WebLogic 9.2 New Features/Upgrading

Length: 3 days
CourseID: wls9upgrading

Prerequisites:

Participants should have a System Administrative background. Familiarity with installing and configuring Weblogic 7.x or 8.x on a Windows platform is essential. Some knowledge of Java is helpful, but not necessary.

Overview:

The J2EE platform is Java’s answer to enterprise scalable applications. BEA Weblogic is one of the premiere Application Servers that implements the J2EE specification. Students will come away from class with the ability to upgrade and configure Weblogic 7.x and 8.x domains. The course will cover the details of administrating a 9.2 J2EE server. This is a hands-on learning experience, with each student having their own Weblogic Server to learn with.

Objectives:

Discuss the new features included with Weblogic 9.2

Install and confi gure a WebLogic 9.2 Server

Deploy applications on WebLogic 9.2

Use the WebLogic Console effectively

Install and manage JMS destinations

Control access and privileges on WebLogic

Configure WebLogic for JDBC access

Manage remote servers with the NodeManager

Design and implement WebLogic clusters

Chapters:

Course Introduction

Course Objectives	Course Overview
Using the Workbook	Suggested References

WebLogic 9.2 New Features

Weblogic 9.2	Version Additions
Weblogic Administration Tools	WebLogic Directory Structure
WebLogic Directory Structure (cont'd)	Weblogic 9 Domain Structure
Domain File Structure Cont	JDK1.5 Changes
J2EE Version upgrades	Labs

WebLogic 9.2 Tools

Weblogic 9.2 Tools	Domain Confi guration Wizard
Console Overview	Console
Change Center	Centralized Administration
Monitoring Weblogic Servers	Monitoring Weblogic Servers (cont'd)
Confi guring a new Server	Building a Managed Server
Domain Upgrade Wizard	WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) Continued	Labs

WebLogic Deployments

Deployments Overview	EJB Jar Files
Deployment Descriptors	Editing Deployment Descriptors
Ant	War and Ear fi les
War fi le structure	Web Application Context
Deployment Process Overview	Deployment techniques
Expanded Directory Deployment	Console Deployment
weblogic.Deployer	WLST Deployment
Startup and Shutdown Classes	Application Installation Directory
Deployment Plans	Creating a Deployment Plan
weblogic.PlanGenerator	Reading a Deployment Plan
Application Versioning	Updating applications in a Production Env
Labs

Upgrading Weblogic Domains

Upgrading Weblogic	Preparing for Upgrade
Upgrading Custom Security Providers	Silent Upgrade
GUI Upgrade	Silent Upgrade XML
Upgrade Walk-Through Lab	Labs

WebLogic Services

Weblogic Services	JNDI and Weblogic
Monitoring JNDI Using WLST	JDBC Architecture
Datasources	DataSource Connection Properties
Configuring Connection Pools	JDBC Multi DataSources
Weblogic JMS	JMS Servers
JMS Modules	Building JMS Application Modules
Labs

WebLogic HTTP Container

Overview	Confi guring HTTP
Web-server Proxy	WebLogic Plug-in
IIS and WebLogic	Apache and WebLogic
Virtual Hosts	HTTP Log Files
Labs

Configuring WebLogic Clusters

Clustering Servers	Cluster Layout
Web Application Tiers	Recommended Basic Architecture
Recommended Multi-Tier Cluster	Cluster Design
Implementing a Cluster	Cluster Communication
Configuring the Cluster	Load Balancing
Clustered Servers	MultiCast Communication
Administration Server Failure	Configuring Replication Groups
Tuning Weblogic Clusters	Web Application Fail-over
Labs

Node Manager

What is Node Manager?	Node Manager Details
Accessing Node Manager	Confi guring Node Manager
Confi guring Node Manager (Cont'd)	Node Manager Startup
Node Manager Domain Management	Node Manager Services
Node Manager Health Monitoring	Node Manager Logging
Labs

WebLogic Performance Tuning

Introduction	Performance Objectives
Bottleneck Location	CPU Utilization
Memory Utilization	Monitoring the JVM
Switching the JVM	Using Verbose GC
JRockit	Database bottlenecks
Network bottleneck	Weblogic Monitoring Tools
Weblogic Thread Pools	Confi guring Reader Threads
Performance Tuning Summary

WebLogic Scripting Tool

Introduction	Using WLST
Jython Conditionals	Jython Loops
Sample WLST	Recording User Interactions in WLST
Weblogic Management Objects	Redirecting WLST Output to a File
MBeans	WebLogic Server MBean Data Model
MBean Lifecycle	Monitoring the invocations of a JSP
Deploying in WLST	Undeploying in WLST