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IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v9 Core Administration C9510-418

IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v9 Core Administration C9510-418


Section 1: Install and update the environment 14%

* Apply maintenance to the product

* Demonstrate an understanding of the IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility and its role in installing, configuring, and maintaining IBM WAS and components both locally and remotely.

* Perform a silent installation for IBM WAS and fix pack installations.

* Perform post-installation verification.

* Troubleshoot installation problems.

* Backup and restore the configuration including the use of checkpoints


Section 2: Create a high availability configuration 9%

* Create multi-node topology and appropriate high availability model.

* Manage nodes in an IBM WAS topology.

* Configure and manage the HTTP server and the web server plug-in for high availability. See also:

* Configure distributed session management for high availability and failover scenarios.


Section 3: Configure security 17%

* Configure user repositories.

* Configure SSL for clients and servers.

* Implement multiple security domains.

* Apply administrative and application security roles.

* Configure different authentication mechanisms and authorization mechanisms.

* Configure Java Enterprise security, Web security and Web Services Security.


Section 4: Monitor and tune the environment 9%

* Use performance tooling to monitor the IBM WAS runtime.

* Tune parameters that affect IBM WAS performance.

* Use the Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) metrics and poll MBeans for performance data.

* Configure and monitor the WAS caching mechanisms. See also:


Section 5: Troubleshoot post-installation problems 11%

* Enable HPEL and view HPEL data.

* Enable Cross Component Trace (XCT) and view trace data in XCT Log Viewer.

* Use tools to trigger and analyze heap dumps, java core dumps, system dumps and verbose Garbage Collection (GC).

* Use the IBM Support Assistant Data Collector or the collector tool to run mustgather to collect data to submit to IBM Support.

* Configure, review and analyze log files for the following: First Failure Data Capture (FFDC), system logs, native logs, and trace logs.


Section 6: Administer and configure the environment 20%

* Connect databases.

* Create and manage full profiles.

* Configure resources.

* Illustrate the usage of the Integrated Solutions Console.

* Use the capabilities of the Job Manager tooling.

* Configure or modify an IBM WAS environment by using properties files and/or the monitored directory feature.

* Configure an external HTTP server for the environment.

* Use the standard set of command line tools to perform administrative tasks.


Section 7: Configure Intelligent Management features 6%

Create and configure ODRs, and the ODR plug-in and associated service policies to enable the dynamic operations.

Use health policies and actions to monitor and react to changing performance in the environment.

Use the dynamic cluster elasticity feature.

Configure and maintain application editions.


Section 8: Demonstrate an understanding of a multi-tier environment 6%

Identify the components and services in an IBM WAS configuration and describe how they are related or interact.

Demonstrate an understanding of how requests traverse various WAS ND topologies.


Section 9: Deploy and administer applications 8%

Perform partial updates of enterprise applications, web applications, and business level applications.

Deploy applications to an IBM WAS environment.