Ibm Websphere Application Server V6.1 On The Solaris 10 Operating System

This IBM Redbooks publication tells the reader how to run WebSphere Application Server V6.1 on the Sun Solaris 10 Operating System. While WebSphere Application Server is platform-independent, each platform it runs on requires some additional platform-specific knowledge and configuration in order to ensure it operates efficiently and at maximum capability.

Our primary focus is to explain the installation, configuration, and best practices for deployment and performance tuning of WebSphere Application Server in the Solaris environment. We take you through all the steps required to run WebSphere Application Server on Solaris 10, including installing WebSphere Application Server and Solaris, tuning the operating system and application server, security, administrative tasks, problem determination, and advanced to pologies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to WebSphere Application Server V6.1 on Sun Solaris 10
Chapter 2. Configuring a Solaris environment for WebSphere Application Server
Chapter 3. Installation of WebSphere Application Server for Solaris 10
Chapter 4. Installation of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment for Solaris 10
Chapter 5. Configuration of WebSphere Application Server in an advanced Solaris 10 Environment
Chapter 6. Management and maintenance of WebSphere Application Server on the Solaris Operating System
Chapter 7. Advanced topologies
Chapter 8. Security and identity management
Chapter 9. WebSphere Application Server performance tuning on Solaris 10
Chapter 10. Problem determination

Appendix A. WebSphere Application Server V6.0.2 considerations
Appendix B. Sun Solaris 8 Migration Assistant
Appendix C. Additional material

About the Authors
Philip Monson is a Project Leader for the IBM ITSO. Phil has been with Lotus / IBM for 17 years, joining the company when the early versions of Notes were rolled out for internal use. He has served in management, technical, and consulting roles in the IT, Sales, and Development organizations.

Albert Leigh is a Solution Architect in the Sun ISV Solution group at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Albert has been with Sun for ten years. He provides technical consultation worldwide in the development and deployment of customer solutions pertaining to enterprise Java application infrastructures, virtualization, and system performance for IBM WebSphere products on Solaris. He holds a M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Houston, Clear Lake. Prior to joining Sun, Albert worked on software development projects at NASA Johnson Space Center and has taught undergraduate courses at UHCL. He has written articles on Sun Web sites, technical journals, and also frequently blogs about WebSphere on Solaris at http://blogs.sun.com/sunabl.

Dileep Kumar is a Staff Engineer in the ISV Engineering Group at Sun Microsystems, Inc. He has over ten years of experience in the computer industry and now works on IBM WebSphere products on Solaris. His area of expertise includes Java and J2EE based system design and development, performance enhancement, and implementation. He holds a M.S. degree in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University, Santa Clara. Prior to joining Sun, Dileep worked on various software development projects at Netscape and various solution provider companies in India. Read Dileep's professional blog at http://blogs.sun.com/dkumar.

Ilari Ahtiainen is an IT Specialist who works closely with WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server products for IBM Finland. He has over nine years of IT experience, ranging from sales and support to designing and implementing complex J2EE infrastructures for customers. His specialties are WebSphere Application Server installations, WebSphere Application Server Plug-ins, and IHS (Web tier). He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering from EVTEK University of Applied Sciences.