DB2 - Still 8 characters after all these years ...
So I'm more than familiar with systems that are "limited" to 8 characters, but I didn't expect DB2 to have the same limitation, leastways not in 2014 :-)This came up using DB2 Enterprise Server Edition...
View ArticleBook Review - Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Fourth Edition, by Mike Shema
Again, following on from earlier posts: -Book Review - Testing Cloud Services:How to Test SaaS, Paas and IaaSBook Review - A Project In Your PocketBook Review - Introduction to Computation and...
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IBM Business Process Manager - Missing the Bus
I've just built a single cell, two node three cluster IBM BPM Advanced 8.5.5 environment, against a remote DB2 ESE 10.1.0.3 server.So I was a little startled when, after starting the Deployment...
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DB2 Buffer Pools - Automagically tuning
So I picked this nugget of wisdom up this week.One of my most excellent DB2 SME colleagues pointed out the wonderful db2top utility, specifically in the context of monitoring Buffer Pools.You see, ever...
View ArticleLessons Learned - WebSphere MQ, Clustering and Message Driven Beans
ContextThe requirement is to create a clustered WebSphere MQ infrastructure, and then send messages to an application, known as a Message Driven Bean, deployed onto WebSphere Application Server.The...
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Help - The Proxy Ate My Process Designer
This is a problem that I recently saw with a client, and was able to reproduce, and more importantly, fix on my own environment.But first some background, one of the IBM BPM's major features is the...
View ArticleIBM HTTP Server - maintenance mode
One of my colleagues was looking for some intel. on this earlier this week.The requirement is to have IBM HTTP Server (IHS) display a different banner page when WebSphere Application Server is placed...
View ArticleIBM Integration Bus - Port Reporting
Following on from this earlier post: -IBM Integration Bus and the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) PluginI'm working with a colleague to implement the same configuration in another environment.Again,...
View ArticleIBM Business Monitor - some FAQs
Some great stuff here on dwAnswersCan I apply a IBM Cognos Fix Pack to IBM Business Monitor?How do I enable XSS and CSRF protection in IBM Cognos provided with IBM Business MonitorHow can I use SAML...
View ArticleIBM BPM - Deleting a Deployment Environment
Not sure why this happens but, when I'm trying to delete an IBM BPM 8.5.5 Deployment Environment: -/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/BPMConfig.sh -delete -de ProcessServer -profile Dmgr01I get this:...
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IBM SoftLayer, IBM Installation Manager, Red Hat Linux and fun
One of my colleagues asked for some help with WAS 8.5.0 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 VM .... running on IBM SoftLayer.This is my first time on the SoftLayer cloud, so it's been a blast.One thing...
View ArticleHow to configure Common Event Infrastructure and cbebrowser for IBM Business...
Found this via Twitter and developerWorks Answers How to configure Common Event Infrastructure and cbebrowser for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5This blog is an effort to explain the steps...
View ArticleIBM BPM to DB2 - You WILL respect my authority
Can you say "Doh" ? I bet you can.I'm building a multi-Deployment Environment IBM BPM Advanced 8.5.5 environment today, with one DE hosting Process Center and another DE hosting Process Server. Why,...
View ArticleOops, DB2 and the Insufficient Disk Space
So I was trying to create a second Deployment Environment to host a Process Server for IBM BPM Advanced 8.5.5, when I saw this: -CWMCB0313E: An error occurred while attempting to connect to database...
View ArticleIBM Business Process Manager - Invoking a secured web service using HTTP...
From the fountain of developerWorks goodness: -This tutorial shows you how to invoke web services that require HTTP basic authentication using the HTTP Header Setter mediation primitive available in...
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IBM Business Process Manager - WAS to DB2 authentication - SQLSTATE=42815
I have blogged about this before: -WAS to DB2 - Null userid is not supported. ERRORCODE=-4461, SQLSTATE=42815and saw the same issue again today, albeit in a different context.Whilst bringing up a BPM...
View ArticleIBM BPM Advanced - "The socket name is already in use" and...
ContextThis relates to a two cell, two node, multi-cluster IBM BPM Advanced 8.5.0.1 environment, installed and running on AIX.We have four WAS profiles; two Deployment Manager, two Application Server,...
View ArticleWebSphere MQ and WebSphere Application Server - Gah, why oh why does this...
The contextThis is part of an integration between WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and WebSphere MQ (WMQ), in the context of integration between IBM Integration Bus and IBM Business Process...
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IBM BPM Advanced 8.5.5 - Process Center to Process Server
So I am continuing to get my head around the integration between Process Center and Process Server, in that it's possible to have a connected Process Server to which one can actively deploy snapshots,...
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Mozilla Thunderbird and SSL v3
In case it helps, I needed to make Thunderbird LESS secure in order to access a Newsgroup server that was offering up SSL v3.This was what I saw in TB's Error Console: -Timestamp: 05/12/2014...
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