I INTRODUCTION

• WebSphere product family
• Background and history
• J2EE Overview
• WAS Architectural Overview
• WAS Components

II INSTALLATION

• Installation Concepts
• Install WAS (base and network deployment)
• Initial configuration

III MANAGING WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER

• Explore WAS through the Administrative Console
• Use command-line tools
• Creating an application server
• Starting and stopping application servers

IV APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT

• Preparing an application environment
• Resource Definitions
• Server Processes

V SETTING UP and DEPLOYING AN APPLICATION

• J2EE packaging
• Application Assembly using Application Server Toolkit
• Application Administration

VI  LOAD BALANCING

• Creating clusters
• Creating clones
• Deploying applications across nodes in a cluster

VII PROBLEM SOLVING

• Problem solving tools
  • Trace configuration
  • System log
  • Activity log
  • Log analyzer
• Diagnosing problems

VIII SECURITY

• WebSphere Security
• SSL
• WebSphere and J2EE Security

IX PERFORMANCE

• Performance Isues
• Integrated Performance Viewer