A step-by-step guide to configuring a WebSphere Portal V5.1.0.1 cluster using WebSphere Application Server V6.0.0.2

Level: Advanced

Jerry Dancy (dancy@us.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM

07 Dec 2005

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This guide steps through a detailed procedure for installing, configuring, and building an IBM® WebSphere® Portal V5.1.0.1 cluster using IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0.0.2, Windows® 2000 Server, Oracle 9.2.0.4 Server and client, IBM Directory Server 5.1, and IBM HTTP Server 1.3.26.1. To perform the tasks described here you need basic WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application Server knowledge and administration skills. Some steps might require the assistance of another system administrator, such as the database administrator or LDAP administrator.

In this article

• Installing and configuring WebSphere Portal nodes
  
  
• Federating the nodes to the Deployment Manager
  
  
• Creating the cluster configuration
  
  
• Enable dynamic caching
  
  
• Considering performance and failover tradeoffs
  

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About the author

		Jerry Dancy works as a Technical Lead for the WebSphere Portal Support Level 2 team. He has 2 years of experience in WebSphere Portal Support and previously worked as an Oracle DBA for 4 years. His areas of expertise include install and upgrade, configuration, and clustering. He has written extensively on WebSphere Portal install and configuration.

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