horizontal scaling, database split-configuration scenarios, and the implementation of multiple LDAP servers.
Students perform lab exercises using a managed Portal node in an environment that includes a deployment manager, portal nodes, DB2 database server, and an LDAP directory server. In this lab environment, students learn how to create a cluster, deploy portlet applications, use scripts to deploy new themes and skins, and move Portal configurations from staging to production servers. Students gain experience using many of administrative tools, including WebSphere and Portal Administrative Consoles, command line applications, and various scripting tools. Troubleshooting methodology and problem determination tools are discussed and explored within the lab exercises
Audience
This course is designed for system administrators, integration specialists, support engineers, and technical sales and marketing professionals.
Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Execute a basic portal installation and configuration
Manage portal pages
Manage the components of the portal page hierarchy
Implement attribute based administration
Configure portal access control
Implement a composite application
Implement virtual portals
Explain portal topologies
Describe portal installation scenarios
Create a portal cluster
Deploy portlets, skins, and themes to a cluster
Move portal content from staging to production environments
Troubleshoot problems in a clustered environment
Describe production procedures and administration in a clustered environment
Implement a database configuration split
Enable multiple LDAP and multiple realm support
Course outline
Introducing WebSphere Portal
Understanding portal terminology
Installing WebSphere Portal
Understanding the WebSphere Portal architecture
Navigating WebSphere Portal
Managing portal page hierarchy
Configuring access control
Implementing attribute based administration
Implementing composite applications
Re-branding a WebSphere Portal installation
Implementing virtual portals
Portal topologies
Portal installation
Creating a portal cluster
Deploying portlets, skins and themes to a cluster
Moving from staging to production
Troubleshooting Portal in a clustered environment
Production procedures and administration
Multiple LDAP user registries
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.