Disable managed-pages feature to share wcm library with virtual portal

Portal v8 and above maintains their own wcm library and wcm library can't be shared between base portal and virtual portals until manages-page feature is disabled.

Run the disable-managed-pages task from the WebSphere/ConfigEngine directory.

ConfigEngine.bat disable-managed-pages -DPortalAdminPwd=wpsadmin -DWasPassword=wpsadmin


More Info: http://infolib.lotus.com/resources/portal/8.0.0/doc/nl_NL/PT800ACD002/wcm/wcm_config_mngpages_disable.html

WebSphere 8 Auto Deploy

You need setup monitor directory to automatically deploy application.
 Log in to the Admin console and click "Global deployment Settings" from the Applications section of the Left-Hand-Side navigation menu.
 
Refer these link :
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQTP_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/ae/urun_app_global_deployment.html
http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/WebSphere%208%20Auto%20Deploy

Enable session on anonymous pages

Enable public sessions for portal. The reason is that the theme/portlet needs a valid session for its run time, and by default, sessions are not enabled on anonymous pages in the portal. By default, sessions are only created when a user authenticates and logs in to the portal.

Enable public sessions by setting the parameter public.session to true (String type) in the portal "WP NavigatorService > Custom properties > New" in the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console.

Cannot start Rational Application Developer - possible workspace corruption

Possible workspace corruption. (E.g. after a RAD crash, due to machine shutdown, etc.)

Resolving the problem

There are several possible workarounds to try to recover from this error:

• The simplest workaround to try is to delete (or rename) the file workbench.xml which is found in your workspace in the
  .metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench folder.
  
  Deleting workbench.xml forces RAD to resort back to the default perspective.

• If the above action does not resolve the problem, the next workaround to try is to run rationalsdp.exe -clean This action forces RAD to reconfigure all the plugins (see link below for additional information).

• You could try to see if the Eclipse Workspace Re-builder tool might help. (See the link under Related information referencing a technote explaining this tool).

If none of these options succeed in helping you recover from a workspace corruption error, you must start a new workspace.

Source Link - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242350