First weblogic portal expert

YAY!


Thankfully a lot of posters don't use Google, otherwise I couldn't answer the same questions again!

Simplified procedure for Syncing Embedded LDAP with Weblogic Portal Database

a. Shut down servers
b. On the admin server, backup the LDAP directory \servers\AdminServer\data\ to another location
c. Delete the internal LDAP directory at \servers\AdminServer\data\ldap (also from managed
servers if applicable)
d. Delete data from the p13n entitlement tables (delete from tablename)
( namely p13n_entitlement_role, p13n_entitlement_resource,p13n_entitlement_policy, p13n_entitlement_application and p13n_delegated_hierarchy )
e. Start the servers
f. Redeploy the application
g. Recreate the SAML relying party configuration
h. Recreate Entitlements

First Weblogic Portal Pro

I'd like to thank.....This shouldnt give me that much happiness, but it does.

Weblogic Portal interview questions - II

The following are the Portal interview questions that ive used or kept or have been asked(in no particular order , and no answers either :) )
I do not include questions (e.g. what is a nested pageflow) that can be answered with Google.
Also see Weblogic Portal interview questions - I

• What options do you have for Single Sign On for a Weblogic Portal application (and in general). Give the advantages and disadvantages of each approach
• If you are using WSRP, and the user is logged in to the consumer , is he also logged into the producer? If so how? If not how do you do this?
  
• If you have standard static HTML application, how would you optimise this for performance? For each of the technique's you mention , how would this be implemented in Weblogic Portal
• How do you ensure that a Weblogic Portal application is easily Searchable by external search engines like Google
  
• What are serious problems/ drawbacks of JSR 168/ JSR 286. Under what circumstances would you not use these for your portlet implementation? Under what circumstances would you use these for your portlet implementation?
• Why is asynchronous desktop a bad idea? In what situations does it become a good idea?
• What circumstances can cause issues with Portal Propagation. Would you use propagation in your actual production? If not , why not?
  
• How would you integrate Flex / Any flash based widget into your portal application?
  

Weblogic Portal interview questions

The following are the Portal interview questions that ive used or kept or have been asked(in no particular order , and no answers either :) )
I do not include questions (e.g. what is a nested pageflow) that can be answered with google.
Also see Weblogic Portal interview questions - II

• In what situations can you not use a UUP ?. What factors determine choosing a UUP?
• What are the different techniques you can use for Inter Portlet Communications?. What are the pros and cons of each technique?.
• Would you choose 1 desktop with entitlements or multiple desktops? Why?
• What are the options for security in Weblogic Portal?
• Can you change a LookAndFeel at runtime ?, if so what are the alternatives?
• What is the impact of using AJAX in a portlet (out of the box or otherwise)?
• Why should pageflow variables be serializable?
• If your using a file repository for content and you have a webserver in front of the application servers who serves the static files?
• When do you use the refresh action?
• What happens if the validate method of your form bean throws an exception
• How do you use the struts validation framework with BEA pageflows?
• The BEA pageflow documentation mentions that there is only 1 current pageflow. And that the current pageflow is destroyed when a new one is accessed. is that accurate?
• What all features should a screen scraping portlet possess?

To be continued...