Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions

Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions: Tools and Tasks

This section provides an overview of the tools and tasks involved in managing WebLogic Integration^™ solutions. The following topics are provided:

WebLogic Integration Management Tools

The following tools are available to support WebLogic Integration administration:

In addition to the above, WebLogic Server provides a number of tools with which you should be familiar. For more information, see " System Administration for BEA WebLogic Server.

Note:

Items or tools on http://dev2dev.com are listed for your convenience and are not supported by BEA Customer Support.

WebLogic Managed Beans

Resources within a domain use Java Management Extensions (JMX) Managed Beans (MBeans) to expose their management functions. An MBean is a concrete Java class that is developed per JMX specifications. It can provide getter and setter operations for each management attribute within a managed resource along with additional management operations that the resource makes available. MBeans that expose the configuration data of a managed resource are called Configuration MBeans, while MBeans that provide performance metrics and other information about the runtime state of a managed resource are called Runtime MBeans.

To learn more about WebLogic Server managed resources and MBeans, see Overview of WebLogic JMX Services in Programming WebLogic Management Services with JMX.

To learn more about the WebLogic Integration MBeans, refer to the following packages in the WebLogic Integration Javadoc:

Programmatically Accessing WebLogic Integration MBeans

The weblogic.management.MBeanHome interface is the most convenient way to access the JMX MBean Server that resides on each WebLogic Server in a domain. You can access the Administration MBeanHome interface from the JNDI tree of the Administration Server as described in "Using JNDI to Retrieve an MBeanHome Interface" in Accessing WebLogic Server MBeans at the following URL:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs92/jmx/accessWLS.html

The following example shows how you can access the ProcessRuntimeMBean interface:

Environment env = new Environment(); 
env.setSecurityPrincipal("weblogic"); 
env.setSecurityCredentials("weblogic"); 
Context ctx = env.getInitialContext(); 
MBeanHome home = (MBeanHome)ctx.lookup(MBeanHome.ADMIN_JNDI_NAME); 
System.out.println("Got the Server-specific MBeanHome: " + home); 
Set s = home.getMBeansByType("ProcessRuntime"); 
Iterator it = s.iterator(); 

try 		{ 
		while (it.hasNext()){ 
			ProcessRuntimeMBean bean = (ProcessRuntimeMBean)it.next(); 
			ProcessInstanceQuery query = new ProcessInstanceQuery(); 
			query.setServiceURI(context.getService().getURI()); 
			ProcessInstanceQueryResult info = bean.getProcessInstances(query); 
			String[] instances = info.getInstanceIds(); 
			System.out.println(instances[0]); 
		} 
	} catch (Exception ex) { 
		System.out.println(ex); 
		ex.printStackTrace(); 
	} 

WebLogic Integration Management Task Reference

This section provides references to the instructions and background information required to perform the most common WebLogic Integration administrative tasks:

Although a majority of the tasks can be performed using the WebLogic Integration Administration Console, some must be performed using other tools, and in some cases, you must directly edit a configuration file. You can use this section as a roadmap to the task-specific information that can be found in the following resources:

Throughout this reference section, it is assumed that the WebLogic Integration Administration Console is to be used as the primary management tool. As described in WebLogic Integration Management Tools, alternative utilities, such as the SNMP Agent or WLShell, can be used to perform many tasks.

Creating or Extending Server Domains

A domain includes one or more instances of WebLogic Server and may include WebLogic Server clusters. WebLogic Integration is a collection of applications and resources—EJBs, Web applications, JDBC connection pools, and so on—that are deployed in a domain to provide a unified platform for developing and deploying comprehensive business integration solutions. A first step in the development or deployment of a WebLogic Integration solution is to create a suitable domain.

The following table provides a roadmap to the information you need to create or extend a development or production (running in "noniterativedev" mode) domain.

Managing Database Resources

For general information about managing database resources for WebLogic Platform, see Managing WebLogic Platform Database Resources.

For information about creating the tables required by WebLogic Integration, see Configuring a Production Database.

Deploying Integration Solutions

For information about deploying an integration application from the Workshop environment (running in iterative development mode), see Building and Deploying WebLogic Integration Applications in Building Integration Applications.

For the background information and procedures required to configure a production environment and deploy integration solutions, see Deploying WebLogic Integration Solutions.

Securing WebLogic Integration Resources

The following table provides a roadmap to the information you need to secure WebLogic Integration resources.

Managing Process Types

Process types can be monitored from the WebLogic Integration Administration Console. For a description of the Process Configuration module, and step-by-step procedures for the various management tasks, see Process Configuration section in Using the WebLogic Integration Administration Console.

You can also access the graphical view of a process type from other HTTP clients. See Accessing Process Graphs from HTTP Clients.

Monitoring Process Instances

Process instances are monitored from the WebLogic Integration Administration Console. For a description of the Process Instance Monitoring module, and step-by-step procedures for the various monitoring tasks, see Process Instance Monitoring section in Using the WebLogic Integration Administration Console.

You can also access the graphical view of a process instance from other HTTP clients. See Accessing Process Graphs from HTTP Clients.

Monitoring Message Broker Channels

Message broker channels are monitored from the WebLogic Integration Administration Console. For a description of the Message Broker module, and step-by-step procedures for the monitoring tasks, see the Message Broker section at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs92/adminhelp/msgbroker.html

Creating and Managing Event Generators

WebLogic Integration provides native event generators, including JMS, Email, File, and Timer event generators. These event generators are typically used to start a business process based on events, such as the receipt of email or a new file appearing in a directory. WebLogic Integration also works with Application View event generators, which work with J2EE-CA connectors.

The following table provides a roadmap to the information you need to manage event generators.

Managing WebLogic Integration Tracking and Reporting Data

The following table provides a roadmap to the information you need to manage WebLogic Integration tracking and reporting data.

Creating Business Calendars and Assigning Them to Users or Groups

Most of the management tasks associated with business calendars are completed from the WebLogic Integration Administration Console. For a description of the Business Calendar Configuration module, and step-by-step procedures for the various management tasks, see Business Calendar Configuration section in Using The WebLogic Integration Administration Console

Managing and Monitoring Worklist Task Plan

Most of the management tasks associated with the worklist can be completed from the WebLogic Integration Administration Console. For a description of the Worklist Administration module, and step-by-step procedures for the various management tasks, see Worklist Administration section in Using the Worklist Console.

Custom worklist interfaces can also provide administrative and management functionality. Refer to Worklist User Interface and Enterprise JavaBeans API in Using the Worklist.

Detailed information regarding worklist operations is provided in the following sections of Using the Worklist.

Managing Application Views and Adapters

Most of the application integration management tasks are from the WebLogic Integration Administration Console. For a description of the Application Integration module, and step-by-step procedures for the various management tasks, see Introduction to Application Integration. For background information, refer to the following sections of Introducing Application Integration:

Managing Trading Partner Integration

Most of the trading partner integration management tasks are completed from the WebLogic Integration Administration Console. For a description of the Trading Partner Management module, and step-by-step procedures for the various management tasks, see Trading Partner Management in Using The WebLogic Integration Administration Console.

You can also use the Bulk Loader command line utility to import and export trading partner management data. To learn more, see Using the Trading Partner Bulk Loader..

See Securing WebLogic Integration Resources for additional references on securing trading partner integration applications.

Managing XML Cache Instances

The XML Cache stores XML metadata documents. When you are designing a business process, you use the XML Cache Control to retrieve the XML documents stored in the XML Cache. You use the XML Cache module to create and maintain the XML metadata documents stored in the XML Cache. For a description of the XML Cache module, and step-by-step procedures for the various management tasks, see XML Cache section in Using The WebLogic Integration Administration Console.