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WebSphere Extended Deployment (WAS-XD) Overview - Jumpstart on On-Demand, Intelligent Workload Management, Automatic Sense and Response Management and Operations features of ...:Click here for details.

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Did you attend my WebSphere Technical Exchange (WTE) Lab?:
1.  Automate Installation Thru Deployment Processes in WAS V6.1 using the Installation Factory Tool: Click here
2. WTE Lab material (contains the scripts used in the WTE 2006). Use at your own risk: Click here

What is New?:
1.  WAS V6.1 New Features - Extension to Chapter 1: Click here.
2. Accelarate and Automate Problem resolution and, support activities using the BM Support Assistant (ISA) V3 Tool: Chapter-30.

WebSphere Application Server V6 Trial Version Download (click Links for more information):
1. Express Package (Linux or Windows): Click here. (As explained in the printed version of book there is no functionality difference between the Base and Express Packages. The only difference is a license agreement).
2. IBM HTTP Server V6 (IHS-V6) -- all operating systems: Click here.
3. WAS V6 Plug-in ((Windows and Linux): Click here
4. Fix Pack, Refresh Pack Downloads: Click here.

Detailed Table of Contents (TOC) and a Sample Chapter:
1.  Detailed TOC: Click here.
2. Chapter-2 from the printed version of the book( Install, Configure,Verify and Manage HA/WLM WebSphere V6 Environment Overview): Click here.

New Chapter Downloads (click Downloads for more information):
1.  Architecture, Overview, Installation, Configuration, Verification and Management of  WebSphere Proxy Server V6.0.2 in HA/WLM Environment and Proxy server cross-cell routing:  Chapter-27. updated on 06/25/06
2. Share WebSphere Application Server V6 Installation (Product Binaries) across nodes (and even Cells): Save administrative time, effort and disk space (~1GB per node) during installation and maintenance: Chapter-28 Updated on 06/25/06.
3. Installation Factory: Merge and Automate WAS V6 Installation, Configuration and    Deployment Processes: Chapter-29Updated on 07/11/06.

Extensions to Existing Chapters Downloads (click Downloads > Extensions for more information):
1.  Configure HTTP session persistence using the DB2 Type-2 driver:Chp-11-Ext
2.  Messaging Engine Workload Sharing:Chp-12-Ext (Must read if you have printed version of the book. This document explain how to configure to have true Workload Sharing of Messaging Engines in a cluster environment)

Relevant Articles
1. Procedure to change IP address, hostname, WAS Node, Cell name after the installation - Document created by Leigh Williamson, Pravin D Patel, Ajit Jariwala: Click here.

If you have read chapter 12 (and its extension from this web site then you must read these two articles for the complete underdtanding on Deploying JMS/MDB applications into the SIBus, Messagin Engine:

2. Deploying message-driven beans and JMS applications into the Service Integration Bus by Roland and Sarvan: Click here.

3. Deploying publish and subscribe applications into the Service Integration Bus: by Roland and Bobby Click here.

App Server thru Edge Server Clustering and More... Before deploying a mission critical J2EE application on WebSphere V6 Highly Available(HA) and Workload Management(WLM) clustered system, administrators / architects need to install, configure, verify and manage each WebSphere component and add another to successfully build HA/WLM infrastructure. This book gives step by step instructions for ......read more. If you want to purchase this book (ISBN# 1-58347-061-1): click here. You can also find this book at a nearest book store or at any famous online book web sites like amazon, Borders or Barnes and Noble.

Now indian version of the book is available in india from an indian publisher (Shroff Publishers) - Click here or here (Eswar eBook shop) for details.