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IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5 Installation, Deployment, and Administration
 
 
 
 
ibm certified training   this course works with savings passes
 
code. PW331   length. 5 days
type. Instructor-Led   partner. IBM
price.
$2,925  
 

IACET credits 4.0
 
Learn how to install, deploy and perform the day to day administrative tasks for IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5.0 (V5). Portal administrators learn how to perform the installation of the base IBM Portal Server product, portlet deployment, configuring the portal, introducing authentication and authorization, creating and maintaining user and group profiling, portal page and document management, and many other administrative tasks. Develop the necessary skills for an administrator, architect, or developer to learn to successfully deploy WebSphere Portal.

This course does not cover programming of portlets. These skills can be obtained by attending the appropriate WebSphere Portal developer courses.

Note: this course is a combination of:

IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5 Installation and Deployment (PW311) and
IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5 Administration (PW321)
 
course schedule  
 
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who can benefit
  
 
This is an intermediate course for IBM clients, independent software vendors, system integrators, and IBM technical staff members, including administrators, architects, and developers who implement portal solutions built on the IBM WebSphere Portal platform.
 
skills gained
  
 

Discuss the issues involved in planning and deploying a portal solution
Explain the WebSphere Portal solution architecture and its abstractions
Install and configure WebSphere Portal on a new/existing WebSphere Application Server
Install and activate portlets and portlet applications
Create new page hierarchies
Administer portal resources using Extensible Markup Language (XML) Access and other command line tools
Implement and manage WebSphere Portal clusters
Discuss approaches and processes for the planning and design of a portal community
Explain the WebSphere Portal solution architecture and its abstractions
Create portal users and groups and exercise access control options to manage their usage of portal resources
Install and activate portlets and portlet applications
Create new portal pages and configure their default content
Publish content using document manager
Administer search functionality, Web clipping, and cooperative portlets
 
course materials
  
 
The course material provides a hands-on lab based course which covers the skills necessary for an administrator to install, deploy and administer a WebSphere Portal Server V5 environment.
 
hands-on labs
  
 
Eight labs are included to address the skills transfer necessary for an administrator to install, deploy and administer a WebSphere Portal Server V5 environment.
 
ibm education advantage program eligibility:
  
 

Yes - IBM Education Card
Yes - IBM Education Pack
Yes - IBM Corporate Education Pass
Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account


 
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  Planning and scoping

discuss the considerations of implementing a portal
discuss the planning involved when building a portal environment
discuss installation strategies and implementation scenarios for WebSphere Portal
discuss the hardware and software planning that is involved in building a portal
provide an overview of clustering portal
typical topologies:
software configurations
databases
content management solutions
search options


  Portal page hierarchy

default home pages
theme and skin overview
portal hierarchy overview
page navigation


  Page creation management

portal page administration
pages, labels, and Uniform Resource Locators (URL)s
page administration options
creating and editing pages
adding portlets to pages
installing external portlets
portlet settings


  Rebranding

themes and skins
page aggregation
theme components
cascading style sheets
directory structure for:
themes
skins
screens
building custom themes and skins
installing themes and skins


  Page aggregation

aggregation overview
support
page aggregation process
filter visibility


  Portal authentication

discuss new authentication features in IBM WebSphere Portal V5
list and describe portal authentication configuration options
understand how portal uses Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
understand how to use and configure the WebSphere member manager
configure user registries and manage users and groups
set up WebSphere Portal security
understand the concept of single sign-on from client-to-Web app and from portal-to-backend
understand the role of trust association Interceptors
understand what the credential vault is and how it is managed


  Simple security

discuss what the portal access control is and how it works
look at portal users and groups and how you can manage them
review resources and roles and how they work inside portal
look at portal security, portlets, and administration user interface


  WebSphere Portal administration

portal settings:
discuss custom unique names and what they do
look at global settings
discuss URL mapping and see how useful they are
discuss supported markups
present a high level view
manage document collections
portal tools:
look at the frequent users portlet
discuss the enable tracing portlet


  Portlet deployment

portlet application organization
deployment descriptors
Web Application Archive (WAR) file organization
installing portlet applications
updating portlet applications
deployment process
WAR and Enterprise Archive (EAR) file locations


  Web clipping

Web clipping overview
what Web clipping does
when should Web clipping be used
Web clipping portlet


  Cooperative portlets

introduction to cooperative portlets
features of cooperative portlets
cooperative portlets interaction
portlet wiring


  Planning and designing a community

describe an approach and process for planning and designing a portal community
specify those elements that need to be identified as a prerequisite to the design work
use wireframe notation and whiteboard techniques to organize and document a community
describe the various WebSphere Portal architecture issues that will influence page hierarchy and organization
consider various non-functional requirement influences on the community design
consider portal within the larger enterprise software architecture


  Search administration

discuss portal searching solutions
discuss portal search engine
discuss Lotus Discovery Server


  WebSphere Portal document manager

explain the document manager component of WebSphere Portal V5
discuss the following features of the document manager:
what a document is
workflow
search
views
subscription
versioning
access control


  Portal V5 installation

provide an overview of the IBM WebSphere Portal V5 install process
prepare the machine for installation
discuss the install options available in V5
provide a walk-through of the full install process
identify install logs for problem determination


  Configuration

provide an overview of the IBM WebSphere Portal V5 configuration process
discuss the configuration steps to move portal to a production database and directory server
discuss the importance of several properties files
discuss the mechanics of using configuration scripts
discuss the use of configuration templates


  Portal backup and restore

describe the major considerations in creating a backup plan for the portal server
understand and use the backupConfig command
understand and use the restoreConfig command
use various tools to backup/restore portal databases
understand and use the XML configuration interface (xmlaccess command)
use various tools to backup/restore Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) user registries


  WebSphere Portal troubleshooting

apply a methodical approach to troubleshooting portal problems, including problems with dependent products
configure the portal to enable tracing and logging with configuration files and administration portlets
discuss the performance considerations involved in logging and tracing
identify the major log files used by the portal server, including their location and uses
identify the major reference resources that can be used for troubleshooting portal problems
describe how WebSphere Site Analyzer is used for reporting portal usage patterns


  Portal clusters

understand network deployment concepts such as cell, deployment manager, and node
be able to add nodes to a cell
understand the concept of a cluster
know how to create and manage a cluster of application servers
understand how to implement a multi-node topology for a cluster of portal servers
know how to deploy portlets to a cluster of portal servers
know how to update skins and themes in a clustered portal environment


  Migration (optional)

summarize supported migration paths
provide an overview of the migration process and discuss how to prepare for this migration
explain the migration process:
automated steps
manual steps



 
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