Oracle WebLogic Server 11g: Administration Overview

What you will learn:

Audience:

• System Administrator
• Technical Administrator

Prerequisites:

Suggested Prerequisites:

• System administration experience
• Familiarity with one or more Oracle FMW products

Course Objectives:

• Install Fusion Middleware components
• Configure the Metadata Repository for Fusion Middleware components
• Create and extend WebLogic domains for Fusion Middleware components
• Register system components with a WebLogic domain to enable monitoring by using Fusion Middleware Control
• Configure Oracle Web Tier components as front-ends to Fusion Middleware components
• Start, stop, reconfigure, and monitor WebLogic Server by using Fusion Middleware Control
• Perform backup and recovery of a Fusion Middleware environment
• Describe a high availability implementation for Fusion Middleware
• Move a Fusion Middleware system from test to production by using Fusion Middleware utilities

Course Topics:

Fusion Middleware Products and Architecture

• What is Middleware
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Architecture
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Products
• Fusion Middleware Tools Overview

Fusion Middleware Repositories

• The Metadata Repository and Which Products Use It
• The Repository Creation Utility
• SOA Suite Schema Overview
• WebCenter Schema Overview
• Identity Management Schema Overview

Fusion Middleware Installation Overview

• Supported Configurations Overview
• Installation Planning Overview
• Enterprise Deployment Guides (EDG) Overview
• Installation Directory Structure
• WLS Installation Overview
• SOA Installation Overview
• Identity Management Installation Overview
• Installing Patches

WebLogic Server Concepts

• WebLogic Domain
• Managed Server / Administration Server
• Cluster/Machine
• Starting / Stopping Servers
• Node Manager
• Application Deployment Concepts
• Data Source Concepts
• Java Message Service (JMS) Concepts

Core WebLogic Server Administration and Monitoring

• Starting Servers with Start Scripts
• Boot Identity File (boot.properties)
• WLS Administration Console Overview
• Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
• MBean Basics and JMX
• Comparison of Fusion Middleware Control and the WebLogic Server Admin Console
• Enterprise Manager Grid Control
• WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)

Node Manager

• Node Manager Architecture
• Node Manager Configuration (Java-based Node Manager)
• Basic Node Manager Properties
• Enrolling Node Manager with a Domain
• Node Manager Files
• Node Manager Control of Servers (start/stop/auto restart)
• Node Manager Best Practices

Configuring Fusion Middleware Components

• Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard Templates
• Configuring Oracle Internet Directory
• Configuring Oracle HTTP Server
• Registering the Web Tier with WebLogic Server
• Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) Basics
• OHS as the Proxy to a WebLogic Server Cluster
• Controlling OHS from Fusion Middleware Control
• Configuring OHS to Front the Administration Server

Fusion Middleware Security

• Oracle Platform Security Services
• Users, Groups, and Roles
• Identity Store
• Identity Store and Authentication Providers
• Configuring Authentication Providers
• Credential and Policy Stores
• Authorization Relationship to the Policy Store
• SSL

Backup and Recovery

• Introduction to Backup and Recovery
• Homes: Oracle, Middleware, WebLogic
• Backups
• Recovery

Fusion Middleware High Availability

• Fusion Middleware High Availability Overview
• WebLogic Cluster Overview
• SOA High Availability Considerations
• ADF High Availability Architecture
• WebCenter High Availability

Development to Production

• The Software Lifecycle and WebLogic
• Deployment Terms
• What Can Be Deployed
• Deployment Review
• Deployment Plans
• Moving from Test to Production (First Time)
• Moving from Test to Production (Later)

Fusion Middleware Performance

• Performance Tuning Methodology
• JVM Tuning Overview
• WebLogic Server Tuning
• Tune Oracle HTTP Server (OHS)
• Check Database Configuration
• Basic SOA Suite Tuning
• Basic WebCenter Tuning
• Basic Identity Management Tuning