by Yan Zhao and Sangwon Oh   Imagine that you are a WebSphere administrator who does not have a lot of scripting experience. Due to recent changes you need to modify a set of specific configurations or copy a set of properties from one environment to another or move large number of configuration objects to a different scope in the cell, etc. Manually going through panel by panel in the Administration console would be very tedious and error prone. Writing your own scripts might be time consuming. Properties File Based Configuration is an easy... [More]

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  by Yan Zhao and Sangwon Oh   In this part 2, we are going into more details of each command for Properties file based configuration. Here are the commands:         extractConfigProperties             Extracts configuration data to a human readable text file         validateConfigProperties             Validates and determines whether properties file can be applied to environment or not         applyConfigProperties             Applies configuration from properties file to current environment         deleteConfigProperties ... [More]

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  In this latest adventure the executives are not happy when Ben causes havoc during a very important presentation.  Will Allie help Ben collect the proper set of MustGather documentation and get the problem resolved before Ben has to face the executives?  Find out in this new fun adventure with our favorite IT professionals from Company A - Allie Star and Ben Shuarmer:   Check out previous adventures in the series of Ben and Allie videos for #smarterSupport@IBM: Using the Java Screen Recorder for Speedy PMR Resolution When... [More]

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  Allie seems to always be one step ahead in preventing problems in CompanyA's IBM Software.  Does she have a crystal ball?  Can she see the future? Find out in the latest support adventure with Ben Shaurmer and Allie Star as Ben learns how to be proactive in problem prevention:   Follow Ben and Allie in all of their Support Adventures with #smarterSupport@IBM: Using the Java Screen Recorder for Speedy PMR Resolution When Working with IBM Support - YouTube Tips on Using dW Answers to Collaborate and Engage with IBM... [More]

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  Ben and Allie (now CEO and CTO of CompanyA), take a stroll down memory lane.  Learn how they used these support time saving strategies to work smarter and find the time to do the things they WANT to do...like Fajita Friday!   Follow Ben and Allie in their Support Adventures in #smarterSupport@IBM: Using the Java Screen Recorder for Speedy PMR Resolution When Working with IBM Support - YouTube Tips on Using dW Answers to Collaborate and Engage with IBM Support - YouTube Speedy answers with IBM Technical Support Chat - YouTube... [More]

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  The article will give your some suggestions for reducing assigned participant groups against MS SQL Server based on a real case. Background: When you are running Business Process Manager (BPM) V8.0.1.3, you might hit the following exception when searching instances by user through Process Inspector: [10/13/15 16:14:04:184 CST] 00000313 RestHelper    3   Encountered exception has message: count query returned no rows com.lombardisoftware.client.delegate.BusinessDelegateException: count query returned no rows at... [More]

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  Recently I worked with a client that had migrated the artifact from IID 8013 to 857. There was AIS (advanced integration service) in their process application and they now wanted to deploy the advanced project to Business Process Manager (BPM) server. These are the GUI steps they had taken: Open the application at workspace and migrate it to IID 8.5.7 Execute "Deploy to Process Center" by IID 8.5.7 Then the error happened and the deployment failed. The application cluser log file contains the error below:  ... [More]

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  An error occurs in WebSphere eXtreme Scale (WXS) profile creation after upgrading to 8.6.1.0 (or) later. The following error message is received when creating a new profile after the WebSphere eXtreme Scale product is upgraded to 8.6.1.0 or later in a WebSphere Application Server (WAS) V8.5.5.x integrated setup. <message>java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: JVMCFRE003 bad major version;class=com/ibm/websphere/models/config/catalogservice/impl/CatalogservicePackageImpl, offset=6 WebSphere eXtreme Scale 8.6.1.0 (or) later... [More]

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  Background When we are using Business Process Manager (BPM) to calculate the end date for a task, we can use Javascript API tw.system.calculateBusinessDate to find the correct target end date according to the given work schedule. Sometimes the API didn’t show us the expected result. Actually, there are some tips and matters that need attention when we use this API. This article uses a sample process application to illustrate the usage of this API and it can be shared as a utility for future reference. Steps to run the sample Import... [More]

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  Javacores are generally not useful by themselves to analyze memory problems. However, javacores are still useful for providing hints on where memory may be accumulating by reviewing the NATIVEMEMINFO section.   Using 2 or more javacores from the same process ID (PID), compare the NATIVEMEMINFO sections from during the time frame when memory growth is noticed . The following example shows the NATIVEMEMINFO section from 2 javacores when it was noticed by the system administrator that the process size (not to be confused with the java heap size... [More]

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  Overview The following document was created to showcase the steps that are relevant in Adding Approval to your OOTB Deploy Single Virtual Server offering. Introduction When IBM Cloud Orchestrator (ICO) 2.5.0.x is installed, there are a set of out-of-the-box toolkits developed by the Product Team to help you when using ICO to ensure that you can extend the offerings. Currently when you have an ICO 2.5.0.x, the major thing that will work out of the box is the “Deploy Single Virtual Server” under the “Deploy Cloud Services” category.... [More]

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  If you have ever used the IBM Support Portal pages to find information about IBM Integration Bus (IIB)  then you are probably aware that all the information for IIB has been indexed on the WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) Support Portal pages.  A previous blog article discussed and detailed reasons for doing this: IBM Integration Bus: New information in a familiar place     In the 3 years since the Support Portal pages were set up to include IIB on the WMB Support Portal page,... [More]

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  Note: Overall this discussion will assume default network settings on your DataPower Gateway. There are some settings which can be altered which affect routing decisions, but they are typically not recommended to be used.   How is the routing table formed?   The routing table is created by taking all static routes and any default gateways configured on your interfaces. For each interface you configure there is also an implicit route for the subnet that interface resides in. The below use case walks through example interface... [More]

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  I just installed the Business Process Manager (BPM) interim fix given and followed the instructions provided in the interim fix read me file for upgrading profiles etc. before starting the servers.   Now when I tried to start the deployment manager, it failed with this error: runConfigActions script execution failed. Exit code: 1    Exception caught while waiting for runConfigActions script to complete: {BPM_ROOT}\profiles\DmgrProfile\bin\runConfigActions.bat"   I looked and saw that the SystemOut.log file was present in the logs folder... [More]

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