Oracle Application Server 10g R2: Administration II

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


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 Oracle 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 Oracle Infrastructure by Using an Existing Oracle Database
Installing Oracle Metadata Repository in an Existing Database
Installing Oracle Infrastructure by Using an Existing Oracle Internet Directory
Upgrading a Distributed Oracle Application Server Environment
Upgrading Transitions: Three Paths
Oracle Infrastructure Upgrade

Reconfiguring Middle-Tier Instances

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

Administering Oracle Discoverer in Oracle Application Server

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

Administering Oracle Reports in Oracle Application Server

Oracle Reports Services Architecture
Configuring Reports Server
Configuring Additional Reports Server Settings
Controlling Access and Registering with Oracle 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

Oracle Forms Services Communication Flow
Performing Configuration Tasks
Application Server Control: Managing Oracle Forms Services
Configuring Run-Time Pooling
Configuring JVM Pooling
Configuring Forms Trace
Configuring Environment Variables with Application Server Control
Deploying Oracle 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
Oracle Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure)
Oracle Cluster: Overview
Types of Oracle Cluster
Oracle Cluster: Terminology
Load-Balancing Algorithms Used by mod_oc4j
High Availability and State Replication
Oracle Cluster (Portal): Overview

Configuring and Managing Oracle Cluster (Web Cache)

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

Configuring and Managing Oracle Cluster (OC4J)

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

Configuring Oracle Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure)

High Availability: Terminology
Oracle Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure: Normal Mode
Oracle Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure: Failover Mode
Oracle Cold Failover Cluster Example

Configuring Oracle Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier)

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

Installing and Configuring Oracle Cluster (Identity Management)

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

Oracle Application Server Disaster Recovery

Oracle Disaster Recovery Solution
Oracle Guard: Overview
Oracle Disaster Recovery: Implementation
Preparing to Implement Oracle Disaster Recovery Solution
Installation: Overview
Oracle Guard Configuration
Standby Site Instantiation
Standby Synchronization