Oracle Application Server 10g R2: Administration II

This course counts towards the Hands-on course requirement for the Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator certification. Learn To:

	Install and manage non-default installations
	Configure, manage and perform invalidation requests in OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache)
	Clone and stage the Oracle Application Server
	Configure and manage OracleAS Cluster (OC4J)
	Deploy OracleAS Forms, Oracle Reports, and OracleBI Discoverer to Oracle Application Server and administer these components
	Configure and manage OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management)

This course is the suggested follow-up to Oracle Application Server 10g R2: Administration I. The focus of this class is to introduce how to distribute Oracle Application Server components in different enterprise topologies to provide and maintain high availability, and scalability.

The participants learn about the recommended enterprise topologies, high availability, and disaster recovery features in Oracle Application Server. They 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.

The participants learn to effectively install and manage non-default installations and perform these tasks:

	Cloning and staging of Oracle Application Server
	Deploying OracleAS Forms, Oracle Reports, and OracleBI Discoverer to Oracle Application Server
	Administering OracleAS Forms, Oracle Reports, OracleBI Discoverer
	Configuring and managing OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache)
	Performing invalidation requests in OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache)
	Configuring and managing OracleAS Cluster (OC4J)
	Configuring and managing OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management)

course content details

	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
	Changing Network Configurations

	Administering Oracle Business Intelligence Components

	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

	Monitoring Oracle Application Server

	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
	Viewing Log Messages with printlogs

	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
	Oracle AS Cluster: Terminology
	Load-Balancing Algorithms Used by mod_oc4j
	High Availability and State Replication
	OracleAS Cluster (Portal) : Overview

	Managing and Configuring OracleAS Cluster (Web Cache)

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

	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
	Configuring Load-Balancing for OracleAS Cluster: Examples
	Installing OracleAS Cluster (Portal)

	Configuring Oracle Application Server Cold Failover Cluster

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

	Configuring OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier) Configuration

	High Availability: Key New Features
	OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier)
	Installing OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier)
	Postinstallation Tasks
	Reconfigure Components to Use the Virtual IP Address
	Actions at Failover
	OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Web Cache)

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