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Getting Started

Welcome to BEA Guardian: An Overview

Overview

What is Guardian ?

How does it work ?

How do you run it ?

Where can I run it ?

Key Concepts

Key Tasks

Usage Scenarios

Scenario 1: Development Cycle Evaluations

Scenario 2: Heavy Load Evaluations

Scenario 3: Application Update Evaluations

Scenario 4: Vendor Software Update Evaluations

Scenario 5: Post Repair Evaluations

Scenario 6: Post Domain Change Evaluations

Scenario 7: Scheduled Overnight Evaluations

Scenario 8: Heartbeat Evaluations

Scenario 9: Diagnostic Evaluations

Supported Configurations

Supported Targets

Installation

Launching the Application

Starting the Graphical User Interface

Starting and Using the Command Line Interface

Running Scripts

Scheduling Scripts

Recieving Notification

Interacting with the Graphical User Interface

BEA Guardian Main Window

View and Editor Title Bars

View and Editor Icons

Icons Common to Both Views and Editors

Icons Common to Navigation Pane Views Only

View and Editor System Menus

System Menu Options Common to Both Views and Editors

System Menu Options Common to Navigation Pane Views Only

System Menu Options Common to Document Pane Views and Editors Only

View and Editor Drop Cursors

Dialog Boxes

Common Dialog Box Buttons and Icons

Preferences Page Title Bar

Select Workspace Dialog Box Title Bar

Wizard Title Bar

Other Dialog Box Title Bars

Release Notes/Known Issues

WebLogic Server Issues

CR288424: Manual Guardian Agent deployment required for WLS 9.0 domains

Three WLS 9.0 patches needed for Guardian to evaluate WLS 9.0 domains properly:

CR284362: Activation of WLS 8.1 domains can generate domain console error

SSL Issues

CR298107: Strong encryption SSL requires copying BEA license file

CR304572: Guardian does not support SSL for WLS 8.1 SP2 and earlier

CR284901: Using your own Trusted Authority requires importing root certificate into cacerts

CR288425: Guardian does not use SSL to install Guardian Agent

CR288428: Guardian only supports one-way SSL, not two-way

Browser Issues

CR294468: Mozilla installation required for Guardian on Linux

CR289181: Guardian Welcome Page does not display correctly with Internet Explorer 7

Miscellaneous Issues

CR294752: Guardian requires write access to temp directory

CR287157: Select Workspace does not display new folder name

CR271497: Unhelpful error message on remote execution failure

Frequently Asked Questions

Running Guardian with pre-V5 Java

Running Guardian with Multiple Java Versions Installed

Running Guardian without an Internet Connection

SSL Encryption

License Validation Error

Evaluations with Servers Down

Operating Systems

Domain Inventories

Change Management

Installation of Patches

Guardian Command Line Interface

Scheduling Command Line Interface scripts

Ignoring Detected Signatures

Deleting Signatures

Multiple BEA Site Identifiers

Integration with WebLogic Administration Consoles

Web Interface

BEA Smart Update

Integration with WLDF

Concepts

Evaluation

Domain

Signature

Bundle

Guardian Agent

Shortcut

Support Case

Security & Privacy

Security

Authentication

Data Encryption

Secure Transmission

Privacy

Domain Inventory

Guardian Workspace

Guardian Registry

Signature Repository

Tasks

Activate Domain

Deactivate Domain

Evaluate Domain

Submit Support Case

Modify Domain

Inventory Domain

Create Shortcut

Evaluate Shortcut

Delete Shortcut

Update Guardian

Uninstall Guardian

Reference

Main Menu

File Menu

Tools Menu

Window Menu

Help Menu

Main Toolbar

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation Pane

Domain Explorer

Overview

Domain Nodes

Domain History Folders

Inventory History Folder

Evaluation History Folder

Context Menu

Title Bar

Filter Domain Explorer

Signature Explorer

Signature Filters

Bundle Explorer

Shortcut Explorer

Document Pane

Active Domain Table

Domain Properties

Domain Inventory

Evaluation Summary

Signature Details

Bundle Details

Shortcut Table

Wizards

Domain Activation Wizard

Manually Deploy Guardian Agent

Add Proxy Servers

Domain Deactivation Wizard

Evaluation Wizard

Support Case Wizard

Inventory Wizard

Shortcut Wizard

Shortcut Evaluation Wizard

Update Wizard

Crash Recovery

Exceptions

Log Files

Signature Log File

Guardian Log File

Preferences

Glossary

What's New

Enhancements to BEA Guardian Version 1.0.2

Localization Enhancements

Support for localized signatures

CR311521 fixed

Additional localization enhancements

Other Enhancements

CR308840 Fixed


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