IBM Websphere Application Server how to

Below, bunch of very useful links regarding the IBM Websphere Application Server.

Here you can find information regarding the software installation, installation manager, policies, development, JEE specifications, compare IBM Websphere products, get the technical overview as well as the Update and the New features guide, tunning and performance tips, migration and upgrade guides.

Enjoy! 

Supported hardware and software information

http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/appserv-was

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/prodguid/v1r0/clarity/index.html

IBM Support Policies

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21256700

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/lc-policy.html

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgibin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=877&letternum=ENUSZP13-0568

Installation Manager and Managing Repositories

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/1201_seelemann/1201_seelemann.html

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27023967&aid=1

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1301_seelemann/1301_seelemann.html?ca=drs-

The Ideal WebSphere Development Environment

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0312_beaton/beaton.html

Web Server plug-in technotes and Merge tool

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21160581

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21139573

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=twsv_configsimplelb

WebSphere supported Specification levels and pointers to JEE specifications

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=phil&product=was-nd-mp&topic=rovr_specs

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=rovr_specs_javaee7

WebSphere AppServer API Deprecations, removals and stabilizations

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=rmig_deprecationlist

Changes in Default behavior

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=rmig_defaultvalue

WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Concepts, Planning, and Design Guide

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg248022.html?Open

Migrating WebSphere Compute Grid or Feature Pack for Modern Batch

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=phil&product=was-ndzos&topic=container_computegrid_migrating_cg

Webcast replay: WebSphere Application Server V61 for z/OS Exit Plan

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27035994&myns=swgws&mynp=OCSS7K4U&mync=E

WebSphere Training and Technical Enablement

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/

IBM Education Assistant

http://www.ibm.com/software/info/education/assistant/

https://mediacenter.ibm.com/channel/t/33964822

What's new in WebSphere Application Server v7.0

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0809_alcott/0809_alcott.html

What’s new in WebSphere Application Server v8.0

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1106_alcott/1106_alcott.html

What's new in WebSphere Application Server V8.5

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1206_alcott/1206_alcott.html

WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Technical Overview

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4855.pdf

WebSphere Application Server: New Features in V8.5.5

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/abstracts/redp4870.html?Open

WebSphere Application Server V9 Update

https://mediacenter.ibm.com/media/WebSphere+Application+Server+V9+technical+update/0_ttxciunh/33964822

Properties based configuration

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0904_chang/0904_chang.html

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/ae/rxml_7propbasedconfig.html

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27039420

System administration in WebSphere Application Server V8.5, Part 1:An overview of new administrative features and enhancements

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1206_cheng/1206_cheng.html

System administration in WebSphere Application Server V8.5, Part 2:Using the Centralized Installation Manager

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1206_wong/1206_wong.html

System administration in WebSphere Application Server V8.5, Part 3:High Performance Extensible Logging (HPEL)

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1208_bourne/1208_bourne.html

System administration in WebSphere Application Server V8.5, Part 4:Using pluggable SDK 7

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1209_hall/1209_hall.html

IBM Techdocs Whitepapers on WAS Migration case studies, including other IBM products

http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101455

Migrating to Version 7.0 - zOS

http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101329

WAS z/OS Migration Performance Study

http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101589

Case study: Tuning WebSphere Application Server V7 for performance

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0909_blythe/0909_blythe.html

WebSphere Application Server V7 Migration Guide

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp4635.html

Changing host names and migrating profiles

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=tagt_hostname

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0905_webcon/0905_webcon.html

IBM Techdocs Whitepapers on WAS Migration case studies, including other IBM products

http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101455

Migrating to Version 7.0 - zOS

http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101329

WAS z/OS Migration Performance Study

http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101589

Case study: Tuning WebSphere Application Server V7 and V8 for performance

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0909_blythe/0909_blythe.html

WebSphere Application Server V7 Migration Guide

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp4635.html

WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Migration Guide

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248048.html

Changing host names and moving profiles

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0905_webcon/0905_webcon.html

Migrating cell configurations to new host machines

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=phil&product=was-nddist&topic=tmig_migrate_remote_commandline

Migration – Application Installation problems

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27008724&aid=13

Rational Application Developer Performance Tips

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246449.html

WDT and WAS Application Server for Development

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ws/wasdevelopers/

JDK Compatibility

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8-compatibility-guide-2156366.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/compatibility-417013.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/compatibility-137541.html

J2EE class loading

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0112_deboer/deboer.html

Migration from Apache SOAP to WebServices

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-basedist&topic=rwbs_migrate

JavaServer Pages specific Web container custom properties

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=rweb_jsp_custom_props

JMS Listener to Message Driven Bean migration

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=tmj_adm32_

JDK 5/6/7 Tuning

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27013824

Using Spring and Hibernate with WebSphere Application Server

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0609_alcott/0609_alcott.html

WebSphere Application Server Migration Toolkit

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/downloads/migtoolkit/index.html

https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/docs/migration/

https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/docs/migration-toolkit-application-binaries/

https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/downloads/#asset/tools-WebSphere_Application_Server_Migration_Toolkit

https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/downloads/#asset/tools-Migration_Toolkit_for_Application_Binaries

Using other WebService engines in WAS

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/1001_thaker/1001_thaker.html

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=twbs_thirdparty

JSF Migration

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=cord&product=was-ndmp&topic=cweb_jsfmigrate

WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Migration Guide

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248048.html

Resolving Open Source issues

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21639407

UrbanCode Deploy

https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/products/urbancode-deploy/

https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/plugin/websphere-application-server-configure/

Introducing the Visual Configuration Explorer

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0710_supauth/0710_supauth.html

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=1139

IBM Support Assistant

https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/isa/

Best Practices for Configuring and Managing Large WebSphere Topologies

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0710_largetopologies/0710_largetopologies.html

wsadmin Primer

http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101014

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYKE2_8.0.0/welcome/welcome_javasdk_version.html

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYKE2_7.1.0/welcome/welcome_javasdk_version.html

JACL to Jython conversion assistant

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012144

CurrentFunctionPath - resolving function and stored procedure references

Whenever you are getting the error for trying to access particular function via stored procedure, and you get the error, most probably the CurrentFunctionPath does not include the valid (or contains not enough) schema names.

The CurrentFunctionPath is a property, and can contain one or more schema names, separated by commas and enclosed in double quotation marks. Also, the order of the defined schemas determines the orders in which the function and procedure names are resolved.

The default value is the default CURRENT PATH (or CURRENT_PATH) special register setting at the database server.