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1. What's New in WebSphere Application Server v7 for Administrators
* Java EE 5 Support
* Web Service Policy Sets
* Web Service Policy Sets
* Intelligent Provisioning
* Security Domains
* Security Domains
* Business Level Applications
* Business Level Applications
* Administrative Agent
* Administrative Agent
* Administrative Agent
* Job Manager
* Job Manager
* Job Manager
* Summary

2. Installation Factory
* Installation Issues
* Installation Factory Benefits
* Custom Installation Package
* Integrated Install Packages
* Installation Factory Tools
* Creating a CIP
* Creating a CIP
* Creating a CIP
* Creating a CIP
* Profile Customization
* Internal Documentation
* Summary

3. IBM Support Assistant
* Source of Errors
* Support Tools
* IBM Support Assistant
* ISA Workbench
* Customizing the Workbench
* ISA Preferences
* Search for Information
* Case Management
* Collecting Information
* Guided Troubleshooting
* Troubleshooting Tools
* Manage Service Requests
* Summary

4. Troubleshooting WebSphere Performance Problems
* Troubleshooting or Performance Tuning?
* Tools Used for Performance Problems
* Performance Advisors
* Fixing Threading Issues
* Diagnosing a Memory Leak
* Optimizing Garbage Collection
* Determining Heap Size
* Summary

5. Profiling Application Performance
* What is Application Profiling?
* Profiling to Improve Method Performance
* Profiling to Detect Memory Problems
* Profiling to Detect Synchronization Bottlenecks
* Profiling with IBM Support Assistant
* Profiling Architecture
* Installing the Profiling Agent
* Enabling Profiling on the Server
* Attaching to the Agent from Health Center
* Using the Health Center
* Health Center Perspectives
* Summary

6. Jython Syntax for WebSphere Scripting
* Jython Intro
* Jython Tuples, Lists, and Dictionaries
* Variables
* Expressions and Operators
* Simple Statements
* Loops and Conditional Statements
* Defining Functions
* Defining Classes
* Useful Built-in Jython Methods
* Jython Modules
* Summary

7. Jython Scripting Tools
* Scripting in RAD
* Script Configuration
* Jython Command Assistance in Admin Console
* Command Assistance Notifications
* Jython Script Library
* AdminServerManagement
* AdminApplication
* AdminJDBC
* Managing Configurations with Properties Files
* Exporting Properties File
* Validate a Properties File
* Importing a Properties File
* Scripting Tool Questions
* Scripting Tool Answers

8. Security with Federated Repositories
* Previous User Registry Limitations
* Federated Repositories
* Secure by Default
* Virtual Member Manager (VMM)
* Virtual Realm
* Limitations of Federated Repositories
* Configuring Federated Repositories
* Adding LDAP Repositories
* Adding a Base Entry to the Realm
* Managing Users
* Leveraging Federated Repositories
* Summary

9. WebSphere SSL Configuration
* Need for Encryption
* Public Key Cryptography
* Certificates
* Self-Signed Certificates
* Secure Sockets Layer
* SSL in WebSphere
* WebSphere SSL Configuration
* Automatic Keystore Generation
* SSL with Web Server Plug-in
* SSL with LDAP Server
* Certificate Expiration
* Summary

10. Clusters and Topology
* Clusters
* Creating a Cluster
* Cluster Member Options
* Cluster Member Options
* Managing Clusters
* Mapping Applications to Clusters
* Cluster Topology Screen
* Topology
* Factors Affecting Topology
* Factors Affecting Topology
* Coexistence Scenarios
* Common Topologies
* All in One
* Vertical Scaling
* Server Separation
* "Mixed" Scaling
* Web Server Horizontal Scaling
* Summary

11. Workload Management and Application State
* Types of WLM
* Web Server WLM
* Web Module WLM Architecture
* Web Module WLM Architecture
* Weighted Routing
* State Management
* Server Affinity
* Problems With Server Affinity
* Server Affinity With Failover
* Enabling Server Affinity Failover
* Enabling Server Affinity Failover
* Data Replication Service
* Number of Replicas
* Replication Security
* Session Database
* Session Tuning
* Distributed Session Tuning
* Summary

12. WebSphere Edge Components
* Edge Components Overview
* Load Balancer
* Load Balancer Clusters
* Load Balancer Networking
* High Availability
* Managers and Advisors
* Caching Proxy
* Summary

13. WebSphere Default Messaging in a Cluster
* Default Messaging
* Service Integration Bus
* Service Integration Bus
* Service Integration Bus
* Service Integration Bus
* Bus Members
* Messaging Engine
* Message Store
* Destination
* Message Points
* Mediations
* Default Messaging JMS Configuration
* Creating a Service Integration Bus
* Adding a Bus Member
* Bus Member Message Store
* Add a Destination
* Default Messaging JMS Provider
* Relationship Between Messaging Components
* Messaging High Availability
* Messaging Scalability
* HAManager
* HAManager
* Core Group
* Core Group
* Messaging Engine Core Group Policy
* Summary

14. Overview of WebSphere Architecture
* WebSphere Platform
* "Base" Edition
* "Base" Edition
* Other WAS Editions
* IBM HTTP Server
* WebSphere Profiles
* Creating Profiles
* Benefits of Profiles
* Product Files Directories
* Profile Directories
* Cell/Node/Server
* Config Directory
* Config Directory
* Web Server Integration
* Benefit of a Web Server
* IBM HTTP Server Installation
* Web Server Plug-in
* Web Servers in WebSphere
* Mapping Applications to Web Servers
* Plug-in Configuration
* Workload Management (WLM) Basics
* Role of Network Deployment Software
* Similarities With Base Edition
* Similarities With Base Edition
* Differences With Base Edition
* Network Deployment Cell
* Deployment Manager and Node Agents
* Configuration File Synchronization
* Configuration File Synchronization
* Network Deployment Profiles
* Federating Nodes
* Federating an Application Server Profile
* Federating a Custom Profile
* Adding Nodes
* Cluster
* Vertical Scaling
* Horizontal Scaling
* "Mixed" Scaling
* Reference
* Summary