This IBM Redbooks publication covers the technical and organizational issues involved in migrating a WebSphere EJB application from a distributed environment to the z/OS platform. It provides guidance to application developers and WebSphere on z/OS administrators.

Part 1 covers the migration aspects and details the following:

- Hints and tips on how to optimize application code to fit seamlessly into its final deployment environment

- J2EE naming concepts that you need to perform the migration job

- A complete walkthrough of a migration project

- The necessary setup of deployment, test and production systems within the Parallel Sysplex

Part 2 describes how to manage WebSphere applications and details the following:

- How to integrate your migrated application into the managed z/OS infrastructure, for example Change Management and System Automation

- Centralized system administration, change management, and highly automated processes

Part 3 describes the following tools for WebSphere Application Server on z/OS:

- Jinsight

- Object Level Trace

- Introscope

Part 1. Migrating WebSphere applications

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. WebSphere sample performance benchmark application

Chapter 3. Preparing for WebSphere application migration

Chapter 4. Migrating an application to z/OS

Part 2. Managing WebSphere applications

Chapter 5. The lifecycle of an application

Chapter 6. Management summary

Part 3. Tools for WebSphere Application Server on z/OS

Chapter 7. Jinsight

Chapter 8. Object Level Trace

Chapter 9. Introscope

Appendix A. Sample code and JCL

Appendix B. J2EE server naming convention and customization

Appendix C. System Management scripting API

Appendix D. Multiple WSAS nodes in sysplex

Appendix E. ISPF Wizard-driven runtime upgrade