| Product Installation |
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Install the JDK/JRE if required on supported platforms (if not included with jar distribution) |
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Install WebLogic Server on supported platforms |
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Install and configure WebLogic Server service packs and patches |
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Install Web Server plug-ins if required on supported platforms |
| Create Domains |
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Create new domains using the Configuration Wizard |
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Create new domains using WLST |
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Create Domain/Configuration Templates using Domain Template Builder |
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Create new domains using custom Domain/Configuration Templates |
| Manage the Server Life Cycle |
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Start and stop WebLogic Administration and Managed Servers. |
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Configure a NodeManager to start WebLogic Server instances (using console and command-line) |
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Configure a NodeManager to automatically restart WebLogic Server instances in a failure scenario |
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Start WebLogic Managed Servers in the absence of Administration Server |
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Start WebLogic Servers in STANDBY ADMIN mode |
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Suspend and resume WebLogic Server instances |
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Restart Administration Server after failure while Managed Servers are running |
| Track Changes in a Domain's Configuration |
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Configure WebLogic Domain & resources using Administration Console & WLST |
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Use the Lock & Edit mechanism for changing configuration, activate or release pending configurations |
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Track configuration changes using configuration auditing |
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Configure Connections to Web Servers |
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Configuring default web application for WebLogic |
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Configure Virtual Hosts |
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Configure HTTP access logging, HTTP listen port, HTTP parameters |
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Configure network resources using network channels |
| Configure Connections to Databases or Other Systems |
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Configure WebLogic JDBC resources using system modules and application modules |
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Configure JDBC Data Sources and Connection Pool |
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Configure JDBC Multi Data Sources for high availability and failover |
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Configure JDBC Data Sources for XA transaction |
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| Configure JMS Resources |
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Configure JMS System module and Application module |
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Configure JMS Servers, JMS Connection Factories, JMS Destinations & Persistence store |
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Configure Store-And-Forward for reliable message delivery and configure Unit-Of-Order for ordering message delivery |
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Implement Uniform and Weighted Distributed Destination for Load Balancing messages |
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Use Message Bridge for connecting to remote/3-party JMS or Non-JMS messaging Servers |
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Configure message throttling, thresholds & quotas |
| Configure Environments for High Availability |
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Configure single- and multi-tier WebLogic Server clusters. |
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Create a highly-available cluster to achieve 99.99999% uptime |
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Enable Clustering with Web Applications, EJBs, JDBC resources, JMS resources |
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Configure different type of software proxy Servers and hardware load balancers to route request to the back-end cluster |
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Deploy applications to cluster using Two-phase deployment |
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Deploy system resources to cluster |
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Configure web applications for HTTP Session replication |
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Migrate singleton services in a cluster |
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Create a highly-available cluster to achieve 99.99999% uptime |
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Migrate the complete WebLogic Server incase of failure |
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Configure single- and multi-tier WebLogic Server clusters. |
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Configure JTA migration configuration and JTA logging |
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Configure WebLogic Server cluster across WAN & MAN |
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Configure hardware load balancers and web server proxy plug-ins for WebLogic Cluster |
| Monitor Application Server Services and Resources |
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Integrate WebLogic domain infrastructure with a third-party SNMP system for polling and trap notification |
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Implement custom monitoring solutions using J2EE Management APIs |
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Monitoring Servers and clusters using difference log files |
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Configure WLDF for watches and notifications |
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Monitor WebLogic Server attributes, resource attributes using harvested data |
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Setup Server and application instrumentation for taking appropriate action when a method on an application or Server is being called |
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Monitor and manage JMS resources and messages using Administration Console and WLST |
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Monitor Transaction activity by name or per Server for commits and rollbacks |
| Deploy Applications |
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Deploy and Monitor Web Applications, EJB modules, Resources Adapters, Enterprise Applications, Web Services and WebLogic System Modules on stand-alone Servers, clusters and virtual hosts |
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Use Administration Console, weblogic.Deployer, wldeploy ant task, WLST for application deployment |
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Test application deployment using Admin mode |
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Deploy applications with deployment plan |
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Use different staging modes to deploy an application |
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Auto deploy applications during development |
| Modify Applications in an Active Domain |
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Use production redeployment to update applications |
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Update configurations for a deployed application |
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Partial redeployment of applications deployed in expanded directory structure |
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Monitor the JVM hosting WebLogic Server(s) |
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| Configure and Secure the Application Server Environment |
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Configuring a Domain for secure Administration using Administration port |
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Configuring SSL port, Certificates & Key Stores |
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Configure WebLogic to implement built-in and custom Security Service Providers |
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Configure SSL for WebLogic Servers and clusters |
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Configure compatibility security for old 6.1 based domains |
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Configure security policy for application resources and system resources using deployment descriptor or Administration Console |
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Configure message level and transport level security for WebLogic web services |
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Manage Administrative users by configuring users in Administrative roles |
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Configure security for production environment by setting up single sign-on and perimeter authentication |
| Configure Logging and View Log Files |
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Configure logging configurations like filename, location, rotation type etc. |
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View log files using Administration Console, WLST |
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Configure Log filters to filter various WebLogic Servers logs |
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Configure WebLogic Servers to use various logging implementation |
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Configure and manage WLDF to archive various data to the archive store |
| Troubleshoot and Diagnose Error Conditions |
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Enable various debugging flags using Administration Console or WLST |
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Enable various logging options to log from different sub-systems [JDBC logging, Message logging etc.] |
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Configure service-level migration for JMS and JTA |
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Configure Server-level migration |
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Restart Managed Servers and Admin Server after failure |
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Use WebLogic Message Catalog for resolving message codes |
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Capture Server images for troubleshooting and facilitate Support for identifying issues |
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Access the archived data from WLDF for analysis and troubleshooting |
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Configure Dye Injection Monitor for request dyeing |
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Configure JDBC sub-system to collect and store various profile information |
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Troubleshoot Node Manager issues with Node Manager log files |
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Identify whether unexpected Exceptions are application or WebLogic exceptions |
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Use JVM Thread dump for troubleshooting and resolving issues |
| Migrate Domains from Development Environments to Production Environments |
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Development mode Vs Production mode |
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Use WLST ConfigToScript feature |
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Security realm/provider import/export |
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System module configuration Vs domain resource configuration |
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Use deployment plan for overriding application configuration |
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Use upgrade tool to explicitly upgrade Node Managers, Custom Security Providers, Domain Configurations from previous version & move them to production |
| Tune the Application Server Environment |
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Tune the JVM hosting WebLogic Server(s) for GC, threading, native memory, stack memory allocation |
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Tune the hardware, OS/Kernel, TCP and network parameters for optimum performance |
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Tuning WebLogic Server [Native IO, Threading, Production mode Vs Development mode, Backlog] |
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Tuning WebLogic JMS configuration [Quota, Message compression, Paging, Flow control, Message Expiration] |
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Tuning JDBC resources [Connection pool sizing, statement caching, testing, connection leak detection, idle connection, database tuning etc.] |
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Tuning Applications [Precompile, archived Vs expanded, clusters, EJB cache, pool] |
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Configure JRockit for Intel based installations |
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Use deployment plan for setting application tuning parameters |
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Configure application-level of domain-wide Work Managers for optimizing the performance and to prioritize the work |
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Manage Over Load by defining Over Load Condition to avoid |
| Apply Best Practices |
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Application deployment best practices |
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Domain architecture best practices |
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Configuration management best practices |
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Scripting best practices |
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