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Automate data collection for problem determination, Part 6: The IBM Support Assistant Lite tool
Discover a major extension to the IBM Support Assistant Lite tool: extended
analysis. Explore how the extended analysis function works and work through a checklist on how to set up extended analysis for your collections.
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30 Oct 2007 |
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ASP.NET Authentication using LTPA and Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM)
In this article, we show you how to enable your ASP.NET applications for federated single sign-on utilizing the IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.1.1.1 to translate LTPA cookies set by IBM WebSphere Application Server. We show how to create an ASP.NET HTTP module that extracts the LTPA cookie then uses TFIM to translate the token into a username via WS-Trust.Background
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16 Oct 2007 |
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Cryptographic hardware use with Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business: SSL acceleration for WebSEAL using the IBM 4960 on AIX
The most computationally expensive part of establishing an SSL session is decryption of the SSL session's public key sent to an SSL server. By offloading SSL operations to a dedicated hardware device, like the IBM 4960 SSL accelerator, customers can achieve greater performance throughput using fewer CPU cycles. This article outlines the detailed configuration steps to enable SSL acceleration for IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business (TAMeB) WebSEAL using the IBM 4960 crypto card PKCS#11 interface on the IBM AIX platform.
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04 Oct 2007 |
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Troubleshooting Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On (TAMESSO)
This article helps to scale the deployment skills of customers, Business Partners and IBM consultants who deploy and operate the IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On (TAMESSO) product. It will essentially describe various troubleshooting tips of commonly reported problems, and it also aids in overcoming issues encountered during integration of TAMESSO with other products.
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01 Oct 2007 |
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Securing a composite business service delivered as a software-as-a-service: Part II, Supporting identity propagation (enterprise and federated SSO) and authorization
A composite business service (CBS) introduces many new challenges for security in an SOA solution. In this two-article series, a few security scenarios are examined in a proof-of-concept (PoC) CBS software-as-a-service (SaaS) application for banking called Jivaro. These scenarios help to identify when and how to apply different IBM Tivoli security products. In particular, scenarios for using IBM Tivoli Access Manager and Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) for meeting SSO requirements in a CBS are described.
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27 Sep 2007 |
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Software as a Service: Building a
multi-tenant user registry using WebSphere Portal Server & Tivoli Directory Server
This demo shows how to build a multi-tenant user registry using WebSphere Portal Server and Tivoli Directory Server. It is part of a scenario that describes how to enforce security in a Software as a Service application.
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26 Sep 2007 |
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Enforcing security in a Software as a Service application
See how WebSphere portal access control features can be exploited for
enforcing security in a SaaS application by restricting the set of portal pages and portlets that a particular user can access, based on the role of the user.
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26 Sep 2007 |
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Enforcing Security in a Software as a Service application
See how the LDAP Staff Resolution plug-in feature in WebSphere Process
Server is used to secure human tasks in business process execution language (BPEL) processes with a common user registry.
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26 Sep 2007 |
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Software as a Service: Securing human tasks in work flows using WebSphere Process Server & Tivoli Directory Server
See how the LDAP Staff Resolution plug-in feature in WebSphere Process
Server is used to secure human tasks in business process execution language (BPEL) processes with a common user registry.
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26 Sep 2007 |
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Software as a Service: Enforcing role based access control using WebSphere Portal Server & Tivoli Directory Server
See how WebSphere portal access control features can be exploited for
enforcing security in a SaaS application by restricting the set of portal pages and portlets that a particular user can access, based on the role of the user.
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26 Sep 2007 |
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Delegation of Administrative Rights in Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 Using Administrative Roles
For better delegation of administrative rights, a "server administrative roles" feature has been added in the 6.1 release of IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS). This article takes a look at each administrative role in details and presents use cases to show how the role can be used in the real-life scenarios.
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19 Sep 2007 |
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Tivoli Directory Server monitoring using IBM Tivoli Monitoring
IBM Tivoli Monitoring monitors and manages system and network applications on a variety of platforms and keeps track of the availability and performance of all parts of your enterprise. This article details how IBM Tivoli Monitoring can be used to monitor the performance of the IBM Tivoli Directory Server.
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14 Sep 2007 |
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Cryptographic Hardware Use with Tivoli Access Manager for
e-Business: SSL Acceleration in WebSEAL with a Hardware Security Module
Secure web communication has become essential for e-commerce,
business-to-business solutions and enterprise applications.
Typically, SSL is used to secure communications in a secure web environment,
but SSL has a performance cost associated.
This article highlights the benefits of using cryptographic hardware for cryptographic
acceleration within a Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business WebSEAL environment.
The different deployment architectures available for hardware devices are discussed. It
steps through the configuration needed to configure an nCipher netHSM network hardware
security module in WebSEAL through the Global Security Kit (GSKit) on Solaris.
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14 Sep 2007 |
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Securing a composite business service delivered as a software-as-a-service: Part I, secure multi-tenancy with WebSphere Portal Server
A composite business service (CBS) introduces many new challenges (for example, multi-tenancy) for security in an SOA solution. In this two-article series, a few security scenarios are examined in a proof-of-concept CBS software-as-a-service (SaaS) application for banking called Jivaro, which helps to identify when and how to apply different IBM Tivoli security products.
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12 Sep 2007 |
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Managed Agent Explorer, Part 1: Test and inspect your WSDM endpoints
Get an introduction to the Managed Agent Explorer, a test tool to help with the
development of your endpoint using the Eclipse TPTP tooling and a test and introspection
tool for already deployed endpoints. This article explains how to automatically invoke
the Managed Agent Explorer when building an endpoint in the tooling and also how to
connect to a deployed endpoint. You learn how to use the various views in the Managed Agent Explorer
and how to do basic operations such as setting properties and invoking operations.
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04 Sep 2007 |
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Enable database high availability using DB2 HADR and Tivoli SA MP in an SAP environment
Learn how to enable database high availability using IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (DB2 V8 or DB2 9) High Availability and Disaster Recovery capability in an SAP ABAP and Java dual stack environment, as well as how to enable automatic failover using IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatofrms in such an HA system.in points of the longer summary, code, or demo that this summary page points to. Put the primary points and key phrases close to the beginning of the abstract, because it may be truncated in search results.
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30 Aug 2007 |
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Tivoli Storage Manager
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager family of offerings is designed to provide
centralized, automated data protection that can help reduce the risks associated with
data loss while also helping to reduce complexity, manage costs and address compliance
with regulatory data retention requirements. In this demonstration you will see how
Tivoli Storage Manager, when coupled with the integrated solutions console, provides a superior method to centrally manage your storage environment.
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24 Aug 2007 |
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Symptomatic event visualizer, Part 4: The Events Tool view of LTA-JD
Get the most out of the Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop (LTA-JD)
using this four-part series as an overview, installation, and configuration usage
guide. This series explains how your data can be more consumable from start to
finish, as well as how to reduce your problem determination and maintenance costs. The series includes an installation/configuration/customization/usage/troubleshooting guide, performance-enhancing tips, integration and hands-on scenarios, and data on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 Events Tool. This article, the series finale, explains how to run the LTA-JD from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1.
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21 Aug 2007 |
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Configuration of the Tivoli Access Manager Combo Adapter for Tivoli Identity Manager
IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) user accounts can be provisioned by IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) using two different TIM-supported adapters: The standard TAM adapter or the new TAM Combo Adapter. This article helps to give the reader an understanding of the different configuration options that can be used when configuring the TAM Combo Adapter in a TIM environment.
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13 Aug 2007 |
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Symptomatic event visualizer, Part 3: A visual tour of the Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop
This four-part series is a comprehensive usage guide that gives you an
overview of the Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop, instructs you in the
installation process and teaches you to configure the tool correctly. The series
includes performance-enhancing tips, integration and hands-on scenarios, as well as
data on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 Events Tool. Discover how your data can be more consumable from start to finish and learn how to
reduce your problem determination and maintenance costs. In part three, go on a
visual tour of the technology (a screenshot is worth a thousand words), gain
troubleshooting tips, and learn how to get the best performance out of the LTA-JD.
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07 Aug 2007 |
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Comparison of external authentication mechanisms for WebSEAL
This article compares the two supported mechanisms for providing custom authentication services within IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business (TAMeB) WebSEAL, C and HTTP, and identifies key differences between them. These key differences are used to identify sets of requirements where one approach is more suitable than the other. A reader can then use these differences to determine which approach to use for their custom authentication processing.
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31 Jul 2007 |
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Autonomic computing tip: So you want SSL security on ISC
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) provides encryption, certificate-based
authentication, and security negotiations, allowing you to bring data security over open communications channels to your Integrated Solutions Console (ISC). This is a quick checklist of step-by-step instructions on enabling SSL certificates on your ISC versions 5.1 and 6.0.1.
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31 Jul 2007 |
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Symptomatic event visualizer, Part 2: Meet the Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop
This four-part series is a comprehensive usage guide that gives you an
overview of the Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop, instructs you in the
installation process and teaches you to configure the tool correctly. The series
includes performance-enhancing tips, integration and hands-on scenarios, as well as
data on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 Events Tool. Discover how your data can be more consumable from start to finish and learn how to
reduce your problem determination and maintenance costs. In part two, get an overview of the LTA-JD, discover an installation and configuration guide
for the tool, and view a table of the main functions of the tool.
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24 Jul 2007 |
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Intermediate scalability with the IBM Tivoli Directory Proxy Server
The IBM Tivoli Directory Proxy Server acts as a layer of abstraction over data distributed across multiple directory servers. There are several ways of distributing data across a set of back-end directory servers. This article is intended to highlight the pros and cons of the subtree based distribution of data.
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23 Jul 2007 |
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WebSEAL Single Sign-On with Telecom WAP 2.0/GPRS/3G gateways
This article provides a general single sign-on (hereafter called SSO) solution for mobile phone portal. It teaches you how to integrate Tivoli Access Manager for e-business (hereafter called TAMeb) WebSEAL with the existing subscriber authentication and authorization of the Telecom WAP/GPRS/3G/i-mode gateways. After reading the article, you will know how the i-mode Gateway and Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) 2.0 gateway work, and how these gateways can be integrated with TAMeb. Finally, we go through a specific example and show you how to build the end-to-end solution.
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19 Jul 2007 |
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Tivoli Security: Using Tivoli Access Manager for e-business with HTTPS for Authentication Only
In intranet deployments of IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business, there is often a requirement to use the HTTPS protocol for the authentication phase only, and use HTTP protocol for all other communications. Reasons for this are typically that the network is (mostly) trusted, and the performance impact
of SSL is deemed unwarranted. This article describes the configuration procedure to achieve this with the
WebSEAL component of Tivoli Access Manager for e-business.
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19 Jul 2007 |
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Using the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client in cluster environments on UNIX and Linux
Software products that provide a high availability of resources are becoming commonplace in today's computing environments. As the complexity of managing logical disks and their data increases in cluster environments, understanding and deploying an effective backup strategy for complete data protection is a top priority.
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18 Jul 2007 |
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Build a custom static parser plugin for LTA-JD
The huge amount of data to analyze after system failures poses the initial difficulty
in problem determination -- this is especially true when the failures are related to
concurrent usage and stress. The Log Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop (LTA-JD) is a
powerful tool for problem determination and analysis once the text logs are properly
extracted as Common Base Events. But what's the easiest way to extract, say, Java
Virtual Machine (JVM) logs from the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) so they can be used by the LTA-JD? This
article introduces the design of a custom static parser as a plugin for LTA-JD to
construct a meaningful, common language from the plain text WebSphere Application Server JVM logs.
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17 Jul 2007 |
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Single Sign-On for SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP with Tivoli Access Manager
This article describes how to configure single sign-on (SSO) for SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP (AS-ABAP) applications by leveraging the SSO solution for IBM Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL and SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (AS-Java) in conjunction with the SAP logon ticket. This is achieved without the requirement of visible redirections and the TAM Global Sign-On (GSO) Lockbox.
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12 Jul 2007 |
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Designing manageable resources with Apache Muse
Learn to design and develop a system with multiple manageable resources without resorting
to lots of cut-and-paste hacks. With the help of WSDLMerge, an overlooked tool in the Apache Muse project
arsenal, you can discover best practices for creating manageability interfaces that are
optimized for reuse.
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10 Jul 2007 |
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Designing manageable resources with Apache Muse
Do you want to evolve from creating WSDM-compliant projects with Apache Muse to creating
WSDM-optimized projects? Any new user can use Apache Muse to design the Web
services interface for a manageable resource, generate the necessary Java code, and
build a deployable artifact with little thought towards the underpinnings of the Apache
Muse runtime. But if you are creating Web services to expose a large number of manageable resources or even just a single resource that is fairly complex, it pays to understand the core concepts behind the Muse programming model. Read this article, and the following tutorial, to
discover the core concepts that will take you from creating WSDM-compliant projects with
Muse to
creating WSDM-optimized projects with Muse.
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03 Jul 2007 |
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Step by step how-to on integrating your application with IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1
As a customer or business partner looking to hook an application to IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1, it may seem like a daunting task. But follow our step by step guide, and you'll find that integrating your application to IBM Tivoli Monitoring can be the easiest IBM integration you've done. We will describe scenarios in the Retail industry and steps on how to get the "Ready for IBM Tivoli software" validation.
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28 Jun 2007 |
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Craft custom query dialects with Apache Muse
The Apache Muse project provides an implementation of WS-ResourceProperties
(WSRP) that includes support for QueryResourceProperties and XPath queries. The
project also has an API that allows you to add support for your own query languages.
Learn how to add this support using just a little Java code. In addition, review all
of the different filtering options available with the project and see how you can
leverage them in your Muse-based Web-service endpoints.
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26 Jun 2007 |
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Session management server: Session transitions and state
The session management server (SMS) is a new component of Tivoli® Access Manager for e-business (TAMeb), version 6.0. The SMS provides a broad range of capabilities that change the way Tivoli Access Manager Web security servers (WebSEAL or Web server plug-ins) handle Web-based browser sessions. This paper is to educate you about a session's lifecycle within the SMS by using real-life use cases. You will gain an understanding of what communication takes place between the different products in relation to SMS. This knowledge will give you the confidence to troubleshoot an environment that contains SMS, if problem determination is required.
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25 Jun 2007 |
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Symptomatic event visualizer, Part 1: Challenges in data collection
This four-part series is a comprehensive usage guide that gives you an
overview of the Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop, instructs you in the
installation process and teaches you to configure the tool correctly. The series
includes performance-enhancing tips, integration and hands-on scenarios, as well as
data on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 Events Tool. Discover how your data can be more consumable from start to finish and learn how to
reduce your problem determination and maintenance costs. In part one, identify the challenges in data
collection and see how a common event format and a symptom repository help address
those challenges.
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19 Jun 2007 |
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Effective policy design for large deployments of IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Operating System
Effective policy design is critical for large deployments of IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems. A large deployment can involve hundreds or thousands of UNIX and Linux systems, each with many resources to secure. This can result in a large and complex set of policy definitions in the IBM Tivoli Access Manager policy database, which has implications on network load, maintenance overhead, and the IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems performance. This document looks at the issues and identifies approaches to improve the policy.
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13 Jun 2007 |
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High-availability middleware on Linux, Part 5: High availability of Policy Server using High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing v5.3
The purpose of this article is to summarize the concept and importance of the high availability of Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) policy server. The article also explains the different possible scenarios of configuration using IBM AIX High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing (HACMP) v5.3, the comparison of different choices and step-by-step description of one such scenario , namely IP-address takeover via IP-replacement methodology. The article assumes preliminary knowledge of Tivoli Access Manager for e-business.
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12 Jun 2007 |
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Enabling WSDM Advertisement with Apache Muse
One of the most powerful features of the WS-DistributedManagement (WSDM) standard is the Advertisement capability -- it defines a standard for notifications describing the life cycle of a manageable resource. When combined with WS-Notification (WSN), WSDM Advertisement can help solve one of the trickiest problems in a self-managing IT system -- how to "bootstrap" the system by alerting management clients to the manageable resources they should be monitoring. Today this configuration can be done with manual intervention and the hardcoding of resource information, but this does not make for a very adaptable system. In this article, the author will show how manageable resources that are implemented with Apache Muse can take advantage of its WSDM Advertisement features to make startup and discovery a more dynamic and flexible process.
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12 Jun 2007 |
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Command line adapter for Tivoli Identity Manager
When using IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) adapters, it often becomes necessary to execute an auxiliary function that is not provided ”ready to use” by the adapter. For example, when
provisioning an Active Directory (AD) account, there might be a need to create a default set of folders and files in the user's home directory. This paper discusses developing a custom ITIM adapter that allows these auxiliary functions to be implemented using shell commands. The paper also discusses the advantages of running this custom adapter over the use of postexec and preexec functions. It is assumed that the audience of this article is familiar with ITIM and Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI).
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12 Jun 2007 |
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Provisioning & Orchestration
The IBM Tivoli Provisioning and Orchestration portfolio of applications distributes software reliably and securely and manages the configuration of physical and virtual servers, desktops and notebooks, storage and network devices. It supports the creation and operation of automated workflows to perform these functions on systems and applicatons in a repeatable and dependable manner.
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11 Jun 2007 |
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Three keys to enable a WSDM/Apache Muse metrics reporting system
WS-DistributedManagement (WSDM) is an OASIS standard that defines Web service
interfaces for the most fundamental parts of a manageable resource. Part of the WSDM specification is about metrics, or resource properties whose values are collected over a period of time; examples of Web service metrics might be the number of requests handled per minute, the amount of disk space consumed per day, or the percentage of transactions that failed due to server timeouts. This article explains three important tasks associated with using WSDM metrics -- deciding which of your resource properties should be metrics, leveraging Apache Muse to create metrics, and evaluating metric values from a Web service client.
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05 Jun 2007 |
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How to use TAMeb 6.0 SMS for an automatic account management service
Tivoli Access Manager for e-business (TAMeb) version 6.0 introduced the Session Management Server (SMS). This new service provides a solution for complex shared session management requirements and storage of login data. This article shows how this information can be used to automatically manipulate accounts to avoid potential threats, and assist with proactively satisfying account compliance requirements.
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30 May 2007 |
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Define, configure, and process topics for notification producers
WS-Notification (WSN) is an OASIS standard that describes, among other things, a
system for categorizing the types of notifications that are emitted from a manageable
resource. By grouping notifications into categories, the designer of a resource's Web
service interface makes it much easier for clients to find the data they need while
ignoring data that is irrelevant. The Apache Muse project contains an implementation of
WS-Notification, including all of the topic data structures and processing logic described
in the specification. This article reviews how to define and configure topics for your notification producers, as well as how to process topic-based notifications in your notification consumers.
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29 May 2007 |
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Creating a new portal: Part 6. Administering and maintaining the portal
This last part in the series "Creating a new portal" describes the ongoing support and administration of a portal, including the need for specific team members and their roles. It discusses the skills and training that should be developed before your portal goes live, how to harden the performance of your portal, and issues you might face with the deployment and governance of your production system.
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23 May 2007 |
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Monitor a WSDM resource with Tivoli Monitoring Universal Agent
Discover how you can use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) Universal Agent to
consume and monitor a Web Services for Distributed Management (WSDM)-compliant interface for a manageable resource. Learn how to download, install, and configure the ITM Universal Agent to monitor the Apache HTTP Server.
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22 May 2007 |
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Deploy Red Hat across multiple computers using Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment
Any time you have employees, overhead costs are going to be substantial,
especially when it comes to new hires. Of the many things new employees need, setting up their computer
and its operating
system, and installing and configuring appropriate applications is
one of the most time-consuming. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment greatly reduces this overhead by allowing you
to create and manage deployable images and any associated software packages efficiently
through a Web interface. This tutorial shows you how to use Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment to create installation
images and manage packages for an actual deployment of RedHat Enterprise Linux.
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22 May 2007 |
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Report Data Analyzer: Interpret EWLM performance data
As a workload manager (and not a capacity planning tool), the IBM Enterprise
Workload Manager focuses on real-time data and, thus, only retains performance data
covering the past 24 hours. There was a customer requirement, however, to have this data
available for later analysis. And so, the Data Hardening plug-in was added. This plug-in
allows on-the-fly dumping of performance data onto the file system. But, the
dumped data can't be directly exploited: Enter EWLM Report Data Analyzer.
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15 May 2007 |
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Optimal message processing with WS-Notification filters
WS-Notification (WSN) is an OASIS standard that describes a system for subscribing to and receiving notifications from a manageable resource; these notifications may reference changes in state, fatal errors, status updates, and more. The standard also describes a way of filtering notifications so that clients can specify a subset of a resource's notifications that they are truly interested in. The Apache Muse project contains an implementation of WS-Notification that includes all of the filtering options. This article reviews all of the different filtering options, the positives and negatives of each, and shows you how you can leverage them in your Muse-based Web service endpoints.
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08 May 2007 |
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SSL on ISC, Part 2: Configuring and enabling SSL on the Integrated Solutions Console 5.1/6.0.1
Achieve data security over open communications channels with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which provides encryption, certificate-based authentication, and security negotiations. In part one of this three-part series, you learned what SSL is and why you should implement it on your Integrated Solutions Console. In this article, learn step-by-step how to implement SSL on version 5.1 and 6.0.1 of the Integrated Solutions Console.
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01 May 2007 |
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IBM Tivoli Access Manager Tracing
Successful problem determination of IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business (TAMeb) incidents requires an ability to exploit a number of key tools. IBM Tivoli Software Support usually provides leadership to our customers on which tools to use to further analyse such incidents. This article provides information on one of these tools, TAMeb component tracing, and aims to give the reader some guidance on choosing an appropriate tracing component for problem determination of a specific incident.
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27 Apr 2007 |
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Discover ITDS extended operations with JNDI
This article introduces readers to the world of extended operations in IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS). The article makes users aware of extended operations using examples in the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI).
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26 Apr 2007 |
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Practical TAM Authorization API
Learn simple use of the Tivoli Access Manager Java Authorization API to create a JSP which will display the TAM credential on a web application server running behind Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL or the Tivoli Access Manager web plug-ins. This capability will essentially mirror the output of the "epac" CGI application that ships with the Tivoli Access Manager web runtime environment (except it will execute much faster!). A downloadable version of the final product is provided.
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26 Apr 2007 |
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Introducing Adapters with Tivoli Directory Integrator 6.1
The Adapter concept is introduced with the IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) 6.1 release. This concept provides an alternative way to develop custom connectors for TDI. This article introduces the Adapter concept and illustrates how to develop, distribute and utilize a TDI-based Adapter using the comprehensive steps.
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26 Apr 2007 |
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A practical guide to configuring DB2 UDB Databases for Data Protection with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Advanced Copy Services
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Advanced Copy Services Version 5.3.3 allows you to protect DB2 UDB multi partition databases distributed across one or more hosts, with the data configured on centralized storage systems in a storage area network. This article helps you configure your multi partition databases and storage subsystems for data protection using Tivoli Storage Manager Advanced Copy Services for DB2.
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26 Apr 2007 |
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Autonomic computing tip: So you're building a WSDM interface
When you've built your Web Services Description Language (WSDL), this quick tip will remind you to how to map your interface to httpd-specific commands and settings using the Muse code-generation tool, WSDL2Java.
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24 Apr 2007 |
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Enforce resource property semantics with metadata
The WS-ResourceProperties specification defines a standard for declaring strongly-typed properties as part of a Web service interface, but it does not say anything about permissions, validation, and other important topics. Fortunately, the WS-ResourceFramework authors have provided a new specification, WS-ResourceMetadata, that can help you deal with these issues in a standard way. The Apache Muse project provides implementations of both of these specs and lets you associate metadata with your resource properties with just a small XML file. This article describes how to use metadata to secure and validate your properties and how to test different metadata settings.
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24 Apr 2007 |
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End-to-end security and message protection in a WebSphere MQ client/server environment
This article shows you how to use IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Business Integration, which is provided as part of WebSphere MQ V6 Enterprise Security Edition, to secure WebSphere MQ clients and provide end-to-end message security. It also describes how Tivoli Access Manager supplements WebSphere MQ security, and the steps required to configure client security.
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18 Apr 2007 |
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Log files in action: Convert z/OS logs in a snap
Discover how to find z/OS log files and how to convert them to a format useful for autonomic computing components. Before log files can be used for such autonomic computing purposes as problem determination, they must be in a common language (such as the Common Base Event format). Not only can binary-format z/OS logs not be used by autonomic computing systems in their native state, they are often difficult to locate. This article explains how to find and convert z/OS logs to a text format, rendering them useful for autonomic computing components.
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17 Apr 2007 |
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Implement DB2 high availability disaster recovery in a Tivoli System Automation cluster domain
Learn step-by-step how to implement DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows high availability disaster recovery in an IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms cluster domain. You'll derive the twin benefits of a highly reliable and available cluster and a robust, seamless database failover in case of a database crash. This configuration provides the foolproof, 24/7 system availability essential for business critical installations. The example setup uses Red Hat Linux and DB2 Universal Database V8.2 but applies also to later versions of DB2.
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12 Apr 2007 |
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Build a framework for problem determination triage, Part 2
So how do you set up "triage" problem determination? This article describes aspects of event visualization for triage problem determination that use concepts of autonomic computing -- such as Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop (LTA-JD) -- and symptoms to represent, detect, evaluate, and resolve incidents and problems related to business mission-critical infrastructure management and operations. This two-part article also covers event and symptom visualization and processing methods of LTA-JD to enable efficient proactive avoidance of these incidents and problems. In this second part, you'll take a more detailed tour of the framework in action.
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10 Apr 2007 |
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IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Business Integration and IBM WebSphere MQ Internet pass-thru
The IBM WebSphere MQ Internet pass-thru product is a means for customers to federate their WebSphere MQ infrastructure with partners. The IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Business Integration product provides role-based access control to the WebSphere MQ environment. Whilst there is much documentation on each product, there is no documentation that describes how both products work in the same environment. This article introduces both products and then looks at how they can be used together to provide role-based access control in a federated WebSphere MQ environment. A number of theoretical integration options are presented.
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09 Apr 2007 |
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Muse and WEF eases event reporting
The Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) Event Format (WEF) is an OASIS standard that describes how to serialize events related to systems management in XML. The standard goes into detail about required values, optional values, and the semantics of both, but it offers no instruction for actually implementing the system. Fortunately, the Apache Muse project has an implementation of WEF that lets you create, send, and receive WEF events using a simple Java API. This article shows you how to handle these tasks from within an Apache Muse application.
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03 Apr 2007 |
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Build a framework for problem determination triage
So how do you set up "triage" problem determination? This article describes aspects of event visualization for triage problem determination that use concepts of autonomic computing -- such as Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop (LTA-JD) -- and symptoms to represent, detect, evaluate, and resolve incidents and problems related to business mission-critical infrastructure management and operations. This two-part article also covers event and symptom visualization and processing methods of LTA-JD to enable efficient proactive avoidance of these incidents and problems. In this first part, you'll take a tour of the underlying concepts.
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27 Mar 2007 |
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Implementing password expiry reminder using IBM Tivoli Access Manager
A company's security policy might include requirements for password expiration, such as password expiration reminder. While IBM Tivoli Access Manager (ITAM) does not provide a ready-to-use mechanism to allow users to determine when their password will expire or offer a mechanism to remind the user of the time remaining until password expiry; this article demonstrates how a small application can be used with ITAM WebSEAL to solve these requirements.
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26 Mar 2007 |
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Autonomic computing tip: So you are building a WSDM interface
When you're building a Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM)-compliant interface for a manageable resource with Apache Muse, these four simple steps will guide you in designing the necessary Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
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20 Mar 2007 |
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SSL on ISC, Part 1: What is SSL and why should I care?
Achieve data security over open communications channels with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which provides encryption, certificate-based authentication, and security negotiations. This article, part one of a three-part series, describes SSL and explains why you should implement it on your Integrated Solutions Console. In parts two and three, follow a step-by-step guide to learn how to implement SSL on the Integrated Solutions Console versions 5.1 and 6.0.1, respectively.
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20 Mar 2007 |
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Informix back up with Tivoli Storage Manager: Using OnBar and ontape utility
OnBar and ontape utilities are features and effective tools for back-up and restore operations on Informix databases. TivoliStorage Manager (TSM) is also considered an effective storage management application. Proper combination of these facilities will lead to an optimal strategy and a trusted back-up andrestore framework for Informix database administration. The main motivation of this article is to educate and encourage Informix and TSM users to use the combination and enjoy the features. This document has been prepared in assumption that the readers have basic knowledge of Informix and its underlying operating system. Preferably this document can be used as a pocket handbook for Informix database administrators and system administrators.
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15 Mar 2007 |
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Put Muse and Eclipse TPTP WSDM tools to work
Learn how to install Apache Muse, the stable release of the Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) Tooling in Eclipse TPTP 4.3, and the latest development builds of WSDM Tooling in TPTP 4.4. With this tutorial, a stand-alone "prequel" to the tutorial on crafting a WSDM endpoint using the Eclipse TPTP Build to Manage tooling, you'll be a master of installation.
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13 Mar 2007 |
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Meet the specs: WS-RT 1.0 operations, Part 3
Meet the WS-ResourceTransfer 1.0 initial draft specification, a proposed
open standard that extends certain operations by allowing fragments of XML code in a
single resource to be addressed instead of having to affect the entire resource. This
article provides a closer look at how the WS-ResourceTransfer 1.0 specification handles faults.
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06 Mar 2007 |
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LTA for multievent software problem analysis
Explore a sample symptom catalog and related events that illustrate how the IBM Log and Trace Analyzer (LTA) can help you diagnose software problems when they span multiple systems. This article introduces the LTA and illuminates its problem determination features; discusses symptoms, symptom definitions, events, and the event-symptom relationship; and explains the complexities of multievent symptom management.
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20 Feb 2007 |
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Create a WSDM endpoint using Build to Manage tooling from the Eclipse TPTP project
Build a Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) interface for the Apache HTTP server without having to worry about Web services artifacts like Web Services Description Language (WSDL) and schema files, using refreshed tooling for WSDM in the Eclipse open source project. In a previous tutorial, you learned how to accomplish this task by hand coding the artifacts required by the Apache Muse run time and using the command-line utilities in Muse. In this tutorial, you do the same but in a faster, easier way. By the end of this tutorial, you will be accomplished at using the tooling integrated into Eclipse to model, generate, and test WSDM interfaces.
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13 Feb 2007 |
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Why open source for the WSDM open standard?
Get an overview of the run time and tooling for Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) available in the Apache Muse and Eclipse TPTP (Test and Performance Tools Platform) projects. This article is a companion to the tutorial on creating a WSDM interface and also describes the motivation of building this in open source. Learn how you can influence both the development of the run time and the tooling. In this article, I share with you my personal views on why open source is the best avenue to develop implementations of the WSDM open standard.
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13 Feb 2007 |
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Meet the specs: WS-RT 1.0 operations, Part 2
Meet the WS-ResourceTransfer 1.0 initial draft specification, a proposed open standard that extends certain operations by allowing fragments of XML code in a single resource to be addressed instead of having to affect the entire resource. This article provides a closer look at how the WS-ResourceTransfer 1.0 specification extends the Create operation.
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06 Feb 2007 |
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Never worry about backup again
Tivoli Continuous Data Protection backs up your files the moment you change them. At only US$35, this low-cost product may be right for you.
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31 Jan 2007 |
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Solutions in action: The installation blues
Get concise tips for solving challenges to using autonomic computing technologies. This installment focuses on installation challenges, including installation problems with the Generic Log Adapter and the Tivoli Change and Configuration Database on Windows servers and a problem getting the remote agent controller to run on z/OS.
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30 Jan 2007 |
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High-availability configurations for local SASP-oriented load balancing
Learn how to enable the Server/Application State Protocol (SASP) protocol to be used in local high-availability load-balancing environments that contain multiple load balancers and a single workload manager. This article explains local high-availability load-balancing environments and describes how existing SASP implementations can be applied. The article also provides an example of this environment using the IBM Enterprise Workload Manager (EWLM) and two Cisco Content Switching Modules (CSM).
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23 Jan 2007 |
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Solutions in action: Answers to four Integrated Solutions Console problems
Get concise tips for solving challenges to using autonomic computing technologies. This installment focuses on the Integrated Solutions Console, including installation and implementation problems on Windows servers, when you experience difficulty setting up the Integrated Solutions Console to manage different machines (with a workaround), and if you have trouble achieving a clean uninstall of the console.
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16 Jan 2007 |
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Meet the experts: Cecilia Ekelin on developing an autonomic automotive architecture
Volvo's Dr. Cecilia Ekelin discusses the DySCAS consortium project and its quest to construct an architecture dedicated to enabling automotive electronics to form autonomous, ad hoc networks.
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03 Jan 2007 |
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Hit the ground running with AIDE, Part 7: Better IT management
The IBM Autonomic Integrated Development Environment (AIDE) facilitates a model-driven approach to touchpoint development, which is a useful, factory-style, wizard-assisted pattern for producing generic touchpoints. However, at some point in the AIDE-driven workflow, the touchpoint must be made specific to a given application. You can do this either at the model design stage or manually through hard-coding. In this tutorial -- the seventh in the series -- discover techniques for creating both generic and specific touchpoints, and learn how to produce touchpoints that have the right mixture for a given management application.
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19 Dec 2006 |
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Solutions in action: Problems installing ISC 6.0
Get concise tips for solving challenges to using autonomic computing technologies. See how version control can cause problems with installing the Integrated Solutions Console and how error log files can be your best friend.
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12 Dec 2006 |
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Keep your WSDM endpoints trim with Apache Muse
Learn how to use Apache Muse 2.0 to create WS-DistributedManagement (WSDM) interfaces for resource types that have hundreds or thousands of instances. First, this article shows how to create a WSDM interface to represent Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application resources (which can be quite numerous in any given application server). Second, it shows how to create a "factory" resource that in turn creates the Web application resources as they are installed on the server. Finally, you'll see how to minimize the footprint needed to support a large number of resources so the WSDM endpoint doesn't burden its host.
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12 Dec 2006 |
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Solutions in action: RAC and out-of-box adapters
Get concise tips for solving challenges to using autonomic computing technologies. In this article, uncover a reason why it may be difficult to use out-of-the-box adapters with the Remote Agent Controller. Also, discover what to look for if you have to reinstall an autonomic computing component.
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05 Dec 2006 |
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Toward autonomous automotives
Take a detailed look at the Dynamically Self-Configuring Automotive Systems project's plans for a specification to make automobile systems more autonomous and its first product, the whitepaper entitled "A Future Dynamically Reconfigurable Automotive Software System." In this paper, the author outlines some of the project members' objectives to advance the technologies required to build self-configuration aspects into automotive middleware layers and run-time environments.
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05 Dec 2006 |
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Setting up Tivoli Directory Server replication using the command line
The Web Administration tool that ships with the directory server is the easiest way to setup and manage your replication topology. In some situations administrators might need to set up replication using the command line Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) tools. This article is intended to help administrators to understand the basics of setting up Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) replication using the command line.
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04 Dec 2006 |
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Meet the specs: WS-RT 1.0 operations, Part One
Meet the WS-ResourceTransfer 1.0 initial draft specification, a proposed open standard that extends certain operations by allowing fragments of XML code in a single resource to be addressed instead of having to affect the entire resource. This article provides a closer look at how the WS-ResourceTransfer 1.0 specification extends the Get operation.
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29 Nov 2006 |
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Create a WSDM interface for an HTTP server using Apache Muse
Learn how you can use Apache Muse to create a WS-DistributedManagement (WSDM)-compliant interface for a manageable resource. In this tutorial, you'll see how to design the Web service interface for the resource, generate code for the implementation, and deploy the code as a Web application. The manageable resource focus of this tutorial is the ubiquitous Apache HTTP Server, commonly-referred to as "httpd." After completing this tutorial, you should have a Muse-based application that lets any WSDM-compliant management client manipulate the httpd resource.
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21 Nov 2006 |
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Architecture in practice, Part 1: Realizing Service-Oriented Architecture
IBM architect Tilak Mitra provides practical guidance about IBM tools you can use to build a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution. In this first installment of his column, you get an overview about the IBM SOA Foundation as well as IBM Rational, WebSphere, and Tivoli software tools and other resources you can use to make your SOA designs a reality.
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21 Nov 2006 |
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Hit the ground running with AIDE, Part 6: Build an autonomic computing system
This tutorial -- the sixth in the series -- introduces two key elements of the IBM Autonomic Integrated Development Environment (AIDE): Apache Tomcat and Axis. Discover tooling-related gaps that the AIDE online help doesn't cover so that you can become more comfortable with the way the toolkit uses the standard open source components.
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14 Nov 2006 |
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Solutions in action: To slash or double backslash
Get concise tips for solving challenges to using autonomic computing technologies. In this article, take a look at how the direction of a simple slash can slow down your work.
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14 Nov 2006 |
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Automating WebSEAL junction management
WebSEAL junctions are the configuration construct for specifying the web servers that will be protected in a IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business environment where a reverse-proxy architecture is used. Managing junction definitions is complicated by requirements such as high availability, disaster recovery and configuration migration. This paper introduces a method that simplifies WebSEAL junction management through the use of a central configuration repository and a tool for distributing that configuration.
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09 Nov 2006 |
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Automate data collection for problem determination, Part 5: Incremental analysis in the AutoPD Tool
In this article, Part 5 of this series on using the Automated Problem Determination (AutoPD) tool, discover a new Incremental Analysis function that replaces the tool's original <infocollect> task. With this new function, the results of several independently specified analysis activities can be combined into a single analysis report, creating an additional flexibility that makes it possible for a script writer to reuse previous analysis targets as is, even if those targets were developed in isolation from each other.
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07 Nov 2006 |
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Build a HAL 9000 with IBM autonomic computing technology
In this article (which could have been titled "2006: An Autonomic Odyssey"), see how HAL 9000, the computer in the "2001: A Space Odyssey" movie, the smartest believable artificial intelligence so far in fiction, could predict equipment failure, answer personal questions, learn to sing "Bicycle built for Two," and go insane, based on IBM Build to Manage Toolkit components. By the end of this article, you'll see how autonomic computing can be implemented today; determine if there is such a thing as a Hofstadter-Moebius loop in programming; and discover if HAL stands for Heuristic ALgorithmic computer, Heuristic Autonomic Learner, or is simply the first three letters of a prankster holiday that occurs about this time of the year.
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31 Oct 2006 |
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Solutions in action: Problem Determination condition errors
Get concise tips for solving challenges to using autonomic computing technologies. In this article, take a look at two ideas to help you overcome common problems with the Problem Determination scenario -- fixing the error condition and when the scenario stops at Inducing Condition.
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24 Oct 2006 |
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The autonomic computing edge: Common Base Event Best Practices
Event-driven systems are an important part of enterprise IT management. The autonomic computing architecture defines an event representation called the Common Base Event that is the basis for the Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) Event Format (or WEF). As the adoption rate of this event format races forward, IBM found it prudent to generate some best practices for its use; these best practices were published earlier this year. This article offers a perspective on those best practices and discusses their application in IT management systems.
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17 Oct 2006 |
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How to configure the TAMeb 6.0 EAI to implement complex authentication requirements
Tivoli Access Manager for e-business (TAMeb) version 6.0 introduced the external authentication interface (EAI). This TAMeb interface provides another method for providing solutions for complex authentication requirements. This paper discusses how the EAI operates and through an example describes the details of how to configure TAMeb for an EAI application. The source code of the EAI application is available for download.
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16 Oct 2006 |
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Doing away with manual, real-time management
Manual real-time management of dense services is both uneconomic and difficult -- there is a critical need for automated end-to-end IT management. In this article, learn those needs, discover IBM's place in the on-demand service culture, and see how automated management forms an important part of an on-demand world and why autonomic computing is a key element to achieve it.
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10 Oct 2006 |
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Solutions in action: GLA mismatching
Get concise tips for solving challenges when using autonomic computing technologies. This week, discover why a user's Generic Log Adapter records don't match up between his development and his run-time environments.
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10 Oct 2006 |
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Configure Tivoli Dynamic Workload Broker and EWLM to produce efficient job dispatching and scheduling
Configure Tivoli Dynamic Workload Broker and Enterprise Workload Manager (EWLM) so they can be used together to provide dynamic job dispatching and scheduling by reviewing general configurations, Tivoli Dynamic Workload Broker/EWLM interactions, and classification methods.
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03 Oct 2006 |
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Meet the specs: Intro to WS-ResourceTransfer 1.0
Meet the WS-ResourceTransfer 1.0 initial draft specification (WS-RT), a proposed open standard that extends certain operations by allowing fragments of XML code in a single resource to be addressed instead of having to affect the entire resource. This introduction provides an overview of the specification, examines its heritage, and starts climbing the learning curve by uncovering the definition of fragments and discovering the three expression dialects employed in WS-RT.
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19 Sep 2006 |
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Solutions in action: Remote agent controller for z/OS
Get concise tips for solving challenges when using autonomic computing technologies. Learn what happens when you run into multiple difficulties trying to install and implement an Autonomic Computing Toolkit component like the Agent Controller? Follow along and see how the Toolkit support team creates a solid help environment.
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12 Sep 2006 |
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