5 Configuring Collaboration Suite Search

Grid Control automatically discovers the Collaboration Suite Search target for Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Release 1.

Note:

See Chapter 17, "Configuring Enterprise Manager to Manage Oracle Ultra Search Targets" for information on setting up Grid Control to monitor the Oracle Ultra Search components of Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 1 and 2.

The following sections describe the steps for completing the configuration of Collaboration Suite Search targets in Grid Control.

5.1 Creating the Collaboration Suite Search Web Application Target

To monitor your Collaboration Suite Search components, you create a Web Application target. Web Application targets can be monitored for availability and performance with Application Performance Management transactions. You can also measure the response time of pages in your Web Applications using End-User Performance Monitoring.

To create a Web Application target for monitoring your Collaboration Suite Search components:

1. In Grid Control, click the Targets tab and then click Web Applications.

2. Click Add. Grid Control displays the Create Web Application wizard, which guides you through the steps of creating the Web Application. Click Help if you need more information about using the wizard. Include the following targets in the Collaboration Suite Search Web Application:

   • Collaboration Suite Search targets

   • The host targets where the Collaboration Suite Search servers reside

   • The Collaboration Suite Search repository database

   • The Application Server target where the Collaboration Suite Search target resides

3. Click Submit to create the Web Application target.

4. Use the instructions in the online help to create some representative transactions to measure the availability and performance of the Web Application you just created. For example, create the following transactions:

   • A transaction that logs into the Collaboration Suite Search Administration tool, using the following URL:

     http://<host>/ultrasearch/admin/

   • A transaction that performs a search using Collaboration Suite Search, using the following URL:

     http://<host>/search

     See Also:

     "Creating Transactions" in the Grid Control online help.

5.2 Creating the Collaboration Suite Search Group Target

After all the Collaboration Suite Search targets are configured, you can create the Collaboration Suite Search group target, which provides a single interface for monitoring Collaboration Suite Search targets in your Oracle Collaboration Suite environment.

Follow these steps to create the Collaboration Suite Search group target:

1. In Grid Control, click the Targets tab.

2. Click Groups.

3. Select Group from the Add list and click Go. Grid Control displays the Create Group wizard.

4. Enter a name for the Collaboration Suite Search group in the name field. For example, enter Search Group.

5. Use the Type menu and the Move button to add the following targets to the Group:

   • Collaboration Suite Search targets

   • The host targets where the Collaboration Suite Search servers reside

   • The Collaboration Suite Search repository database

   • The Application Server target where the Collaboration Suite Search target resides

6. Use the remaining pages in the wizard to select a set of summary metrics for the target types in the group and to review your changes before you create the group. Summary metrics appear on the Collaboration Suite Search Group Performance page.