This course teaches you how to configure and administer the IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Appliance. Through recorded lectures and recorded demonstrations, the course introduces the Cast Iron Appliance, concentrating on appliance administration and administrative tools. You learn how to configure and upgrade the appliance, create users, manage projects, back up the repository, and troubleshoot appliance issues.

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• Create and manage users
• Configure notifications by email
• Upgrade the Cast Iron Operating System (CIOS)
• Import an orchestration into the Integration Appliance
• Back up and restore the Integration Appliance repository
• Schedule downtime
• Use the command-line interface to:
  • View and set the time zone
  • Display network settings
  • Modify log settings

This intermediate course is designed for IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Integration Appliance administrators, as well as application integrators, systems engineers, and business analysts who are involved in administering the IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Integration Appliance.

You should:

• Successfully complete IBM WebSphere Cast Iron V7 Configuration (VW945G)
• Be familiar with database management, Extensible Markup Language (XML), and scripting
• Be familiar with Cast Iron tools and be able to create, configure, deploy, and execute Cast Iron integration projects

• Course introduction
• IBM WebSphere Cast Iron introduction
• Administrative tools
• Initial configuration
• Demonstration: Command-line interface
• Managing and monitoring projects
• Demonstration: Importing a project
• Demonstration: Configuring different runtime environments
• Demonstration: Exporting and importing the repository
• Cast Iron Operating System (CIOS) and library maintenance
• Demonstration: Upgrading the Cast Iron Operating System (CIOS)
• Managing the appliance
• Demonstration: Creating a user
• Demonstration: Configuring a Simple Mail Transport (SMTP) server
• Demonstration: Defining notifications
• Troubleshooting and diagnostic tools
• Course summary