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Datapower: url-open with custom MQ Headers

dan — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:53:58 +0000

If you are trying to use datapower’s url-open command to an MQ destination and need to set the MQMD header, you must follow the information contained in the following post: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/message.jspa?messageID=14542843#14542843 Basically, the final xslt document that needs to be sent as part of the http-headers is: <xsl:variable name="newSerializedMQMD"> <header name="MQMD"></strong> <xsl:value-of select="$mqmdSer" /> </header></strong> […]

DataPower – Changing the MQMD AppIdentity Header

dan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:32:50 +0000

If you plan on using datapower to write a modified value to the AppIdentity MQMD header, ensure that your Put Message Options on your destination are correct. You want to use “2052” which represents “MQPMO_SET_CONTEXT_ALL” along with “MQPMO_NO_SYNCPOINT”. You need to tell MQ that it should use the message headers from the written message. In […]

DataPower 3.8.1 and WebSphere MQ

dan — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:17:29 +0000

If you are using DataPower to pull messages from MQ which contains persistent messages, do yourself a favor and set the ‘Units of Work’ on the QM in DP to 1. This will enable DataPower to use SyncPoints from MQ and allow you transactionality on a per-message basis. Without this setting, you can get very […]

WebSphere Transformation Extender – COBOL Filler Fields and Item Presentation Types

dan — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:13:56 +0000

In WTX, I have a COBOL EBCDIC input with a bunch of filler fields. The Input Type Tree was created by the Cobol Copybook Importer. I had an ‘invalid input’ occur when I submitted a cobol message to my WTX map. The map failed on a filler item where the input wasn’t spaces, but NULL. […]

WebSphere Transformation Extender – “One or More Inputs was Invalid”

dan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:32:37 +0000

I was using WTX 8.3 to build a type tree off a COBOL copybook. When I then attempted to run a map based on the tree I got the error “One or More Inputs was Invalid”. My Input data was in EBCDIC format and RFHUtil was my saviour. It was able to display the copybook […]

Datapower: Missing WSDLs from local: File System – Whitespace Issue

dan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:41:42 +0000

Just had a problem where a WSDL file that was uploaded to the DataPower device did not show up in the local:// drop down for selection. Upon further inspection, we found that there was whitespace before the <? xml .. ?> tag and whitespace before the <wsdl:definitions...> tag. Once this extra whitespace was removed, the […]

Datapower and Netegrity Siteminder Integration

dan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:54:30 +0000

I’ve posted a question to the Datapower external newsgroup asking about how Siteminder can be used to authenticate users. The documentation is pretty thin on the subject. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=315235 Basically, i have a username and password that I’d like Siteminder to authenticate. I’m sure that Datapower invokes a URL and posts the information to the given […]

Integrating WebSphere Service Registry and Repository with WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB

syndication — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0000

Redpaper, published: Mon, 9 Nov 2009

This IBM® Redpapers™ publication describes how you can integrate IBM WebSphere® Service Registry and Repository with IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and IBM WebSphere Process Server to create a flexible and robust infrastructure for the execution of SOA solutions.

Migrating to WebSphere Process Server V6.2

dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

This tutorial shows you how to migrate WebSphere Process Server configuration data, application data, and databases from V6.1.2.3 to V6.2.0.1. The tutorial also describes the sub-tasks involved and shows you how to use migration log files for troubleshooting.

Upgrading WebSphere Application Servers – Update the Deployment Manager First!

dan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:48:37 +0000

If you are planning on upgrading your WebSphere Servers to a later fixpack level, be sure to start with the Deployment Manager. If you do not, your Deployment Manager will not be able to contact your ‘future level’ node agent. “Server cannot be started because the node agent for server Node1 on node x is […]

Solaris 9 Operating System Update – Return Code 2 and Return Code 8

dan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:16:30 +0000

If you are upgrading Solaris, you will see a bunch of patch numbers fly by along with a bunch of return codes. When I first saw the return codes, I was concerned that something was not updating properly. I saw lots of Return Code 2 and Return Code 8. When I checked out what the […]

IBM Certification : Take it again, Free!

dan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:09:47 +0000

Just incase you were thinking of writing some IBM Certifications, there will be a new promotion in July called Take It Again which allows you to rewrite a failed certification test free. I have to re-write my WebSphere Integration Developer, WebSphere Process Server and DataPower certifications and am waiting for this promo to start before […]

Importing/Exporting a WebSphere Profile – The .CAR file

dan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:52:46 +0000

You can import and export your WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Process Server profiles into .CAR archive files. Importing and exporting version 6 WebSphere Application Server profiles provides the specific wsadmin (or RAD/WID) steps to perform.

xsd:any, xsd:anyType, xsd:anySimpleType, xsd:anyAttribute in WebSphere Process Server

dan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:26:48 +0000

The infocenter has a great article about how to use “Industry Standard Schemas” with WebSphere Process Server. This is required reading. You will need to know about the Sequence object when dealing with xsd:any xsd:anyType xsd:anySimpleType xsd:anyAttribute This used to be completely undocumented and now, the documentation is actually really good. Enjoy your undefined datatype. […]

IBM Support Assistant Plugin – Visual Configuration Explorer

dan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:23:43 +0000

The Visual Configuration Explorer When configuration problems occur in a complex software environment, you can spend a lot of time hunting for subtle changes that might have introduced errors. The new Visual Configuration Explorer tool, which runs as a plug-in to the IBM Support Assistant, simplifies configuration troubleshooting by letting you visualize, explore, and analyze […]

AlbeesOnline: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions

dan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:01:27 +0000

AlbeesOnline has posted a great article showing how difficult integration projects can be when you need to work with teams spread across an organization. A relatively straightforward project turns into a Frankenstein of text files and workarounds. It also shows the reason why projects have meetings that involve 20-30 people five times a week, you […]

Common Event Infrastructure API and usage documentation

dan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:26:36 +0000

Your business has decided to use CEI to emit business relevant events, you got approval for your project, you are ready to code.. and then find out that there’s a thin amount of documentation on how to actually work with the APIs. Below are some links that can help you figure out whats going on: […]

Migrating WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server V6.2 & Best Practices

syndication — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:30:00 +0000

Draft Redbook, last updated: Wed, 18 Mar 2009

- Migration concepts, planning and best practices
- New Workspace migration wizard
- Migration scenarios utilizing Business Space interface

In this IBM Redbooks publication, we discuss the concepts, planning, and migration paths, that you must understand before any attempt to migrate the source artifacts created using IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition 5.1 product, to the IBM WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2.

Fifteen common Websphere Partner Gateway problems and how to solve them

syndication — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Websphere Partner Gateway enables companies to connect large groups of trading partners to their businesses and extend internal integration outside the enterprise. This article discusses 15 common problems that can occur during Partner Gateway operations and their solutions.

Top 10 FAQs on core group bridges

syndication — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Here are the most commonly asked questions about the IBM WebSphere Application Server’s core group bridge service, introduced in Version 6.0, which is used to enable high availability communication between core groups.

Securing JMS connections to WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V6.1

syndication — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Security is an integral part of SOA, and since WebSphere ESB is at the heart of many SOA solutions, the security of a WebSphere ESB server and its transports is vital to the enterprise systems that use it. Messaging, such as the JMS implementation provided by WebSphere ESB, is particularly important for business applications because of its reliability, performance, and asynchronous nature. This article shows you how to implement security with an example using WebSphere ESB V6.1 and a J2EE client container application communicating via JMS messaging.

XPath Duration Constants Specification

dan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:32:08 +0000

If you would like to specify a constant value for an XPath Duration (used in a wait activity or an escalation) you can follow the format specified by the w3 consortium for durations. The lexical representation for duration is the [ISO 8601] extended format PnYn MnDTnH nMnS, where nY represents the number of years, nM […]

WebSphere Application Server V7: Concepts, Planning and Design

syndication — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:30:00 +0000

Redbook, published: Fri, 20 Feb 2009

- Discusses end-to-end planning for WebSphere implementations
- Defines WebSphere concepts and best practices
- Addresses distributed and z/OS platforms

This IBM® Redbooks® publication discusses the concepts, planning, and design of WebSphere® Application Server V7.0 environments.

Uninstalling or updating the WebSphere V6.1 test environment using Installation Manager

dan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:55:24 +0000

Uninstalling or updating the WebSphere V6.1 test environment using Installation Manager; Update Failed. If you try to update your WebSphere Process Server Unit Test Server from 6.1 to 6.1.2, you may run into an error. This can occur because updates have been applied to the server outside of Installation manager. Basically, WID’s Installation Manager and […]

Delinquent blogging

dan — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:44:45 +0000

Yes I know, I’ve been an extremely delinquent blogger in 2009. I resolve to change that this month.

Managing tasks and business processes using WebSphere Business Space

syndication — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Learn how to create WebSphere BPM V6.1.2 Business Space dashboards using the run-time artifacts from the WebSphere BPM V6.1.1 Clips and Tacks tutorial. You'll create a business space to manage the tasks and business forms input, run some processes that use forms, and finally create a business space you can use to monitor the process and tasks.

WebSphere Process Server operational architecture: Part 1: Base architecture and infrastructure components

syndication — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Part 1 of this two-part article series dives deeply into the operational architecture of IBM WebSphere Process Server. This article introduces you to concepts, such as Service Component Architecture (SCA), Business Process Choreographer (BPC) and Service Integration Bus (SIB) in the context of WebSphere Process Server, and shows you how they work together to build a secure transactional runtime environment for your SOA. In this respect, you will be able to better articulate the technical architecture of WebSphere Process Server, which will improve your ability to operate WebSphere Process Server in your organization..

WebSphere Process Server Disaster Recovery: UUIDs are unique to an install

dan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:05:11 +0000

If you are looking at WebSphere Process Server Disaster Recovery, you should know that the UUID’s that uniquely identify a server in both the Messaging Engine Database and the transaction log are unique for that particular installation. Running the equivalent installation commands on the restored system will not generate a server with the same id. […]

WebSphere Process Server: Business Flow Manager REST API is Required

dan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:15:40 +0000

If you are installing the Business Flow Manager, ensure that you are enabling the Rest API with a proper context root. The REST API is used by some widgets inside of the Business Process Choreographer and if you do not configure the URL properly, you will get errors when trying using the process state view.

WebSphere Process Server: Repairing Business Processes

dan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:51:06 +0000

From Developerworks, Repairing processes with WebSphere Process Server WebSphere Process Server V6.1.2 supports manual repair and change of control flow logic. This article describes these repair features, provides useful tips, and identifies potential pitfalls when applying them. You’ll learn how to repair processes and dynamically react to cases in which modeled fault handling and automated […]

Variable Substitution in WSAdmin: Variables in braces are treated as constants

dan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:37:13 +0000

Just a quick FYI to those of you who are doomed to write WSAdmin scripts, if you use variable names and enclose them in curly braces ‘{‘, then commands will treat it as a constant string and your variables will not resolve to their values. $AdminTask blah {-file $VariableFileName} Will cause and error that the […]

Migration to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Bus 6.2 – Mandatory reading

dan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:31:56 +0000

If you have a 6.1.x environment and are thinking about upgrading to 6.2, then you must read: Migration to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Bus 6.2 – Mandatory reading WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus version 6.2 provide major functional improvements over previous versions, and in order to take advantage of these […]

WebSphere Process Server Failed Event Manager: “The Recovery Sub-system is disabled.”

dan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:07:56 +0000

When looking in the top right corner of the Failed Event Manager, the following error is displayed: The Recovery sub-system is disabled. Enable the Recovery sub-system in order to work with failed events. You get directed to the following tech-note: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21293460 which states that there is a problem with the Failed Event Manager MBean in […]

What’s new in WebSphere Integration Developer V6.2

dan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:39 +0000

From DeveloperWorks, What’s new in WebSphere Integration Developer V6.2 New enhancements to IBM® WebSphere® Integration Developer V6.2 support the latest features and standards provided by WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB V6.2. … You’ll learn about the solution view, editor enhancements, and services gateway pattern support, and be introduced to new features like business calendars […]

ProcessTemplateNotFoundException: CWWBA0008E: Process template ‘myProcess, -valid_from_date-‘ is not found

dan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:46:53 +0000

In the admin console, when trying to stop a template contained in an ear so that the ear could be updated, the following exception occurred: com.ibm.bpe.api.ProcessTemplateNotFoundException: CWWBA0008E: Process Template 'MyProcess, Web 2008-10-10 12:32:22.00' is not found. It’s unknown how many times that the EAR was attempted to be stopped or what happened on the initial […]

The top 10 questions you always wanted to ask about WebSphere Business Modeler

syndication — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000

WebSphere Business Modeler expert Marc Fasbinder answers the ten most commonly asked questions about Modeler. (IBM Business Process Management Journal)

DSRA9010E: ‘{0}’ is not supported on the WebSphere ‘{1}’ Platform

dan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:19:11 +0000

If you see the following exception: Exception Data: com.dan.LDAPException: javax.resource.NotSupportedException: DSRA9010E: 'execute(InteractionSpec, Record, Record)' is not supported on the WebSphere Interaction implementation. It likely means that the JNDI object you looked up isn’t the type your code thought it was going to be. An example of this would be when your ear is installed to […]

Is SOA Dead? – Webinar hosted by the WebSphere User Group

dan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:04:26 +0000

Well I sure hope not but the Global WebSphere Community is holding a one hour chat on the subject: begin a Session dates: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Starting time: 3:00 pm, GMT -05:00, Eastern Standard Time (New York) Many organizations have started down the path of SOA, only to find that reality is more challenging […]

Issues that I encountered while creating my DataPower to MQ Demo

dan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:16:47 +0000

As I mentioned before, I wanted to create a demo of DataPower vs the WBI Suite for the conference that I attended today. The goal was to try and show the ‘wow’ factor of DataPower and turn a product that most only know from marketing slides into something real that could insprise the attendees. I […]

BPEL ProcessAssertionError: Assertion Violation !(con != null)

dan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:03:18 +0000

com.ibm.bpe.util.ProcessAssertionError: com.ibm.bpe.util.ProcessAssertionError: Assertion Violation !(con!=null) in method >> com.ibm.bpe.databse.StmtHelper. prepareStmtUpdateTaskTemplateState (StmtHelper.java:101) If you see the following exception, ensure that your server (or deployment manager) can actually access the BPEDB. The connection object inside of the BPEL Database Statement Helper has become null for an unknown reason. You can go to the datasource for your BPEDB […]

System administration for WebSphere Application Server V7: Part 1 — An overview of administrative enhancements

syndication — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:00:00 +0000

This series of articles describes several important new administration features available in IBM WebSphere Application Server V7. Part 1 introduces these features and subsequent articles will explore specific features in detail. (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)

WebSphere Process Server – Business Process Choreographer Explorer Customization and Tuning Options

dan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:24:25 +0000

If you plan on making the BPC Explorer available in a production environment, I suggest you read the following article. It talks about customization and tuning options that are available. The piece is that probably most important is the one where you can define a threshold. A threshold will limit the number of instances/tasks that […]

Perficient Booth at the IBM WebSphere SOA Connectivity Briefing in Toronto

dan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:46:11 +0000

IBM is hosting a WebSphere SOA Connectivity Briefing in Toronto: Strategies for recovering your IT budget with IBM WebSphere MQ & SOA Connectivity Details: Sheraton Center Toronto Hotel November 25, 2008 8:00am – 12:00pm 123 Queen Street West Toronto Ontario M5H2M9 Phone: 416-947-4848 I’ll be there representing Perficient. My current plans are to get a […]

Follow up to Profile Creation Fails on WebSphere 6.1.0.19: Java Juristiction Policy Files

dan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:28:53 +0000

A few weeks ago, I discussed an issue where a profile could no longer be created on WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.19. It boiled down to an issue with the Java security policy files and thier ‘restricted’ and ‘unrestricted’ flavours. At the time, I thought that WebSphere actually required the unrestricted versions. To test my theory […]

WebSphere Process Server invocation styles

dan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:58:07 +0000

From DeveloperWorks, WebSphere Process Server invocation styles As you author applications in WebSphere Integration Developer, you may find it necessary to set or verify the invocation style that one component will use to call another. Users are often surprised to find that this is not as easy a task as it may seem. This article […]

Updates required for WebSphere Integration Developer debugger to work when security is enabled

dan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:48:29 +0000

According to the tech-note, you have to follow some manual steps to get the debugger to work on a server that has security enabled: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24015747v

MQ Import Anti-Pattern: Multiple MQ Imports connecting to single pair of physical request/response queues

dan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:06:52 +0000

The scenario I have an MQ Request queue that takes multiple types of business objects as input. The MQ request queue consumer evaluates the type of the message and routes it to the appropriate downstream service. When the response comes back from the downstream system, it is placed into the single MQ Response queue. Therefore, […]

Error Handling in WebSphere Process Server: Developing an Error Handling Strategy

dan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:58:05 +0000

From DeveloperWorks, Error handling in WebSphere Process Server, Part 1: Developing an error handling strategy With the emergence of service oriented solutions, we’ve seen a sharp rise in developer productivity. Developers are empowered with a new found freedom of service construction and reuse. However, with this freedom comes an increased exposure to inconsistent service definitions. […]

Deconstructing CWWBA0135E: Class ‘x’ does not have a feature named ‘y’

dan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:15:31 +0000

CWWBA0135E: Unable to execute the query expression ‘Customer/custId’ on message part ‘x’ Class ‘y’ does not have a feature named ‘Customer’ I received this error when attempting to start a binary state machine from the BPEL API. Allow me to discuss what this exception message is trying to tell us. CWWBA0135E: Unable to execute the […]

IBM Support Assistant WorkBench Error: CWPST0064E Failed to Login

dan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:52:40 +0000

In a small number of instances on Windows, a user may get a dialog box when the Workbench starts up with a message: “CWPST0064E: Failed to log in” This may occur if the Windows user’s password has recently been changed. To correct this problem, delete the following file: {user.home}/IBM/ISAv4/.metadata/.plugins/com.ibm.rcp.security.auth/.keystore.JCEKS.IBM_J9_VM The next time that the workbench […]