Kenny Smith

WebSphere App Server 7 Learning Resources

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For those getting started with WebSphere App Server, I thought I’d refer you to some various sites for general information. All of these sites are also bookmarked at http://del.icio.us/klenny/was7 WAS 7 Infocenterhttp://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/library/ What’s New with WAS 7 (Tom Alcott is a great writer and a guru on WAS)http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0809_alcott/0809_alcott.html WAS fixpack 7.0.0.1 (a must have install)http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=WebSphere+portal+solaris&q2=install&uid=swg27014463&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en … Read more

Creating a Thread Dump in WAS

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A thread dump in Websphere App Server is a log file that contains information about the currently running threads and processes within the JVM. A thread dump log is created if a process on an application server spontaneously closes. Thread dumps can also be triggered on command (forced). This is helpful when you have an … Read more

Rational HATS 7.5 Released

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As I had mentioned in one of my previous posts, Host Access Transformation Services is now available. This is NOT just a upgrade. You will need one of the products from the 7.5 codestream of Rational Software developer products: Rational Application Developer Rational Business developer Rational Software Architect RDi RDz These are based on Eclipse … Read more

WAS 6.1 Scripting Overview

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While doodling around on YouTube, I found a few videos on WebSphere App Server. Of those, one was completely about their marketing packaging. This one, however, seemed relatively useful. It covers WAS scripting interface (a.k.a. wsadmin). If you have never bothered before, here are a few things you can do: Repeatable application installation Precise setup … Read more

Responses to Frequently Asked Questions about IBM Lotus Notes & Domino for November 2008

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This note contains links (URLs) to technical support documents regardingIBM Lotus Notes & Domino, as well as links to key information helping youderive the most value from your software licenses, and helping you be thebest possible system administrator. This month’s mailing has six sections: Announcements Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Open Mics/Webcasts & devWorks articles … Read more

Domino update tests to retire December 31st

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For my fellow consultants out there who have not taken the time to get your Lotus Domino 7 update exams out of the way (that would include me), your time is limited. IBM has announced that these update exams will be retired on December 31st. Really, the only reason to get them at this point … Read more

Ubuntu Linux 8.10 due out tomorrow.

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Ubuntu Linux, easily the number one distribution of GNU Linux operating system is due out tomorrow, October 30. If you have never heard of Linux…well… you’ve probably been living under a rock. If you have but never Ubuntu, well it is a pretty compelling replacement for a Windows desktop. IBM has recently added support for … Read more