WebSphere Portal hardware and software Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Operating System (AIX, IBM i, Linux, Solaris, Windows)
Version of the OS
Bitness of the OS(32 or 64 bit)

Hardware Requirements
Disk Space
Memory (In a production environment, 4GB is an optimal starting point for RAM for
WebSphere Portal)
Processor

Software Requirements
What is the Websphere Portal Edition (Enable, Extended or Express)
What is the version of Websphere Portal
WebSphere Application Server (ND or XD)
What is the Version of WAS
IBM Web Content Manager Version
What Web Server (Apache, IHS etc)
Version of the WebServer
Local or Remote WebServer
What is the Database used
What is the Database for Product Databases
What is the Database for Applications
What Version of Database
Local or Remote Database

Installation & Configuration Considerations
Websphere Portal ports (default or customized)
What is the installation path for the Websphere Portal (default or customized)
What is the Profile Path for the Websphere Portal (default or customized)
WAS ports (default or customized)
What is the installation path for the WAS (default or customized)
WebServer ports (default or customized)
What is the installation path for the WebServer (default or customized)
Default or Customized Ports for Databases
Server topologies
Cluster considerations (vertical and horizontal clusters)
Type of Cluster (HA, Load Balancing, Replication)
Number of Nodes
Default or Customized Ports for Nodes
What is the Provider type for JMS
If any Third party provider is used, what is it
What is the Firewall
What Version of Firewall
Firewall Rules
What is the Garbage Collection Policy
JVM Heap Sizes Configurations
Thread Pool Sizes
Connection Pool Sizes
Data Source statement cache sizes
Number of Applications and the Load on the Applications
Is Log rotation required
If Yes, what type of rotation is required(Size, Date)
Multiple profile support (portal.default, managed.portal, management.portal.augment)
Number of Portal Instances Required
User Registry considerations
Type of User Registry (Federated or Stand Alone)
The type of user registries that you want to add to the federated repository (LDAP user
registries, database user registries, and custom user registries)
Are multiple LDAP user registries and/or database user registries Required
If Yes, which user registry you want to define as your default user registry
If using LDAP, what is the LDAP used(TDS.. etc)
What is the Version of the LDAP

Security & Authentication Considerations
What is the method of Authentication?
Is Single Sign on required
What is the Duration of the Session
What is the type of single sign-on realm used(Two single sign-on realms)
One Realm: from the client to the portal and other web applications
Other realm from the portal to the backend applications.
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
What is the way of Communication(One way or Two way)
Is SSL enabled between IHS & WAS
Is Third Party Authentication Required for Certificates
Credential vault Considerations
Level of Sign-on Used by Credential vault (Active credentials or passive Credentials)
Vaults used by the Credential vault (Default vaults or any External Vaults)
If any External vault is used, what is it (TAM etc)
what are the Caching Considerations
Server Side Cache or Browser Side cache
Any External Security Managers Required
If Yes, What is the type of Security Manager(ISAM etc)
Monitoring Requirements
Are any External Monitoring Tools required
If yes, what is the Monitoring Tool (Ex: Tivoli Performance Viewer, ITCAM etc)
What are the items that need to be Monitored(Ex: Applications, Databases etc)


Number of Environments (Dev, UAT, Prod, DR)