IBM ES68G - WebSphere for z/OS Version 8.5 Implementation

Course Outline

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1: Introduction to WebSphere for z/OS V8
• Unit 2: Installing the WebSphere V8 stand-alone server (Part 1)

Day 2

• Unit 2: Installing the WebSphere V8 stand-alone server (Part 2)
• Lab 1: Installing the stand-alone server

Day 3

• Unit 3: Deploying applications with WebSphere V8 administration tool
• Lab 2: Administration of WebSphere V8 servers and applications Unit 4: The WebSphere V8 web container
• Lab 3: Installing the WebSphere for z/OS V8 HTTP server plug-in

Day 4

• Unit 5: Network deployment
• Unit 6: Assembling and deploying a J2EE application Lab 4: Installing the network deployment environment Lab 5: (Optional) WebSphere connectors: JDBC lab Lab 6: (Optional): WebSphere proxy server
• Unit 7: WebSphere V8 security (Part 1)

Day 5

• Unit 7: WebSphere V8 security (Part 2)
• Unit 8: Accessing data: Connectors and Java messaging on WebSphere Unit 9: Liberty Profile, zAAPs, WLM and performance
• Lab 7: (Optional): WebSphere Liberty Profile

Objective

• Understand the basics of object-oriented applications, EJBs and the J2EE standard runtime environment
• Prepare the base z/OS environment, including all system prerequisites
• Plan for and configure the WAS V8.5 runtime environment using the supplied WebSphere Customization Tools (WCT) workstation application
• Design and implement a complete server security scheme for WAS V8.5 on your z/OS system
• Customize your WAS V8.5 runtime on z/OS
• Set up and run the Installation Verification Test (IVT)
• Deploy an EJB application and a web application into your new WAS V8.5 runtime using the systems management administrative functions
• Configure and manage network deployment, including a deployment manager and node agents
• Configure web-based topologies for WAS V8.5 using the IBM HTTP server on z/OS together with the WebSphere plug-in
• Install and configure an the Apache-based web server on z/OS to host the WebSphere for z/OS plug-in
• Configure and use a web server node in WebSphere to assist managing the web server plug-in file
• Create a cluster by cloning your first application server
• See how the plug-in can perform load balancing and achieve high availability
• Create a proxy server, and drive your applications through this proxy server
• Define a JDBC driver and data source and deploy a sample application to connect to a DB2 for z/OS subsystem through the UDB universal driver type 4
• Describe the main components and infrastructure of the WebSphere for z/OS Java messaging run time environment
• Plan for the monitoring of performance in your new WAS V8.5 runtime
• Plan for the modification of the installation security configuration necessary to support J2EE application security
• Set up and configure a Liberty profile server, then deploy an application