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Identify the correct steps, and related issues, in the process for performing a rolling upgrade, including backup, shutdown, upgrade and restart.
Describe a ""rolling upgrade"" and how it differs from other upgrades. Identify upgrade types offically supported for WebLogic rolling upgrades. Identify issues with multiple installation locations and domain locations.
Describe how to leverage WebLogic Clusters to avoid down time
Bring down and patch servers individually; Use multiple install/domain folders for cluster members
Server Operations
Configure Node Manager to start failed servers. Identify how to manage crash recovery per-domain node manager
Configure Node Manager to start on system boot
Describe the Node Manager architecture. Identify Node Manager default behavior. Configure a Java-based Node Manager. Configure the Node Manager to start on system boot under Windows, Linux, and Solaris
Describe how the Node Manager restarts an administration server and a Managed Server
Transport Layer Security
Configure keystores in WLS. Describe keystore concepts.
Configure WebLogic SSL with the following architectures: WebLogic Proxy Plug-ins, Oracle HTTP server, Hardware Load Balancers.
Describe SSL concepts as they relate to WLS, including: symmetric encryption and decryption, assymetric encryption and decryption, digital certificates, certificate authorities, SSL communicaiton and one-way and two-way SSL handshakes.
Use the keytool utility for managing keys and certificates
Application Work Managers
Create and use work managers
Apply an understanding of WebLogic Request Handling concepts: WebLogic Server Threads, Monitoring a Server Thread Pool, Monitoring Server Threads, Stuck Thread Handling, Configuring Stuck Thread Handling, Application Stuck Thread Handling
Explain Work Manager Concepts, including: Work Managers, Work Manager Scope, Work Manager Architecture
Apply an understanding of the following concepts to create a Work Manager:
Request Classes, Creating a Work Manager, Creating a Request Class, Constraints, Creating a Constraint, Work Manager WLST Example, Work Managers and Stuck Threads, Assigning Work Managers to Applications
Security Realm
Define users, groups, policies, and roles for an embedded LDAP server
Configure auditing, role mapping, and credential mapping, including: Sample Auditing Output, Security Audit Events, WebLogic Auditing Architecture, Custom Versus Default Auditing Provider, Creating and configuring the Default Auditing Provider, Configuration Auditing
Apply an understanding of key concepts and techniques about the embedded LDAP Authentication System, including: Users and Groups, Group Membership, Roles, and Policies, Configuring New Users and groups; , nd group memberships, Configuring New Roles, Configuring Role Mapping, Configuring Roles and policies Using WLST, Security Configuration Sources, Configuring Sources Using WLST and weblogic.Deployer, emmbedded LDAP Server, Configuring the Embedded LDAP Server
Describe troubleshooting of log-in issues
Configure an audit provider to audit domain configuration changes
Diagnostic Framework
Configure WebLogic Diagnostic Framework (WLDF) to monitor a domain
Apply the concepts and techniques associated with the WLDF, including: WLDF Architecture, Diagnostic Archives, Configuring Server Diagnostic Archives, Diagnostic Modules, Dynamic Diagnostic Modules, Resource Descriptors, Creating a Diagnostic Module, New WLST Commands for WLDF
Apply concepts and techniqiues associated with diagnostic images, including capturing a server diagnostic image
Describe a Harvester and configure a metric collector to capture WebLogic runtime MBean data
Describe and configure watches and notifications
Coherence
Configure and use Coherence*Web for HTTP session persistence; Apply key concepts and techniques for Coherence*Web session replication, types of Session Persistence, Coherence*Web definition and requirements, Coherence*Web and WebLogic Clusters, Coherence*Web Session Failover, Configuring Coherence*Web in WebLogic
Configure and use managed Coherence servers
Describe key concepts associated with Oracle Coherence, with particular reference to its use to cluster an applications's objects and data
Apply key concepts and techniques for Managed Coherence Servers, including: the relation between Coherence and WebLogic Server, WebLogic Managed Coherence ServersOperations, Grid Archive (GAR), Coherence Application Deployment on WebLogic, Coherence Container: Benefits
Coherence Cluster
JMS Persistence, Transactions, and Durability
Compare JMS persistence options
Configure file or JDBC persistence for JMS
Explain the use of transactions with JMS
Configure and monitor JMS transactions
Manage and monitor durable subscribers"