WebSphere Profiles: For migrating WebSphere Application Server (WAS) itself (and its configuration), all the tools that you need already come with WAS V8.5.x . You would use WASPreUpgrade and WASPostUpgrade to migrate your WebSphere Profiles or you can opt to use the Migration Wizard graphical interface to those tools to help facilitate and automate the task for you. See the Migrating product configurations with migration tools section in the product documentation for more details.     Applications: There is also a handy... [More]

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  The WebSphere Application Server (WAS) JVM checks each of the following locations for existence and write-permission, and stores the Javadump, Heapdump, or System Coredump, in the first one available: The location specified by the IBM_JAVACOREDIR, IBM_HEAPDUMPDIR and IBM_COREDIR environment variables if set (_CEE_DMPTARG on z/OS). The current working directory of the JVM processes or $WAS_HOME/profiles/<ProfileName> dir. The location specified by the TMPDIR environment variable, if set. The /tmp directory or, on Microsoft Windows... [More]

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    NOTE: Java SDK 6, going out of support, is embedded in WAS traditional V8.5 as the default Java SDK. Review details on tWAS: Support ends in April 2018. The end of Java SE 6: Where to go from here       Liberty: Support ends on September 2017 and that fix pack (17.0.0.3) will be compiled at the Java 7 level, so will not run. In this blog we will cover tWAS in detail.   Existing users updating from previous a fixpack continue to have embedded Java SDK 6... [More]

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  This document explains how the monitoring policy works in WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and what is the recommended way to start the application server in parallel. There are multiple ways to monitor the application server. For example, using JMX programming, using 3rd party tools, and using other sources. This document explains only how to use nodeagent monitoring for application server and monitoring servers using the Windows service.   1. When I reboot my machine, I want to start all the servers (including Dmgr and... [More]

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  The shared connections were introduced in WebSphere Application Server Version 5.0 and at the time unshared was the default. In general, the behavior of shared connection is sharing the connection with different threads. It is dependent on the application design. The shareable and unshareable is defined inside the resource reference. There are two ways you can define shareable connections, you can use direct naming lookup during deployment of the application, which will default to shareable, or you can create a resource reference and... [More]

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  Sometimes troubleshooting Work Load Management (WLM) issue in IBM WebSphere Application Server can be challenging.  This blog helps address common issues with this component before calling IBM support and save you time.   1. How does WLM participate in load balancing EJB requests in at WebSphere Cluster?      For an Overview of WLM load balancing for EJB see: Clusters and workload management For a more technical description in the context of large topology see section 2.1.5.1  EJB workload management in the... [More]

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  Error SRVE0255E means that the webcontainer could not find a web group (web module) or virtual host to handle the request. Here are the steps to diagnose this error: 1. Make sure that the URL entered at the browser is correct. Particularly, make sure that the context root from the URL matches the context root configured for the application. 2. Review the SystemOut.log to make sure that the application and server are started successfully and without any errors. 3. Verify that the application web module is mapped to the correct/intended... [More]

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  WebSphere Application Server v8.0 and Higher :   The HTTPOnly flag on the JSESSIONID is enabled by default. Check and make sure the option " Set session cookies to HTTPOnly to help prevent cross-site scripting attacks " is selected. The Secure flag on the JSESSIONID is not enabled by default. To add the Secure flag to the JSESSIONID, make sure the option " Restrict cookies to HTTPS sessions " is selected. In the administrative console: click on Application servers > servername > Session management >... [More]

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  There may be situations where it is necessary to tune the connection pool for optimal performance.  It may be difficult to determine what each property does and which ones need to be tuned.  To help you get a better understanding of the connection pool properties that are available in WebSphere Application Server (WAS), this blog post will explain in detail some of the more common properties and when to tune them. Remember that these are general recommendations and that you will need to test any setting changes thoroughly in... [More]

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