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Best Practices for Managing Oracle WebLogic Server with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12 [CON8178] Nicole Haba Senior Principal Product Manager at Oracle Sushaant Mujoo Specialist Systems Administrator at Amgen September 29, 2014

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Program Agenda

Challenges

Solution

Best Practices

Customer Success Story

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Domain Dev

Challenges

Domain Test

Domain Test Domain Test

Domain Prod

Domain Prod

Domain Dev

Domain Prod

Admin

Too many ongoing tasks to perform on a domain-

by-domain basis!

Too many issues requiring immediate attention and time-consuming, manual

intervention!

Too many administration

consoles!


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Total Cloud Control

Optimized, Efficient Agile, Automated | |

Expanded Cloud Stack Management

Scalable, Secure

Superior Enterprise-Grade Management

Complete Cloud Lifecycle Management


Monitoring & Diagnostics

Configuration Management

Lifecycle Management

Administration

Cloud Control 12c for WebLogic Management


Monitoring & Diagnostics

Target Management Best Practices

Multiple Domain Discovery

Out-of-box Monitoring & Metric Extensions

Administration Groups & Template Collections

Incident & Problem Management

Business Application Management

Middleware Diagnostics Advisor

JVM Diagnostics

Multi-Domain Log Viewer and Search



Configuration Management


Compare Configurations

Automated Asset Discovery

Search Configurations

Synchronize Configurations

Custom Configurations

Config Change History

Correlate Performance Changes with Configuration Changes

Compliance Management


Lifecycle Management


Scale Up/Out Clusters

Provision Homes & Domains

Patch Recommendations

Deploy/Undeploy Java Apps

Clone Homes & Domains

Apply Patches

Disaster Recovery Support Workbench


Administration


Record Operations as WLST Script

Credential Management

JDBC Data Source Mgmt

Configure Domain, Cluster, Server, Machine

Change Center

System MBean Browser

Schedule & Track WLST Scripts Process Control

Configure Log File Settings Selective Tracing



Automate responses to issues via corrective

actions!

Domain Dev

Domain Dev

Dev Group

Use Cloud Control as single

administration console!

Perform tasks across multiple domains via

predefined jobs!

Cloud Control

Admin

Configure JDBC data source

Take thread dump and restart WLS

Domain Prod

Domain Prod

Domain Prod

Prod Group

Domain Test

Domain Test

Domain Test

Test Group


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Best Practice #1 Use Cloud Control as Single Administration Console


• Administration and configuration operations integrated into Cloud Control

• Provide credentials once and save as preferred credentials which improves overall security and tracking

• Lock domain configuration to prevent others from making changes during your edit session

• Record actions to automatically generate WLST scripts for future usage

• Audit WebLogic specific operations to track who is doing what and when

Use Cloud Control as Single Administration Console


Evolution of Cloud Control as Single Administration Console

Administration Operation Supported Fusion Middleware Plug-in Versions

12.1.0.1 12.1.0.2 12.1.0.3 12.1.0.4 12.1.0.5 12.1.0.6 Future

Start/stop/restart processes X X X X X X X

Deploy/redeploy/undeploy Java EE app X X X X X X X

System MBean Browser X X X X

JDBC data source management X X X X

Change Center X X X X

Selective tracing X X X X

Configure log file settings X X X X

Record actions as WLST scripts X X X X

Configure domain, cluster, server, machine X X

Configure server template X X

Configure application deployments X

Configure JMS X

Configure security X


Best Practice #2 Automate Tasks Across Multiple Domains via Predefined Jobs


• Job is unit of work to automate commonly-run tasks

– Schedule immediately or in future; run once or repeating

– Track progress of job status and receive notifications of problems

• WLST Script job type – Run 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, WebLogic Servers or groups

• Fusion Middleware Process Control job type – Start/stop/restart via Administration Server, default script or custom script

– Submit job against one or more domains, WebLogic Servers, Application Deployments or other Fusion Middleware components

Automate Tasks Across Domains via Predefined Jobs


Automate Tasks Across Domains via Predefined Jobs

Admin

How can Cloud Control help me to create a JDBC

data source across domains?

1. Navigate to a domain needing new data source

2. Start recording actions via Change Center

3. Create JDBC data source via intuitive wizard

4. Stop recording

5. Create new WLST Script job using generated .PY file

6. Submit job against multiple domains


• Create global named credentials for domain administration credentials and host credentials

– If passwords change on monthly basis, only need to change named credential; do not need to change jobs or WLST script itself

• Enable events for jobs

– Base events on severity of status, status values and specific targets

– Allows creation of incidents and e-mail notifications for job events • Create incident rules for only those job events that are meaningful and actionable

Automate Tasks Across Multiple Domains via Predefined Jobs


Best Practice #3 Automate Responses to Issues via Corrective Actions


• Corrective actions enable you to specify automated responses to metric alerts

• Include corrective actions in monitoring templates

• Create global named credentials for domain administration credentials

– If passwords change on monthly basis, only need to change named credential; do not need to change jobs or WLST script itself

• Create incident rule for corrective actions to receive notification of failed corrective actions or when problem still exists

Automate Responses to Issues via Corrective Actions


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Middleware Management Using Oracle

Enterprise Manager

Sushaant Mujoo

Specialist Systems Administrator

September 29, 2014

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IT Landscape

• Heterogeneous IT Environment (e.g. Oracle, JBoss, Apache, Microsoft,

Linux)

• Multiple mission critical systems across Research, Development, Information

Management, Sales, etc.

• Deep & Diverse Technology Platforms (e.g. Exalytics, NetApp, Informatica)

• Multiple Data Centers

• Large Shared Middleware Infrastructure

– 865 WebLogic Instances hosting 110+ applications across 220+ Domains on 80+

Servers

– 290+ Apache HTTP Servers & 170+ iPlanet Web Servers across 70+ Servers

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Challenges

• Too many tools being used for managing entire IT landscape

• Incomplete, inconsistent, and reactive monitoring

• Too much manual effort

• Lack Operations Planning

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Reasons for Moving to

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

• Provides single view of entire environment

• Provides Enterprise standard and holistic monitoring solution

• Provides proactive rather than reactive solution to potential problems

• Enables self service, reporting and dashboarding

• Allows for Operations Planning

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Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Deployment

• Migrated Enterprise Manager 11g to 12c Release 2 to manage multiple

environments – Dev, Test, Prod, Disaster Recovery

– Management Services 12.1.0.2 on RedHat Linux with Oracle level 4 Maximum

Availability Architecture configured

– Management Repository in Two Node RAC DB 11.2.0.3 on RedHat Linux

– Management Agents 12.1.0.2 on RedHat Linux, Windows, Solaris

– Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.3.0

– Upgraded Dev environment to Enterprise Manager Cloud

Control 12c Release 4 in August 2014; Production upgrade planned for 2015

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EMCLI

DNS Alias

Shared software

library

Vip

Repository

database

shared software library

Vip

Repository

database

Data Guard

Netapp Snap

Mirror

OMS1 OMS2

VCS DB node 1 VCS DB node 2 VCS DB node 1 VCS DB node 2

OMS1 OMS2

Active

Site

Standby

Site

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• Currently monitoring:

– 110 applications

– 550 WebLogic Servers (12cR1, 11gR1, 10gR3, 9.2)

– 166 Apache HTTP Servers (2.2.15, 2.2.30)

– 980 Oracle Databases to support applications (11.2.0.4, 10g, 9.2.0.8)

– 500 Oracle Listeners

– 680 Hosts (RedHat Linux 4/5/6, Solaris 9/10, Windows 2008)

• Seven administrators managing WebLogic environment with Enterprise

Manager

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Key Use Cases

• Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface (EMCLI)

• Dynamic Groups

• Monitoring Templates

• Incident Rules

• Reporting

• JVM Diagnostics

• Apache HTTP Server Monitoring

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Key Use Cases - EMCLI

• Installed on majority of servers

• Helps to automate common operations:

– Discovering and refreshing WebLogic Domain targets

– Updating target information (e.g. post patching or password change)

– Fixing target issues (e.g. relocation of targets)

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Key Use Cases – Dynamic Groups

• Newly discovered targets automatically added to dynamic group based on

target properties (i.e. lifecycle status)

– Separate dynamic group based on target type for Management Agents

• Effective for reporting

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Key Use Cases – Monitoring Templates

• Single template used for all environments

• Customized based on application & business unit

• Used with Dynamic Groups that span different target types (e.g. WebLogic

Server, Cluster, Apache HTTP Server)

• Common Thresholds

– Application Client Processing Time

– All Work Manager Stuck Thread Count

– Data Source – Available Connections, Connection in Use

– CPU Usage, Heap Usage

– Thread Pool – Hogging Threads

• Ability to customize for individual application

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Key Use Cases – Incident Rules

• Integrated with other tools via SNMP

• Custom incident rules for special applications

• Business Application Support notified for proactive analysis

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Key Use Cases – Reporting

• Out-of-box Information Publisher Reports made “Public” to serve as

“Operational Dashboard”

• Huge savings in operational man hours

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Key Use Cases – Reporting

• Custom App written in

Oracle Application Express

• Queries published views

from Management

Repository for custom

capacity planning

• Organized by Sites,

Business Units, etc.

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Key Use Cases – JVM Diagnostics

• Enabled for performance testing

• Configured in production for key applications

• Saves significant man hours in diagnosing problems

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Key Use Cases – Apache HTTP Server Monitoring

• Notified of when Apache HTTP Server goes down

• Better than port or TCP tests in terms of consistency

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Next Steps

• Monitor non-Oracle middleware (e.g. JBoss, Apache Tomcat)

• Leverage predefined WLST Script job type to automate common

administrative operations

– Providing Console Access, Manipulating Mbeans

• Provision WebLogic software and configurations

– Standard Image

• Patch WebLogic Servers across multiple domains

• Integrate with other IT systems with EM using REST APIs

• Integrate with DevOps story

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Recommendations

• Consider the following when defining your nomenclature and topology:

– Size of SNMP trap message

– Size of text message

– Parsing effort

– If text messages sent internationally

• Use EMCLI to reduce manual involvement in common operations

• Do not grant all Enterprise Manager administrators ‘super administrator’

privilege; segregate responsibilities by granting specific roles and privileges

to administrators

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Recommendations

• Experiment with thresholds before finalizing

• Ensure standardization by avoiding multiple incident rules in environment

• Don’t be afraid of writing SQL against Management Repository views to

generate helpful, time-saving custom reports

• Enable JVM Diagnostics to diagnose performance problems in production

more quickly


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Oracle Enterprise Manager One-Hour Hands-On Labs

ID Title Day Time Location

HOL9528 Private Cloud Self-Service, Oracle Fusion Middleware PaaS with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c

Tuesday 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM Hotel Nikko Ballroom I

HOL9509 Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c: Oracle WebLogic Server and SOA Diagnostics and Administration

Tuesday 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Hotel Nikko Ballroom I

HOL9509 Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c: Oracle WebLogic Server and SOA Diagnostics and Administration

Thursday 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Hotel Nikko Ballroom I

HOL9528 Private Cloud Self-Service, Oracle Fusion Middleware PaaS with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c

Thursday 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Hotel Nikko Ballroom I

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Oracle Enterprise Manager Demos

Title Location

Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Coherence Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Moscone South SLM-107

SOA and Service Bus Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Moscone South SLM-140

End User Monitoring and Diagnostics with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Moscone South SLM-109

Identity Management Monitoring with Enterprise Manager 12c Moscone South SLM-141

Middleware PaaS in Private Cloud with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Moscone South SLM-111

Oracle Applications and Business Intelligence Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Moscone West WLL-023

Application and Infrastructure Testing Moscone West WLL-020

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Oracle Enterprise Manager Technical Sessions ID Title Day Time Location

CON3111 Set Up Oracle Real User Experience Insight 12c to Monitor Oracle WebLogic Applications’ UX

Monday 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Moscone South - 250

CON8212 Oracle Management Pack Plus for Identity Management Best Practices and Lessons Learned


CON5983 Full Visibility into Oracle WebLogic/Java Diagnostics with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c


CON8214 Maximizing Reliability of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Exalytics

Monday 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM Moscone South – 262

CON7817 Oracle WebLogic Server Management: Simplified, Centralized, and Automated Tuesday 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Moscone West - 3016

CON4045 Provision Oracle Fusion Middleware Faster with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Tuesday 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Moscone West - 3016

CON8173 Management of Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Service Bus with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c

Wednesday 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Moscone South - 200

CON2927 Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c: Maximize ROI via a Single Pane of Glass Across a Data Center

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Moscone South - 200

CON5489 Deploy Oracle Fusion Middleware as a Service (MWaaS) on a Shared-Services Cloud Wednesday 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Moscone South - 309

CON8130 Deployment Best Practices for Private Cloud: Fast Track to DBaaS and MWaaS Wednesday 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Moscone South - 301

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Oracle Enterprise Manager Technical Sessions ID Title Day Time Location

CON8273 Management and Monitoring of Oracle Tuxedo: Integrated, Automated Thursday 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Marriott Marquis - Salon 14/15

CON7940 Building an On-Premises Java Cloud: Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Enterprise Manager

Thursday 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Moscone South - 200

CON7718 Managing and Monitoring Oracle GoldenGate Thursday 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Moscone South - 302

CON8045 Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Managing Large-Scale Identity Management Deployments Thursday 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Moscone West - 3020

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