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Advanced WebLogic Server Automation Administration and Monitoring with WLST and JMX Martin Heinzl Retail Price $49.95 / £34.95          Key Features   About the Author Table of Contents Index   Reader Comments Errata   Order now at 30% off! Only $29.95 (30% off)

All production environments need automated, auditable, reproducible processes. This book discusses how to automate all aspects of WebLogic, an essential prerequisite for all production environments. The WebLogic Server platform is recognized as one of the leading J2EE application servers and is the foundation of the Fusion Middleware platform. It is well suited for a variety of different application architectures including modern grid and cloud infrastructures. A large number of WebLogic installations from a single server to thousands of servers exist all over the world.  Complex environments may consist of hundreds of domains and thousands of managed-servers.  It is impossible for an administrator group to maintain all those servers with manual tasks or the web console.  This book is written based on 15+ years of experience with many real architecture and consultancy assignments, and includes tips based on lessons learned from real project experience.  Its main focus is to teach readers who are already familiar with WebLogic how to use the powerful automation APIs to operate WebLogic in small to very complex environments.  Scripts and automation based on JMX are essential for every (infrastructure) architect, administrator, deployer, operator, and also developer. Only with automated processes it is possible to create actions that can be easily reviewed, can run at any time, can run frequently (monitoring), can be scheduled with an automated scheduler, and are well-suited to auditing needs. This book focuses on the WebLogic Server. Automation is absolutely key for all installations of WebLogic, from small to complex enterprise-wide systems.  The author presents many practical examples that can be easily adapted to the reader's needs. This book does not use the WebLogic GUI nor talk about J2EE programming; it focuses on automation only. This book contains a comprehensive code download of powerful WLST and JMX scripts.

* Focuses on real-life automation examples. * Includes many general-purpose scripts and programs. * Provides automation hints and tips for all areas of WebLogic. * All scripts/programs can be easily adapted for the reader’s needs. * Explores the power of WebLogic automation based on the automation technologies provided with the Server. * Compares the powerful script environment of WLST with the standard Java management API of JMX. * Provides automation solutions for many different aspects of WebLogic. * Explains how to create, configure, secure, administer and monitor WebLogic in an automated, repeatable way based on WLST or JMX. * Enables the reader to handle large and complex environments with automated processes.

About the Author:

Martin Heinzl

Martin Heinzl is a senior/principal consultant in the areas of architecture, middleware and enterprise systems. Over the last 15 years, he has built up extensive experience in enterprise middleware technologies in distributed systems.  His main areas of focus include architecture, integration, Java, J2EE, CORBA, distributed systems, integration approaches, and security.  His project involvement has included analysis, design, architecture, SOA (like) systems, configuration, security, deployment, automation, management, and monitoring.  This experience has given him a thorough knowledge of operations, automation, system architectures, development, and training.   Martin was also responsible for the automation of a complex web service security layer for an SOA infrastructure using single-sign on, SAML, and OWSM for a huge WebLogic farm (including Oracle service bus) with 500+ domains and 4000+ Managed-Servers.  He was also responsible for the WebLogic infrastructure and monitoring concepts of in a high risk/high volume financial system. He is currently working in the middleware platform hosting team of a global bank. Martin greatly enjoys what he does. His highest priority has always been on customers and service, which has helped him establish many good and long-year customer relationships. In 2013 Martin also joined the Oracle Customer Advisory Board for WebLogic and he always tries to be up to date on middleware technologies by attending conferences and taking part in beta programs.

Table of Contents:

Using the Online Code Depot Conventions Used in this Book Part I Introduction to WLDF Introduction Introduction to WebLogic Jython and WebLogic JMX and WebLogic Summary Part II WLDF Architecture and Components Introduction to WLDF WLDF Components The WLDF Data Collectors Data Processing and Archiving Data Access Complete Picture of WLDF Target vs. Activation Summary Working with WLDF General Guidelines to work with WLDF WLDF Profiles Lifecycle of WLDF Artifacts Summary Configuration and Usage Using the WLS Console Using the Dashboard Using WLST / JMX Using the Configuration Files Summary Understanding  WLDF MBeans Introduction to the WLDF MBeans WLDF MBean Types Browsing WLDF using the WLST shell    Additional WLST commands for WLDF  Summary Part III    Configure  Diagnostic Modules       Diagnostic Modules     Introduction      Creating a new Diagnostic Module  Built-in diagnostic module     Create Diagnostic modules from built-in templates       Target/Untarget Diagnostic modules       Activating / Deactivating Diagnostic modules    Creation and Targeting of multiple Modules       Summary Keeping historical data for long term analysis      Data Archives    Overview File based archives       JDBC based archives   Data retirement policies        Summary Harvesting Runtime Metrics for System and Performance Monitoring        Overview Using the WLS Console        Using WLST     Using JMX        Using configuration files        Comparison       Complex example        dumpDiagnosticData  Summary Taking snapshots of current state for analysis     Introduction      Configuration of the image capture capabilities   Issue an image capture request        Additional Tasks in WLST to work with diagnostic images    Summary Watch out for diagnostic conditions         Introduction to Diagnostics  Types of Watches        General configuration  Creating a Harvester watch    Creating a Log watch  Creating an instrumentation watch  Removing a watch from a diagnostic module      Summary Getting notified and alarmed for certain system states  Introduction to Notifications WLDF Notifications and the WebLogic API      JMX Notifications       JMS Notifications        Email Notifications     Diagnostic Image Notifications       SNMP Notifications    Future developments   Summary

Complete Examples    Introduction      Utilize WLDF to monitor custom MBeans with machine data         Use WLDF for automatic scaling of an application       Sending JMS notifications in case of stuck threads        Creating a diagnostic image if heap reaches critical value         Summary Part IV    Organize and structure WLDF through Profiles  The idea of profiles     Examples of useful profiles    Creating profiles in a WLS domain  Activating / deactivating profiles    Summary Diagnostic component profiles using WLST       Introduction      Artifact Profiles Subject Matter Profiles Combination into Diagnostic Modules      Example Implementation      Base class WebLogic Core Profile EJB Profile        JDBC Profile     Transaction Profile      Other profiles    Profile Manager Working with Profiles  Summary Diagnostic module profiles using WLST   Introduction      Diagnostic Module Profiles   Profile Scopes    Advantages and disadvantages        Example Implementation      Comparison between profile types  Summary Diagnostic profiles using JMX         Introduction      Use cases Architecture of the JMX Implementation  Artifact Profiles Component Profiles    WLDFComponentProfile     WLDFCoreProfile       Profile Manager Examples Diagnostic module Profiles    Using Profiles in Real Life     Summary Part V      Getting access to diagnostic data    Introduction      Which data stores are available?      Get Information about data store content Access Diagnostic data using the accessor API   Offline Access using WLST   Online Access using WLST   Using the exported data        Summary Visualizing and Analyzing data with Mission Control    Introduction      WLDF and Flight Recorder  Amount of WLDF Data recorded by Flight Recorder  Example Data   Code section     WebLogic plugin         Summary Visualizing data with the WLDF Dashboard       Introduction      Built-In Views   Custom Views   Custom View Example         Outlook   Summary Review and Comparison       WLDF, WLST or JMX?        Alternatives to WLDF Summary References         References         Books      General Websites        Web Links         About the Author       Index

Index Topics: A  activate                advice   AOP       application profiles          archive archive subsystem          Archive subsystem          artifact profiles artifacts                aspect    B Backend profile Base class            C captureAndSaveDiagnosticImage             Communication profile  configuration     core profile         , Core WLDF system          createSystemResourceControl  cross-cutting      D dashboard          Data Access (JDBC) profile           data accessor     , Data Accessor subsystem             data archives     deactivate           destroySystemResourceControl               diagnostic component profiles   diagnostic context           diagnostic image creation notifications   Diagnostic Image subsystem       diagnostic images            diagnostic module           , , diagnostic profiles           diagnostics          , disable profile   disableSystemResource                dumpDiagnosticData      , DYE filters            DYE injection      dynamic clusters              E EJB         EJB profile           email notifications           Email Profile       enable profile    enableSystemResource                Enterprise (EJB) profile  enum    Event Tree File  exportDiagnosticData    exportDiagnosticDataFromServer            extended monitoring     extension module           F file-based archives          Flight Recorder G getAvailableCapturedImages     H harvester            , harvester metrics            Harvester subsystem     harvester watch               Harvester watches          HarvesterManagerRuntime        hierarchy        I image capture   , images  instrumentation               Instrumentation               Instrumentation subsystem        instrumentation watch  Integration profile          J JDBC based archives       JMS Messaging Profile   JMX client           JMX implementation      JRockit  JRockit Flight Recording L listSystemResourceControls       log watch             Log watches       logger   lookupNotification          M Merging Data     Messaging profile            metrics MissionControl monitoring          Monitoring dashboard   N notification         notification listener         notifications       , , , , O Offline Access   Online Access    P pointcut               POJO objects     profile manager                Profile Manager               profiles , R refresh Resource profile               retirement policy             Runtime Control subsystem        runtime MBean tree      runtime MBeans              S saveDiagnosticImageCaptureEntryFile   saveDiagnosticImageCaptureFile              Server Core profile          server state        SMTP messaging              SNMP notifications         SNMP Profile     stuck threads     subject matter profiles  T target    timeline               Transaction Profile          U UAT       untarget              user acceptance testing                utility library       V Virtual machine Profile  Errata: Reader Comments: