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  The WebSphere Application Server architecture: a detailed introduction for working administrators
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  Installation and configuration on both distributed and z/OS platforms, from planning through security
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  Assembling, deploying, and securing applications with the Application Assembly Tool and Assembly Toolkit
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  Managing WebSphere Application Server, including clustering and workload management
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  Automating administrative tasks using the powerful WebSphere scripting tools
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  Performance monitoring/tuning using both WebSphere- and system-level tools, including real-world tuning scenarios
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  A start-to-finish methodology for WebSphere troubleshooting
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  Covering z/OS, UNIX, Linux, and Windows platforms
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  Learn all you need to know from IBM's own WebSphere development and advanced deployment teams
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  Includes the latest most thorough coverage WebSphere V5.0/5.1

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Customer Reviews & Comments
If you're an administrator for an IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), you're always looking for sources of information. If you're running WAS 5.0 or 5.1, get a copy of IBM WebSphere Application Server for Distributed Platforms and z/OS (IBM Press). It's definitely full of information you'll need for installation, configuration, and administration... Chapter List: Part 1 - WebSphere Environment Overview: Introduction; Compare and Contrast: WebSphere on z/OS and the Distributed Platforms; WebSphere Architecture and Design; WebSphere Topology: Distributed and z/OS; WebSphere Installation - Distributed; WebSphere Installation - z/OS; Getting Started with WebSphere - An Overview Part 2 - WebSphere Configuration: Configuring WebSphere Application Server; The WebSphere Naming Service; The Web Server Plug-in; The Java Message Service; Web Services - An Overview; WebSphere Security on the Distributed Platform; WebSphere Security on the z/OS Platform Part 3 - Assembling and Deploying Applications in WebSphere: Assembling Applications in WebSphere; Securing Applications in WebSphere; Deploying Applications in WebSphere Part 4 - WebSphere Management: Workload Management Overview: Distributed; Workload Management Overview: z/OS; Automated WebSphere Administration Part 5 - WebSphere Performance: Monitoring WebSphere Performance; WebSphere Performance Tuning; WebSphere Performance Tuning - z/OS Part 6 - Troubleshooting WebSphere: WebSphere Problem Determination Tools - Logging and Tracing; Problem Prevention and Determination Methodology; WebSphere Problem Determination and Troubleshooting for z/OS Part 7 - Appendices: Trade3 Application; WebSphere Tooling Reference; WebSphere Plug-in Definition; WebSphere Message Component IDs; Custom Strategy Bindings File DTD; Common z/OS Terms; Comparison of Common Tasks on z/OS versus Distributed; z/Linux Considerations; Automated WebSphere Administration Examples Bibliography; Index Coming in at nearly 1000 pages, you can see it is a pretty comprehensive guide on getting WAS up and running on both distributed network platforms as well as mainframe z/OS systems. While I don't think that you'd find one shop running WAS on both platforms (although I could be wrong), I still found the comparison between both systems interesting. There is definitely a different mindset between the two, and the comparisons will help you understand the side you don't work with. I was impressed with the level of detail included also. If you were sitting down with the WAS CDs and this book, you'd stand a very good chance of getting the system up and running, as well as having some troubleshooting material to help you out over the hard parts. The only down side of this book is that WAS 6 has already been released, so it could be that the book is living on borrowed time. New shops will probably go straight to 6, while shops already running WAS on 5 may be stable, in which case this book becomes more of a reference manual than an aid to installation. People running WAS on distributed platforms have a number of books and IBM redbooks to choose from. The options for z/OS platforms seem to be much more limited in terms of documentation and material, so I think this book would be far more valuable to those people than to the distributed networking side. Not to say it's not good for distributed information, but I acknowledge they have more options to choose from. If WAS is part of your professional existence, this would be a good book to have on your shelf. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)