WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) v6.2 Administration

This course teaches the basics of the administration and deployment of service-based applications and message mediations in IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) v6.2. It provides systems administrators, solutions administrators, and operators with the skills they need to install, configure, and manage WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus applications and to troubleshoot common problems.

This course is designed for System Administrators who need to install, configure and maintain systems using WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus v6.2.
Students should have a good understanding of the basic administration aspects of WebSphere Application Server v6.2.

SOA and the ESB Pattern
Loose Coupling
Service Invocation and Composition
Message Flow and Business Process
Data Integration
ESB in Action
The ESB Patterns
Service Virtualization Patterns
Service Enablement Patterns
Message Based Integration Patterns
Summary

Introduction to WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WESB)
Example Mediation Flow
The Programming Model
Mediation Module
Packaging of Mediation Module
WESB Architecture
WESB Administration References
Summary

Supported Software and Hardware
Pre-Install Tasks
Launchpad
Installation Type
Feature Selection
Product File Installation
ESB Environments
Installation Summary
Installation Verification
Installation Verification
Installation Verification
Troubleshooting Installation
Troubleshooting Installation
Troubleshooting Installation
Fixes
Fixes
Downloading and Applying a Fix Pack
Co-existing With Other WebSphere Products
Review Questions
Review Answers
References

Profiles
Benefits of Profiles
Types of Profiles
Creating Profiles
Creating Profiles Using Profile Management Tool
Creating Profiles Using manageprofiles Command
Verifying Profile Creation
Augmenting Profiles
Augmenting Profiles using Profile Management Tool
Deleting Profiles
Installation Topologies
Topology 1
Topology 2
Topology 3
Topology 3
Review Questions
Review Answers
References

Configuration Overview
Configuration Overview
A Note About A Service Integration Bus (SIB)
A Note About A Service Integration Bus (SIB)
Configuration Overview
WESB Databases
WESB Databases
Create a Deployment Manager Profile
Create a Deployment Manager Profile
Create a Deployment Manager Profile
Create the Common Database
Create a Custom Profile
Create the MEDB Database
Create the Deployment Environment
Deployment Environment Wizard
Deployment Environment Wizard
Deployment Environment Wizard
Manually
Create an ESB Server
Configure Common Event Infrastructure (CEI)
Create the EVENT Database
Review Questions
Review Answers

Need For a New Programming Model
SCA Vendor Support
SCA Basics
SCA Components
A Service Component
References and Wires
Wiring Example
Service Assembly Model
Example Assembly
Imports
Export
Example Import and Export
Summary

What is Mediation Flow?
Source and Target Operations
Message Flow Logic
Mediation Primitives
Anatomy of a Message
Developing a Mediation Flow
Routing Primitives
Transformation Primitives
Other Primitives
Subflow
Summary

Recapping SCA Modules
Deploying SCA Application
Basic Module Administration
Bus Administration
Summary

The Import Component
The Export Component
Introduction to Binding
Supported Binding Types
Implementing Protocol Translation Pattern
The Web Service Binding
Web Service Import and Export
Web Service Binding Administration
Summary

Messaging Binding Choices
Sending a Message
Messaging in WebSphere Environments
Default Messaging
Service Integration Bus
Service Integration Bus
WebSphere MQ
Which To Use?
Default Messaging JMS Configuration
Relationship Between Default Messaging Components
Consuming a Message
JMS Import Binding Configuration
JMS Export Binding Configuration
Working with WebSphere MQ
WebSphere MQ JMS Configuration
Relationship Between MQ Messaging Components
MQ JMS Import Configuration
MQ JMS Export Configuration
Summary

What is an Adapter?
Adapter and SOA
Adapter Example
WebSphere JCA Adapters
Outbound Processing
Inbound Processing
Case Study
Deploying Adapter Module
Adapter Administration
Example: The Flat File Adapter
Summary

Clustering Basics
Clustered Mediation Flows
Clustering ESB Server Overview
Plan the Cluster
Deployment Patterns
Pattern 1: Single Cluster
Pattern 2: Remote Messaging
Pattern 3: Remote Messaging and Remote Support
Custom Pattern
Build a Deployment Manager Profile
Create Custom Profiles
Create the Deployment Environment
Install the Load Balancer
Deploy the Application
Test
Review