Introduction

1. Overview
2. Monitoring
3. Monitoring with the Tivoli Performance Viewer
4. Monitoring MBeans statistics with wsadmin
5. Monitoring MBean statistics in JConsole
6. Monitoring with vendor tools
   • IBM Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent for WXS
   • CA Wily Introscope
   • Hyperic HQ

Install

1. Install with an existing WAS
   • Install WXS on top of WAS
   • Create, start and stop catalog servers and containers
2. Install stand-alone WXS
   • Install a stand-alone environment
   • Start a catalog server on a stand-alone installation
   • Stop a catalog server
   • Start grid containers on a stand-alone installation
   • Stop the grid containers
3. Apply maintenance

eXtreme Scale with Portal

1. When to use WXS with Portal
   • Prerequisites and requirements
   • Sample environment
   • Summary of the configuration
   • Custom portlets
2. Integration configuration and environment
   • Install WXS for integration with Portal
   • Configure WXS
   • Configure WebSphere Portal Server
   • Validate the WXS integration
3. Integration details
   • Monitor WXS with the xsadmin utility
   • Monitor WXS with the Tivoli Performance Viewerq
   • Monitoring
   • Deployment
   • Application code
   • JVM tuning
     • Create a catalog service domain
     • Create a clustered WXS session grid
     • Garbage collection
     • Large heaps
   • Guidelines and best practices

eXtreme Scale with WebSphere Commerce

1. Why use WXS with Commerce?
2. Dynamic cache service
   • Topologies
   • Architectural differences
   • Performance and throughput
   • System availability
   • Monitor
   • Restrictions
   • Sizing
3. What to expect when using WXS
4. Integrate WXS with Commerce
   • Sample environment
   • Summary of configuration
   • WXS prerequisites
   • Prepare the Commerce environment
   • Configure catalog servers
   • Configure the WXS dynamic cache grid
   • Configure the Commerce application servers
   • Configure the data caches
   • Start the environment
   • Troubleshoot
   • Validate the caching configuration
5. Monitoring considerations
   • The Cache Monitor
   • The Tivoli Performance Viewer
   • xsadmin
   • Further monitoring options
   • The WXS web console
   • MBean statistics using JConsole
   • Cache statistics logging
6. Sizing guidance

See also

1. IBM Redbooks
2. Online resources
3. Help from IBM