It manages system-level details so you can concentrate on business logic and presentation. J2EE Platform. WebLogic Server contains Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technologies. J2EE is the standard platform for developing multitier enterprise applications based on the Java programming language.
Describing the Oracle Fusion Middleware Environment
Components of Fusion Middleware
Understanding the purpose of each component and their dependency
Describing How WebLogic Server Supports Various Fusion Middleware Suites
Describing How Various Fusion Middleware Suites Augment the Functions of WebLogic Server
Explaining the Motivation Behind Distributed Systems
The Major Components of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE) Specification
Explaining Oracle WebLogic Server Installation Steps
Installing WebLogic Server Using Both the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Command Line
Describing the Organization and Contents of the WebLogic Server Directory Structure
Navigating the WebLogic Server Online and Offline Documentation
Describing the Common Elements in a WebLogic Server Domain
Describing how Domains are Used in the Enterprise
Comparing Administration and Managed Servers
Configuring a Domain
Describing the Organization and Contents of the WLS Directory Structure
Describing the use of WLST Offline to Manage Domains
Creating a Simple Domain with One Managed Server
Checking the Port Numbers that are Used for Components
Describing the Internal Process Used to Create or Update a Domain Using a Template
Describing the Process of Extending a Domain Template
Explaining the Domain Templates Provided for Setting up JDeveloper, SOA, and WebCenter
Identifying Dynamic and Nondynamic Attribute Changes in the Administration Console
Customizing Monitoring Tables Within the Administration Console
Using the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) Command-line Utility
Invoking WLST and Navigate Through the Domain Structure
Describing How Change Management is Performed Internally Using Java Management
Extension (JMX) and Mbeans
Configuring Managed Servers Using the Administrative Console
Configuring Managed Servers Using WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
Starting Managed Servers
Shutting Down a Server or an Entire Domain Using WLST or the Administrative Console
Configuring Managed Servers on a Computer Separate from the Sdministration Server
Explaining Administration and Managed Server Independence (MSI)
Defining the Oracle WebLogic Server Machine
Configuring a Machine and Assign Servers to it by Using the Console and WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
Explaining the Node Manager Architecture
Describing the Organization and Contents of a Node Manager Directory Structure Configuring, Starting, and Stopping Node Managers
Describing How to Start and Stop Procedures
Defining and Configuring Server and Domain Logs
Viewing and Interpreting the Format of Domain and Server Log Files Using the Administration Console
Configuring Server Standard Output Settings Using the Console
Describing How Applications Can Integrate With WLS Logging Infrastructure (Apache commons, log4j)
Accessing Online Log Message Catalogs
Creating and Applying a Log Filter Using the Console
Configuring Log Filter Expressions
Contrasting Autodeploy With Manual Deployment
Configuring and Deploying Web Applications Via the Administration Console, Command Line, and WLST
Configuring Deployment Descriptors
Testing Deployed Applications
Describing the Role of Web Servers
Tracing a Typical Web Interaction Flow
Contrasting Static and Dynamic Content and Deployment
Front-end Deployed Applications With a Web Server
Configuring an Application for Multiple Development Environments
Creating a Deployment Plan
Staging a Deployment Plan
Using Production Redeployment
Configuring JDBC and JDBC Data Sources
Configuring Data Source Scope
Contrasting Two-tier and Multi-tier JDBC Architecture
Configuring a Connection Pool
Describing How Data Sources are Used
Deploying JDBC Resources to a Target
Explaining the Components of JDBC URLs
Monitoring and Testing a Data Source
Describing JMS
Describing How Oracle WebLogic Server JMS is Implemented
Configuring JMS Server
Configuring Connection Factories
Configuring Queues and Topics
Configuring Persistent Messages
Deploying an Application that Uses JMS
Monitoring JMS Resources and Messages
The Benefits of Oracle WebLogic Cluster
Basic Cluster Architecture
Multitier Cluster Architecture
Communication Among Clustered Server Instances
The Key Criteria for Selecting Suitable Cluster Architecture
Preparing Your Environment for a Cluster
Creating and Configuring a Cluster
Adding Servers to a Cluster
Starting Up and Shutting Down Clustered Servers.
Using the WebLogic Server (WLS) Security Architecture
Configuring Security Realms
Configuring Users and Groups
Configuring Roles
Configuring Policies
Configuring Protection for Web Application Resources and EJBs
Response Time Curve
Think time
Saturation
Response Time at system Saturation
Response Time Past the Buckle Point
Interpreting Response Time Trends
Basic Tuning Methodology
Areas To Tune
Tuning Hardware
Tune The Operating System
Tune The JVM
JVM Choices
Tuning WebLogic Server
JDBC Settings
Thread Settings
Java Heap Space
Heap Size Limits
Default Size Limits
Free Space Threshold
Garbage Collection Mechanism
GC Performance Improvements
Analyzing Steady State Behavior
Optimizing GC Duration