J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe implementation on IBM eserver iSeries servers / IBM, International Technical Support Organization.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information resources management--Data processing.

Information resources management.

Management information systems.

Business enterprises--Computer networks--Management.

Business enterprises.

IBM computers--Programming.

IBM computers.

OneWorld.

Physical Description:

xiv, 330 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Rochester, Minn. : IBM Corp., International Technical Support Organization], 2002.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

Special notice

Comments welcome

Chapter 1. OneWorld Xe JAS server overview

1.1 JAS server architecture overview

1.1.1 HTTP Server

1.1.2 Application server

1.1.3 OneWorld JAS software

1.1.4 Configuring the jas.ini file

1.1.5 JDBC drivers

1.1.6 J.D. Edwards middleware

1.2 Comparison of OneWorld Xe and OneWorld B73.3.2

1.2.1 Architecture differences from B73.3.2 to Xe

1.2.2 Functionality differences from B73.3.2 to Xe

1.3 Generating Java serialized objects

Chapter 2. Pre-installation planning, sizing, capacity planning

2.1 Pre-installation planning

2.1.1 Resources

2.1.2 JAS server hardware and software requirements

2.1.3 HTML client

2.2 Capacity planning

2.2.1 Performance Management/400 (PM/400)

2.2.2 BEST/1

2.2.3 Workload Estimator

2.3 Sizing

2.3.1 Methodology

2.3.2 Benchmark process

2.3.3 IBM sizing process

Chapter 3. Installation

3.1 First-time installation

3.1.1 Installing the deployment server

3.1.2 Installing the OneWorld databases

3.1.3 Planning and configuring OneWorld servers

3.1.4 Enterprise server installation

3.1.5 Configuring and installing client workstations

3.1.6 Completing the installation

Chapter 4. Service packs

4.1 What a service pack is

4.2 Applying a service pack

4.2.1 Fundamental steps of applying the service pack

4.2.2 System values to verify before applying the service pack

4.2.3 Tips for using LINKBSFN when applying the service pack

4.2.4 Running PORTTEST after applying the service pack

4.2.5 Testing the service pack on the OneWorld client workstation

4.3 Rolling back to a previous service pack level

4.3.1 Restoring the deployment server

4.3.2 Restoring the enterprise server.

4.4 Running OneWorld on different service pack levels

4.4.1 Verifying the current service pack release

4.4.2 Creating save files on the iSeries server

4.4.3 Transferring service pack files to the iSeries server

4.4.4 Verifying the save files residing in the JDETEMP library

4.4.5 Installing the service pack

4.4.6 Updating the server jde.ini file

4.4.7 Creating a subsystem for the newly installed service pack

4.4.8 Linking path code business functions to the new service pack

4.4.9 Validating the service pack installation

4.4.10 Installing the service pack on the deployment server

4.5 Configuring environments for the new service pack

4.5.1 Adding a new machine record for the new service pack

4.5.2 Modifying the existing machine record to remove environments

4.5.3 Building an update package

4.5.4 Deploying client update packages to workstations

4.5.5 Updating client workstations and the jde.ini file

4.6 Promoting the service pack to production

4.6.1 Ending OneWorld and TCP/IP communication services

4.6.2 Preparing the iSeries server for service pack promotion

4.6.3 Deleting and recreating the subsystem entry

4.6.4 Verifying the library list setup

4.6.5 Linking path code business functions to the service pack

4.6.6 Starting TCP/IP communication and OneWorld services

4.6.7 Validating the promoted service pack on the iSeries server

4.6.8 Promoting a service pack to production on the deployment server

4.6.9 Validating the promoted service pack on the deployment server

Chapter 5. HTML client and WebSphere setup and tuning

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Test environment for establishing recommendations

5.3 WebSphere Application Server

5.3.1 Number of WebSphere Application Server instances (or JVMs)

5.3.2 Heap size memory settings

5.3.3 Garbage collection setting.

5.3.4 JAS servlet connections

5.3.5 Java program optimization

5.4 HTTP Server

5.4.1 Number of HTTP threads

5.4.2 Persistence

5.4.3 ACL and Denial of service settings

5.4.4 HTTP user profile swapping

5.5 OneWorld Xe enterprise server

5.5.1 Kernel settings

5.5.2 ONEWORLD user profile security setting

5.5.3 Checking the kernel setting

5.6 OneWorld Xe JAS server

5.6.1 JDBC connection pool settings in the jas.ini

5.6.2 JDENET connections in the jas.ini

5.6.3 Caching Java serialized objects in the jas.ini

5.6.4 Asynchronous business function processing in htmlclient.ini

5.6.5 Silent post with multi-line edit

5.7 JDBC drivers on iSeries servers

Chapter 6. XPI on iSeries overview

6.1 XPI functional overview

6.1.1 XPIe

6.1.2 XBP

6.1.3 XPIx

6.2 Installing XPI on the iSeries server

6.2.1 Minimum technical requirements

6.2.2 Installing the XPI Foundation code

6.2.3 Configuring XPIe

6.2.4 Validating the configuration

6.2.5 Setting up OneWorld for XPI

Chapter 7. SAN technology

7.1 Overview of iSeries storage

7.2 OneWorld implementation

7.3 iSeries and SAN technology considerations

7.3.1 Internal versus external storage

7.3.2 iSeries server expert cache

7.3.3 SAN storage cache

7.3.4 SAN configuration: Dedicated versus shared disk

7.3.5 Fibre versus SCSI connection

7.3.6 Multi-pathing from iSeries to SAN

7.3.7 Connectivity of iSeries to SAN

7.4 Reference materials

7.5 Conclusion

Chapter 8. Clustering

8.1 Clustering architecture

8.1.1 iSeries clustering design

8.1.2 iSeries clustering and other platforms

8.1.3 iSeries clustering and high availability

8.1.4 Other iSeries availability solutions

8.2 Typical execution

8.2.1 Application to OneWorld Xe

8.2.2 Virtual three-tier, two node cluster

8.3 Installation process.

8.3.1 Planning considerations

8.3.2 Installation considerations

8.3.3 Sample installation plan

8.4 Performance tips

8.4.1 Primary node performance

8.4.2 Secondary node performance

8.4.3 Configuration for journaling performance

8.5 Operational and maintenance considerations

8.5.1 Operational considerations

8.5.2 Maintenance considerations

8.6 Sources of information

8.6.1 Clustering information

8.6.2 Installation information

Chapter 9. Performance management and tuning

9.1 iSeries performance overview

9.1.1 Components of performance

9.2 Queuing theory and utilization guidelines

9.2.1 Queuing theory

9.2.2 Utilization guidelines

9.3 Setting performance objectives

9.4 Basic iSeries server tuning

9.4.1 Manual tuning versus automatic tuning

9.4.2 Verifying the settings of system values

9.4.3 Setting the memory pool sizes and activity levels manually

9.4.4 Common WebSphere/Java jobs

9.4.5 Working with the prestart jobs

9.5 Performance tools: A top-down approach

9.5.1 Which performance tool to use

9.6 System level tools

9.6.1 Management Central

9.7 WebSphere Application Server level tools

9.7.1 WebSphere Resource Analyzer

9.8 Java/application level tools

9.8.1 DMPJVM

9.8.2 Performance Explorer (PEX)

9.8.3 Performance Trace Data Visualizer (PTDV)

9.8.4 DB Monitor

9.8.5 SQL Visual Explain

9.9 Communication performance considerations

9.9.1 High-speed interconnection between systems

9.10 PC performance implications

9.11 Optimizing the Java garbage collector

9.11.1 Tuning methodology

9.11.2 Tuning the garbage collector

9.12 Scaling the OneWorld Xe environment

9.12.1 Record locks and index seizes

9.12.2 Additional WebSphere Application Servers

9.12.3 Additional enterprise application servers.

Appendix A. Collaborative solutions

Advanced Planning solutions

Collaborative CRM

Advanced Order Configurator

Enterprise Content Manager

Additional documentation

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other resources

Referenced Web sites

How to get IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks collections

Acronyms

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

The "e" in "eserver" is printed as the symbol for electronic.

"SG24-6529-00."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-319) and index.

OCLC:

560314579