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IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide

By : Steve Robinson
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IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide

By: Steve Robinson

Overview of this book

Administrators require a secure, scalable, and resilient application infrastructure to support the development of JEE applications and SOA services. IBM’s WebSphere Application Server is optimized for this task, and this book will ensure that you can utilize all that this tool has to offer with the exciting new features of IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide is fully revised with details of the new functionality of WebSphere Application Server 8.0, including the new installation GUI, managed deployment, and HPEL. With this book in hand, you will be equipped to provide an innovative, performance-based foundation to build, run, and manage JEE applications and SOA services.IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 has been tuned for higher performance out of the box, and numerous enhancements have been made to give you as an administrator more options for increasing runtime performance. This book will allow you to utilize all of these features, including HPEL logging and disabling WebSphere MQ Messaging. You will be taken through how to configure and prepare WebSphere resources for your application deployments, and by the end of IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide, you will be able to successfully manage and tune your WebSphere 8.0 implementation.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Logs


As a general rule, it is wise to check the installer logs after installation of an update to verify that the install is successful. The log can be found in the following folder: <udi_root>/logs/update/install.

For reference, following are some key error words you may find in the log, along with their explanations:

Status

Description

INSTCONFSUCCESS

The complete installation is a success.

INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS

The installation is partially successful; refer to the installer log for more details.

INSTCONFFAILED

The installation has failed; refer to the installer log for more details. Some of the most common reasons for errors are running out of disk space, folder permissions and environment paths, script syntax, and mismatched versions of update installers.

The best thing to do before any installation is to check you have enough disk space on the filesystem and ensure you have read any notes about the update, often listed on the update's download page. Sometimes it is useful...