Oracle Application Server 10g R2: Administration II

Optimize performance and reduce risks by learning about recommended enterprise topologies, high availability, and disaster recovery features in Oracle Application Server (10.1.2.0.2). Students learn about installing and maintaining high availability implementations such as OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure), OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle Tier), OracleAS Cluster (Portal). The participants access and use Oracle Application Server monitoring and management tools.

This course counts towards the Hands-on course requirement for the Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator Certification. Only instructor-led inclass or instructor-led online formats of this course will meet the Certification Hands-on Requirement. Self Study CD-Rom and Knowledge Center courses are excellent study and reference tools but DO NOT meet the Hands-on Requirement for certification.

Audience

• Sales Consultants
• Support Engineer
• Technical Consultant
• Web Administrator

Course Topics Introduction

• Course Discussion

Managing Customized Oracle Application Server Topologies

• What is Enterprise Deployment Architecture?
• What are the Benefits of Enterprise Deployment
• What are the Key Considerations in Implementing EDA?
• Standard Enterprise Deployment Topologies
• Implementing Enterprise Security Infrastructure Topology
• Implementing Enterprise J2EE Topology
• Implementing Enterprise Portal Topology

Cloning and Staging Oracle Application Server

• Cloning Oracle Application Server Instances: Overview
• Cloning Process
• Cloning: General Considerations and Limitations
• Customizing the Cloning Process
• Understanding Test to Production of Middle Tier (Staging): Overview
• Moving J2EE Applications from Test Middle Tier to New Production Environment
• Moving OracleAS Portal Metadata from Test to Production
• Moving Applications from a Test Middle Tier with IM and a Product Metadata to an Existing Production with IM

Distributing Oracle Application Server Infrastructure Components

• Selecting Different Infrastructure Installation Types
• Installing Multiple Metadata Repositories
• Installing OracleAS Infrastructure by Using an Existing Oracle Database
• Installing OracleAS Metadata Repository in an Existing Database
• Installing OracleAS Infrastructure by Using an Existing Oracle Internet Directory
• Upgrading a Distributed Oracle Application Server Environment
• Upgrading Transitions: Three Paths
• OracleAS Infrastructure Upgrade

Reconfiguring Middle-Tier Instances

• Expanding a Middle-Tier Installation
• Differences between Installing and Expanding a Middle Tier
• Configuring OracleAS Web Cache After Installation
• Associating a J2EE and Web Cache Installation with OracleAS Infrastructure
• Configuring Portal After Installation
• Configuring Forms and Reports Services After Installation
• Configuring and Disabling Components
• De-config Tool

Administering OracleBI Discoverer in Oracle Application Server

• Configuring OracleBI Discoverer
• Controlling the Discoverer Service
• Configuring OracleBI Discoverer Plus
• Configuring OracleBI Discoverer Viewer
• Configuring Discoverer Portlet Provider
• Discoverer Catalog, EUL, and OLAP Catalog
• Managing Discoverer Catalog
• OracleBI Discoverer EUL Command Line for Java

Administering Oracle Reports in Oracle Application Server

• OracleAS Reports Services Architecture
• Configuring Reports Server
• Configuring Additional Reports Server Settings
• Controlling Access and Registering with OracleAS Portal
• Deploying Reports - Paper and Web Layouts
• Deploying a Reports Application Using OC4J_BI_Forms
• Advantages of Key Mapping

Administering Forms Applications in Oracle Application Server

• OracleAS Forms Services Communication Flow
• Performing Configuration Tasks
• Application Server Control: Managing OracleAS Forms Services
• Configuring Run-Time Pooling
• Configuring JVM Pooling
• Configuring Forms Trace
• Configuring Environment Variables with Application Server Control
• Deploying OracleAS Forms Applications

Diagnosing Oracle Application Server

• Introduction to Oracle Application Server Logging
• Creating and Managing the Diagnostic Message Database Repository
• Configuring Component Logging Options
• Starting and Stopping Log Loader
• Searching the Log Repository
• Enabling ODL Messages with Oracle HTTP Server
• Configuring OC4J to Produce ODL Messages
• Enabling ECIDs with OC4J

Tuning the Oracle Application Server Middle Tier

• Performance Tuning Methodology
• Comparison of Monitoring Tools
• Monitoring Oracle HTTP Server
• Configuring OC4J for Performance
• OC4J-Specific Tips for Tuning EJBs
• Factors that Affect the Caching Efficiency
• Cache Size Determination
• Invalidation Performance Considerations

Oracle Application Server High Availability Solutions

• Oracle Application Server Clustering Types
• OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure)
• OracleAS Cluster: Overview
• Types of OracleAS Cluster
• OracleAS Cluster: Terminology
• Load-Balancing Algorithms Used by mod_oc4j
• High Availability and State Replication
• OracleAS Cluster (Portal): Overview

Configuring and Managing OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache)

• OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache): Concepts
• How OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache) Works
• Configuring OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache)
• Dynamic Membership in Oracle Cluster (Web Cache)
• Invalidation in OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache)
• Session-Binding (Stateful Load Balancing)

Configuring and Managing OracleAS Cluster (OC4J)

• Initiating an OracleAS Farm Using a File-Based Repository
• Configuring DCM-Managed OracleAS Cluster
• Managing OracleAS Cluster
• Configuring State Replication
• Improving Availability of the File-Based Repository
• Installing OracleAS Cluster (Portal)

Configuring OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure)

• High Availability: Terminology
• OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure: Normal Mode
• OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure: Failover Mode
• OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Example

Configuring OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier)

• OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier)
• Installing OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier)
• Post installation Tasks
• Reconfigure Components to Use the Virtual IP Address
• Actions at Failover
• OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Web Cache)

Installing and Configuring OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management)

• Active Failover Cluster
• OracleAS Infrastructure Active-Active Configurations in Release 2
• OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management)
• OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management): Load Balancer Configuration
• OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management) 10.1.2: Installation and Configuration
• Installing Distributed OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management)
• Oracle Internet Directory Service Replication
• Metadata Repository in an Existing RAC Database

Oracle Application Server Disaster Recovery

• OracleAS Disaster Recovery:Modes of Operation
• Disaster Recovery Setup: Overview
• Implementing in an Existing Production Site
• Configuring Port and Storage Symmetry
• Moving Oracle Inventory to Shared Disk
• Implementing with New Production and Standby
• Disk Replication Setup and Synchronization Frequency
• Failover Operations

Course Objectives

• Choose the deployment topology that fits your needs
• Describe high availability and scalability features available in Oracle Application Server 10g
• Install OracleAS Infrastructure using a distributed environment
• Choose the appropriate failover strategy according to their business needs
• Manage OracleAS Reports Services, OracleAS Forms Services and OracleAS Discoverer
• Reconfigure Oracle Application Server 10g
• Configure and use monitoring tools provided with Oracle Application Server