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
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
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
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”
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
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
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 […]
Migrating to WebSphere Process Server V6.2
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!
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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: […]
XPath Duration Constants Specification
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 […]
Uninstalling or updating the WebSphere V6.1 test environment using Installation Manager
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
Yes I know, I’ve been an extremely delinquent blogger in 2009. I resolve to change that this month.
WebSphere Process Server Disaster Recovery: UUIDs are unique to an install
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
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
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
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
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.”
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
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
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 […]
DSRA9010E: ‘{0}’ is not supported on the WebSphere ‘{1}’ Platform
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
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
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 […]