IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide

Steve Robinson has done an excellent work in writing this book. I found it very interesting to read as a system administrator whose application portfolio includes WebSphere application server. This book is full of practical examples and very well and clearly explained. I did also like the accuracy of the practical examples because the results were similarity what Steve indicated in the book. The only caveat I found was that some links didn't work especially the link for the repository to download the WebSphere application server. This is however expected as IBM links change all the time. I have recommended this book to a few other administrators, some who have bought it. I will continue recommending it as a must read for WebSphere administrators.

This is an interesting book for a beginner in WAS 8 administration. The book gives a broad view of WebSphere operations, along with several excerpts from IBM Redbooks and whitepapers. The book introduces a fresher to WebSphere administration tasks like installation, deployment, configuration, and maintenance. The readers familiar with author's WAS 7 book, will feel the need for more clear, crisp and complete details about WAS 8 features. The notable omissions are about CIM,job manager,AMT,default GC policies,global federated repository,memory footprint and managesdk commands. It would have helped,if the book contained illustrations for WAS 8 new features (like multiple security domains and HA support for WebSphere MQ managers). Many tables and figures are neither numbered nor titled. For starters, I recommend this book.

No or very little focus on Unix CLI mode,certain concets,terminologies has little to no explanation.Though a good one for beginners as it covers the fundamental concepts.