Oracle WebLogic Server 10g System Administration 1Z0-108

 

 

Product Installation
[  ]	Install the JDK/JRE if required on supported platforms (if not included with jar distribution)
[  ]	Install WebLogic Server on supported platforms
[  ]	Install and configure WebLogic Server service packs and patches
[  ]	Install Web Server plug-ins if required on supported platforms

Create Domains
[  ]	Create new domains using the Configuration Wizard
[  ]	Create new domains using WLST
[  ]	Create Domain/Configuration Templates using Domain Template Builder
[  ]	Create new domains using custom Domain/Configuration Templates

Manage the Server Life Cycle
[  ]	Start and stop WebLogic Administration and Managed Servers.
[  ]	Configure a NodeManager to start WebLogic Server instances (using console and command-line)
[  ]	Configure a NodeManager to automatically restart WebLogic Server instances in a failure scenario
[  ]	Start WebLogic Managed Servers in the absence of Administration Server
[  ]	Start WebLogic Servers in STANDBY ADMIN mode
[  ]	Suspend and resume WebLogic Server instances
[  ]	Restart Administration Server after failure while Managed Servers are running

Track Changes in a Domain's Configuration
[  ]	Configure WebLogic Domain & resources using Administration Console & WLST
[  ]	Use the Lock & Edit mechanism for changing configuration, activate or release pending configurations
[  ]	Track configuration changes using configuration auditing
[  ]	Configure Connections to Web Servers
[  ]	Configuring default web application for WebLogic
[  ]	Configure Virtual Hosts
[  ]	Configure HTTP access logging, HTTP listen port, HTTP parameters
[  ]	Configure network resources using network channels

Configure Connections to Databases or Other Systems
[  ]	Configure WebLogic JDBC resources using system modules and application modules
[  ]	Configure JDBC Data Sources and Connection Pool
[  ]	Configure JDBC Multi Data Sources for high availability and failover
[  ]	Configure JDBC Data Sources for XA transaction

Configure JMS Resources
[  ]	Configure JMS System module and Application module
[  ]	Configure JMS Servers, JMS Connection Factories, JMS Destinations & Persistence store
[  ]	Configure Store-And-Forward for reliable message delivery and configure Unit-Of-Order for ordering message delivery
[  ]	Implement Uniform and Weighted Distributed Destination for Load Balancing messages
[  ]	Use Message Bridge for connecting to remote/3-party JMS or Non-JMS messaging Servers
[  ]	Configure message throttling, thresholds & quotas

Configure Environments for High Availability
[  ]	Configure single- and multi-tier WebLogic Server clusters.
[  ]	Create a highly-available cluster to achieve 99.99999% uptime
[  ]	Enable Clustering with Web Applications, EJBs, JDBC resources, JMS resources
[  ]	Configure different type of software proxy Servers and hardware load balancers to route request to the back-end cluster
[  ]	Deploy applications to cluster using Two-phase deployment
[  ]	Deploy system resources to cluster
[  ]	Configure web applications for HTTP Session replication
[  ]	Migrate singleton services in a cluster
[  ]	Create a highly-available cluster to achieve 99.99999% uptime
[  ]	Migrate the complete WebLogic Server incase of failure
[  ]	Configure single- and multi-tier WebLogic Server clusters.
[  ]	Configure JTA migration configuration and JTA logging
[  ]	Configure WebLogic Server cluster across WAN & MAN
[  ]	Configure hardware load balancers and web server proxy plug-ins for WebLogic Cluster

Monitor Application Server Services and Resources
[  ]	Integrate WebLogic domain infrastructure with a third-party SNMP system for polling and trap notification
[  ]	Implement custom monitoring solutions using J2EE Management APIs
[  ]	Monitoring Servers and clusters using difference log files
[  ]	Configure WLDF for watches and notifications
[  ]	Monitor WebLogic Server attributes, resource attributes using harvested data
[  ]	Setup Server and application instrumentation for taking appropriate action when a method on an application or Server is being called
[  ]	Monitor and manage JMS resources and messages using Administration Console and WLST
[  ]	Monitor Transaction activity by name or per Server for commits and rollbacks

Deploy Applications
[  ]	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
[  ]	Use Administration Console, weblogic.Deployer, wldeploy ant task, WLST for application deployment
[  ]	Test application deployment using Admin mode
[  ]	Deploy applications with deployment plan
[  ]	Use different staging modes to deploy an application
[  ]	Auto deploy applications during development

Modify Applications in an Active Domain
[  ]	Use production redeployment to update applications
[  ]	Update configurations for a deployed application
[  ]	Partial redeployment of applications deployed in expanded directory structure
[  ]	Monitor the JVM hosting WebLogic Server(s)

Configure and Secure the Application Server Environment
[  ]	Configuring a Domain for secure Administration using Administration port
[  ]	Configuring SSL port, Certificates & Key Stores
[  ]	Configure WebLogic to implement built-in and custom Security Service Providers
[  ]	Configure SSL for WebLogic Servers and clusters
[  ]	Configure compatibility security for old 6.1 based domains
[  ]	Configure security policy for application resources and system resources using deployment descriptor or Administration Console
[  ]	Configure message level and transport level security for WebLogic web services
[  ]	Manage Administrative users by configuring users in Administrative roles
[  ]	Configure security for production environment by setting up single sign-on and perimeter authentication

Configure Logging and View Log Files
[  ]	Configure logging configurations like filename, location, rotation type etc.
[  ]	View log files using Administration Console, WLST
[  ]	Configure Log filters to filter various WebLogic Servers logs
[  ]	Configure WebLogic Servers to use various logging implementation
[  ]	Configure and manage WLDF to archive various data to the archive store

Troubleshoot and Diagnose Error Conditions
[  ]	Enable various debugging flags using Administration Console or WLST
[  ]	Enable various logging options to log from different sub-systems [JDBC logging, Message logging etc.]
[  ]	Configure service-level migration for JMS and JTA
[  ]	Configure Server-level migration
[  ]	Restart Managed Servers and Admin Server after failure
[  ]	Use WebLogic Message Catalog for resolving message codes
[  ]	Capture Server images for troubleshooting and facilitate Support for identifying issues
[  ]	Access the archived data from WLDF for analysis and troubleshooting
[  ]	Configure Dye Injection Monitor for request dyeing
[  ]	Configure JDBC sub-system to collect and store various profile information
[  ]	Troubleshoot Node Manager issues with Node Manager log files
[  ]	Identify whether unexpected Exceptions are application or WebLogic exceptions
[  ]	Use JVM Thread dump for troubleshooting and resolving issues

Migrate Domains from Development Environments to Production Environments
[  ]	Development mode Vs Production mode
[  ]	Use WLST ConfigToScript feature
[  ]	Security realm/provider import/export
[  ]	System module configuration Vs domain resource configuration
[  ]	Use deployment plan for overriding application configuration
[  ]	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
[  ]	Tune the JVM hosting WebLogic Server(s) for GC, threading, native memory, stack memory allocation
[  ]	Tune the hardware, OS/Kernel, TCP and network parameters for optimum performance
[  ]	Tuning WebLogic Server [Native IO, Threading, Production mode Vs Development mode, Backlog]
[  ]	Tuning WebLogic JMS configuration [Quota, Message compression, Paging, Flow control, Message Expiration]
[  ]	Tuning JDBC resources [Connection pool sizing, statement caching, testing, connection leak detection, idle connection, database tuning etc.]
[  ]	Tuning Applications [Precompile, archived Vs expanded, clusters, EJB cache, pool]
[  ]	Configure JRockit for Intel based installations
[  ]	Use deployment plan for setting application tuning parameters
[  ]	Configure application-level of domain-wide Work Managers for optimizing the performance and to prioritize the work
[  ]	Manage Over Load by defining Over Load Condition to avoid

Apply Best Practices
[  ]	Application deployment best practices
[  ]	Domain architecture best practices
[  ]	Configuration management best practices
[  ]	Scripting best practices