4 Configuring Real-Time Collaboration

Grid Control automatically discovers the Real-Time Collaboration target for Oracle Real-Time Collaboration for Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Release 1.

Note:

See Chapter 16, "Configuring Enterprise Manager to Manage Web Conferencing Targets" for information on setting up Grid Control to monitor the Web Conference components of Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 1 and 2.

The following sections describe the steps for completing the configuration of Real-Time Configuration targets in Grid Control.

4.1 Configuring the Real-Time Collaboration Target

To complete the configuration of a Real-Time Collaboration target, follow these steps:

1. On the All Targets tab, select Real-Time Collaboration in the Search list. Click Go.

2. Click the Real-Time Collaboration target you are configuring.

3. Click the Monitoring Configuration link in the Related Links section at the bottom of the Real-Time Collaboration Home page.

4. Provide the required properties for the Real-Time Collaboration target using the information in Table 4-1.

   Table 4-1 Real-Time Collaboration Target Properties

   Property	Description
   Real-Time Collaboration Admin Page	The URL of the instance diagnostics page of the Real-Time Collaboration target. The URL should be in the following format: http://<host>/imtapp/logs/system.jsp The URL can be a secure (HTTPS) or insecure (HTTP) URL. For example: https://webconf12.oracle.com/imtapp/logs/system.jsp
   Script Extension	The file extension of operating system scripts that get information for the monitor system. For Windows systems, the file extension is .bat. For Unix systems, the file extension is .sh. Most of the scripts that get information for the monitor system are now written in Perl, so this property is now optional.

   
   

4.2 Creating the Real-Time Collaboration Web Application Target

To monitor your Real-Time Collaboration instances, you can create a Web Application target. Web Application targets can be monitored for availability and performance. You can also measure the response time of pages in your Web Applications using End-User Performance Monitoring. For more information about Web Applications, refer to the Grid Control documentation set.

Follow these steps to create a Web Application target for your Real-Time Collaboration components:

1. In Grid Control, click the Targets tab, then click Web Applications. Click Add to add a new Web Application.

2. Grid Control displays the Create Web Application wizard, which guides you through the process of creating the Web Application.

3. On the Create Web Application: General page, enter the following URL in the Homepage URL field:

   http://<host>:<port>/pls/portal

   You could also use a Welcome page as the Homepage URL:

   http://<host>/welcome/index.jsp

   Or you could use the URL for the Real-Time Collaboration page:

   http://<host>/imtapp/app/prelogin.uix

4. Use the rest of the wizard to provide the rest of the information for a Web Application target. Click Help if you need more help using Web Application wizard. Include the following targets in the Real-Time Collaboration Web Application:

   • The host targets where the Real-Time Collaboration servers reside

   • OC4J and HTTP Server targets on the host

   • Real-Time Collaboration target

5. 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 a transaction that attends a test meeting.

   See Also:

   "Creating Transactions" in the Grid Control online help.

4.3 Creating the Real-Time Collaboration Group Target

After all the Real-Time Collaboration targets are configured, you can create the Real-Time Collaboration group target, which provides a custom user interface for managing Real-Time Collaboration.

The Oracle Collaboration Suite Real-Time Collaboration group Home page contains the alerts table, followed by a table of rows of component targets and columns of key metrics. There is also a Performance page where key metrics are charted for the Real-Time Collaboration group.

Follow these steps to create the Real-Time Collaboration group target:

1. Click the Targets tab in Grid Control.

2. Click All Targets.

3. Select Collaboration Suite Component from the Add list and click Go.

   Grid Control displays the Create Collaboration Suite Component page.

4. Select Real-Time Collaboration from the Component Type list.

5. Enter a name for the Real-Time Collaboration group in the Name field. For example, enter Real-Time Collaboration Group.

6. Select the targets you want to add to the group from the Available Targets list and add them to the Selected Targets list.

   Be sure to add the following target types to the Real-Time Collaboration group:

   • The host targets where the Real-Time Collaboration servers reside

   • The Real-Time Collaboration target

   • The Web Application target

   • The OC4J and HTTP Server targets on the host

   Note:

   The Real-Time Collaboration group target is a custom group target. After creation, it appears on the All Targets page in Grid Control, not on the Groups page. Only generic group targets appear on the Groups page.