WebLogic 9 Advanced Server System Administration

Length: 5 days
CourseID: wls92advadmin

Prerequisites:

This course is intended for Windows/UNIX administrators who need to administer a WebLogic Server platform. Java programming is necessary to build custom management classes.

Overview:

Students will learn to customize existing Weblogic server environments. Through this class they will take advantage of some of the more specialized features that Weblogic provides. WLST Scripting is emphasized as a viable alternative to console administration and will be explored in this class. We will discover the basics of MBeans as a administrative unit and manipulate properties several ways in this class. We will emulate load on a server and tune the server to enhance the performance. This is a hands-on learning experience, with each student having their own Weblogic Server to learn with.

Objectives:

Configure Weblogic advanced features

Setup custom JMX Applications

Create custom JMX Applications

Explore WLDF

Create WLST scripts

Tune Weblogic JDBC applications

Implement SSL for web applications

Configure custom Weblogic Security components

Build JMS Store and Forward applications

Chapters:

Course Introduction

Course Objectives	Course Overview
Using the Workbook	Suggested References

WebLogic Management Services

Weblogic Console Management	Management Tools
JMX	WLST
SNMP	Weblogic Diagnostics Framework
Weblogic 9 Self Tuning Kernel	Extending the Administration Console

WebLogic JMX

JMX	MBeans
Hands-On Cont.	WebLogic Server MBean Data Model
MBean Lifecycle	MBean Servers
Walk-Through Cont.	Walk-Through Cont.
Using Local MBean Servers	Using Remote MBean Servers
Exploring MBeans	MBean Methods/Properties
HandsOn Custom JMX Utilities

WebLogic Scripting Tool

Introduction	Using WLST
Jython Syntax	Jython Conditionals
Jython Loops	Sample WLST
Recording User Interactions in WLST	Weblogic Management Objects
Monitoring the invocations of a JSP	Deploying in WLST
Undeploying in WLST	Server Monitoring in WLST
JVM Monitoring in WLST

Weblogic Work Managers

Work Manager Overview	Using Weblogic 8.1 Thread Pools
Using Work Managers	Work Manager Components
Request Classes	Fair share request class
Response-time goal request class	Context-based request class
Work Manager Constraints	Stuck Thread Work Manager
Using Work Managers	Work Manager Scope
Monitoring Work Managers

WebLogic Diagnostics Framework

What is WLDF?	Diagnostics framework Components
Configuring WLDF	WLDF types of monitoring
Collecting Data	Gathering Data
Data accessor	Configuring Image Capture and Archive
Diagnostic System Modules	Diagnostic Modules Hands-On
Configuring the Harvester	Harvester Walk Through
Configuring Watches and Notifications

WebLogic Performance Tu

What is SNMP?	Agent-Manager Model
Weblogic SNMP	MIB for WebLogic Server
JMX vs SNMP	OID Numbers
SNMP Utilities	SNMP Communities
SNMP Events	SNMP Traps Hands-On Cont.
Automatic WebLogic SNMP Traps	Log Message Traps

Configuring Weblogic Security Providers

Introduction	Performance Objectives
Benchmarking	Emulating Load on Weblogic
JMeter	HANDS-ON Load Emulating Weblogic
Bottleneck Location	Java Stack Traces
CPU Utilization	Memory Utilization
Monitoring the JVM	Sun JVM Performance Tools
Starting JConsole	Tuning Sun JVM
Tuning Sun JVM Cont.	Switching the JVM
JRockit JVM Performance Tools	JRockit Console
JRockit Runtime Analyzer (JRA)	JRockit Notifier
JRockit Method Profiler	JRockit Memory Leak Detector
Using Verbose GC	Database bottlenecks
Tuning JDBC Applications	Tuning JDBC Applications Cont.
Tuning EJB Applications	Tuning Session Beans
Network bottleneck	Weblogic Monitoring Tools
Performance Tuning Summary

WebLogic SSL

Security Architecture	Security Realms
Default LDAP Server	Exporting/Importing/Backing up LDAP
WebLogic Resources	HANDS ON ( Embedded LDAP)
HANDS ON Cont. ( Embedded LDAP)	LDAP log Files
Security Debugging in WebLogic 9	Default Security Configuration
Creating new Realms	Configuring RDBMS Authentication Providers

Advanced WebLogic JMS

SSL in Brief..	One-Way and Two-Way SSL
Host Name Verification	Keystores
Generating Keys	Storing Keys and Certificates
Keys and Certificates	SSL Debugging
SSL Hands On Walk-Through	Https Session Behavior

WebLogic JMS Store and Forward

Overview	JMS for Administrators
JMS Hands-On Cont.	Building Weblogic JMS Components
Managing JMS destinations	Message Looping
JMS Logging	JMS Messaging Bridge
JMS Messaging Bridge Building

Advanced Server Features

Overview	SAF Resources In a JMS Module
JMS Quality of Service	WebLogic persistent store
SAF Service Agents	When to Use the SAF Service
Configuring a Basic SAF Service Walk-Through