Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Overview of Oracle Fusion Middleware

• 1.1 What is Oracle Fusion Middleware?
• 1.2 Understanding the Functions of Middleware
• 1.3 Understanding Middleware Architecture Design
• 1.4 Understanding the Oracle Fusion Middleware Solution

2 Understanding Key Concepts

• 2.1 Understanding Key Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts
• 2.2 What Is a Middleware Home?
• 2.3 What Is an Oracle Home and the Oracle Common Home?
• 2.4 What Is a WebLogic Server Home?
• 2.5 What Is a Domain Home?
  • 2.5.1 What Is the Administration Server?
  • 2.5.2 What are Managed Servers and Managed Server Clusters?
  • 2.5.3 What Is Node Manager?
• 2.6 What Is an Oracle Instance?
• 2.7 What is the Oracle Metadata Repository?

3 Overview of Oracle Fusion Middleware Components

• 3.1 Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server
• 3.2 Understanding Oracle SOA Suite
• 3.3 Understanding Oracle Identity Management
• 3.4 Understanding Oracle WebCenter Portal
• 3.5 Understanding Oracle Business Intelligence
• 3.6 Understanding Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
• 3.7 Understanding Oracle Portal
• 3.8 Understanding Oracle Reports
• 3.9 Understanding Oracle Forms Services
• 3.10 Understanding Oracle HTTP Server
• 3.11 Understanding Oracle Web Services
• 3.12 Understanding Oracle WebCenter Content
• 3.13 Understanding Oracle Data Integrator

4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration and Operations

• 4.1 Enterprise Deployment
• 4.2 Management
  • 4.2.1 Fusion Middleware Control
  • 4.2.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 4.2.3 Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool
  • 4.2.4 Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server
  • 4.2.5 Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control
• 4.3 Scalability
• 4.4 High Availability
  • 4.4.1 High Availability Problems
  • 4.4.2 High Availability Solutions
  • 4.4.3 Disaster Recovery
    • 4.4.3.1 Components Protected by High Availability Solutions
• 4.5 Load Balancing
• 4.6 Diagnostic Data
• 4.7 Cloning
• 4.8 Oracle RAC
• 4.9 Backup and Recovery

Index