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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. Similar Posts:Migration to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Bus 6.2 – Mandatory reading Exploring The Contents of a [...]

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. [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Similar Posts:WebSphere Process Server Failed Event Manager: “The Recovery Sub-system is disabled.” IBM Support Flashes Introducting the SCA HTTP Binding Avoid the WebSphere Integration Developer Debugger Variable Substitution in WSAdmin: [...]

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 [...]

WebSphere Process Serevr v6.0.2.4 JVM Crashing on Windows with Illegal Operation

dan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:16:43 +0000

Yesterday, a colleague of mine had an issue with their test WebSphere Process Server contained inside of WebSphere Integration Developer. It was a very peculiar issue. The server would just hang in the middle of starting various EARs. We tried to start the server outside of WID and still could not get the server back [...]

Migrating WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server V6.1

syndication — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redbook, last updated: Mon, 6 Oct 2008

- Migration concepts, planning and best practices
- Migration tools and scripting
- Migration end to end scenarios

In this IBM Redbooks publication, we discuss the concepts, planning, differences 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 6.1.

WebSphere Admin Console SRVE0190E: FileNotFound Errors when clicking certain hyperlinks

dan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:21:05 +0000

Should you find that you have some links in your WebSphere Administration console that generate an error in the following format: com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppErrorReport: SRVE0190E: File not found: /xxxxxxxxxxx.content.main at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppDispatcherContext.sendError(WebAppDispatcherContext.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.SRTServletResponse.sendError(SRTServletResponse.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.FilterProxyServlet.dispatch(FilterProxyServlet.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.FilterProxyServlet.service(FilterProxyServlet.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java(Compiled Code)) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java(Compiled Code)) t com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java(Compiled Code)) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java(Compiled Code)) at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.extension.WebExtensionProcessor.invokeFilters(WebExtensionProcessor.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest(DefaultExtensionProcessor.java) It appears that the [...]

Asynchronous replication of WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for disaster recovery environments

syndication — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

This article describes an environment that is based on using a disk replication system in asynchronous mode. You can include this environment in a disaster recovery plan that includes a secondary data center using IBM WebSphere Process Server or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.

Managing tasks and business processes using WebSphere Business Space

syndication — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

WebSphere Business Process Management V6.1.2 Production Topologies

syndication — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redbook, last updated: Thu, 4 Sep 2008

- Securing, administering, and extending WebSphere Process Server topologies
- Incorporating WebSphere Business Services Fabric
- Incorporating WebSphere Business Monitor

IBM's WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition is a comprehensive set of role-based, SOA-enabled product capabilities providing customers the ability to continuously optimize processes and adapt them to rapidly changing needs.

Migrating WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server V6.1

syndication — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redbook, last updated: Thu, 21 Aug 2008

- Migration concepts, planning and best practices
- Migration tools and scripting
- Migration end to end scenarios

IBM TechNote: Content and maintenance of the wstemp directory for WebSphere Process Server V6

dan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:12:33 +0000

IBM released a technote: Content and maintenance of the wstemp directory for WebSphere Process Server V6 which helps to explain what the server does with the ‘wstemp’ directory. There’s also four other articles on the topic: Problem with workspace directories How does wstemp directory work Clearing wstemp will delete console preferences Logs and temporary files [...]

WebSphere Application Server 7.0 Feature Pack for Service Component Architecture (SCA)

dan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:22:13 +0000

The WebSphere Community Blog pointed out that there is a new WebSphere Application Server 7.0 Feature Pack available for download. This one will enable the Tuscany implementation of SCA inside the WebSphere Container. It should be noted that this version of SCA is not the same one included in WebSphere Process Server. I would just [...]

WebSphere MQ Workflow Transition to WebSphere Process Server

syndication — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redbook, last updated: Thu, 14 Aug 2008

- Transition concepts and planning
- Transition support and guidance
- Transition examples

This IBM® Redbook publication provides a guide on how to transition from your WebSphere® MQ Workflow 3.6 environment to WebSphere Process Server V6.1.

Versioning business processes and human tasks in WebSphere Process Server

syndication — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0000

This article shows you how to build versions of business processes and human tasks that are based on best practices in IBM WebSphere Integration Developer V6.1 and WebSphere Process Server V6.1.

Integrating Oracle BPEL with an HTTP (REST) Service

dan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:22:28 +0000

Right out of the gate in my experience with Oracle BPEL, I have to integrate with a non-SOAP HTTP service. Luckily, Lucas Jellema over on the AMIS Technology blog has a very well written article that goes end to end on exactly what you need to do in order to get Oracle and HTTP (REST) [...]

Advanced techniques and patterns for business process client development

syndication — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:01:00 +0000

This article introduces you to techniques and patterns that you can use to develop personalized user interfaces for business processes. Although this article focuses on IBM WebSphere Process Server as the process engine, you can use most approaches and tools to create client applications for other process engines, for example, IBM Lotus Workflow and SAP Business Workflow.

Seamless access to SAP services using IBM WebSphere integration tools

syndication — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0000

This article shows you how to design, develop, configure, deploy, and test an end-to-end purchase order scenario using WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Adapters, and SAP. You also learn how to create applications that Web enable SAP services and help in the analysis, design, and implementation of similar integration applications.

IBM Buys ILOG, a Business Rules Engine

dan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:33:01 +0000

Geez, I don’t know how I missed this one. ILOG is a business rules engine that can already integrate with WebSphere Process Server so this acquisition makes sense. It’s better than the one bundled with the product and used by more companies. Anyway, I’ll defer to the bloggers of the world who have more industry [...]

IBM Software Support Lifecycle – General Availability, End Of Marketing, End of Support Dates

dan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:28:52 +0000

Planning that new WebSphere Process Server v6.0 GA production deployment? I suggest you check out the End Of Service Dates published by IBM for your versions to ensure that you aren’t painting yourself into a corner before you even start. Beware clicking that last link, it’s a poorly created web page with every single IBM [...]

What’s new in WebSphere Process Server V6.1.2

syndication — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000

IBM WebSphere Process Server is a powerful runtime engine that can be used as the heart of a Service Oriented Architecture. It is built on WebSphere Application Server, and includes WebSphere ESB, enabling you to run integration modules created with WebSphere Application Developer, mediation modules, and J2EE applications. This article examines the features new to WebSphere Process Server V6.1.2. Basic knowledge of WebSphere Process Server is required for this article.

Do not use forward slashes in SIBus Destination names with JMS

dan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:57:56 +0000

I have an SIBus destination called: ‘MY/QUEUE’. I create a JMS QueueConnectionFactory and JMS Queue definition to this destination. jms/LoggingPoisonQueueCF and jms/LoggingPoisonQueue. When I attempt to put a message on the destination (using Spring JMS) I get the following exception: org.springframework.jms.InvalidDestinationException: CWSIA0046E: The parameter queue://MY/QUEUE?busName=SIBJMSBus is from a foreign implementation that is not supported.; nestedexception [...]

Oracle DBMS_CRYPTO Encryption

dan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:58:32 +0000

I spent a few days battling the oracle DBMS_CRYPTO package. This package allows the encryption of data types, including clobs and blobs (in oracle 10g). The battles included: My user not having visibility to the package in the stored procedure call. This was solved by a simple call to the DBA. In my system, I [...]