Re: WebSphere Problems

Don,

I hope you're coming to Common and plan on attending Soundoff...:)

Don in DC

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Donald Burdette wrote:

> We are very frustrated with WebSphere. We were able to get version 2 of
> websphere up and running, we used the WebStudio product to create some very
> fundamental servlets and everything was working. Since we wanted to have 128
> bit encryption we decided to upgrade to 3.02. We have not been able to get
> things working since then.
> 
> We had a long spell where we could not even get the thing to run, but after
> numerous PTF's and untold dollars with IBM support, we have the product
> running to the point where we can at least display the "Hello World"
> servlet. But we can't seem to publish any of our previous servlets. They
> either crash or we get a "not authorized' command. I suspect that a lot of
> problems may be security related, but I have no idea what I should do to
> correct them.
> 
> The documentation sucks. There isn't anything remotely like a manual for
> WebSphere on the AS/400 and the manuals that are out there for NT or some of
> the other platforms seem to contradict one another, usually due to
> differences between the various websphere versions. So, what am I to do?
> The programmer I have working on this is ready to revolt. He has had
> experience with IIS and thinks the WebSphere stuff is a pile of you know
> what.
> 
> We went to the IBM WebSphere conference in Las Vegas and most of the
> instructors there had never heard of an AS/400. Go figure.
> 
> So my questions are these:
> 
> 1) Are there any good materials, on the web, book form or written on a
> napkin that can give us some clear instructions on how get websphere running
> and publish servlets using WebStudio?
> 2) Is 3.02 flawed? Should we wait for 3.5 and magically life will be better?
> 3) Should we look at hiring a consultant to get us over the hump?  If yes,
> where would we find one?  Do you know any?
> 4) Should we forget websphere and do something else?
> 
> I am looking forward to your answers!
> 
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