Saw this on the blog of one of my IBM colleagues, Mike Whale, earlier this evening: -
Summary: IBM WebSphere Application Server V8 uses the IBM Installation Manager for product installation and lifecycle management. IBM Installation Manager accesses source repositories that contain the content for a software product installation. Repositories are available on product media, in IBM-hosted web-based repositories, and from Passport Advantage for download. This article describes a free, no-cost companion tool called IBM Packaging Utility that can help you create and customize enterprise repositories that contain the right combination of products and maintenance levels needed for all aspects of your business.
What is important when monitoring IBM Business Process Manager at the infrastructure level?
Mon, May 13th 2013 8:45a Dave Hay Again, this popped up in my Twitter stream of consciousness, thanks to @IBM_BPM : - In my customer engagements, I am often asked the following questions: • What metrics should we use to monitor the infrastructure for our IBM Business Process Manager environment? • What key metrics should I always look at to prevent the environment from becoming unavailable? • Which actions should be taken in case the metric threshold is exceeded or when receiving an alert by running out of service? Fo [read] Keywords: ibm
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Top 6 mistakes in IBM Business Process Manager installations
Tue, May 7th 2013 7:09a Dave Hay Let's play a game of word association. What subject comes to mind with the words "engaging" and "terrifying"? Whatever you are thinking, I suspect it wasn't IT security. Yet those very words describe J Keith Wood and Jens Engelke's new IBM Redbooks publication. In it, they share their experiences of working with IBM customers around the world on securing IBM Business Process Manager solutions. Security pitfalls are everywhere and the stakes could not be higher. This blog post is part of [read] Keywords: ibm
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Knowledge Collection: Troubleshooting documents for IBM Business Monitor
Tue, Apr 30th 2013 11:23a Dave Hay Abstract This Knowledge Collection is a focused compilation of links to documents for troubleshooting. Content A Knowledge Collection is a focused compilation of links to documents that share a common theme. Knowledge Collections are navigation aids that organize content to help users quickly find relevant information. Knowledge Collections are not designed to be an all-inclusive list of all documents dealing with the specific theme. Knowledge Collection: Troubleshooting documents for IBM Bus [read] Keywords: ibm
Note to Self - Java Runtime Environment and Mozilla Firefox on 64-bit Red Hat Linux
Tue, Apr 30th 2013 8:06a Dave Hay (1) Download the JRE from here ( assuming that you're happy to use the Oracle JRE ): - Java Downloads for All Operating Systems - Recommended Version 7 Update 21 I chose the Linux x64 RPM from the above list: - http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=76852 (2) Install the RPM: - $ rpm -ivh jre-7u21-linux-x64.rpm (3) Create a symbolic link to the plugin: - ( for non-root user e.g. wasadmin ) $ ln -s /usr/java/jre1.7.0_21/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /home/wasadmin/.mozilla/plugins/ ( fo [read] Keywords: firefox
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Slow but steady success with Oracle 11g R2
Thu, Apr 25th 2013 7:05a Dave Hay I'm on my second installation of Oracle 11g R2, having previously installed it using the GUI. This time around I've used a response file to install the product ( see below )via the command: - ./runInstaller -silent -responseFile response/db_install.rsp and all seems OK so far. I did hit a few challenges: - (i) I don't appear to have the oracle_env.sh script anywhere on my box, meaning that the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID aren't set up. I manually created the script: - oracle_env.sh ORACLE_HO [read] Keywords: ibm
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