WebSphere usefull links for tips

Some useful links to a very common questions , while starting with IBM WebSphere Application server , that i get from IBM stuff

1. Web Sphere profiles / Servers
a. What is a profile , how to manage/create/control servers

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/tpro_profiles.html

b. Control servers via Command line

You can explor the commands
under \installDir\Profiles\myProfileName\bin

For example, to start server1
through the command line I'm running the startserver server1 from the next
directory
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\bin

c. Servers logs
\installDir\Profiles\myProfileName\logs\AppServerName

For example, the full path for
the log files under my profile is
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\server1

d. Administration console.
To access the admin console:
Start->Programs->IBM WebSphere->Application
Server V6.1->profiles->profileName->Administrative Console

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/welcadminconsole.html

e. Is there a node manager.

The WebSphere ND (Network Deployment)
product enables you to manage nodes
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/info/ae/ae/tagt_svr_conf_nodes.html

f. 1-N servers
in one profile and how to control each one .
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/tpro_profiles.html

2. WEB Sphere File
architecture, main configuration file names.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/tcfg_data.html

3. Control the start-up
parameters (-DXXXX=YYYY ) , adding custom parameters.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/trun_app_startup.html

4. Adding application
specific parameter (environment variable )
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/tcws_variable.html

5. Supported JVM version – how to change the JVM version if needed.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/urun_rconfproc_jvm.html

6. Eclipse and Web
sphere - how to debug deployed application

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/ttrb_debugwsa.html

7. Create Data source name (connection pooling)

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/tdat_tccrtprovds.html

8. Performance tips and tricks

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/welc6toptuning.html

9. Deployment issues,
export web services via Web sphere .

10. Deploy software on
web sphere
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/trun_appl.html

11. Apache web With Web sphere integration.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/twsv_plugin.html

I hope I wrote all the necessary things .