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Document Author: Additional Author(s):	Don Bagwell Mike Loos		Document ID:	PRS4848
Doc. Organization:	Advanced Technical Skills		Document Revised:	03/28/2012
Product(s) covered:	WebSphere Application Server for z/OS

Abstract: WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 8 was made available in 2011. It has many new features and functions associated with it, including updated open standard application interface specification support. The PDF files below represent the handouts used for the new WAS z/OS Version 8 Wildfire Workshop developed and delivered by the IBM Advanced Technical Skills organization from Gaithersburg, MD. The new V8 workshop carries the course code "WBSR8". Wildfire Workshops are no-fee technical hands-on workshops intended to make IBM customers and Business Partners more aware and familiar with IBM technical offerings. The following URL provides information on other Wildfire offerings and information on enrolling in a given workshop session: http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS1778

Workshop Promotional Flyer The following one-page flyer may be used to understand the content workshop or promote the workshop. Unit 1 - Introduction and Overview Note: the PDFs provided below come in two forms -- one has the presentation charts in "one-up" format. The companion PDF provides the same charts but in portrait mode with full speaker notes below each chart. The objective of this unit is to provide a baseline understanding of WebSphere Application Server for z/OS and introduce at a high-level the new features and functions provided in WAS z/OS Version 8. Unit 2 - Administrative Model The administrative model for WAS z/OS is in many ways common with WAS on distributed platforms. There are some differences, but they manifest at points where WAS interacts more closely with the platform operating system. In this unit we cover the way in which the configuration file systems are maintained on z/OS; we offer a brief introduction to the WSADMIN scripting interface; and we offer a review of the new "High Performance Extensible Logging" (HPEL) feature of WAS V8. Unit 3 - The Multi-JVM Model A key differentiating feature of WAS z/OS is its "multiple JVM model" for application servers. In this unit we explore in detail what the multi-JVM model provides in terms of dynamic expansion and workload classification. In this unit we also cover the new WAS z/OS V8 feature referred to as "Granular RAS," which is a way to drive WAS behavior (such as timeouts and tracing) down to the identified request level rather than at the broader server level or higher. Unit 4 - Accessing z/OS Data Applications depend on data, and data serving is a key value attribute of the z/OS operating system platform. In this unit we explore how to access three types of data from a WAS z/OS application server -- relational data (JDBC, such as DB2), non-relational data (JCA, such as CICS), and messaging resources (JMS, such as MQ). Further, we highlight a new feature of WAS V8 with provides for data resource failover and failback, which serves to enhance availability. Unit 5 - Installation Manager New with WAS z/OS Version 8 is the use of the IBM Installation Manager (IM) to create and manage the product file system (the hlq.SBBOHFS dataset that holds the product files). This unit provides an overview of IM and how to use it in a well-managed z/OS environment. Unit 6 - WebSphere Optimized Local Adapters WebSphere Application Server for z/OS provides an exclusive cross-memory data exchange mechanism called "Optimized Local Adapters" (WOLA). It is a technology that exploits the ability of the z/OS operating system for one address space to reference and copy data from another address space's virtual memory without having to invoke networking protocols. It provides a very efficient and very low-latency mechanism for exchanging data between WAS z/OS application and external address spaces such as CICS, IMS, Batch Programs, USS processes and ALCS. In this unit we explore WOLA and review new features introduced in V8 and fixpack V8.0.0.1. Hands-on Lab Instructions Units 2 through 4 and Unit 6 have associated hands-on labs that serve to illustrate and reinforce the concepts delivered during presentation. The following is the lab instructions guide for the labs in this workshop:

Classification:	Software	Category:	Operational Management
Platform(s):	IBM System z Family	S/W Pillar(s):	WebSphere; System z
O/S:	z/OS	Keywords:	WAS z/OS V8 WBSR8 WebSphere Application Server