WebLogic Server II - Zetlan Technologies

01

Upgrading WebLogic Server

4 Topics

Identify the correct steps, and related issues, in the process for performing a rolling upgrade, including backup, shutdown, upgrade and restart

Describe a "rolling upgrade" and how it differs from other upgrades, identify upgrade types officially supported for WebLogic rolling upgrades, identify issues with multiple installation locations and domain locations

Describe how to leverage WebLogic Clusters to avoid down time

Bring down and patch servers individually, use multiple install/domain folders for cluster members

02

Creating and Extending Domains

6 Topics

Create a domain template with the Template Builder

Create an extension template with the Template Builder

Create a domain using a template

Extend a domain with a template

Recognize template concepts, including template contents, exclusions, script replacement variables, extension templates, Fusion Middleware templates, custom templates, Template Domain Source, Custom Extension Template with the Configuration Wizard

Execute post-domain creation tasks

03

Server Operations

4 Topics

Configure Node Manager to start failed servers, identify how to manage crash recovery per-domain node manager

Configure Node Manager to start on system boot

Describe the Node Manager architecture, identify default behavior, configure a Java-based Node Manager, configure to start on system boot under Windows/Linux/Solaris

Describe how the Node Manager restarts an administration server and a Managed Server

04

WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) & JMX

5 Topics

Create, Modify, and monitor a domain with WLST

Run commands in WLST interactive mode

Write simple WLST scripts

Identify how to run WLST scripts; Program Jython variables, conditionals, loops, I/O commands and exception handling, identify online/offline modes, record scripts, use tools (configToScript, Script recording, OEPE), apply JMX concepts to WLS MBeans

Execute common WLST tasks including: Connecting to/configuring/monitoring a Server; Managing passwords; Modifying WLST Variables; Adding a Server to a Cluster; Creating and monitoring a Data Source; Creating an LDAP Authentication Provider; Modifying a Domain Offline; Deploying an Application

05

Transport Layer Security

4 Topics

Configure keystores in WLS, describe keystore concepts

Configure WebLogic SSL with WebLogic Proxy Plug-ins, Oracle HTTP server, Hardware Load Balancers

Describe SSL concepts (symmetric/asymmetric encryption, digital certificates, certificate authorities, SSL communication, one-way/two-way SSL handshakes)

Use the key tool utility for managing keys and certificates

06

Applications and Deployment

11 Topics

Configure a server's staging mode (staged, no stage, external stage), deploy to multiple environments, explain deployment descriptor values

Create and use deployment plans in different environments, use tools to accelerate plan creation (console, WLST createPlan, weblogic.PlanGenerator), explain how Java EE deployment descriptors configure features

Deploy an application as a shared Java EE library with console/weblogic.Deployer/WLST, apply shared library concepts

Deploy versioned applications (Production Redeployment)

Explain key characteristics of production redeployment (user state, advantages, process, application retirement, distributing versioned apps, administration mode, roll backs)

Apply understanding of redeployment strategies (In-place, partial redeploy of static files, partial redeploy of Java EE modules, Production redeployment)

Apply understanding of application versioning including the redeployment process

Deploying a New Version of an Application

Distributing and Starting a Versioned Application in Administration Mode

Transitioning a Versioned Application from Administration Mode to Active

Rolling Back a Versioned Application to a Previous Version

07

Application Work Managers

4 Topics

Create and use work managers

Apply understanding of WebLogic Request Handling concepts (WebLogic Server Threads, Monitoring a Server Thread Pool, Monitoring Server Threads, Stuck Thread Handling, Configuring Stuck Thread Handling, Application Stuck Thread Handling)

Explain Work Manager Concepts (Work Managers, Work Manager Scope, Work Manager Architecture)

Apply understanding of concepts to create a Work Manager; Request Classes, Creating a Work Manager, Creating a Request Class, Constraints, Creating a Constraint, Work Manager WLST Example, Work Managers and Stuck Threads, Assigning Work Managers to Applications

08

Data Sources

4 Topics

Suspend and resume a data source, perform operations (suspend, force suspend, resume, reset, shrink, stop, start)

Configure a multi data source, manage members, apply concepts of Multi Data Sources (Architecture, GridLink vs Multi Data Sources comparison, Failover Option, Load Balancing Option)

Identify key concepts associated with GridLink Data Source, Oracle RAC, Oracle GridLink for RAC

Identify the role and techniques for Connection Testing when configuring failover

09

Security Realm

5 Topics

Define users, groups, policies, and roles for an embedded LDAP server

Configure auditing, role mapping, and credential mapping (Sample Auditing Output, Security Audit Events, WebLogic Auditing Architecture, Custom vs Default Auditing Provider, Creating/configuring Default Auditing Provider, Configuration Auditing)

Apply understanding of embedded LDAP Authentication System concepts (Users and Groups, Group Membership, Roles, Policies, Configuring New Users/Groups, Group memberships, Configuring New Roles, Role Mapping, Roles and policies via WLST, Security Configuration Sources, Configuring Sources via WLST and weblogic.Deployer, embedded LDAP Server, Configuring the Embedded LDAP Server)

Describe troubleshooting of log-in issues

Configure an audit provider to audit domain configuration changes

10

Disaster Recovery

9 Topics

Create a backup administration server

Configure service-level transaction migration

Describe whole server migration for WLS

Apply disaster recovery concepts (Site Symmetry, Recommended Architecture, General Best Practices)

Address Admin Server backup techniques and concepts (Impact of Administration Server Failure, Backing Up a Domain Configuration, Recovery of the Administration Server, Restarting an Administration Server on a New Computer)

Apply concepts/techniques for service-level migration (Service Migration Prerequisites, Service Migration Architecture: Database Leasing)

Explain Service Migration Architecture: Consensus Leasing, Migratable Target, Policy Options, Configuration Roadmap

JTA Service Migration: Before Failure and After Failure, Configuring JTA Service Migration, Set Up Automatic JTA Service-Level Migration

Apply concepts/techniques for whole server migration (Automatic Server Migration Architecture: No Failure, Machine Failure)

11

Diagnostic Framework

6 Topics

Configure WebLogic Diagnostic Framework (WLDF) to monitor a domain

Apply concepts/techniques associated with WLDF (WLDF Architecture, Diagnostic Archives, Configuring Server Diagnostic Archives, Diagnostic Modules, Dynamic Diagnostic Modules, Resource Descriptors, Creating a Diagnostic Module, New WLST Commands for WLDF)

Apply concepts/techniques associated with diagnostic images, including capturing a server diagnostic image

Describe a Harvester and configure a metric collector to capture WebLogic runtime MBean data

Describe and configure watches and notifications

Describe differences between configured vs dynamic cluster

12

Coherence

5 Topics

Configure and use Coherence*Web for HTTP session persistence, apply key concepts/techniques for Coherence*Web session replication (types of Session Persistence, Coherence*Web definition/requirements, Coherence*Web and WebLogic Clusters, Coherence*Web Session Failover, Configuring Coherence*Web in WebLogic)

Configure and use managed Coherence servers

Describe key concepts associated with Oracle Coherence (clustering applications' objects and data)

Apply key concepts/techniques for Managed Coherence Servers (relation between Coherence and WebLogic Server, WebLogic Managed Coherence Servers Operations, Grid Archive (GAR), Coherence Application Deployment on WebLogic, Coherence Container: Benefits)

Coherence Cluster

13

JMS Concepts, Configuration & Monitoring

20 Topics

Discuss benefits of enterprise messaging, define producer/consumer/destination, compare messaging models, explain JMS communication architecture

Describe a message-driven EJB

Discuss WebLogic's JMS administration architecture

Create and target a JMS server

Create a JMS module and define sub deployments, create connection factories, add a connection factory to a module, create queues and topics, configure error destinations, create destination quotas, configure a JMS server quota

Use destination templates, create a destination from a template, configure an existing destination's template

Monitor basic JMS and MDB statistics, Monitor destinations on a JMS Server, Monitor connections and sessions, Use the Monitoring Dashboard

Administer JMS including inspect in-progress messages, create test messages, move messages across destinations, pause JMS services for maintenance/troubleshooting

Describe common causes of poor JMS performance, identify symptoms, identify "quota too low"/"quota too high"

Discuss best practices with JMS developers

Tune quotas, message, paging and flow control

Tune message-driven EJBs

Investigate issues using logs and debug flags

Use JMS Troubleshooting tools

Configure JMS logging to investigate issues

Discuss common JMS configuration issues

Describe common JMS runtime problems

Describe JMS Security (policies for JMS and JNDI resources)

Describe JMS Integration

Describe Message Ordering

14

JMS Persistence, Transactions, and Durability

18 Topics

Compare JMS persistence options

Configure file or JDBC persistence for JMS

Explain the use of transactions with JMS

Configure and monitor JMS transactions

Manage and monitor durable subscribers

Target JMS resources to both configured and dynamic clusters

Discuss advantages of distributed destinations

Describe how clients interact with distributed destinations

Create and target a uniform distributed destination

Describe how JMS load balancing decisions are made

Discuss challenges of making JMS highly available

Configure the cluster leasing service

Configure automatic server migration

Manually migrate a failed server

Compare service and whole server migration

Configure and use migratable targets

Configure automatic service migration

Manually migrate JMS and related services

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Complete WebLogic Server II Curriculum

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Become an OCP WebLogic Advanced Administrator

Oracle WebLogic Server 12cAdvanced Administrator (1Z0-134)

Advanced WebLogic Skills Drive Reliability

The Capstone of the WebLogic Track

Exam 1Z0-134: Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Advanced Administrator

Complete WebLogic Server II Curriculum

Frequently Asked Questions

Become an OCP WebLogic Advanced Administrator

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c
Advanced Administrator (1Z0-134)