Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3: Monitoring and Performance Tuning

What you will learn:

Audience:

• Web Administrator
• Java EE Developer
• Application Developers

Prerequisites:

Required Prerequisites:

• Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3: System Administration

Suggested Prerequisites:

• Basic knowledge of Java programming

Course Objectives:

• Tune Java Virtual Machine (JVM) parameters, Oracle WebLogic Server parameters, and application parameters for better performance
• Perform Clustering for performance on Oracle WebLogic Server
• Describe Diagnostic system modules
• Set Watches and notifications
• Describe the Oracle WebLogic Diagnostic Framework (WLDF) architecture
• Create and configure ways to generate, gather, access, and persist diagnostic data
• Use the Oracle WebLogic diagnostic console extension
• Instrument the server and applications
• Filter log events

Course Topics:

Introduction to the WebLogic Diagnostics Framework (WLDF)

• Overview of WebLogic Diagnostics Framework
• Explaining WLDF Architectural components
• Explaining WLDF Configuration Basics

Generating Data by leveraging MBeans

• Describing Data Creators and Data Collectors
• Explaining the Need to Manage Applications
• Explaining Instrumentation and Distributed Services Levels
• Explaining WLDF Instrumentation Component
• Configuring Server-Scoped Instrumentation

Configuring the WLDF Logging Services, Watches and Notifications, Diagnostic Images

• Explaining How WLS Uses Logging Services
• Configuring a Harvester
• Setting Watches and Notifications
• Capturing Diagnostic Images

Accessing and Persisting Data

• Explaining Data Accessors
• Explaining and Using Online and Offline Accessors
• Accessing Diagnostic Data
• Explaining Diagnostic Archives

Configuring a Diagnostic Context

• Defining Diagnostic Context
• Describing Dyes & Dye Flags
• Defining and Configuring Dye Filtering
• Tracing and Throttling requests

Filtering WebLogic Server Log Messages

• Defining Basic Concepts of Filtering
• Setting Severity Levels
• Setting Filters Based on Severity Level and Other Criteria

Performance Monitoring

• Defining Benchmarking
• Describing and Performing Stress Testing
• Listing Testing Tools that are Available for WLS
• Identifying Bottlenecks

Java Virtual Machine Basics

• Defining and Describing Purpose of Java Virtual Machine

Java Tuning Sun HotSpot JVM

• Monitoring the Sun HotSpot JVM
• Using JConsole, jps, jstat, jinfo, jmap, and jstack
• Tuning Sun HotSpot JVM Garbage Collection
• Defining Ergonomics Related to Java Tuning

Tuning Oracle JRockit JVM

• Monitoring the Oracle JRockit JVM
• Using JRockit Management Console, JRA, Memory Leak Detector
• Describing Ctrl-Break Handler, JRCMD
• Using JRockit Self-tuning
• Tuning Oracle JRockit JVM Garbage Collection

Core WebLogic Server Tuning

• Listing Performance Packs
• Using Stuck Threads, Auto Restart Server
• Describing Garbage Collection Thresholds
• Tuning Chunk Size and Pool Size
• Connection Backlog Buffering
• Tuning SSL

Working with Work Managers

• Defining Work Manager
• Setting Components of Work Manger
• Work Manager Configuration
• Accessing and Mapping CommonJ Work Managers
• Executing Queues

Tuning JSP

• Using the JSP Compiler jspc
• Using the Precompile Option
• Setting JSP Page Check Interval
• Setting Servlet Reload Check Interval
• Defining WebLogic Cache Tag

Tuning JDBC

• Tuning Connection Pools
• Tuning Statement Caches
• Performing Batch Updates
• Tuning Transactions
• Tuning a Few Parameters on Databases.

Tuning JMS

• Tuning JMS clients
• Defining Aggregation and Message Pipeline
• Describing Persistence Techniques
• Listing Throttling Techniques
• Tuning SAF

Tuning EJB

• Tuning Pool Size
• Tuning Cache Size
• Tuning Concurrency Strategy
• Tuning Entity Bean Parameters
• Tuning Transactions
• Tuning EJB Clients

Tuning WebLogic Server Clusters

• Architectural Consideration
• Load Balancers and Firewalls
• Session Persistence
• General Tuning Tips