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A. Discuss the relationships between IBM WebSphere Application Server, V6.1 and the application
components (e.g., browser, HTTP server, plug-in, firewall, database servers, WebSphere MQ, load
balancing, and ip spraying.)
B. Evaluate the design considerations of IBM WebSphere Application Server, V6.1 packaging and
installation in an enterprise environment (e.g., LDAP, database servers, Service Integration Bus
Technology (SIB), etc.)
C. Articulate the various components of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment,
V6.1 runtime architecture.
D. Describe workload management and failover strategies using IBM WebSphere Application Server,
V6.1.
E. Articulate the usage of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in WebSphere.
F. Articulate support for portlet containers.
G. Describe WebSphere dynamic caching features.
A. Identify installation options and determine the desired configuration (e.g., silent install,
required/desired plug-ins etc.)
B. Install WebSphere Application Server and verify the installation (e.g., IVT, verification using sample
(snoop and/or hitcount.))
C. Create profiles.
D. Utilize installation factory to create custom install packages.
E. Troubleshoot the installation (e.g., identify and analyze log files.)
Section 3 - Application Assembly and Deployment (17%)
A. Implement security policies (e.g., authentication and authorization (using different security
registries), etc.)
B. Protect WebSphere resources.
C. Define and implement WebSphere administrative security roles.
D. Configure WebSphere plug-in to use SSL.
E. Describe Federated Repositories using Virtual Member Manager (VMM).
F. Implement federated repositories.
A. Manage application configurations (e.g., application bindings, tune HTTP session configuration
parameters such as timeout value, persistence, etc.).
B. Perform WebSphere backup, restore and configuration tasks.
C. Monitor size of log files and backup/purge as needed.
D. Manage the plug-in configuration file (e.g., regenerate, edit, propagate, etc.).
E. Tune performance of WebSphere Application Server (e.g., configure caching, queuing and thread
pooling parameters, tune JVM heap size, etc.).
F. Use Integrated Tivoli Performance Viewer/Runtime Advisor to gather information about resources
and analyze results.
G. Tune data source configuration (e.g., connection pooling, timeouts, etc.).
H. Configure class loader parameters.
A. Configure, review and analyze logs (e.g., Web server, IBM WebSphere Application Server).
B. Use Log Analyzer from the Application Server Toolkit to analyze logs.
C. Use trace facility (e.g., enabling, selecting components, and log configuration).
D. Use First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) Tool.
E. Use the JNDI dumpNameSpace utility.
F. Perform JVM troubleshooting tasks (e.g., thread dump, JVM core dump, and heap dump).
G. Use IBM Support Assistant.