IBM® WebSphere® Front cover IBM WebSphere Application Server V8 Concepts, Planning, and Design Guide Includes details about end-to-end planning for WebSphere implementations Defines WebSphere concepts and preferred practices Addresses distributed and z/OS platforms Margaret Ticknor Alan Corcoran Balazs Csepregi-Horvath Addison Goering José Pablo Hernandez Julien Limodin Sergio Straessli Pinto ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM WebSphere Application Server V8 Concepts, Planning, and Design Guide August 2011 SG24-7957-00 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page xiii. First Edition (August 2011) This edition applies to Version 8.0 of IBM WebSphere Application Server. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2011. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . xiii Trademarks . xiv Preface . .xv The team who wrote this book . .xv Become a published author, too! . xvii Comments welcome. xvii Stay connected to IBM Redbooks publications . xviii Chapter 1. Introduction to WebSphere Application Server V8 . 1 1.1 Java Platform, Enterprise Edition . 2 1.2 Overview of WebSphere Application Server . 3 1.2.1 Application server purpose . 3 1.2.2 Evolving Java application development standards . 4 1.2.3 Enhanced management . 5 1.2.4 Broader integration . 7 1.2.5 Advanced tooling and extensions . 9 1.3 Packaging . 10 1.3.1 WebSphere Application Server - Express V8 . 11 1.3.2 WebSphere Application Server V8 . 11 1.3.3 WebSphere Application Server for Developers V8 . 12 1.3.4 WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8 . 12 1.3.5 WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V8 . 13 1.3.6 Packaging summary . 13 1.4 Supported hardware, platforms, and software . 14 1.4.1 Hardware . 14 1.4.2 Operating systems . 14 1.4.3 Web servers . 16 1.4.4 Database servers . 16 1.4.5 Directory servers. 17 1.5 Related products . 17 1.5.1 WebSphere Application Server Community Edition . 17 1.5.2 WebSphere Extended Deployment. 18 1.5.3 Rational Application Developer Standard Edition for WebSphere Software V8 . 19 1.5.4 Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V8 . 19 1.5.5 Project Zero and WebSphere sMash . 21 Chapter 2. Integration with other products. 23 2.1 IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business . 24 2.1.1 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 24 2.2 Tivoli Directory Server. 27 2.2.1 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol . 27 2.2.2 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 28 2.3 WebSphere MQ . 28 2.3.1 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 29 2.4 WebSphere adapters . 32 2.4.1 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 33 2.5 WebSphere DataPower . 33 2.5.1 DataPower appliance models . 35 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2011. All rights reserved. iii 2.5.2 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 38 2.6 DB2 . 39 2.6.1 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 40 2.7 IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere . 40 2.7.1 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 41 2.7.2 Architecture of Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere . 41 2.8 WebSphere Portal Server . 42 2.8.1 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 43 2.9 Business process management . 43 2.9.1 Integration with WebSphere Application Server . 44 Chapter 3. Concepts of WebSphere Application Server . 45 3.1 Core concepts of WebSphere Application Server. 46 3.1.1 Applications. 46 3.1.2 Application servers . 49 3.1.3 Profiles . 52 3.1.4 Nodes, node agents, and node groups. 53 3.1.5 Cells . 55 3.1.6 Deployment manager . 56 3.2 Additional concepts for WebSphere Application Server . 57 3.2.1 Administrative agent . 57 3.2.2 Job manager . 58 3.2.3 Web servers . 58 3.2.4 Web server plug-in . 60 3.2.5 Proxy servers . 61 3.2.6 Generic servers. 63 3.2.7 Centralized installation manager. 63 3.2.8 Intelligent runtime provisioning . 64 3.3 Server configurations . 64 3.3.1 Single cell configurations . 64 3.3.2 Flexible management . 66 3.4 Security . ..