Format

Classroom

Duration

4.0 Day(s)

Description

The purpose of this course is to teach the fundamental concepts required to install, configure, and manage an IBM WebSphere Commerce Business Edition, Version 5.1 system.
The optional hands-on labs enable students to perform real configuration and management tasks on the actual product.
It will help students become familiar with the product and build their confidence in maintaining a V5.1 Business Edition site.

Audience

System Administrators and Web Masters of e-commerce Web sites using WebSphere Commerce V5.4.

Prerequisites

Before enrolling in this course, students should have the following prerequisite skills, or have taken the equivalent courses:
• Understanding of the components, features and functions of IBM WebSphere Commerce, Version 5.4
• Experience using the Windows 98/2000 user interface and the Internet Explorer V5 Web browser
• Experience Administering a web Server i.e. IBM HTTP Server, or Apache Server
• Basic understanding of relational database concepts
• Experience administering WebSphere Application Server V4.0 Advanced Edition

Objectives

After completing this course, student should be able to:
• Describe system administration tasks and tools
• Describe requirements for installation
• Describe how to install WebSphere Commerce and its related software
• Describe how to configure WebSphere Commerce instances in single-tier or multiple-tier environments
• Describe how to use WebSphere Commerce logs to troubleshoot
• Describe how to load a store from a store archive
• Describe how to load store data from supplied XML load files
• Describe how to create organizations and administrators
• Describe how to set access control policies
• Describe how to analyze and tune a site
• Describe how to configure caching of store pages
• Describe how to cleanup obsolete data from the WebSphere Commerce database
• Describe how to configure and use a staging server
• Describe how to configure Payment Manager for a store
• Describe how to configure messaging, rule services and scheduled jobs for a store
• Describe how to configure security options