Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: global/training/catalog/courses/IAS-4444.xml

Sun Java System Application Server SE/EE 8.1 2005Q2: Administration and Deployment (IAS-4444)

Sun Java System Application Server Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q2: Administration and Deployment (IAS-4444)

The Sun Java System Application Server SE/EE 8.1 2005Q2 (Application Server SE/EE 8.1): Administration and Deployment course teaches students the management architecture and enterprise features, such as the request level load balancing for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Remote Method Invocation/Internet InterORB Protocol (RMI-IIOP), Java Message Service (JMS), and session persistence and recovery. Students will learn how to install, configure, and manage the Application Server SE/EE 8.1 in a distributed environment. Students will also gain experience deploying applications to the enterprise environment and migrating applications from earlier versions of the Application Server developed by other vendors. The course provides students with the skills necessary to tune and troubleshoot the Application Server as a production platform.

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Languages

English

Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are architects, application server administrators, application deployers, support engineers, and technical staff who need to be Application Server product specialists.

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be:

Familiar with the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)
Familiar with the Sun Java System Application Server PE 8.1
Able to package and deploy a Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) application to an application server
Familiar with Internet protocols
Familiar with Java Management Extensions (JMX) technology
Familiar with Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology
Familiar with RMI/IIOP technology
Familiar with JMS

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

Describe the enterprise features and architecture of the Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Install the Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Configure and administer a cluster
Configure monitoring and logging settings for the the Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Deploy applications to the Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Set up and configure request-level load balancing and failover along HTTP and RMI/IIOP paths
Set up and configure a highly available cluster to support HTTP session persistence and Stateful Session Bean (SFSB) failover
Configure JMS connection failover
Migrate the applications from earlier versions of the Application Server to the Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Tune the performance of the Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Troubleshoot the Application Server SE/EE 8.1

Related Courses

Before:

After:

Advanced Management and Tuning of High Availability Database (HADB) (WMT-IAS-3435)

Course Content

Module 1 - Introducing Application Server SE/EE 8.1

Describe the three editions of Application Server 8.1
Describe how Application Server SE/EE 8.1 fits into the Java Enterprise System (JES) suites
Describe key concepts of Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Discuss the key features of Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Discuss the developer productivity features provided in Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Describe the upgrade and migration tools provided by the Application Server SE/EE 8.1

Module 2 - Management Architecture

Describe the main components and concepts of the Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Define the entity relationships
Illustrate the management architecture
Define the Domain Administration Server (DAS)
Define the central repository
Define the node agent
Explain how synchronization works between different components
Explain how the JMX API is used in Application Server SE/EE 8.1

Module 3 - Installing Application Server SE/EE 8.1

Describe the key features of the Application Server SE/EE 8.1 installation
List the product components of Application Server SE/EE 8.1
List the supported platforms for installation
List the system requirements
Describe the product distribution
Describe the installation modes
Describe the directory structure after installation
Locate the installation log files
Identify the sample applications

Module 4 - Configuration and Administration

Describe the administration infrastructure
Describe the domain configuration
Describe the domain.xml file
Describe server instance specialization
Define dynamic reconfiguration
Use the administration tools, including the asadmin utility and the Administration Console (Admin Console)
Configure and administer clusters
Configure a node agent
Back up and restore the domain
Define administrative security

Module 5 - Deployment

Describe the deployment features in Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Describe the JSR-88 Deployment API
Describe the deployment life cycle
Deploy an enterprise application
List the key features of the deploytool 8.1 utility (DeployTool)
Discuss deployment features across various Application Server 8.1 versions

Module 6 - HTTP Load Balancing

Discuss the concepts of load balancing
Describe the features of Application Server 8.1 load balancing
Explain the mechanism of load balancing
Install the load balancer plug-in
Configure HTTP load balancing
Define rolling upgrade
Perform a rolling upgrade in mixed mode
Perform a rolling upgrade in non-mixed mode
Enable HTTP load balancing logging

Module 7 - HADB Basics

Describe important features of the HADB
Illustrate the HADB hardware architecture
Describe how to achieve HA for the HADB
Configure a system for the HADB
Describe the management architecture
Locate the HADB directory and files in Application Server SE/EE 8.1
Configure and start Management Agent (MA)
Explain how the management client (hadbm) communicates with the MA
Perform simple management tasks
Use the asadmin command to configure an HA cluster

Module 8 - HTTP Session Persistence

Describe the fundamentals of a session and session persistence
List the supported features of session persistence
Explain the persistence mechanisms
Compare the session persistence types
Enable HA for SSO sessions
Describe the criteria for distributed sessions
Describe the availability's different levels
Configure HTTP session persistence for HA

Module 9 - RMI/IIOP Load Balancing and Failover

Describe the basics of RMI/IIOP
Explain RMI/IIOP load balancing and failover subsystems
Describe server-side configuration
Configure standalone clients and the Application Client Container (ACC)
Perform rolling upgrades for applications accessed by application clients

Module 10 - EJB Container High Availability

Describe the new EJB container features common to Application Server 8.1
Describe SFSB failover
Configure SFSB failover
Discuss the EJB timer service
Describe transaction recovery

Module 11 - JMS Clustering and Failover

Describe JMS and the Sun Java System Message Queue 3.6 (Message Queue 3.6)
Describe the features of Message Queue 3.6
Describe the integration of Message Queue 3.6 with Application Server 8.1
Discuss resource adapters in Application Server 8.1
Configure JMS
Explain connection failover behavior
Describe the multiple-broker configuration

Module 12 - Upgrade and Migration

Describe Application Server 8.1 compatibility with earlier versions
Differentiate between application server upgrade and migration
Describe the features of Upgrade Tool
Describe the need for application server migration
Identify entities that require migration
Identify issues in migrating applications from earlier versions of Application Server
Describe the Java Application Verification Kit for the Enterprise (Java AVK Enterprise)
Describe the features of Migration Tool
Use Migration Tool to migrate applications
Use Migration Tool to migrate applications from other platforms

Module 13 - Tuning Performance

Identify the performance role of the key web components
Discuss performance tuning in Application Server 8.1
Describe techniques to tune applications
Tune Application Server 8.1
Describe techniques to tune for HA
Tune the HADB
Identify the various tools to tune the performance of Application Server 8.1

Module 14 - Troubleshooting

Use various resources to identify Application Server SE/EE 8.1 problems
Troubleshoot installation problems
Troubleshoot Application Server SE/EE 8.1 start problems
Troubleshoot administrative client problems (asadmin and the Admin Console)
Troubleshoot Application Server problems
Resolve load balancer errors
Troubleshoot HADB problems