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1)WhatisWAS?(WEBSPHEREAPPLICATIONSERVER)

A)>ItprovidesruntimeURLfortheenduser.

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>ThistechnologyisIntroducedbyIBMCompanyintothemarket.
>Itiseasierforclientstobuild,deploy,manageDynamicWebsites.

WASArchive

>ItisalsousedEBusinessApplications.
>TheapplicationisSecure,Scalable,Reliable.

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>WASprovidesAuthenticationandAuthorizationtosecureapplications.

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PLUGINPARAMETERS

FUNCTIONALITYOFWAS?

COGNIZANTINTERVIEW
QUESTIONS

>WASsupportsAsynchronousMessagingthroughJMSProvider

DESCRIPTIONOFKILL
COMMAND

>WASprovidesAuthenticationandAuthorizationtosecureapplicationsusing

DMZ(DEMILITARIZEDZONE)

LDAP.
>WASworkswithWebServer(IBMHTTPSERVER)

ABBREVIATIONSINWAS
WASINTERVIEWPART4
QUESTIONSANDANSWERS
FIREWALL

2)WhatisEdgeComponent?

SSL(SECUREDSOCKET
LAYER)

A)>ItcanreduceWebServerCongestion.

SSH(SECURESHELL)

>IncreaseContentAvailability

TICKETINGTOOLINWAS

>ImproveWebServerperformance.

TROUBLESHOOTINGINWAS

>ItrunsinanetworkconfigurationbetweenEnterpriseIntranetandInternet.

UNIXCOMMANDS
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MONITORING
INFRASTRUCTURE)

3)WhatisWEBCONTAINER?
A)>ItprocessHTTPrequests,Servlets,JavaServerPages.

BASICSOFNETWORK
DEPLOYMENT

>ItprocessstaticrequestsorprovidesenvironmentforrunningServlets.

GLOBALSECURITY
WASVERSIONS,EAR,WAR,JAR
FILESINWAS
PLUGINANDTRACE

4)WhatisEJBCONTAINER?
FIXPACKANDREFRESHPACK
HOTDEPLOYMENT

A)>ItisusedforBusinesstransactionsthroughDatabase(Dynamicdata)

SWAM,LTPA,SSO

>ProvidesallRuntimeServicesneededtoDeploy,Manage
>ProvidesanenvironmentforrunningServlets.
>ItisServerprocessthathandlesrequestsforbothsessionandEntityBeans.
>EJBhas2types

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1)Statefull:WecangetAcknowledgementfromtheclientside.
2)Stateless:NoAcknowledgementsfromclientside.

5)WhatisWebServer?
A)>ItprocessHTTPorStaticrequests.
>ItusesServersidescripting,JavaScript.

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>IttakesofSecurity,transaction,LoadBalancing,Clustering,Connection
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A)>wheneveronerequestcomesfromsameclientitshouldroutedbacktothe
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>Affinitymeansrequestcomesagainandagain.
>WhenHTTPSessionIDiscreateditispassedbacktobrowserasapartof
Cookie.
>WhenbrowserfurthermakesrequestCookiewillsentbacktotheWeb

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isthedefaultadminconsoleportnumber
inwebsphere?A)WebSphereAppl...

8)WhatisSessionPersistence?

SYNCHRONIZATION
SYNCHRONIZATIONQ)What
arethedifferenttypesof
synchronizationsavailable?Explain
whichtypeifbetterandanydisadva...

A)>ItisusedpermanentlystoredatafromHTTPSessionobjecttoenable
furtherandLoadBalancingacrossCluster.

9)WhatisSessionTracking?
A)>ItenablestotrackusersprogressovermultipleServletsorHTMLpages.

SSL(SECUREDSOCKETLAYER)
SSL(SECUREDSOCKETLAYER)
>ItisaProtocoltoprovideSecured
communication.>Protocolmeans
followrulesan...

>ItisStateless(wecannotgetAcknowledgement)

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10)WhatisOutputfile?

A)>CreatesnewfileinbindirectorythatincludesCurrentDate
>websphereConfigyyyymmdd.zip

11)WhatisConnectionPooling?
A)>ConnectionPoolisusedasCache(Speedup)ofdatabaseConnections

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V IE W M Y C O M PL E TE
PRO F IL E

WebServVs
AppServ

maintainedsothattheconnectionscanbereusedforfurtherrequeststoDatabase.
>OpeningandmaintainingaDataBaseconnectionforeachuser

12)WhatisHeapDump?
A)>Itisusedwhensufficientmemoryisnotavailableforanewobject

ThemainresponsibilityofWebserveris
toservestaticrequestwhileAppserveris
usedfordynamicrequest.Moreover,
Webserverhandlehttprequestsand
alsoactslikealoadbalancerwhile
Appserverhaslargeareaofworkslike
security,performances,clustering,
supportforvarious
files(.ear,.war)deploymentsetc

>ItgeneratesadumpofallliveobjectsthatareontheJavaHeap.
>BydefaultwegetOutOfMemoryErrorsbecauseofJVMcrashes
>Heapdumpiscreatedin<profileroot>directorywhen

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>WhenJVMcrasheswecannotgetanyapplication.

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13)WhatisThreadDump?
A)>ItprovidesdetailedinformationofallactiveJavaThreads.
>ItisusedtoknowhowmanythreadsarethereinConnectionPool
>HowmanyarethereinDeadlockstate.

14)HowtogenerateThreadDump?
A)Kill3Pid

15)WhatisActivitylog?
A)>ItisalsocalledasIBMServicelogfile
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Itisprovidesruntimeurlfortheend
user.Itiseasierforclienttobuild,
deploy,managedynamicwebsiteWAS
providesAuthenticationand
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>ItwillhavecompleteinformationaboutApplicationServerenvironment
>Itisnotinreadableformat
>Wehavetouseonelogfiletoviewthecompleteinformationofany
application

About
Websphere
WebSphereisamiddleware
technologies,It'smoreSecureand
Reliable.DevelopedbypureJ2EE
applications

>waslogbr.bat:ForOpeningandViewingthislog(Itwillhavecomplete
informationaboutbaseclassandotherapplications)
>WehavetouseSymptomdatabaseforfixingorcompareidentifytheissue.

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16)WhatisTracelog?
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WhatisTrace?
A)>ItwillhavedetailsaboutWASenvironmentinunderstandabletextformat
>TracefilecontainsStepbyStepactivitydetailsofWASprocess.
>TracefileshowsthetimeandSequenceofmethods.
>Wecanuse'showlog'commandinbindirectoryforgettingtracer
information.
Trace:ItisaninformationalrecordthatisintendedforServiceEngineersor
Developerstouse

17)WhatisSSO?
A)>SSOmeansSingleSignOn)
>OnceifweloginorgiveUseridandPasswordnoneedtogiveagainand
again.
>OnceaClienthadavalidLTPATokentheyneednotreauthenticateagain
withinaCell

18)WhatisVirtualHost?
A)>ItisaConfigurationthatenablesinglehostmachinetoresemblesmultiple
hostmachines
>ItisthecombinationofIPandPortNumberorhostname.

19)WhatisFixPackandRefreshPack?
A)>FixPackfixescertainissues.
>IfyougotanyproblemthenwehavetoraisethePROBLEMMANAGEMENT
REPORTtotheIBMServiceengineerstheywillprovideafixtothatproblem
>Upto6.1version43FIXPACKShavebeenissued.
RefreshPack:Itisamilestoneforreleaseittakesyoutoreleasesay6.0.0.1
>Meansitislikeareleaseofnewmovieorsoftwareintothemarket.
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>Ifyouuserp2itbecomes6.0.0.2
>Ifyouapplyfp35itbecomes6.0.2.35whichisnotarelease

20)WhatisSSL?
A)>SSLmeansSECUREDSOCKETLAYER.
>SSLisalsoaPROTOCOL
>Italsoprovidessecurecommunicationbetweendataintegrityand
Encryptionoverthenetworkbetweenthenodes
>ItisaprocessofintegratingClientandCertificatefrombrowser.

21)WhatisCollectorTool?
A)>ItisanAgenttoconfigureIBMSUPPORTASSISTANT(ISA)
>ItcollectsallinformationaboutyourWASinstallation,Packages,inJARfile
whichwecansendittoIBMISAindeterminingandanalyzingyourproblem.
>ItcanrunonlyonrootorAdministrator.
(or)
>Collectorisatoolwhichprovidesalllogfiles.Theselogfilescontainsfailure
info.
>Ifthebugscantbeclearedbyadministrator,thenbyusingthistoolwewillsend
alllogfilestoIBMpeople.

22)WhatisJNDI?
A)>JNDImeansJAVANAMINGANDDIRECTORYINTERFACE.
>ItisusedtoregistertheresourceshostedbyAppServer.
>JNDIimplementsWASisbuiltontopofCORBA(COMMONREQUEST
BROKERARCHITECTURE)

23)WhatisJDBC?
A)>JDBCmeansJAVADATABASECONNECTIVITY.
>JDBCisresponsibleforconnectionandcommunicationbetweenjava
applications
>JDBCisanAPI(ApplicationProgrammingInterface)thatisusedtoconnect
toanydatabase.

>JavaAPIisresponsibleforconnectingtoyourapplications

24)WhatisJDBCPROVIDER?
A)>ItisaproviderthatisusedtoconnecttoanyDataBase

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>MeansitisamediatorbetweenClientandDataBase
>VendordetailswillbepresentinJDBCproviders(AnyVendor
MYSQL,ORACLE)
>Ifwewanttoconnectorexecutetheprogramtoanyvendororclientwehave
touseonemoremediator
>Adapter:Itisajarfileresponsibleforcommunicationbetweenjava
applicationanddatabase

25)WhatisContextRoot?
A)>ContextRootidentifiesawebapplicationthatisstoredinapplication.xml
file.
>EverywebapplicationdevelopedwithinWebSpherestudiohasaContext
Rootassociatedwithit.
>ThisContextRoothelpstodistinguishmultipleapplicationsdeployedon
sameApplicationServer.
>ByContextRootonlyyourConfigurationfile(plugincnf.xml)routesthe
requesttoparticularapplication

26)WhatistheTicketTrackingtoolyouused?
A)USD(UNICENTRESERVICEDESK)

27)WhatisProfile?
A)>Profileconsistsofports,collectionoffilesandfolderscollectivelyusedfor
providingruntimeURLfortheenduser.
3typesofprofiles
1)Applicationprofile:Defaultprofile
2)Deploymentprofile:SoapConnectorportnoofDMGR8879.
3)Customprofile:GivesEmptynode.

28)WhatisWebSphere?
A)>WebSpherepopularlyreferstoIBMMiddlewaretechnologyproducts.
>WebSphereknownforkeyoperationinEBusinessApplications.
>WebSpherehasruntimecomponents,toolswhichcanhelpcreating
applicationswhichrunsonWAS.

29)SecurityFeaturespresentinWAS?
A)>SecuritymodelforwebSphereisprimarlybasedonJavaEESecuritymodel.
>ItalsodependsonOperatingSystem.
>UserAuthenticationandAuthorizationmechanismsalsoprovidedinWAS.

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>LTPA(LIGHTWEIGHTTHIRDPARTYAUTHENTICATION)mechanismismain
securityfeaturepresentinWAS.

30)FeaturespresentinWebSphere?
A)1)OrderManagement
2)WebSpherecommerceAccelerator.
3)AnalyticalandbusinessIntelligence.
4)OpenstandardsusedJAVA,EJB
5)WebSpherecommercepaymentsandCustomercare.

31)AdministratorbenefitsusingWebSphere?
A)>WebSpherealmostreducestheworkofserverAdministrator.
>HecanmanageloadonServersefficiently.
>FlexibilitytodivideloadandapplicationsamongdifferentServers.
>PredicttheincomingloadonServers.
>Emailalerts,Restartoptions,Memoryleakdetection.

32)NETWORKDEPLOYMENTfeaturepresentinWAS?
A)>Itprovideshotrecoveryofsingletonswhichmakesyouforgetabout
GARBAGECOLLECTEDsingletons.
>TransactionlogscanstoredonSharedfilesystem.
>InruntimeClusteringoperationsofdeploymentmanagersroleis
eliminated.
>J2EEFAILOVERsupport,Cellconfigurationsupportispresent.

33)WhatisCachingProxyofIBMWebSphereEdgeServer?
A)>CachingProxycanconfiguredinforwarddirectionoraProxy.
>PagefragmentsarisingfromJSP/SERVLETSarecrackedbyedgeand
Cachingprocessisslow.
>PerformanceandScalabilityofJ2EEapplicationscanbeincreasedby
edge.

34)HowmanySSLCertificateAuthoritiesavailableintodaysmarket?
A)1)ETRUST
2)VERISIGN
3)GEOTRUST

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4)RSA

35)DisAdvantagesofMemorytoMemoryreplication?
A)>Consumeslargeamountofmemoryinnetworkswithmanyusers.
>EachServerhasacopyofallSessions.
>WhenwechangeaSessionitwillbereplicatedtoallApplicationServers.

36)WhatisSymptomDatabase?
A)>ASymptomisanerrororeventmessage.
>ASymptomDatabaseisanXMLfileofsymptoms,stringmatchpatterns,
Associatedsolutionsanddirectives.
>LogrecordscanbeanalyzedusingSymptomDatabasetointerpretknown
eventsanderrorconditions.
>SymptomDatabasescanbeimportedfromexternalXMLSymptomDatabase
,savedandexportedintoanexternalfileinXMLformat.
>YoucaneitherimportSymptomDatabasefromlocalorremoteHost.

37)WhatisClustering?TypesofClustering?
A)>ItisasetofAppServershavingsameapplicationsInstalled,Groupedlocally
forWORKLOADMANAGEMENT(WLM)
>GroupingofAppServersunderasingleapplication
>Everyclustermembermusthavethesameconfigurationandsameversion.We
cansayeachclustermemberistheclonetooneanother.

Thereare2typesofCLUSTERING

1)1)VERTICALCLUSTERING:Deployedtheapplicationononemachineandwecan
runthatapplicationonourownbox(or)machine.
>InthisVerticalClusteringMachineFailOverisnotpossible.
>Ifthemachinegetsfailedwecannotrunthatapplication(or)SINGLEPOINT
OFFAILURE.
>IfoneServerfailstheotherServerwilltakescare
>Ifmachinefailsnothingcanbedone.
>Butwhenthephysicalmachinefailoverhappenswewillloseeverything

2)HORIZONTALCLUSTERING:GroupingofAppServersinwhichoneAppServer

shouldbeononenodeandAnotherAppServershouldbeonanothernode.
>Meansifwetaketwomachinesoneapplicationshouldbedeployedondifferent
machinesRemotely(or)oneapplicationshouldruninINDIAandanotherapplication
shouldruninAMERICA.

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>IfMachine1applicationwillbedeployedonMachine2sowehavetoknowtheIP
addressofMachine1thenonlyitispossibletodeployedthatapplication
Successfully.
>BothMachinesshouldhaveInternetConnection.
>HerenoSINGLEPOINTOFFAILURE.
>ItSupportsMACHINEFAILOVER.

38)HowwillyoufixMemoryLeakageinWAS?
A)>MemoryLeakageissueisinNativecode
>ForthisissuewecanneedtogetHeapDumpsandanalyzetheDumpsforany
Memoryissues.
>Ifwegotanyissueweneedtoaskdeveloperstofixthisissue.
>ForTemporarypurposewecanincreaseHeapsize.

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