WebSphere Portal V5.0 production deployment and operations guide / Rufus Credle ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Credle, Rufus., Author.

Contributor:

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

Redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web portals--Computer programs--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Web portals.

WebSphere.

Physical Description:

xiv, 296 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

WebSphere Portal version 5.0 production deployment and operations guide

Place of Publication:

Research Triangle Park, N.C. : IBM, c2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This IBM Redbooks publication contains best practices for deployment and operational support of WebSphere Portal V5 in a production environment. It addresses the questions on how to initially deploy WebSphere Portal. After you have deployed WebSphere Portal, you can use the operational best practices described in this book for themes, skins, pages, and portlet updates in a 24/7 enterprise. This book discusses the common notations for WebSphere Portal operational architecture and terminology. The architectures described in this book are examples used to present WebSphere Portal operation alternatives that allow you to combine, mix, and define your own Portal architecture. Portal administrators can find in this book an installation roadmap that includes a suggested approach, best practices, links to required resources, and hints to perform a successful installation and configuration. When the staging environment has been set, this book also provides helpful instructions on moving Portal into production. Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Chapter 1. WebSphere Portal operational architecture

1.1 Term definitions

1.2 Deployment units

1.2.1 Dispatcher

1.2.2 Reverse caching proxy

1.2.3 HTTP server

1.2.4 WebSphere Portal

1.2.5 Forward caching proxy

1.2.6 Database server

1.2.7 Directory server

1.3 Building blocks of the Portal

1.3.1 A basic Portal installation

1.3.2 Configuring the Portal to fit into an established environment

1.4 Exploiting network capabilities

1.5 A collaborative Portal

1.6 Enhanced security Portal

1.6.1 Tivoli Access Manager

1.6.2 Netegrity SiteMinder

1.7 Portal clustering

1.7.1 The horizontal Portal cluster

1.7.2 The vertical Portal cluster

1.8 Decoupling from back-end systems

1.9 Example architectures in operation

1.9.1 The elaborated Portal cluster

1.9.2 The elaborated security Portal cluster

1.9.3 The Availability Gold Standard

Chapter 2. Installing WebSphere Portal

2.1 Getting ready for the installation

2.1.1 Overview of production Portal architectures

2.2 Suggested roadmap

2.2.1 Planning phase

2.2.2 Installation phase

2.3 Portal documentation

Chapter 3. Security management

3.1 Password maintenance

3.1.1 Proxy authentication with Content Access Service

3.1.2 Changing the Portal database username and password

3.2 Credential Vault

3.2.1 How Credential Vault works

3.2.2 Using Credential Vault

3.3 Surfacing an application

3.4 Managing security

3.5 Integrating LDAP

3.5.1 Performance considerations

3.5.2 LDAP architecture and schema layout considerations

3.5.3 Using an LDAP server cluster

3.5.4 Using a single LDAP image

3.5.5 LDAP, WebSphere Portal, and the Q/A environment.

3.5.6 LDAP administration

Chapter 4. Solution deployment

4.1 Understanding J2EE

4.2 Understanding a J2EE Portal

4.2.1 Portal structure

4.2.2 Elements of a Portal page

4.3 Portal configuration

4.3.1 Customizing the Portal

4.3.2 Installing the portlet

4.3.3 Updating the portlet

4.3.4 Portlet service

4.3.5 Installing theme and skin

Chapter 5. Moving from staging to production

5.1 The Portal staging process

5.2 Deployment and build process

5.2.1 Determining what to move

5.2.2 Using the XMLAccess tool for moving

5.2.3 Object IDs

5.2.4 The Custom Unique Names portlet

5.3 Transferring Portal artifacts using XMLAccess

5.3.1 Transfer process

5.3.2 Exporting a sample page using XMLAccess

5.3.3 Exporting and importing a new page

5.4 A step-by-step guide

5.4.1 Preparing the environment

5.5 Preparing the worksheet

5.5.1 Example worksheet

5.6 Run activities

5.6.1 Verifying the prerequisites

5.6.2 Using XMLAccess to export Portal artifacts

5.6.3 Bundling the supporting files

5.6.4 Transferring the bundle

5.6.5 Distributing the supporting files to a single server

5.6.6 Distributing the supporting files to a cluster

5.6.7 Updating the target configuration

5.7 Post transfer actions

5.7.1 Ensuring that the nodes are synchronized

5.7.2 Restarting the server

5.7.3 Activating the portlets

5.7.4 Making any manual changes

5.8 How does customization and the transfer process work?

5.8.1 World clock scenario

5.9 Troubleshooting and best practices

5.9.1 Plan on a trial run

5.9.2 Problems importing pages

5.9.3 Activate portlets

5.9.4 Synchronize the cluster

5.9.5 Synchronize the nodes without security

Chapter 6. Production procedures and administration activities

6.1 Changing the host or domain name

6.1.1 Assumptions.

6.1.2 Step-by-step procedures

6.2 Changing database servers

6.2.1 Assumptions

6.2.2 Moving from a DB2 database to a DB2 database

6.2.3 Moving from an Oracle database to an Oracle database

6.2.4 Moving from an SQLServer database to an SQLServer database

6.3 Changing LDAP servers

6.3.1 Assumptions

6.3.2 Step-by-step procedure

6.4 Backup and recovery

6.4.1 Overview of our approach to backup and recovery

6.4.2 Our approach to backup

6.4.3 Our approach to recovery

6.4.4 Backup and recovery for Windows systems

6.5 Maintaining a healthy Portal environment

6.5.1 Scheduling regular backups

6.5.2 Reviewing log files

6.5.3 Applying fixes

6.5.4 Getting support

6.5.5 Using basic troubleshooting techniques

6.5.6 Using roadmaps

6.6 On Demand clustering solutions

6.6.1 Step-by-step of the On Demand procedure

6.7 Temporarily removing a clustered node to apply maintenance

6.7.1 Step-by-step procedure to temporarily remove a clustered node

6.8 Monitoring the Portal

Chapter 7. A high availability illustration

7.1 The sample cluster production environment

7.2 Before you begin the procedure

7.3 Assumptions

7.4 Initial production state

7.5 Remove Site B from cluster

7.6 Maintenance on Site B

7.7 Switch IP traffic from Site A to Site B

7.8 Maintenance on Site A

7.9 Switch IP traffic from Site B to Site A

7.10 Return to Initial Production state

Chapter 8. Performance tuning the environment

8.1 Understanding the environment

8.2 Application server tuning

8.2.1 Additional notes for an AIX environment

8.2.2 Application server cloning

8.3 Database server tuning

8.3.1 IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition Database parameter tuning

8.3.2 Oracle Enterprise Edition Database parameter tuning

8.3.3 Other database considerations

8.4 Directory server tuning.

8.4.1 Web server tuning tips

8.4.2 Security filters

8.4.3 Dereferencing aliases

8.5 Operating system specific tuning parameters

8.6 Network tuning

8.6.1 Solaris networking

8.6.2 AIX networking

8.6.3 Windows networking

8.7 WebSphere Portal service properties

Appendix A. Operation tools

XMLAccess tool

Script to synchronize nodes

Script to delete portlets

Reference documentation

Appendix B. Portal installation worksheets and samples

Worksheets

Silent install sample

Verifying Portal installation log files

Appendix C. Changing the mode in WebSphere Portal

Setting read-only mode

Setting read or write mode

Appendix D. Switching database servers

Changing from a DB2 database to another DB2 database

Changing from an Oracle database to another Oracle database

Changing from an SQLServer database to another SQLServer database

Appendix E. Capacity planning

WebSphere Portal V5 or later database

Appendix F. A portal manager for WebSphere Portal

Wily Portal Manager for IBM WebSphere Portal

Appendix G. Additional material

Locating the Web material

Using the Web material

How to use the Web material

Abbreviations and acronyms

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

Help from IBM

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"This edition applies to IBM WebSphere Portal Extended for Multiplatforms Version 5.0.2.1."

"January 2005."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

61397647