Test LOT-923: IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 Deployment and Administration

Exam 923: IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 Deployment and Administration

Exam Competencies 

Exam Type: Multiple Choice

Description: Covers Portal 7.0 material as it relates to these competency areas: 

• Architecting an IBM WebSphere Portal Solution
• Installation and Configuration
• Security
• Customization and Administration

Architecting an IBM WebSphere Portal Solution

1. Architect a content and WebSphere Portal solution
2. Design a staging architecture
3. Design end-to-end WebSphere Portal architecture
4. Planning multiple virtual portals
5. Planning security and authentication
6. Planning an IBM Web Content Manager implementation
7. Planning WebSphere Portal migration
8. Understand business process integration concepts
9. Understand planning for multiple clusters and database considerations
10. Understand virtual portals
11. Understand new installation and topology options, including portal farms, multiple profiles, VMware support and +WebSphere Portal in the cloud environment
12. Planning and implementation of security in a cluster

Installation and Configuration

1. Adding node to cluster and dynamic cluster
2. Configure IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal caching
3. Diagnose problems with development environment installation
4. Implement horizontal and vertical clustering
5. Install and setup a clustered production environment
6. Migrate WebSphere Portal and customized resources
7. Perform a silent installation from a response file
8. Plan a WebSphere Portal installation
9. Understand ConfigEngine commands
10. Understand WebSphere Portal coexistence (mixed versions) and install options
11. Understand WebSphere Portal installation components
12. Understand WebSphere Portal tuning concepts
13. Understand the use of the WebSphere Portal property files
14. Utilize command line tools
15. Setup portal farms
16. Understand where files are located after installation
17. Understand improvements to the installation wizard and when to use the wizard instead of commands
18. Planning for the personalization server
19. Run configuration wizard
20. Run the IBM installation manager

Security

1. Administer WebSphere Portal roles
2. Create a Look-aside user registry and add attributes
3. Enable SSL between components
4. Establish LDAP and Federated authentication mode
5. Integrate external security managers
6. Manage WebSphere Portal Search Security
7. Manage user registries
8. Modify default passwords for WebSphere Portal
9. Configure login/logout/session filter
10. Troubleshoot WebSphere Portal security
11. Understand LTPA and cookies
12. Using Open ID
13. Enable SSO with IBM WebSphere Portal
14. Understand integration of IBM Intranet Experience Suite

Customization and Administration

1. Use WebSphere Portal Search
2. Administer parallel portlet rendering
3. Administer virtual portals
4. Apply portlet wiring concepts
5. Portlet Communication
6. Stage virtual portals
7. Understand WebSphere Portal usage analysis capabilities
8. Understand WebSphere Portal site management
9. Working with WebDAV clients
10. Implement skins and themes
11. Implement URL mapping
12. Manage WebSphere Portal resources with policies
13. Manage portlets in a cluster
14. Manage users and groups
15. Modify WebSphere Portal URLs
16. Understand how to configure a remote search service for WebSphere Portal
17. Utilize the Manage Search Portlet to administer WebSphere Portal Search
18. Utilize the WebSphere Portal Site Management Portlet
19. Create and configure WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager search collections
20. Configuring and understanding managed pages
21. Copy portlets and portlet applications