This advanced course is designed for portal administrators, new to IBM WebSphere Portal, who need to design, build, and manage a high-availability portal environment. This includes clustering, cross-environment deployment, and deployment of resources into a cluster. In this course, those who are new to WebSphere Portal explore the advanced operational aspects of a WebSphere Portal 6.1 environment. Practice the necessary skills for an administrator or architect to administer an existing WebSphere Portal environment, including configuring a horizontal portal cluster, deploying resources (such as portlets) in a clustered environment, troubleshooting a portal clustered environment, moving the portal from staging to production, and performing administrative tasks in a clustered environment.

Audience: This is an advanced course for IBM customers, independent software vendors, systems integrators, and IBM technical staff. Architects and developers, who are new to WebSphere Portal and responsible for implementing solutions using WebSphere Portal 6.1 will benefit as well.

Course Skills:

Configure Web Content Management

Describe various portal topologies

Deploy portlets to a cluster

Deploy a portal from a staging environment to a cluster

Create virtual portals and realms

Implement content manager

Troubleshoot a clustered portal

Describe production procedures