RishiBang
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Centralized Deployment Manager
Hi,
I am currently working on a special requirement pertaining to the WebSphere Deployment Manager (Dmgr).
I am being requested by my Client to come up with a model for Centralized Deployment manager.
The detailed reqmts are as follows:
1) The Dmgr(Most probably V7.0) will sit on a high configuration windows machine.
2) Based on requirements Nodes of version 6.0,6.1 and 7.0 will be federated to this Dmgr.
3) The Dmgr will not be used to manage the WebServers (The Web Servers are in DMZ)
4) The Dmgr should manage the federated Nodes irrespective of whether they are hosted on physical machine or VMWare
5) The Dmgr should manage the nodes hosted on Diff. OSes (Win,Solaris, AIX)
6) The env will be secured and Clustered
7) Different applications uses security Certificate with diff expiration periods (validity).
My Question is
How many of the above are theoretically/technically possible in WAS?
How to manage fix pakcs if the reqmts 2&5 above are possible
Whats the best possible approach/model to implement the above requirements.
Thanks,
Rishi
I am currently working on a special requirement pertaining to the WebSphere Deployment Manager (Dmgr).
I am being requested by my Client to come up with a model for Centralized Deployment manager.
The detailed reqmts are as follows:
1) The Dmgr(Most probably V7.0) will sit on a high configuration windows machine.
2) Based on requirements Nodes of version 6.0,6.1 and 7.0 will be federated to this Dmgr.
3) The Dmgr will not be used to manage the WebServers (The Web Servers are in DMZ)
4) The Dmgr should manage the federated Nodes irrespective of whether they are hosted on physical machine or VMWare
5) The Dmgr should manage the nodes hosted on Diff. OSes (Win,Solaris, AIX)
6) The env will be secured and Clustered
7) Different applications uses security Certificate with diff expiration periods (validity).
My Question is
How many of the above are theoretically/technically possible in WAS?
How to manage fix pakcs if the reqmts 2&5 above are possible
Whats the best possible approach/model to implement the above requirements.
Thanks,
Rishi
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yes HonorGod,
Being everything run as Java code, It makes sense for the cross OS support of WAS for DMGR to Node management
But I have a concern with the following
"if f the DMgr is at the highest version (ex V7), Only a V 7 DM can manage V7 AppServer nodes"
Why its like that? I heard that if the V6.0 DMgr can manage both V6.0 and v5.1 Nodes (see Page 26 in the attached pdf)
Is the above constraint placed newly t in V7.0?
Thanks,
Rishi
WASv61-Topology-Terminology.pdf
Being everything run as Java code, It makes sense for the cross OS support of WAS for DMGR to Node management
But I have a concern with the following
"if f the DMgr is at the highest version (ex V7), Only a V 7 DM can manage V7 AppServer nodes"
Why its like that? I heard that if the V6.0 DMgr can manage both V6.0 and v5.1 Nodes (see Page 26 in the attached pdf)
Is the above constraint placed newly t in V7.0?
Thanks,
Rishi
WASv61-Topology-Terminology.pdf
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Thanks for the grade & points.
Good luck & have a great day.
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Thanks for the detailed information.
From you answers, what I have understood is, If the DMgr is at the highest version (ex V7)
1) Fixpack management of federated nodes is not a major concern for Dmgr Centralization
2) A windows hosted DMgr can manage any version and type of Nodes without any problem (is it vice versa? i e an AIX hosted dmgr can manage windows nodes?)
Let me know whether my understanding is correct.
Thanks,
Rishi