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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents

1 Introduction

• Container Services
• Overall Configuration Workflow

2 Starting and Stopping Servers

• Using Scripts
• Using Node Manager
  • HP-UX
  • Solaris 64-bit

3 Operation and Maintenance: General

• Administration Console Overview
  • Administration Console
    • MBeans pane
    • Configuration and Provisioning
    • WebLogic Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Alarms Pane
    • Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper CDRs Pane
  • Converged Application Server Administration Console for SIP-based Services
• Java Management Extensions
• WebLogic Scripting Tool (WSLT)
  • Working in Interactive Mode
    • Starting WLST and connecting to Services Gatekeeper
    • Exiting WLST
    • Changing an attribute
    • Invoking an operation
  • Scripting WLST
• Database Maintenance

4 Managing Management Users and Management User Groups

• Task Overview
  • Users and User Groups
  • User Types
  • User Level
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for ManagementUsers
  • Operation: addUser
  • Operation: changeUserPassword
  • Operation: deleteUser
  • Operation: getUserLevel
  • Operation: listUsers
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for ManagementUserGroup
  • Operation: addUsertoGroup
  • Operation: createUserGroup
  • Operation: listGroups
  • Operation: listUsers

5 Managing and Configuring SOA Facades

• Introduction
• Upgrading SOA Facade Projects From Previous Release
• Loading SOA Facade Projects
• Available SOA Facades

6 Configuring Coherence

• About Configuring Coherence
• Configuring Coherence

7 Managing and Configuring Budgets

• Introduction
  • Synchronization of budgets
    • Slave intervals
    • Master Internal
    • Failure Conditions
    • Budget Overrides
    • Budget Calculations and Relationship to SLA Settings
• Configuration and Management
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for BudgetService
  • Attribute: PersistentBudgetFlushInterval
  • Attribute: PersistentBudgetTimeThreshold
  • Attribute: AccuracyFactor
  • Attribute: ConfigUpdateInterval
• Adding a Datasource

8 Managing and Configuring EDRs, CDRs and Alarms

• About EDRs, CDRs, and Alarms
  • EDR categories and XML markup
  • EDR format
  • EDRs
  • Alarms
  • CDRs
  • External EDR listeners
• EDRService
  • Configuration of the EDRService
  • Management of the EDRService
    • Defining batch attributes
  • Reference: Attributes and Operations for EDRService
    • Attribute: BatchTimeout
    • Attribute: StatisticsEnabled
    • Attribute: BatchSize
    • Attribute: PublishToJMS
    • Attribute: StoreAlarms
    • Attribute: StoreCDRs
    • Operation: displayStatistics
    • Operation: resetStatistics
• Managing EDR, CDR, and alarms configuration files using the EDR Configuration Pane

9 Managing and Configuring Credit Control Interceptors and SLAs

• Introduction
  • Application-Initiated Requests
  • Network-Triggered Requests
  • Credit Control Interception Points
• Writing Credit Control SLAs
  • Defining Static and Dynamic Parameter Mappings
  • Correlating Reservation and Commit Triggers in Asynchronous Credit Control Checks
  • Example Credit Control SLA
• Configuration, Management and Provisioning
  • Properties for Credit Control Service Interceptors
  • Deployment of CreditControlInterceptor
  • Configuration of CreditControlInterceptor
  • Management of CreditControlInterceptor
  • Provision Credit Control SLAs
  • Reference: Attributes and Operations for CreditControlInterceptor
    • Attribute: Connected (r)
    • Attribute: CommitInterceptorIndex
    • Attribute: DestinationHost
    • Attribute: DestinationPort
    • Attribute: DestinationRealm
    • Attribute: OriginHost
    • Attribute: OriginPort
    • Attribute: MoReservationInterceptorIndex
    • Attribute: MtReservationInterceptorIndex
    • Attribute: PeerRetryDelay
    • Attribute: RequestTimeout
    • Attribute: WatchdogTimeout
    • Operation: connect
    • Operation: disconnect

10 Setting Up Geographic Redundancy

• Introduction
• Configuration Workflow
  • Configure Each Site for Geo-Redundancy
  • Define the GeoMaster Site
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for GeoRedundantService
  • Attribute: GeoSiteId
  • Attribute: RemoteSiteReachabilityAlarmThreshold
  • Operation: getSiteAddress
  • Operation: listRemoteSites
  • Operation: removeSite
  • Operation: setSiteAddress
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for GeoStorageService
  • Attribute: GeoMasterSiteId
  • Operation: syncFromGeoMaster

11 Managing and Configuring Statistics and Transaction Licenses

• About Statistics Generation and Reports
• Overview of Statistics Reports
  • System Report to Console
  • System Report to File
  • Weekly System Report
  • Transaction Usage Log Report
  • Counter Snapshots
• Managing StatisticService
  • Configure the StatisticService
  • Configure Statistics Types and Transaction Types
  • View In-Flight Statistics counters
  • Generate Statistics Reports
  • Add Usage Thresholds
  • Reference: attributes and operations for StatisticsService
    • Attribute: CounterSnapshot (r)
    • Attribute: StoreInterval
    • Attribute: ModuleBHTUPSThreshold
    • Attribute: PlatformBHTUPSThreshold
    • Operation: addStatisticType
    • Operation: createLicenseLimitLog
    • Operation: createWeeklyReport
    • Operation: getStatistics
    • Operation: getSystemStatistics
    • Operation: listStatisticTypeDescriptors
    • Operation: listStatisticTypes
    • Operation: removeStatisticType
    • Operation: saveAccountStatisticsToFile
    • Operation: saveStatisticsToFile
• Transaction Types

12 CDRs and Diameter

• About CDRs and Diameter
• CdrToDiameter Service Deployment Characteristics
  • Configuration of CdrToDiameter
  • Management of CdrToDiameter
  • Reference: Attributes and Operations for CdrToDiameter
    • Attribute: Enabled (r)
    • Attribute: OriginHost
    • Attribute: OriginPort
    • Attribute: DestinationHost
    • Attribute: DestinationPort
    • Attribute: DestinationRealm
    • Attribute: PeerRetryDelay
    • Attribute: RequestTimeout
    • Attribute: WatchdogTimeout
    • Operation: connect
    • Operation: disconnect
• CDR to AVP mapping

13 Managing and Configuring the SNMP Service

• Introduction
• Configuration and management
  • Configure SNMPService
    • Trap Receivers
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for SNMPService
  • Attribute: Community
  • Attribute: EnterpriseObjectIdentifier
  • Attribute: RepeatedTraps
  • Attribute: SNMPVersion
  • Attribute: SeverityFilter
  • Operation: addTrapReceiver
  • Operation: deleteTrapReceiver
  • Operation: listTrapReceivers

14 Managing and Configuring the Trace Service

• Introduction to the Trace Service
  • Basic tracing
  • Context trace
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for Trace Service
  • Attribute: TracingEnabled
  • Operation: addContextCategory
  • Operation: addContextFilter
  • Operation: attachAppender
  • Operation: createContextTraceFile
  • Operation: createRootContextTraceFile
  • Operation: flushBuffers
  • Operation: removeContextTraceFile
  • Operation: resetContextFilters
  • Operation: rollOver
• Log4J Hierarchies, Loggers, and Appenders
• Configuring Trace for Access Tier servers
• Using the Log4J Configuration File
  • Example Log4J Configuration file

15 Managing and Configuring the Storage Service

• Introduction to the Storage Service
• Storage Data Expiration
  • Configuring the Expiration Period
  • Configuring the Checking Interval
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for Storage Service
  • Attribute: Active (r)
  • Operation: getProviderName
  • Operation: getStoreSize
  • Operation: getTableName
  • Operation: getTypeId
  • Operation: listStoreNames

16 Setting up WS-Policy and JMX Policy

• Introduction
• Web Services Security
  • Configuration workflow: WS-Policy
    • Apply WS-Policy to a Web Service: Quick start
    • Setting up UsernameToken with X.509: Quick reference
    • Setting up UsernameToken with Password Digest: Quick reference
    • Remove WS-Policy from a Web Service
  • Create and use a custom WS-Policy
    • Available default WS-Policies
• JMX Policy
  • Administrative Groups
  • Administrative Service Groups

17 Deployment Model for Communication Services and Container Services

• Packaging of Communication Services
  • Example
  • Deployment of SOAP and RESTful Facades on Multiple AT Clusters
  • Version Handling of Communication Services
  • Deploy and Undeploy Communication Services and plug-ins
  • Version Handling and Patching of Communication Services
    • Patch Tool
    • Examples
• Overview of Container Services and Configuration Files
  • Container services
  • Patching of Container Services

18 Hitless Upgrade Using Production Redeployment

• Production Redeployment Overview
• Production Redeployment Sequence
• Requirements for Production Redeployment
• Typical Scenarios for Production Redeployment
• Performing a Hitless Upgrade

19 Managing and Configuring the Plug-in Manager

• Introduction
  • Execution and evaluation flow
    • Application-initiated requests
    • Network-triggered Requests
  • Plug-in Routing Logic
    • Defining Routing Logic
    • Plug-in Routing Configuration Examples
    • Plug-in Routing XSD
  • How address ranges are specified when setting up routes
  • Plug-in Routing Logic and Plug-in Routes
• Configuration Workflow
  • Configuring the Plug-in Manager
  • Creating a Plug-in instance
  • Administration of Plug-in Routing Logic and Node IDs
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for PluginManager
  • Attribute: ForceConnectInResuming
  • Attribute: PolicyBasedRouting
  • Operation: addRoute
  • Operation: createPluginInstance
  • Operation: destroyPluginInstance
  • Operation: getPluginInstanceInfo
  • Operation: getPluginNodeId
  • Operation: getPluginServiceInfo
  • Operation: getRouteConfig
  • Operation: getServiceInfo
  • Operation: listPluginInstances
  • Operation: listPluginServices
  • Operation: listRoutes
  • Operation: listServiceTypes
  • Operation: removeRoute
  • Operation: setRouteConfig
  • Operation: setPluginNodeId

20 Managing and Configuring the Tier Routing Manager

• Introduction
• Configuration Workflow
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for TierRoutingManager
  • Operation: addTierRoute
  • Operation: listTierRoutes
  • Operation: removeTierRoute

21 SOAP2SOAP Communication Services

• About SOAP2SOAP Communication Services
• Generating and Deploying SOAP2SOAP Communication Services
  • Generate a Communication Service
  • Deploy a Communication Service
  • Generated Artifacts for the Communication Service
• Managing and Configuring SOAP2SOAP Communication Services
  • Properties for SOAP2SOAP Plug-ins
  • Configuration Workflow for SOAP2SOAP Plug-ins
  • Provisioning Workflow for SOAP2SOAP Communication Services
  • Reference: Attributes and Operations for SOAP2SOAP Plug-ins
  • Attribute: HttpBasicAuthentication
  • Attribute: HttpTimeoutPeriod
  • Attribute: HttpTimeoutThreshold
  • Attribute: HttpWaitTime
  • Attribute: NetworkEndpoint
  • Attribute: Password
  • Attribute: ReactivateTime
  • Attribute: UserName
  • Attribute: UserNameTokenAuthentication
  • Operation: addApplicationEndPoint
  • Operation: getApplicationEndPoint
  • Operation: listApplicationEndPoints
  • Operation: removeApplicationEndPoint

22 Configuring Heartbeats

• Introduction
• Configuration and Management
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for HeartbeatConfiguration
  • Attribute: ContentMatch
  • Attribute: Enabled
  • Attribute: HeartbeatMethod
  • Attribute: Interval
  • Attribute: NetworkServiceUrl
  • Attribute: PostContent
  • Attribute: ResponseCodeToMatch
  • Attribute: Status (r)
  • Operation: addHTTPHeader
  • Operation: listHTTPHeaders
  • Operation: removeHTTPHeader

23 Managing and Configuring Connection Information

• Introduction
• Configuration and Management
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for Connection Information Manager
  • Attribute: ValidationEnabled
  • Operation: addXParamToCredentialEntry
  • Operation: createOrUpdateCredentialMap
  • Operation: createOrUpdateListenAddress
  • Operation: createOrUpdateLocalHostAddress
  • Operation: createOrUpdateRemoteHostAddress
  • Operation: createOrUpdateUserPasswordCredentialEntry
  • Operation: getAllListenAddress
  • Operation: getConnectInfo
  • Operation: getListenAddressForCurrentServer
  • Operation: listAllCredentialEntries
  • Operation: removeConnectInfo
  • Operation: removeCredentialEntry
  • Operation: removeCredentialMap
  • Operation: removeListenAddress
  • Operation: removeLocalHostAddress
  • Operation: removeXParamFromCredentialEntry

24 Managing and Configuring Shortcode Mappings

• Introduction
• Configuration and Management
  • Management operations
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for ShortCodeMapper
  • Operation: addShortCodeMapping
  • Operation: listShortCodeMappings
  • Operation: removeShortCodeMapping

25 Managing OSA/Parlay Gateway Connections using Parlay_Access

• Understanding OSA/Parlay Gateway and account mappings
  • Connection model
  • Information and Certificate Exchange with OSA/Parlay Gateway Administrator
• Overall workflow when connecting to an OSA Gateway
  • Adding an OSA/Parlay Gateway
  • Adding an OSA Gateway Connection
  • Creating an OSA client
  • Mapping the OSA client to an OSA Gateway and an OSA/Parlay SCS
• Reference: Attributes and Operations for Parlay_Access
  • Attribute: EricssonAuthentication
  • Operation: activateMapping
  • Operation: addClient
  • Operation: addConnection
  • Operation: addConnectionIOR
  • Operation: addGw
  • Operation: addMapping
  • Operation: listActiveMappings
  • Operation: listActiveMappingsForGw
  • Operation: listGw
  • Operation: listMappings
  • Operation: removeClient
  • Operation: removeConnection
  • Operation: removeGw
  • Operation: removeMapping
  • Operation: setKeyStorePassword
  • Operation: viewActiveMappingState

26 Resolving Policy Deny Codes

• Introduction
• Policy Deny Data