Partner Webcast – Oracle WebLogic Server Management using Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c

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Managing Oracle WebLogic

Server with Oracle Enterprise

Manager Cloud Control 12c

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Tshepo Madigage

Migration Center FMW Specialist

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Agenda

• Enterprise Manager Overview

• WebLogic Server Management Challenges

• WebLogic Server Management Solution

Overview

• Demonstration

• Q&A

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Oracle Enterprise Manager

Overview


Evolution of Oracle Enterprise Manager


Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

Complete Lifecycle

Management

Integrated Cloud

Stack Management

Business-Driven Application

Management

Self-Service IT | Simple and Automated | Business Driven


Business-Driven Application Management

User Experience Management

How long are customer orders taking?

Business Transaction Management

Why hasn’t the order shipped yet?

MW & DB Diagnostics

What is the root cause of the problem?


WebLogic Server Management

Challenges


Challenges in WebLogic Server Management

• Monitoring WebLogic Server performance & availability

• Lack of production-ready application diagnostics

• Poor governance and control

• High on-going operational and maintenance cost

Impacts

Low IT Credibility +

High IT Complexity +

Poor Customer Satisfaction


WebLogic Management via Enterprise Manager Reduce IT operational cost and improve Quality of Service

• Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics

– Manage across multiple domains

– Improve performance and availability of Java EE and web service

applications

– Diagnose performance problems across tiers

– Trace business transactions in the context of the payload

• Configuration Management

– Track and maintain configurations

– Minimize/eliminate downtime due to infrastructure changes

– Comply with security and compliance standards

• Lifecycle Management

– Automate time consuming, manual installation, patching, and

configuration process

– Reduce human error in building new environments

– Streamline communication with support when encountering bugs

Configuration Management

Lifecycle Management

Performance Monitoring

and Diagnostics

Development

Test Production


Solution Benefits

• Increase IT staff productivity through centralized management

and out-of-box monitoring

• Improve performance and availability of WebLogic Server and

Enterprise Java applications

• Improve service by minimizing downtime due to planned or

unplanned changes or outages

• Reduce cost through automated patching and deployment

procedures to clone middleware

More Minimize

Downtime +

Lower IT costs

+ Increase Agility

Result


WebLogic Server Management

Solution Overview


WebLogic The Cornerstone for Oracle Fusion Middleware

1# Application Server

The basis of application grid computing

Enables enterprises to outperform their

competitors while minimizing

operational costs

Weblogic is engineered to adapt to

ever-changing business conditions


WebLogic Server Management Single Pane of Glass for All WebLogic Domains

Lifecycle and Configuration Management

Application Performance Management

Coherence Management

Service Level Management








Centralized Mgmt & Out-of-box Monitoring Monitor all applications, all domains from one console

• Manage multiple domains centrally

• Monitoring spans:

– Clusters and servers

– Applications (servlets, JSPs, EJBs)

– Resources (JDBC connection pool, data

sources)

• Graphical heat map

• Predefined metrics

• Performance and availability

• Log file monitoring

• Real-time monitoring

• Historical monitoring for trending and reporting


Event Monitoring Be aware of availability & performance problems 24x7

• Specify critical vs. warning thresholds for metrics

• Various notification methods: email/page, SNMP

trap, OS command

• Notification rules and schedule for when to

receive alerts

• Corrective Actions: Start/stop WLS, WLST

scripts

• Predefined & user-defined monitoring templates


Centralized Incident and Problem Management

• Centralized incident management for the Cloud

– View, manage, diagnose and resolve incidents from one console

• Support for incident lifecycle operations

– Assign, acknowledge, prioritize, track status, escalate, suppress

• Accelerated resolution with “My Oracle Support” integration

• Out-of-box connectors for Remedy, HP Service Center


Customizable Performance Summaries Analyze and correlate performance data more efficiently

• Specify time range from which to display data

• Choose charts to be displayed

• Arrange order of charts

• Display data from multiple components in single chart

• Display prior performance data alongside current data

• Save customizations as named chart set accessible in

future

• Save baseline of current performance data to be

compared with future data


Metric Extensions Extend default monitoring to meet datacenter needs

• Next generation user-defined metrics

• Wizard guides you through process of creating custom metrics

• Java Management Extensions (JMX) adapter provided to retrieve JMX attributes from JMX-

enabled servers and return attributes as metric table


• Provides single dashboard with complete

visibility (e.g. incidents, performance,

compliance) across multi-tier composite

application

• Supports all major target types with

specialized regions for JVMs, services,

SLAs and Coherence

• Regions can be customized and

personalized to display any relevant metric

• Routing topology view displays all target

relationships

Composite Application Management Increase efficiency and productivity


JVM Diagnostics Accelerate production JVM diagnostics with minimal impact

• Always on, real-time and historical

monitoring and diagnostics

• No application instrumentation or

server restarts required

• Complete visibility into the JVM

stack heap and threads

• Analyze impact bi-directionally JVM

to DB, DB to JVM

• Deploy on any JVM (i.e. Sun,

JRockit, IBM)


Middleware Diagnostics Advisor

• Diagnose problems with advisory findings

instead of only raw metrics and configuration

details

• Utilizes algorithms to provide findings based

on:

– Various metrics (JMX, JVM Diagnostics,

component dependencies)

– Server, application and host configuration

properties

• Resolve problems immediately with integrated

configuration and lifecycle management

capabilities

Resolve problems more quickly with guided help


Diagnostic Snapshots Correlate and import/export critical WLS and JVM diagnostics

• Persist and maintain snapshots of JVM

diagnostics correlated with other

middleware metrics and logs

• Export/Import snapshots and share them

with other users or Oracle support

• Capture and analyze active/archived logs,

JVM and WLS/FMW metrics together in

single packaged snapshot for analysis at

any point in future

• Include snapshot in Support Workbench

incident

• Create snapshot via EM Command Line Interface


Log Viewer Gain access to log files regardless of where they reside

• Access WebLogic and Fusion

Middleware log files – active and

archived – from single console

• Search and correlate messages

across log files based on time,

severity or Execution Context ID

(ECID)

• Download log files or export

messages to file


Routing Topology Viewer Identify potential performance problems impact across tiers

• Predefined, graphical topology of middle-tier

environment

• Understand routing details (e.g. Web Cache to

OHS to WLS to data source)

• Assess overall health across domain

• Search/filter topology

• Overlay performance data

• Context sensitive menus via right-mouse click

on nodes

• Print as .PNG file


Business Transaction Management

• Live tracking of individual transactions

• Spans all interacting tiers and applications, beyond a single app server

– Encompasses servers, applications, ESB's, BPM's, appliances, and more

– Toolkit extends custom visibility into home grown systems

• Leverages transaction content for business visibility and interactive management

• Non-invasive approach avoids modifying applications or messages

– No "tracers" or headers required

– Requires no coding/deployment cycle

• Unique patent pending "fingerprinting“ algorithm and ECID support

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Process Engine Service Bus

End-to-End, Application Level View


Business Application Management Manage from a business perspective

• Application-centric view

• Integrated data from

– Real User Experience Insight (RUEI)

– Business Transaction Management (BTM)

– Composite Application System

– Service Level Management








Service Level Management Manage IT from a business perspective

• Model services and underlying systems

• Monitor availability, performance and

service level compliance of critical

services

• Define SLA compliance as flexible set of

objectives on top of a variety of metric

indicators

• Proactively monitor end-user experience

from remote locations via service tests


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Databases Application Servers

Web Servers

Synthetic Test Monitoring Service Level Management

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Tokyo

Paris

SF

Berlin

Rio

DNS, Custom Script, FTP, Web

Transaction, HTTP Ping, Host Ping, IMAP, JDBC

SQL Timing, LDAP, NNTP, Oracle SQL

Timing, POP, Port Checker, SMTP,

TNS Ping, SOAP, ATS

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Asset Discovery & Tracking Know what you have – effective use of your assets

• Automated, daily collection of

configuration data

– Applications, resources, JMS

configuration, config files, etc.

– Installations & patches

• Customize frequency of collection

• Detect real-time change

– Reconcile change with change

management system

– Authorized vs. unauthorized

• Know what you have –

effective use of your

assets


Perform Administration Operations Reduce need for multiple administration consoles

• Lock a domain configuration via Change

Center prior to making configuration

changes

• View, configure and use MBeans via

System MBean Browser

• Create, edit, delete and test JDBC data

sources

• Record configuration actions as series of

WLST commands

• Configure log file settings (e.g. location,

format, level, rotation policy)

• Enable selective tracing for fine-grained

data limited to specific attributes (e.g.

application name, user name)


Compare WebLogic Configurations Understand differences across environments quickly

• Support for comparing WebLogic

Domains, Clusters, Servers

• Compare latest configurations (e.g. stage

vs production)

• Compare latest configuration with

previously saved configuration

• Use predefined, customizable

configuration comparison templates

– Ignore expected differences

– Receive email when differences

detected

• Save output of compare in printable,

data-centric format

• Understand differences

across environments

quickly


Synchronize WebLogic Configurations Reduce time to remediate issues

• If unwanted differences detected

during comparison, synchronize

configurations to make them the

same

• Select configuration files to be

included in synchronization

• Configuration properties

synchronized based on configuration

comparison template settings

• Preview changes to be made


Search WebLogic Configurations Find configuration data across domains more efficiently

• Predefined configuration

searches

• Create and save user-

defined configuration

searches

• Search for configuration

items and follow

relationships to other

targets


Enforce Compliance Ensure compliance to best practices, industry standards

• Former BEA Guardian signatures

integrated into EM

• Create user-defined compliance…

– Rules: checks/tests performed against

specific target types

– Standards: collection of rules associated

to multiple targets

– Frameworks: conceptual ‘folders’ map

standards to real-world structure of

compliance frameworks (PCI, COBIT,

HIPAA, CIS, etc.)

• Ensure compliance to

best practices, industry

standards


Control Fusion Middleware Processes Flexibility in starting, stopping, restarting components

• Predefined job to start, stop, restart Fusion

Middleware components – including WLS,

deployed apps and Oracle HTTP Server

• Choose to control processes via Node

Manager, default script or custom script

• Schedule job to run immediately or in future

• Accessible from target home pages or Jobs

user interface

• Submit job via EM Command Line Interface


Schedule and Track WLST Commands Automate commonly-run WLST scripts

• Out-of-box job type for WLST Script job supporting WLST online commands to manage

domain configuration, view performance data or manage security data

• Accepts WLST command or fully-qualified script file located on remote host

• Submit job against one or more domains, WLSs or groups

• Use saved preferred or named credentials rather than hardcoding credentials in WLST scripts

• Schedule immediately or at future point in time


Enhanced Management of Standalone Oracle HTTP Server 11g

• Improved user experience for discovering

standalone OHS

• Out-of-box performance metrics spanning

status, server, resource usage, virtual host,

response codes, modules

• Automated collection of config data including

config files (e.g. httpd.conf)

• Analyze config data via comparisons, change

tracking, search

• View and correlate log messages

• Perform start, stop, restart operations


Robust Provisioning Framework

• Middleware provisioning home page

• Separation of Designer and Operator roles

• Fine grained privileges to restrict access

• Input “lock down” for end operators to enforce standard deployments and minimize errors

• User-defined deployment procedures

• EMCLI and web services interfaces for integration with other tools

• Integration with Self Update


Centralized Software Library

• Single page for creating and accessing components, scripts and assemblies

• Integrated with Self Update

• Can be co-located with Self-Service Application or with cloud targets

• Choice of storage types and protocols (NFS, HTTP(S)), ideally suited for remote data centers

• Integrated with Packaging tools like Assembly Builder

• Supports Access rights for each image/assembly


Apply Patches to WebLogic Servers Automate application of patches to servers across domains

• Search for and download one-off patches,

critical patch updates & patchset updates

from MOS

• Receive patch recommendations

• Automate applying patches to all servers

across multiple domains via Patch Plan

• Eliminate downtime by applying patches in

rolling mode (parallel mode also supported)

• Rollback already applied patches in cases

where new problems occur

• Automate application of

patches across managed

servers


Patching Oracle WebLogic Server (cont’d) Automate application of patches to servers across domains

• Minimize errors via automated validation

checking to detect patch conflicts and

potential problems

• Patch via console user interface or

command line interface (EMCLI)

• Track which patches applied where across

domains in datacenter

• Support for WebLogic 12.1.2 as well as

10.3.1 and later


Create a WebLogic Domain Provisioning Profile Store patched binaries and domain configuration in Software Library

• Existing WebLogic Server installation and

domain configuration already exists

• Its binaries and domain configuration can be

stored in the Software Library as a

provisioning profile

• Future installs can be based upon the profile

• Create software library components for just

patched binaries in Middleware Home or just

domain configuration also supported


Clone from Domain Provisioning Profile Ensure consistent, standardized images deployed across IT

• Clone provisioning profile from software library to destination(s)

• Specify destination hosts, Middleware Home, JDK home, applications, Node Manager

directories

• Modify profile’s domain configuration settings for clusters, machines, servers, data sources,

startup mode, JMS and security store/providers

• Modify predefined procedure with custom steps and scripts

Add additional servers to new

domain – specifying hostname,

listen address, port, SSL

settings, machine, and cluster

information for each


Clone from Reference Domain Install Reduce time and eliminate errors in building environments

• Clone existing domain’s binaries and domain configuration

• Specify destination hosts, Middleware Home, JDK home, applications, Node Manager

directories

• Modify domain configuration settings for clusters, machines, servers, data sources, startup

mode, JMS and security store/providers

• Modify predefined procedure with custom steps and scripts

Add additional servers to new

domain – specifying hostname,

listen address, port, SSL

settings, machine, and cluster

information for each


Scale Up/Out Existing WebLogic Domain Quickly improve application performance

• Add capacity to existing domain or

cluster to accommodate increase in

load

• Specify destination host and

applications directory for each new

managed server

• Modify configuration settings for each

new managed server

• Modify predefined procedure with

custom steps and scripts

Choose to associate new

managed server with an

existing Machine, new

Machine or no Machine

Specify listen address, port

and SSL settings for new

managed server


Deploy/Undeploy Java EE Applications Reduce need for multiple administration consoles

• Deployment procedure automates

deploying, redeploying, undeploying

application(s) to/from domain(s)

• Create Java EE Application component

in Software Library via console or EM

Command Line Interface

• Include archive, deployment plan,

pre/post deployment scripts, additional

files as part of operation

• Specify staging mode, start mode,

whether to deploy archive as library


Automate Disaster Recovery Operations Ensure high availability as well as data protection

• Primary and standby sites represented as Generic

System targets

• Supports stopping and starting a site, Switchover,

and Failover operations

• Automatic pre-check performed prior to any

operation

• Configuration and operations done via Cloud

Control console

• Track progress of Switchover or Failover operations

via Cloud Control console


Support Workbench for WebLogic Server Stream-line interaction with Oracle Support for WLS issues

• When critical errors occur in WebLogic

Server, Support Workbench

automatically collects WebLogic

Server diagnostic data and simplifies

process of sending data to Oracle

Support

• Greatly reduces resolution time for

external bugs related to WebLogic

Server








Enhanced Coherence Performance Monitoring & Topology

• Identify associations of Caches, Nodes and

their performance hotspots

• Check WebLogic application dependencies

on Coherence Nodes

• Customize performance views for set of

metrics important for your business needs

• Overlay charts for different caches, nodes

for comparative analysis

• Save multiple views


Demonstration


Best Practice


Steps To Get There – Infrastructure

1

Plan

Deployment

3

Deploy JVM

Diagnostics

Manager

2

Install

Enterprise

Manager 12c

4

Configure

Software

Library

5

Install EMCLI

Client

6

Set MOS

Credentials

7

Create

Admins

& Grant

Privs


Steps To Get There – Target Specific

8

Add Hosts

10

Create

Preferred Creds

9

Discover

Domains

11

Deploy

JVM

Diagnostics

Agents

Optimize

WebLogic

Performance and

Management

with Enterprise

Manager 12c



Q&A


Add References

• Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/enterprise-manager/overview/index.html

• WebLogic http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/overview/index.html

• WebLogic Management Pack http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/soa-mgmt/index.html?ssSourceSiteId=otnes

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/enterprise-manager/overview/index.html




http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/overview/index.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/overview/index.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/soa-mgmt/index.html?ssSourceSiteId=otnes




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