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IBM Support Assistant (ISA) IBM Support Assistant (ISA) is free and is the IBM premier self-help tool. ISA represents IBM's strategic direction and continued commitment to improving self-help. ISA is essential to truly enable and promote customer self-help within the organization. Installing ISA alone provides the following components of the best practices to enable and promote customer self-help strategy by enabling quick access to: WebSphere Portal Support site Newsgroups and forums IBM Education Assistant IBM Guided Activity Assistant For complete information about IBM Support Assistant, refer to the ISA Support page at: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/support/isa/ How does ISA help The WebSphere Portal Server product team strongly encourages that every customer install and become familiar with this tool. This tool is intended to be the customer's primary entry point into all things that have to do with software support. Using this tool is an essential element for WebSphere Portal Server administrators to be able to stay current with Portal TechNotes, best practices, and any new tools that become available. Also, using ISA will make things much more efficient when a problem occurs and research is required. The tool is especially helpful when a problem requires interaction with the WebSphere Portal Server Level 2 Support team and a PMR and log collection is required. The way WebSphere Portal Level 2 support does its work is designed around the expectation that customer's understand the functions and benefits of ISA and how to use it in the context of problem determination and the formal support process of opening PMRs. ISA is extremely beneficial in many areas. Have you ever been frustrated by an error message and unable to quickly find the right solution? ISA provides access to the information you need quickly. ISA provides this quick access through its concurrent Search tool that spans the bulk of IBM documentation and returns the results categorized by source for easy review. Perhaps you want to utilize a feature within an IBM product, but do not know where to find the relevant how-to documentation regarding this feature. In addition to the Search feature, ISA provides a Product Information feature that links to product education content by leveraging the IBM Education Assistant tool. Other links that are essential to self-help include: Product support pages Product education roadmaps through the IBM Education Assistant Product home pages Product recommended updates Product troubleshooting and "step-by-step" guides Product newsgroups and forums 170 IBM WebSphere Portal V6 Self Help Guide
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