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August NICS background check data not indicative of market slowdown
Despite the previously released August data from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), it seems like gun manufacturers were not experiencing that bad of a month as some people would have been led to believe. According to reports, the dip in the number of checks in recently released [more]
Minnesota State Fair poll reveals big support for universal background checks
The recently held Minnesota State Fair poll had revealed a surprising response from residents as it showed that almost 90 percent of those who took the survey are in favor of universal background checks for gun sales. The annual fair was attended by more than 6,000 people who had taken [more]
Fingerprints and Background Checks now required for Carmel Town applicants
CARMEL, N.Y. - A brand new law was recently enacted in the town of Carmel in New York which now requires anyone who wants to work there to submit themselves to fingerprint identification and a background check before being allowed to proceed. The requirement itself was originally proposed by the town's [more]
Texas Law now allows students to carry concealed handguns in classrooms
The first day of August saw a particularly controversial law taking effect in the state of Texas and coincidentally on the same day as the 50th anniversary of the infamous University of Texas massacre or the "Clock Tower Massacre" as it was being famously referred to. The brand new law [more]
Kentucky Enacts Expungement Law allowing felons a chance to erase records
For a petty crime that happened more than 27 years ago, convicted felon West Powell has been having trouble with getting his life straight due to a criminal record that has been keeping him from getting a good job and a good education. Now, Powell's testimony during a state legislative [more]
Shooting Victims sue FBI over Background Check Negligence
Lawsuits against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are not in the realm of impossibility, but a recent one that has been filed against the agency by the survivors of the recent Charleston church shooting does strike a chord in lieu of recent developments in the fight against more sensible [more]


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The York Review
YORK, PA. — York College's student-run literary magazine, The York Review, is looking to highlight their digital online presence and host live events. For more than 30 years, The York Review has collected literature, fine art, and photography from York College's student body. Since the magazine's inception, The York Review's goal has been to provide a platform for the voice that the works of art … Continue reading The York Review
York College and The Health Wagon: a Partnership to Save Lives
By Alissa Pruitt | Imagine being awakened at 3 a.m with a splitting headache. You woozily leave the warmth of your bed and flip on the light of the bathroom to open the medicine cabinet on the wall. With blurred vision you rely on your hands to find the Advil all the way in the back right corner where you usually keep it. Wishing to alleviate the … Continue reading York College and The Health Wagon: a Partnership to Save Lives
Club Corner: Philosophy Club
By Jay Yeaple | The student body of York College provides a wide range of clubs encompassing topics in the humanities. One such group, the YCP Philosophy Club, serves as yet another outlet for students to meet others with similar interests. This club was made official during the spring semester of 2015, although its founding members unofficially met to discuss philosophical topics for a year and a half prior to … Continue reading Club Corner: Philosophy Club
Student Senate Executive Board and General Members Elected
By Sarah Rifield, Andrey Romanov | April 8 ended the election for the next year's Executive Board of Student Senate. The elections were in process from April 5 to 8. According to 2015-2016 Student Senate President Jason Keller, the total fifteen candidates running was record breaking. Elections concluded with a renewed enthusiasm in the electoral process, record-high voter turnout of 1,015 according to Student Senate, and a … Continue reading Student Senate Executive Board and General Members Elected
Students offer passport to medical volunteer tourism
By Kendra Jones | Senior students taking a public relations campaigns class shared their knowledge on medical volunteer tourism as they spoke to York College students and community members on April 21. Health wagon, a non-profit organization that serves in six counties in southwestern Virginia, focusing on helping those with medical needs, served as a topic for the class and was presented to York College. In the Appalachian Mountains, … Continue reading Students offer passport to medical volunteer tourism
Alumni reminisce on York College experience
By Sarah Rifield | From York Collegiate Institute's founding in 1787, to becoming York Junior College in 1941, to York College of Pennsylvania in 1968, the College has had a rich history. Celebrating its 75th anniversary during the last week of March, the school sponsored a variety of activities including a Founder's Day Trivia Night, a re-enactment of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal speech, and an Alumni's lunch. When speaking to … Continue reading Alumni reminisce on York College experience
YCP Greek Week
By Derek Acaley "I can't wait, it's the best time of the year every year. This is my third and final Greek Week, and I can't wait to finish my college career off the right way," said Danny Millar, captain of the Phi Psi team. Every year at the end of the second semester York College of Pennsylvania holds its annual Greek Week. This typically … Continue reading YCP Greek Week
E-board Elected, Now General Senate Elections
The results were released on April 8th, concluding the campaigning season for those aspiring to be on the Executive Board of Student Senate for 2016-2017. President: Abhi Kudaravalli Vice President: Thomas Gaudet VP of CAB: Alex Iula VP of Organizational Development: Amanda Stagg Treasurer: Joseph Salerno This week is the General Senate Elections. Polls will close on Friday, April 15, at 5 p.m. To vote … Continue reading E-board Elected, Now General Senate Elections
Student Senate Debate Recap
By Sarah Rifield, Andrey Romanov Tuesday's debate of candidates for Student Senate Executive Board which took place in Spart's Den kicked off this year's Student Senate election season. The turnout for the event was an impressive: sixty to seventy people, leaving the event, standing room only. Candidates for five positions including Treasurer, Vice President of Campus Activities Board, Vice President of Organizational Development, Vice President, … Continue reading Student Senate Debate Recap
Steven Brikowski: Interview
My name is Steve Brikowski, I am a political science major with a legal studies minor. I was the Editor-in-Chief of The Spartan Newspaper, Parliamentarian of the Student Senate, elected twice as a general senator and a general member of the Campus Activities Board. Why are you running for Student Senate? What prompted you to want to occupy, arguably, the highest office for a student at … Continue reading Steven Brikowski: Interview

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Welcome to the RevZillaTV Library where you can browse RevZilla Motorcycle Gear Video Reviews by brand and style. RevZilla produces 100% of these videos in-house and believes that a better educated rider is a safer and happier one. Knowing the motorcycle gear that goes on your body is the first step in staying safe and enjoying the sport to its fullest. Our motorcycle helmet and motorcycle gear video reviews should provide the necessary informaiton to begin narrowing your search for the right gear. Within this library you will also find high-level overview videos at the brand and category level along with seasonal reviews and how-to video guides.
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A Gorgeous—and Unsettling—Video of Evolution in Action
This time-lapse you see here is among the most compelling visualizations of evolution we've ever seen. It's also a little frightening.
The 16 Best Science Visualizations of 2011
Toxic barbs on a cucumber's skin, nanoscopic flakes of metal and a mouse's technicolor eyeball are just a few of 2011's best science visualizations.
The Design of Science: 10 Great Research Graphics
Scientific figures and graphs are uncelebrated and utilitarian, a means to an end, unnoticed by graphics gurus and information designers -- but some stand out....
Video: 10 Years of Fires on Earth Seen From Space
Using a pair of Earth-monitoring satellites, NASA has recorded tens of millions of fires that burned throughout the past decade. Wired.com takes you on a...
10 Award-Winning Scientific Simulation Videos
Thanks to increasingly cheap, fast and efficient computing power, scientific simulations are now a crucial tool for researchers who want to ask once-impractical scientific questions...
The Weird and Beautiful World of Fluid Dynamics
Fluids and gases can move in strange and mysterious ways that aren't always apparent to our unaided eyes. It's only with the use of tracers...
Data as Art: 10 Striking Science Maps
The computer age triggered a seemingly endless stream of high-quality scientific data, but such incoming mountains of information come with a cost. The more data...
Gallery: 10 Stunning Science Visualizations
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Jim, Alice and special Patreon supporter guest Mike Smith team up for a good half-hour of crying and dying in Lothric.
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Star Wars Battlefront's beta is running, and Star Wars might be the only thing that warms Burns' icy heart. Brett and Dave join him to see if EA's Battlefront revival is any cop.
Co-op Gameplay
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is a game with a very long title that is fun to play on your own or with other people etc
The First 30 Mins
Sherlock Holmes is back. Jim showed the first bits of Crimes & Punishments to a surprised Steve, who was expecting the worst.
Goat Simulator: Best Simulator
Chris and Dave have a lot of fun with this silly idea that ended up being a real video game.
Nidhogg: Two Player Awesome
Matt and Chris cross swords and shout at each other in this superb "stab them with the pointy end" multiplayer game.
The Novelist: Extended Play
Chris and Matt take a terrifying look into family life with all of its commitments and compromises. They have now made the very sensible decision to never grow up and deal with this kind of thing.
Risk of Rain: Extended Play
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Where to stay in Florianopolis
My lovely wife is going to a conference held at UFSC in Florianopolis for 4 days in September. Where should she stay? [more inside]
Where to Stay in Northern CA
My son and I are heading out next week to California so he can visit UC-Berkeley and UC-Santa Cruz. What city is the best to pick a hotel in as a base point? [more inside]
Going to New York City for the books . . .
I'm looking for a medium-priced, safe hotel in New York City that's within safe walking distance (maybe 1 mile?) of The Strand Bookstore. Bonus points if the hotel is near anything else of literary interest. I've only been to NYC once and that was ten years ago so I'm very sketchy on neighborhoods/geography of the city, so I don't even know if this is a realistic request. Any thoughts, NYC booklovers?
Singapore hotel filter: Near Orchard Road, quiet-ish, reasonable-ish?
Going to a conference Sept 12-13, to be held at the Orchard Hotel Singapore (442 Orchard Road). At around 210 Singapore dollars + taxes, I can afford it, but would also be happier with somewhere a bit less expensive. If you know of somewhere within walking distance, that isn't too noisy, and is a bit cheaper, could you tell me?
New Hotel being built in downtown LA
There is a hotel being built in downtown LA, across the street from the JW Mariott. At the corner of Fransico Str. and W Olympic Blvd. What is the name of the hotel? [more inside]
Good Paris Hotels for Internet Access over the holidays?
Looking for Parisian hotels in Monmartre or in central Paris with US-quality wifi or Internet access during the Christmas season. No wifi tokens or credits or anything like that, looking for flat fee wifi within guest rooms for at least one device. That the hotel be nice to stay at is a plus.
Where to stay in NYC?
I am planning an anniversary trip to NYC for the third weekend in October - we would like someplace fun and reasonable to stay (an actual hotel, so AirBnB is out). We plan on doing some touristy things (a Broadway show, some of the big museums), but we would like to spend the rest of the time in a part of the city that's entertaining and quirky and a bit off the beaten path. Any recommendations of where to stay, and things to do once we're there, would be welcome. [more inside]
Event space for a (smaller) Memorial Gathering near Orange County, SoCal
My mother recently passed away and we are looking to rent out a function space to have a gathering for 25-30 friends and relatives to get together, have a little lunch, trade stories, and generally remember her. Low-key is the general idea. Looking for recommendation for locations (hotels, inns, converted barns, restaurants) around North Orange County, California — or web resources that will have good listing of the same. [more inside]
I need a hotel room in Singapore but most are really expensive.
I need a hotel room in Singapore but most are really expensive. [more inside]
Ever been a concierge?
I might get a job offer for a concierge position in a high end hotel. What is that like? [more inside]
Funky, unusual, cheap accommodation in LA
We're going to do a couple days in Los Angeles for a mini honeymoon next Thur/Fri nights. Want to see the Getty Museum, Olvera Street and maybe some Hollywood. Looking for someplace cool and unusual to stay - we like retro, art deco, mid century, kitschy, cheesy stuff. Clean, basic, bedbug free, a fridge in the room would be nice. Suggestions? Thank you!
A brief vacation.
I'm going to be in the Boston area on the 29th and 30th of this month, and I'm looking for a bed-and-breakfast type place to stay over that weekend. Small and cheap is preferred, and outside the city - I've been thinking south, near (probably not actually on) the Cape. Does anyone have suggestions, either of particular places or of general areas I should aim for?
DC Hotel Filter
Looking for a hotel in the Washington DC area. There are, of course, a lot of special snowflake requirements. [more inside]
Los Angeles... Hotel recommendations for E3
So, I'm running a bit late in making my hotel reservation for E3 and the nicer down-town Los Angeles hotels are booked. Any recommendations on where to look if I expand my search radius? I will need to be on-site at the convention center, so I suppose that car-free would be best... but open to suggestions. (I'd prefer not to be by the airport). Cost isn't a major factor, but probably wouldn't go as high as the Four Seasons for example. thoughts? I'll have a day or so available for touristy stuff, so those suggestions are welcome as well. thank you!
Do I have to share a hotel room with my coworker?
Is it common in your academic workplace for people to share hotel rooms at conferences with colleagues? [more inside]
Hotel recommendations in Buenos Aires
I will be visiting Buenos Aires on holiday this November, and would like your recommendations on hotels. [more inside]
Day rooms in Honolulu
I'm heading to Hawaii and on our first day our flight lands in Honolulu at 8am but our flight to Kauai isn't until 5pm. Are there any hotel rooms that offer day rooms you can book in advance? So far we've tried the Pacific Marina Inn, but they said they cannot advise availability until the day. We really just want somewhere we can shower and store our bags, so any other suggestions are welcome.
What are some good ensemble-type movies set in motels/hotels?
Seeking recommendations for good films that are set in hotels or motels, and feature an ensemble cast. The Platonic ideal of the kind of movie I'm thinking about is Bagdad Café. A good recent example might be The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Basically, stories that use the hotel/motel setting as a way to tell a variety of stories about people's lives. Thank you for any tips.
Hotel recommendation near the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC?
A colleague and I are traveling to New York at the end of the month (Tues-Thurs, if it matters) for business that will take place near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [more inside]
Planning a Ruby Wedding anniversary
Looking for recommendations for an upmarket hotel and a restaurant in Paris. [more inside]
Mirrors on Hotel Ceilings
Does this actually exist? [more inside]
Why would my hotel bathroom smell like rotten eggs?
I stayed at the Bellagio Las Vegas this past week for a work conference and was really excited to try it out. But the room smelled FOUL when I walked in. The smell was coming from the bathroom, but the bathroom looked clean. I guess the smell was like excrement/sulphur/rotten eggs. When I opened the shower door, the smell just poured out. So I guess it was coming from either the water or the drains? What could cause this?
One night stay in Provincetown in July: possible?
Planning a bike trip to Provincetown over the week of July 4. Hoping to stay in Provincetown on the night of July 6, then take the ferry back to Boston on July 7. Problem: every hotel/B&B we've found so far requires at least a two night minimum stay. Is there any place that doesn't? [more inside]
How many percentage points is one Bedbug Registry report worth?
I Pricelined myself into a two nights at a hotel in downtown Chicago. A few seconds later, I thought to check the Bedbug Registry. DANT DANT DAH, it has bedbug reports. Given these reports, help me assess the risk of actually encountering bedbugs, so I can decide whether to just abandoned the money I just paid (~$300) and get another hotel. [more inside]
Dog-friendly hotel in London, for 10kg dog?
I am heading to London for a few days in June, and I need a hotel to which I can take my 10kg dog. Requirements: 100-200 pound a night; near, or within easy public transport to, UCL; green space nearby (for the dog). The internet does not seem very good for this, as some of the hotels that *say* they accept dogs put restrictions (like, must be under 5lbs (!)), and a lot of the information online is old or incomplete. Does anyone know of such a hotel in London, and is certain they'll accept a 10kg dog?
Need help choosing Aegean hotels/transportation in Turkey
My partner and I will be in Turkey later this month and will have three days in and around Izmir. We plan to visit Ephesus, the Dilek park, as well as maybe Samos and/or Chios. We need some help making decisions about how to get around and where in the area to stay for a few nights. [more inside]
Airbnb, is it you or me?
I have used Airbnb a couple of times, one for a longish term rental, and seem to remember somehow posting a "wanted" ad - I know I got lots of replies without sending out lots of individual emails. Now I can't find this feature anywhere - can anyone point me to it (or tell me if it's been disabled)?
Hotel Recommendation in Orlando, Florida
Looking for a hotel recommendation in Orlando in a couple of weeks. Suggestions? [more inside]
How can I create a hotel bed from the Mandarin Oriental?
Hello. I am a bed novice. I didn't know what a duvet or pillow sham was until I was like 25 (I grew up poor). Actually I'm still not sure what those are. But I recently stayed at the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas and fell into bed heaven. At first, I thought the bed was too soft because you can press down into it. But it actually gave tons of support. And the pillows were awesome. They were long and Euro? Anyway does anyone who supplies their bed stuff or how I can come close to recreating it without spending a million dollars?
Beds, breakfasts, and inns, oh my!
What is it actually like to work at a bed and breakfast or a small inn? [more inside]
Where to stay in Chicago for easy access to Kendallville, Indiana?
Asking for a friend... just what it says on the tin. She's visiting her partner while he's on an extended work trip; he's in Kendallville, Indiana, but there are no decent accommodations there. His office suggested she stay somewhere in Chicago. Where's someplace nice in the Chicago area, not too spendy, and within easy reach of Kendallville?
Brazil trip questions
We're travelling to Brazil in late May. Where would you recommend for hotels in Itataia and Paraty? Is a pousada a good option? Plus questions about timing, driving, Salvador de Bahia. [more inside]
casual hookup etiquette for the post-serially monogamous citizen
After many years of monogamy followed by several years of celibacy (continually enforced by the fact that, out of raw fiscal necessity, I will continue to share a house and mortgage with my ex for the indefinite future), a chance encounter has left me with the opportunity to enjoy one (or, fingers crossed, more than one!) casual hookup(s) with a breathtakingly attractive near-stranger. Can you walk me through this process -- safety, guidelines, what to do/not do or say, etc. -- like a complete newbie? [more inside]
Sanity in spa form?
I'll be wrapping up a stressful period of work and have a long weekend coming up. I'd like to find a spa, or hotel with spa within 4-5 hours radius of NYC to just veg. [more inside]
Inexpensive, safe hotel/B n B/hostel near the Walker Art Center in MN
Inexpensive and safe place to stay near the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis? [more inside]
No need for matching linens
Looking for a pretty, small, old, and inexpensive hotel within a short drive (up to 4 hours) of Seattle. [more inside]
Love is a Hot Tub (apparently...)
I may be, literally, the worst person in the world when it comes to finding and booking hotel rooms and vacation rentals. Can you help me figure out how to better my search processes, what sites and search terms I should be using, or how I can better understand the U.S. hospitality industry? [more inside]
Another hotel question
Looking for family friendly hotel or airbnb flat for May in NYC, for visiting pals. [more inside]
Evelyn Waugh was a man...
How does it work when people check into a hotel under a pseudonym? [more inside]
Help me not go to Mars and get more candy bars
Help me eat well during a conference! I'd like tips for food that travels well on airplanes, as well as anything specific to the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago. Many picky eater details within. [more inside]
Hotel in Portland - Walkable, Not Too Expensive, Near Powell's Bookstore
Looking for a place to stay in Portland on a weeknight near fun destinations like Powell's. [more inside]
Not playing in Peoria
I have to go to Peoria, IL for a week starting February 6 to tend to the affairs of my mother, whose dementia is getting worse. I grew up there but I haven't been back for years, and when I did go back I stayed at Mom's. Now there is no room at Mom's because she's in assisted care. Where should I stay? [more inside]
Where can I find a quiet or private place to Skype in Hong Kong?
Asking for a friend: I'm traveling in Hong Kong, near Causeway Bay, for the next few days, and I need to find a place where I can Skype/videoconference with a few people in New York during regular business hours -- meaning, 11pm - midnight, Hong Kong time. [more inside]
How to work around $20/day hotel Internet in Central London
My friend is headed to London for eight nights and the hotel he is staying at has Internet for $20 a day. Is there a way around that? Is there a cheap "Mi-Fi" type 3g/wifi device available without a plan, or other tricks to leverage prepaid 3g for his and his wife's laptops? Just a 3g sim isn't enough as they will really need laptop wifi access.
Cheap caribbean vacation
Cheapest Caribbean vacation: where to go, how to begin? [more inside]
Best time to ask for a hotel upgrade-- prior to check-in or during check-in?
Best time to ask for a hotel upgrade-- prior to check-in or during check-in? [more inside]
Please help me find a hotel in DC
Does this hotel exist? I need a place on the 4th of this month, walking distance from a DC Metro stop for $175 or less per night. [more inside]
Finding a last-minute hotel in Phuket/Thailand
Our hotel reservation for the week of New Year's Eve in Phuket, Thailand just got cancelled... #argh! Where would you look for mid-to-high-end hotels with prices that are still reasonable, one month away from the busiest time of the year in Thailand? [more inside]
Where to get a quietclassy drink in DC?
I'm looking for a quiet and classy hotel lobby in DC where a couple can have a drink tonight. [more inside]
Everyone else put 'Not Constantinople' here
Where to stay in Istanbul? [more inside]


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Check out this photo gallery from Friday's Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva weigh-ins, courtesy of Strikeforce and photographer Esther Lin.
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Mixed martial arts pioneer and legend Dan Henderson plans
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Novelist ReShonda Tate Billingsley visits downtown library Monday
In ReShonda Tate Billingsley's new novel 'A Family Affair' (Gallery Books), young dancer Olivia Dawson turns down the chance to study at Juilliard to care for her ailing mother in a poor Houston neighborhood. Events lead to Olivia discovering that the father she thought dead was instead alive, a powerful CEO who apparently had abandoned Olivia and her mother.
Billingsley's many novels for adults and teens often tackle family dramas and challenges, including ones faced by church families. She won a 2012 NAACP Image Award for her novel "Say Amen, Again." »Read Full Blog Post
Lollapalooza recap: Best and worst shows, memorable moments and more
For sure, Lollapalooza 2014 will be remembered for the big acts: Eminem with surprise guest Rihanna, Lorde, Iggy Azalea, the reunited Outkast. And, yet again, for the rain.
But I'll personally remember the severe panic of having major technical problems on deadline, the rush of being in the muddy photo pit for a wild rock moment, and a lot of crazy, crazy party people. »Read Full Article
Day Three Reviews: Jhene Aiko, The 1975, Cage the Elephant, London Grammar
After two intense days in Chicago's Grant Park, Sunday afternoon at Lollapalooza seemed like a good time to just ... chill. And there were plenty of softer options to soothe the masses suffering from heatstroke and hangover headaches, including Jhené Aiko — this year's undercard artist most likely headed for stardom.
But for the invincible, there was the sweat-soaked — and rain-soaked — swagger of Cage the Elephant, the stomping alternative rock act responsible for the greatest set I saw all weekend, hands down. »Read Full Article
Stooges Brass Band brings New Orleans sound to Peck Pavilion
At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, a bit of Bourbon St. will arrive at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts as it continues its Live@Peck Pavilion series with a concert by the Stooges Brass Band.
The New Orleans group has performed in national music festivals including Bonaroo and South by Southwest, as well as on an international tour sponsored by the U.S. Embassy. This show will be the band's Milwaukee debut. »Read Full Article
'Wizard of Oz' showing outdoors in Oconomowoc
Moonlit Movies are ending with a nod to former glory.
The Oconomowoc outdoor film series closes its season Thursday with "The Wizard of Oz," which opened in theaters 75 years ago. »Read Full Article
Chicagoland writers Makkai and Henríquez to read at Boswell
Two Chicagoland writers will read from their well-received new novels during a joint visit Wednesday to Milwaukee's Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave.
The eponymous building in Rebecca Makkai's"The Hundred-Year House" (Viking) may be actually haunted by a ghost, or metaphorically haunted by the lives of its former occupants. "Makkai has written a novel that reads almost like early Muriel Spark — clever, competent, and concealing an unsettling and skewed reality under the straightforward genre piece it initially presents itself as," wrote Chicago Tribune reviewer Amy Gentry. »Read Full Article
Walker's Point Foodie Week's specials kick off Saturday
Dining deals, meet culinary hot spot.
The first Walker's Point Foodie Week, which offers three-course dinners for $21 or $31 at participating restaurants, kicks off Saturday and continues through Aug. 16. »Read Full Article
Milwaukee Comedy Festival celebrates 9 years of laughs
It's more than a festival with stand-up comedy.
The Milwaukee Comedy Festival is celebrating nine years of laughs by bringing together nine shows in four days. »Read Full Article
Missing Madison fest? Midwest beers coming to Milwaukee
Beer lovers who weren't lucky enough to get tickets to the sold-out Great Taste of the Midwest on Saturday in Madison, rejoice.
Salvation is coming to Milwaukee on Thursday. »Read Full Article
Snooze at the Zoo, Morning Glory Fine Craft Fair, Hank Aaron State Trail 5K
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Do lions snore? How about grizzly bears? Here's an opportunity to find out for yourself at Snooze at the Zoo. You can spend a night at the Milwaukee County Zoo, 10001 W. Blue Mound Road, Wednesday through Saturday. The evening starts at 5 p.m. There will be a picnic buffet followed by s'mores around a campfire before bedtime. In the morning there will be a continental breakfast. Then campers can spend the day checking up on their neighbors. A night at the zoo includes the meals and costs $50 for adults (age 13 and up), $35 for children ages 3-12 or $160 for a family of four (toddlers are free and youngsters under the age of 21 must be accompanied by an adults). Register at www.zoosociety.org. »Read Full Article


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Building clustered topologies in IBM® WebSphere® Process Server V6.1 has become a much simpler process. From a conceptual standpoint, the considerations related to planning and setting up a clustered topology for WebSphere Process Server V6.0.2 are still applicable to V6.1. See the article, Clustering WebSphere Process Server V6.0.2, Part 1: Understanding the topology. However, from a practical standpoint, WebSphere Process Server V6.1 offers a much simpler and more intuitive approach at defining and configuring the entire topology.
In WebSphere Process Server V6.1, you no longer need to run the cluster configuration wizards multiple times. Also, the configuration of the Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) is well integrated with the definition of your clustered topology. In fact, WebSphere Process Server V6.1 allows you to describe the entire topology that you want to set up by defining a new type of configuration object called a Deployment Environment.
In this article, you create a clustered "Gold" topology for WebSphere Process Server using a template-driven approach. After you create the cell and federate two empty nodes to it, you'll create a deployment environment that serves as a template for the clustered topology. You will then generate the deployment environment and test the topology.
You will need to install the following software to build the topology:
- Install WebSphere Process Server V6.1.0
- Install a supported version of DB2® (V8.2 FP 6 or V9.1)
The list of prerequisites is on the Software support site.
Defining the deployment environment
A deployment environment contains the definition of the entire topology. You will be able to define the entire topology in a single place:
- Topology type. The type of topology that you want to create (whether you want the "gold", "silver", or "bronze" topology).
- Nodes. The nodes you need to participate with the topology.
- Clusters. How you need to distribute the clusters in the topology.
- Characteristics of databases and schemas. The characteristics of the databases and schemas that are required by the topology, and the credentials that are needed to connect to the databases.
- Installation definitions. The definitions that are necessary for the installation of the Business Process Container and of the Human Task Manager.
Once you have defined the deployment environment, you can generate the resources associated to the topology in a single step. The generation will also fully configure the CEI resources and applications.
Selecting the type of topology
To create a deployment environment, you need to begin by selecting the type of topology.
The Deployment Environment creation wizard allows you to select among four different topologies:
- Single Cluster: Topology also known as the "Bronze" topology. In this topology, all the functional pieces (user applications, messaging infrastructure, CEI, support applications) run in the same cluster. We discourage adopting this approach if you have asynchronous interactions or long-running BPEL processes, because of scalability issues.
- Remote Messaging: Topology equivalent to the "Silver" topology. Here, the Messaging Engines are configured on their own cluster. User applications, CEI, and support application coexist in the same cluster. In total, you will be creating two clusters. This topology is adequate when you do not plan to make very intensive use of the CEI.
- Remote Messaging and Remote Support: Topology that
corresponds to the "Gold" topology. In this topology, there are three
- Application: Cluster where you can run the user applications.
- Messaging: Cluster where the messaging infrastructure is configured.
- Support: Cluster primarily runs the CEI, and also other support applications, such as the Business Rule Manager.
The Remote Messaging and Remote Support topology is perhaps the most frequently adopted topology because of the flexibility it offers in terms of its potential for scalability.
You can create a deployment environment in any of the following phases; however, for production implementations, we recommend the third approach, because it is the only approach that provides full control over the whole definition of the deployment environment.
- Profile creation time: Powerful for demonstrations or prototyping.
- Installation time: Use if you choose to also create a profile while installing the product. Powerful for demonstrations or prototyping.
- After you have federated the nodes to the cell (using the administrative console or a script). Recommended for production implementations because this is the only approach that provides full control over the entire definition of the deployment environment.
Before you begin building the deployment environment, you need to focus on a very important aspect of Deployment Environments. A deployment environment is just a description of the topology. It doesn't really contain or refer to the actual resources (such as servers, data sources, SI Buses, and so forth.) that constitute the topology itself.
The deployment environment definition provides you with a one-click generation button that allows you to create the entire clustered topology at once, rather than going through a large number of separate and unrelated steps.
However, once you have generated the deployment environment, WebSphere Process Server maintains no direct relationship between the deployment environment definition and the resources that are generated. The practical implications of this fact are:
- After generation, you are not allowed to make a change to the deployment environment definition and re-generate the Deployment Environment. You need to "start from scratch" if you need to do so.
- After generation, if you make a change to a specific resource that was generated (say, a data source), that change will not be reflected into the deployment environment.
It's a good practice, therefore, to save your configuration after creating the deployment environment and before you generate it. This practice allows you to easily restore the initial configuration in case you need to make a change and start over.
Now that you understand the benefits and the limitations of using a deployment environment for configuring a clustered topology, let's walk through the steps that are required to create a simple "gold" topology. For the sake of simplicity, we have concentrated our clustered topology on a single system; however, the steps would be pretty much the same if you have multiple, separate boxes.
Figure 1. Figure 1. The target topology we intend to build
The topology shown in figure 1 consists of two nodes and a Deployment Manager process. Across the two nodes, we create three clusters:
- One for the messaging infrastructure.
- One for the WebSphere Process Server applications.
- One for the CEI, and other support applications.
Each cluster has a member on each of the two nodes, for a total of six cluster members.
Notice that the figure depicts the entire cell as being hosted on a single physical system. However, the procedure for setting up a truly distributed cell, comprised of multiple boxes, would not differ significantly from the one exposed here.
Creating the profiles and federate the nodes
In this section, you will create the Deployment Manager and Custom profiles necessary for our topology, and you will federate them to the cell. We chose to follow the approach where the deployment environment gets created after federation, because that way you have better control over the configuration of the resources being created.
Important: This article assumes the usage of DB2 UDB for all the databases. It also assumes the following authentication credentials:
- The DB2 administrator user and password (db2admin/xxxxxx in the text).
- The WebSphere Process Server administrator user and password (admin/admin in the text).
The article also assumes that the WebSphere Process Server product binaries have already been installed, along with the appropriate version of DB2, and that no existing profiles have been created yet.
Let's start with the creation of the Deployment Manager profile. You are going to be using the new Profile Management Tool to create the various profiles.
- Open a command prompt and change directories to <WPS_INSTALL>\bin\ProfileManagement.
- Launch the Profile Management tool by typing pmt and pressing Enter.
- When the Profile Management Tool comes up, click the Create.
- On the Welcome to the Profile Management Tool dialog, click Next.
- On the subsequent dialog, you need to make sure you select the
WebSphere Process Server entry from the list, as indicated in Figure
Figure 2. Figure 2. Selecting WebSphere Process Server for Profile Creation
Important: The Profile Management Tool is not available on the supported 64-bit platforms. On those platforms, you should rather use the manageprofile command line tool, in order to perform these tasks.
- Click Next.
- Select the Deployment Manager profile, as
indicated in figure 3:
Figure 3. Figure 3. Selecting a Deployment Manager Profile
- Click Next.
- Now, select Advanced profile creation, as
shown in figure 4. You don't want to create a deployment
environment at this time:
Figure 4. Figure 4. Selecting Advanced Creation
- Click Next.
- On the subsequent screen, leave the checkbox checked for Deploy the administrative console. Click Next.
- Leave the defaults for the name of the profile and the
directory. You are going to create a profile called Dmgr01 as
illustrated in figure 5:
Figure 5. Figure 5. Specifying the profile name and location
- Click Next. Leave the defaults for the cell name, host name, and node name. Take a mental note of those names and notice that the node name is called <system name>CellManager01. This node is a "fictitious" node which is created to encompass the deployment manager process.
- Click Next, and uncheck Enable Administrative Security. You do not want to enable security at this time.
- Click Next. The dialog that ensues allows you to customize the ports for the deployment manager. Leave the defaults. By default, the console should be available on port 9060 and the SOAP connector on port 8879. If you have other versions of WebSphere Application Server installed on your system, the proposed ports may vary.
- Click Next. Uncheck Run the deployment manager as a Windows service. You are going to stop and start the deployment manager manually from the command line.
- Click Next. On the Database
Configuration panel, select DB2 Universal
Database for the database product. Leave the rest
to the default, as shown in figure 6. However, notice that you
could delay the creation of the common database, and that you
could change the directory where the DB creation scripts are
going to be saved. The database name is, by default,
WPRCSDB. However, you can change that
too. It's important that you understand that a cell will rely
on a single common database.
Figure 6. Figure 6. Defining the database product to use
- Click Next. The format of this screen varies
with the database product you chose on the previous step. For
DB2 UDB, you'll need to provide the authentication
credentials, the location of the JDBC driver, the driver type,
and the host name and port number of the database server
process. Specify db2admin for the user and the password
provided to you by the instructor and leave the rest as it is,
as shown in figure 7:
Figure 7. Figure 7. Specifying the database configuration parameters
- Click Next. Review the settings and click
Create, as shown in figure 8:
Figure 8. Figure 8. The Profile Creation Summary
- After a minute or so, you should receive confirmation that
the profile was successfully created, as shown in figure 9:
Figure 9. Figure 9. Profile Creation Completion Screen
- Uncheck Launch the First steps console. Check Create another profile. Click Finish.
- Let's create the first custom
- On the welcome screen of the Profile Management Tool, click Next.
- Select WebSphere Process Server again. Click Next.
- This time, select the Custom profile, as
shown in figure 10:
Figure 10. Figure 10. Selecting a custom profile
- Click Next. Select Advanced Profile Creation. Click Next again.
- Leave the defaults for the profile name and directory. You are going to create a profile called Custom01 at this time. Click Next.
- Leave the defaults for the node name and host name. Take note of the node name; you will add this node to the cell at a later time. The node name should be called <system name>Node01.
- Click Next. On the Federation
screen, check the Federate this node later
checkbox. All the fields should become grayed out, as
shown in figure 11:
Figure 11. Figure 11. Deferring the federation of the node
- On the Database Configuration dialog, select
DB2 Universal Database and leave the
driver location to the default, as in figure 12:
Figure 12. Figure 12. Specifying the datatabase information for the custom profile
- Click Next.
- Review the summary and if everything looks fine, click Create.
- After a minute or so, you should receive notification that the profile was successfully created.
- Uncheck the Launch first steps console and
check Create another profile, as in figure
Figure 13. Figure 13. Completion screen for the custom profile creation
- Click Finish.
- Repeat all of the steps necessary to create the Custom profile and
create profile
- On the welcome screen of the Profile Management Tool, click Next.
- Select WebSphere Process Server again. Click Next.
- Select Custom profile.
- Click Next. Select Advanced Profile Creation. Click Next again.
- Leave the defaults for the profile name and directory. We are going to create a profile called Custom02 at this time. Click Next.
- Leave the defaults for the node name and host name. Remember the node name; you will add this node to the cell at a later time. The node name should be called <system name>Node02.
- Click Next. On the Federation screen, check the Federate this node later checkbox. All the fields should become grayed out.
- On the Database configuration dialog, select DB2 Universal Database and leave the driver location to the default.
- Click Next. Review the summary and if everything looks fine, click Create.
- After a minute or so, you should receive notification that the profile was successfully created.
- Uncheck the Launch first step console checkbox and click Finish to exit the Profile Management Tool.
- Now, verify what you have done so far. You can start by verifying
that the common database was created
- Open a command prompt, and issue:
- On the command prompt that opens up, issue the following command:
db2 connect to WPRCSDB user db2admin using xxxxxxx
- You should successfully connect to the database. Now issue:
db2 list tables
Table 1. Table/View list
Table/View Schema Type Creation time APPTIMESTAMP DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-22.214.171.1245001 BYTESTORE DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-22.214.171.124001 BYTESTOREOVERFLOW DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-184.108.40.206003 CUSTPROPERTIES DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-184.108.40.2061001 FAILEDEVENTBOTYPES DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-188.8.131.523003 FAILEDEVENTDETAIL DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-126.96.36.1996005 FAILEDEVENTMESSAGE DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-188.8.131.525001 FAILEDEVENTS DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-126.96.36.1995002 MEDIATION_TICKETS DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-220.127.116.11002 PERSISTENTLOCK DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-126.96.36.1994002 RELN_METADATA_T DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-188.8.131.525002 SCHEMAVERSIONINFO DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-188.8.131.526001 WSCH_LMGR DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-188.8.131.521002 WSCH_LMPRw DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-18.104.22.1683002 WSCH_TASK DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-126.96.36.1993002 WSCH_TREG DB2ADMIN T 2007-12-03-220.127.116.110005
- In addition to the tables listed above, there is an
additional table in the schema ESBLOG, which is not shown. If
you want to see a complete list of all the tables in the
database, issue:
db2 list tables for all > out.txt
And then edit the out.txt file. You'll see the table in the ESBLOG schema, and the usual catalog tables.
- Disconnect from the database, by issuing:
db2 connect reset
- Open a command prompt, and issue:
- Let's check whether the profiles were created
- In a command prompt, change the current directory to: <WPS_INSTALL>\bin.
- Issue the following command:
manageprofiles âlistProfiles
- You should obtain a list of the three profiles that we just
created, as shown below:
[DMgr01, Custom01, Custom02]
- Let's now federate the nodes to the
- Start the Deployment Manager process: on a command prompt,
change the current directory to:
issue this command:
- Once the process completes start up, change the current
directory to
and federate this node to the cell by issuing:
addNode localhost 8879
Important: The port number is really unnecessary in the previous command, because we chose the default ports for the Deployment Manager, in case you did change the port, you would need to specify the actual host name and SOAP connector port number of the Deployment Manager process in the addNode command.
- The process should complete with a successful completion
message, similar to the following:
ADMU0003I: Node t60mcNode01 has been successfully federated.
- Repeat federation for the Custom02 profile, by changing
directories to
and issuing again:
addNode localhost 8879
You have now federated the profiles to the cell and are ready to create the deployment environment to represent our clustered topology.
- Start the Deployment Manager process: on a command prompt, change the current directory to: <WPS_INSTALL>\profiles\DMgr01\binand issue this command:
Creating a deployment environment
In this section, you are going to create the deployment environment that corresponds to the clustered topology we want to set up.
Keep in mind that the Deployment Environment object is just a description of the topology. When you create one, you do not implicitly create all the resources that are necessary to physically implement the topology.
The generation of those resources is a separate step, which we are going to illustrate in the appropriate section of the lab.
To create a new deployment environment using the console:
- Open a Web browser, and direct it to the administrative console (if you followed the steps to the letter, the URL should be http://localhost:9060/admin)
- There should be no active security, just click Log in to get into the console.
- Expand Servers and click Deployment Environments.
- On the Deployment Environments panel, click New.
- Leave the radio button Create a new deployment environment
selected, and type MyTopology for the
Deployment environment name field. Make sure that
WPS is also selected, as in figure 14:
Figure 14. Figure 14. Creation of a new deployment environment (initial screen)
- Click Next. Leave Remote Messaging and
Remote Support checked, as in figure 15:
Figure 15. Figure 15. Selecting the "Gold" Topology
- Click Next. You are presented with a series of
steps. The first step is about adding the nodes to the topology we
want to create. We have two separate nodes in the cell. Let's add them
both to the deployment environment, by checking their checkboxes, as
shown in figure 16:
Figure 16. Figure 16. Adding the nodes to the topology
- Click Next. The second step is about defining the
distribution of the members of the three clusters we want to create.
This screen allows you to specify how many cluster members of a
certain type you want to create on each node. In a Gold topology there
are three clusters:
- The Application Deployment Target cluster. This is where you will install the WPS modules you develop.
- The Messaging Infrastructure cluster. For the messaging engines.
- The Support Infrastructure cluster. For CEI and the Business Rules Manager.
Figure 17. Figure 17. Defining the location of the three clusters
- Click Next. This leads you to the database settings
screen, arguably the most complex of all the steps. To complete this
step, you need to have a very clear idea of how many databases you are
going to need, which schemas go into the various databases, and of the
credentials to use for the authentication to those databases. Our
database configuration includes the following DBs:
- The common database (WPRCSDB) was created at the time that you created the Deployment Manager. Notice that the deployment environment makes no reference to the WPRCSDB.
- The Messaging Engine DB (MEDB). You want a
single database for the four Messaging Engines (a common
configuration). Each messaging engine will have its schema in
- The CEIME schema for the CEI messaging engine.
- The BPCME schema for the process choreographer messaging engine.
- The SCAAPP and SCASYS schemas for the SCA application and system messaging engines, respectively.
- The EVENT database for CEI events and for the event catalog.
- A database for the Business Process Choreographer Observer (OBSVRDB).
- A database for the Business Process Choreographer
(BPEDB). For this database, there is no
"schema support". The BPC will always use a schema that
matches the user specified for authentication.
To reflect the settings discussed above, we've made the following changes to the database and schemas parameters, shown in figure 18:
Figure 18. Figure 18. Defining the databases and schemas
Also, ensure that the credentials specified for authentication match the db2admin user and password, as in figure 19:
Figure 19. Figure 19. Database authentication credentials
Finally, make sure that the Create Tables checkbox is checked everywhere. At the end of this article, we are going to elaborate on how you can manually create the database objects, in case it is required by your environment.
- Ensure that all the parameters are correct and match the figures of
the previous step. Click Next. On the Security
screen, use the WPS admin user and password provided to you by the
instructor. These settings are relevant only if security is turned on,
but we'll specify them anyway here, as in figure 20:
Figure 20. Figure 20. Additional security settings
Important: This admin user is typically different from the database administrator's user ID. The user that needs to be specified here must be a valid user in the user registry used to authenticate users to the application server.
- Click Next. On the Business Process
Choreographer screen, you need to specify some
authorization settings. In particular, set the Administrator
and Monitor groups to Administrators
(which in our case corresponds to the Windows group). Set the
JMS API Authentication and Escalation
User Authentication to the admin user
and password. These settings are shown in figure 21:
Figure 21. Figure 21. Defining the Business Process Choreographer settings
Uncheck the Enable e-mail service checkbox (in this scenario, we are not interested in hooking up to a mail server).
- Click Next. The Business Rules Manager screen allows
you to set the context root of the Business Rules Manager Web
application. Leave the default, shown in figure 22:
Figure 22. Figure 22. Business Rules Manager settings
- Click Next. Review the summary and if everything is
as expected, click Finish.
Important: Do not click Finish and Generate at this time. We need to complete some database configuration before we can generate the environment.
- Save your work.
To review what we have created so far:
- The console should now show MyTopology in the list
of deployment environments. If you hover with your mouse over the
Status icon, you will see that the status is now
Not configured (as in figure 23). This means that
the deployment environment exists, but the actual resources have not
be generated yet.
Figure 23. Figure 23. The Deployment Environment is Not Yet Configured
- Click MyTopology. The screen that you obtain shows
you a summary of the deployment environment, in particular, it shows
the status of each of the clusters that belong to it. Since we haven't
generated any resources yet, the status will be Not configured
for every element. Notice, at the bottom of figure 24, the
button that allows you to generate the resources:
Figure 24. Figure 24. Details of the deployment environment prior to generating the resources
- Click on Deployment Topology on the right hand side.
You'll be shown a screen that describes the topology, as in figure 26.
At this time, you should see the green arrows for the nodes (the node
agents are up and running), but you should still see that the status
of the clusters is Not configured:
Figure 25. Figure 25. Deployment environment nodes and clusters
- Click Cancel and then click Data sources. The database configuration screen appears again, showing not only the database names and schema names we defined in the previous step, but also the JNDI name for a number of data sources. At this point, you can still make changes and save those changes in the deployment environment. Any change that you make now will be reflected on the actual resources.
- Click Cancel and Log off.
Completing the database configuration
In order for the deployment environment generation to succeed, you need to make sure that the database instances exist. In particular, the EVENT database must exist, or the generation will abort with an error that indicates that the database could not be found.
Here we are going to create the instances of all the necessary databases and rely as much as possible on the automatic creation of tables. However, if you are interested in creating the database objects in an entirely manual way, please refer to the Appendix at the end of this document.
- Create the EVENT database for the CEI:
- Open a command prompt and issue the following command:
- On the resulting command prompt, issue:
db2 create db EVENT
Important: The EVENT schema and tables will be automatically created when the deployment environment gets generated. However, if you need to have those objects manually created, please refer to the Appendix.
- Open a command prompt and issue the following command:
- Create the BPEDB
- On the database command prompt, issue:
db2 create db BPEDB
- On the database command prompt, issue:
- Create the Observer's
- On the database command prompt, issue:
db2 create db OBSVRDB
- On the database command prompt, issue:
- Create the Messaging Engine
- On the same command prompt as above, issue:
db2 create db MEDB
- On the same command prompt as above, issue:
Important: The Messaging Engines, BPEDB, and Observer's schemas and tables will be automatically created when the clusters start up. However, if you need to have those objects manually created, please refer to the Appendix.
Generating the deployment environment and testing
Now that we have the databases created, let's go back to the console and generate the deployment environment.
- Let's generate the resources for the deployment
- Go back to the administrative console. Expand Servers and then click Deployment Environments.
- Click MyTopology. On the subsequent screen, click Generate Environment.
- When the generation is complete (it may take a minute or so), save your work.
- Notice that the topology is now configured, and the status is
Stopped, as indicated in figure 26:
Figure 26. Figure 26. Deployment Environment in the Stopped Status
- Click MyTopology. Now, the status of each of
the clusters is Stopped, as shown in the
following figure:
Figure 27. Figure 27. Stopped Clusters in the Deployment Environment
Notice that you can still click on Deployment Topology and Data sources, but if you make any changes there, those changes won't be reflected on the actual resources that we have already generated.
- Let's take a quick look at some of the resources that we have
generated. Expand Servers and click Clusters. You should see
the three clusters that we have generated, as shown below:
Figure 28. Figure 28. Clusters viewed through the Usual Panel for Cluster Management
- Each cluster has two cluster members. Click Servers
=> Application Servers. You should see the six
servers that were generated, as shown below:
Figure 29. Figure 29. Cluster Members in the Topology
- Make sure the data sources were created. Navigate to Resources => JDBC => Data sources. You should see a list of 10 data sources.
- Check out the SI Buses. Navigate to Service
Integration => Buses and make sure that you
see the four buses shown below:
Figure 30. Figure 30. SI Buses in the Topology
- Click on one of the buses (for example the BPC bus). Navigate to Messaging Engines and then click the messaging engine.
- Click Message Store. You should see the
schema name we defined for it (BPCME), the JNDI name of the
data source that was generated, and the Create tables
checkbox should be checked (see below):
Figure 31. Figure 31. Data Store Settings for SI Buses in the Topology
- Finally, let's review the applications that were installed.
Navigate to Applications => Enterprise
Applications. You should see the following
applications; notice that their name bears an indication of
where they have been installed:
Figure 32. Figure 32. Enterprise Applications Installed as Part of the Topology
- Now you are ready to start the deployment environment and test some of
the functions. Keep in mind that the node agent processes must be up
and running for this step to be successful.
Important: This step may be difficult to carry out on a single system because of memory constraints (keep in mind that we have the Deployment Manager, two Node Agents, and six application servers running on the same box). We mention these steps for illustration purposes. We suggest that you read through step 2 and then skip to step 3 for an alternative way to test the topology.
- Navigate to Servers => Deployment Environments. Check the checkbox close to MyTopology and click Start.
- Very quickly, the status of the Deployment Environment
changes to Started, as shown below:
Figure 33. Figure 33. The Deployment Environment in the Started Status
- Click MyTopology. You will also see that the status of the individual clusters is Started. However, the actual servers take quite a while to start up.
- Navigate to Servers => Clusters. Notice
that (in all likelihood) the clusters are still in the process
of starting (partial start), as shown below:
Figure 34. Figure 34. Clusters during startup
- Wait a couple of minutes, and then refresh the status of the clusters. Wait until all the three clusters are up and running.
- Here is an alternative way to test the topology considering
the memory constraints.
- Navigate to Servers => Application Servers. All the servers should be stopped now.
- Select all the servers that are configured to run on Node 1
and click Start (as shown below):
Figure 35. Figure 35. Starting Only Some Members to Cope with Memory Constraints
- Wait a couple of minutes, and then refresh the status of the clusters. Wait until all the three clusters are up and running.
- Let's now make sure that the topology is functional. First ensure
that the tables for the Messaging Engines have been created.
- In a command prompt window, type the following command:
- In the resulting command prompt window, issue the following
db2 connect to MEDB user db2admin using xxxxxxx
db2 list tables for all > out.txt
- Edit the file out.txt using a text editor. You should notice
that there are a number of tables in the schemas CEIME, BPCME,
SCAAPP, SCASYS (as shown below):
Table 2. Table/View list
Table/View Schema Type Creation time SIB000 BPCME T 2007-12-05-10.29.32.015002 SIB001 BPCME T 2007-12-05-10.29.32.921002 SIB002 BPCME T 2007-12-05-10.29.34.078002 SIBCLASSMAP BPCME T 2007-12-05-10.29.30.875005 SIBKEYS BPCME T 2007-12-05-10.29.35.703003 SIBLISTING BPCME T 2007-12-05-10.29.31.406002 SIBOWNER BPCME T 2007-12-05-10.29.25.640001 SIBXACTS BPCME T 2007-12-05-10.29.36.750002 SIB000 SCAAPP T 2007-12-05-10.29.31.218001 SIB001 SCAAPP T 2007-12-05-10.29.32.296002 SIB002 SCAAPP T 2007-12-05-10.29.32.859001 SIBCLASSMAP SCAAPP T 2007-12-05-10.29.29.390001 SIBKEYS SCAAPP T 2007-12-05-10.29.33.828003 SIBLISTING SCAAPP T 2007-12-05-10.29.30.343001 SIBOWNER SCAAPP T 2007-12-05-10.29.25.640000 SIBXACTS SCAAPP T 2007-12-05-10.29.34.328002 SIB000 SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.32.828001 SIB001 SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.33.671004 SIB002 SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.34.406002 SIBCLASSMAP SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.31.796002 SIBKEYS SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.35.484001 SIBLISTING SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.30.343001 SIBLISTING SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.32.359001 SIBOWNER SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.25.640002 SIBXACTS SCASYS T 2007-12-05-10.29.36.062004
- Verify that the Messaging Engines are up and running. In the administrative console, navigate to Service Integration => Buses. Click on one of the SI Buses (for example the BPC SI Bus).
- Click Messaging Engines. The status should
be active, as shown in the figure below:
Figure 36. Figure 36. Messaging Engine in the Started State
- In a command prompt window, type the following command:
- Let's now try out the Business Process Choreographer Explorer. This
application runs on the Support cluster.
- Open a Web browser and direct it to the URL: http://localhost:9082/bpc. (You may need to find out what port your Support cluster uses for inbound HTTP traffic. Generally, if you kept all the defaults, the Application Target server on Node 1 uses port 9080, and the Support cluster uses port 9082).
- The Business Process Choreographer Explorer window should
open up (shown below):
Figure 37. Figure 37. Business Process Choreographer Explorer Web Application
- Obviously, there are no To-dos, since we don't have any process or human task installed.
- Okay, now let's make sure that the Observer is available. This
application runs on the Support
- Direct the browser to the following URL: http://localhost:9082/bpcobserver (the port 9082 is generally the default HTTP transport port for the Support cluster member on Node 1. You may need, however, to verify which port is in use).
- You should get the front page of the BPC Observer, shown
Figure 38. Figure 38. Business Process Choreographer Observer Web Front-end
- Let's make sure the Business Rules Manager is also
- Direct the browser to the following URL: http://localhost:9082/br (the same considerations about the 9082 apply here as explained in the previous step).
- The Business Rules Manager main page should appear (shown
Figure 39. Figure 39. Business Rules Management Web Application
Congratulations, you have now generated and tested the deployment environment
In this article, you have experienced how to create a clustered "Gold" topology for WebSphere Process Server using a template-driven approach. First, you created the cell and federated two empty nodes to it. You then created a deployment environment, which is a template for the clustered topology. Finally, after making some adjustments to the databases, you generated the deployment environment and tested the topology.
Appendix: Manual creation of database objects
The article mentions several times that we relied on automatic table creation as much as possible during the lab.
However, in most customer environments, automatic creation is not an option. For automatic table creation to work, several conditions must be met, in particular the following:
- The "common" database can only be created automatically if it is local. Remote creation is not supported.
- The user that is specified for database authentication has to have the right level of permissions to create tables, indices, and so on. It hardly ever happens that a database administrator hands out the credentials of a user with those authorities. Typically, the user that is specified for database access has the permissions that are necessary to manipulate data, not to create database objects.
For these reasons, in most cases you will want to provide the DB administrator with scripts to create the database objects. This section summarizes how to find or produce those scripts for each one of the databases that are involved.
Creating the "Common" (WPRCSDB) database using scripts
- Manual creation of the common database is easy to accomplish. Refer to Figure 6 in this same document: you notice that on that panel, which appears during the creation of the Deployment Manager profile, you can check the checkbox, Delay execution of database scripts for new or existing database.
- Check the checkbox, and you will be able to retrieve the script in the directory indicated on the same screen in the field Database script output directory.
- Use (after possibly modifying them) the script that were generated.
Creating the Business Process Choreographer database.
The scripts for creating this database objects are located in: <WPS_INSTALL>/dbscripts/ProcessChoreographer.
- Open a command prompt and issue:
- Change the current directory to <WPS_INSTALL>\dbscripts\ProcessChoreographer\DB2.
- Open the file createDatabase.sql using a text editor (wordpad).
- Locate the line where a connection to the database is made (CONNECT TO
BPEDB;). Change it to the following:
CONNECT TO BPEDB USER db2admin USING xxxxxxx;
- Save and close the file.
- Now issue the following command:
db2 âtf createDatabase.sql
Creating the Business Process Observer database
The scripts are located in <WPS_INSTALL>/dbscripts/ProcessChoreographer.
- On the same command prompt as above, open the file createDatabase_Observer.sql with a text editor.
- Locate the line used to connect to the database (CONNECT TO OBSVRDB;)
- Change that line to:
CONNECT TO OBSVRDB USER db2admin USING xxxxxxx;
- Save and close the file. Issue the following command:
db2 âtf createDatabase_Observer.sql
Creating the Messaging Engine database and schemas using scripts
In order to perform this task, you need to take three steps:
- Create the database first. In this document (Creating a Deployment Environment section), we took the approach of creating a single database for the four Messaging Engine schemas, but you could take a different approach as well.
- Generate the script, using the sibDDLGenerator utility located in
>WPS_INSTALL</bin. For example, consider the following command:
sibDDLGenerator.bat -system db2 -schema ISSWME âuser DB2ADMIN -create âstatementend ; > ME.ddl
This command creates a file (ME.ddl) that can be used to generate a messaging engine store schema for DB2, using the user db2admin to connect.
The schema is called ISSWME, but you can make copies of the ME.ddl file and edit it to set the desired schema name.
- After making any changes to the generated script, connect to the database and run it.
Creating the CEI database using scripts
The CEI script can be found after the generation of the Deployment Environment in the directory <WPS_INSTALL>/profiles/<deployment manager profile directory>/databases/event/dbscripts.
Unfortunately, this script cannot be run until after the generation of the Deployment Environment, discussed in the Generating the Deployment Environment and testing section of this document.
Important: In order to prevent the system to attempt running the script during the generation of the deployment environment, you need to make sure you uncheck the "Create Tables" checkbox for the data sources of the deployment environment, as seen in figure 40.
Figure 40. Figure 40. Disabling Automatic Creation of Tables
- Participate in the discussion forum.
- "Clustering WebSphere Process Server V6.0.2, Part 1: Understanding the topology" (developerWorks, April 2007) Set up a basic clustered IBM WebSphere Process Server V6.0.2 installation using a step-by-step approach.
- "IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal: Basic steps for clustering WebSphere Process Server" (developerWorks, June 2006) Set up a basic clustered IBM WebSphere Process Server V6.0 installation using a step-by-step approach.
- "Normative Guidance Wiki "provides guidance for clustering WebSphere Process Server.
- "WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus deployment patterns, Part 1: Selecting your deployment pattern" (developerWorks, Jun 2006) is a downloadable step-by-step guide that describes deployment patterns and how the requirements map to them.
- "WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus deployment patterns, Part 2: My first WebSphere Process Server cluster" (developerWorks, Nov 2006) focuses on selecting a correct deployment pattern to meet the requirements of a given customer application or project.
- "Installing a WebSphere Process Server 6.0.2 clustered environment " (developerWorks, March 2007) is a reference guide that provides design information and explains how design decisions are realized.
- WebSphere Process Server V6 class: Installation and administration of WebSphere Process Server V6.
- WebSphere business integration zone for WebSphere Process Server technical articles and tutorials.
- WebSphere Process Server software support site ptovides information about prerequisites for WebSphere Process Server.
- Browse the technology bookstore for books on these and other technical topics.
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How would you describe your institution's approach to online learning?
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Where do you see your online programs in the next five years? Beyond?
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Stephen Carson insists Coleraine are under no illusions about what is ahead of them in the JJB Sports Premiership this season.
Carson hit his first goal of the season as Coleraine slipped into pole position in the table by making former boss Marty Quinn's first return to the Showgrounds since his departure for Bangor an uncomfortable one.
The former Rangers winger says: "We may be out in front for now but nobody in our dressing room is getting carried away!
"We have to go to the Oval and Windsor Park in our next two games so there is no room for complacency.
"But we also have to believe in ourselves and what we can achieve. If we have a failing I think it is simply that we don't have enough confidence in our own ability."
Carson admits Coleraine were slow to warm up to Saturday's challenge but once he and strike partner Richard Gibson breached the Bangor defence twice inside 60 seconds, the writing was on the wall for the Seasiders.
"I have taken too long to get my first goal but I hope I can deliver more.
"I've been asked to push forward along with Richard and it seems to be working well.
"I have set myself a target of 20 goals this season which would be a huge plus if I can deliver."
Quinn has to lift Bangor spirits with a visit from champions Linfield next on the cards.
"It was rank bad defending that handed the game to Coleraine after we had made a good start and we have to look at that before we face the Blues," he said.
"I have told the players not to put up excuses for this defeat. They have to knuckle down and prepare for the next assignment."
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