Contents

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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 What Is WebLogic Server on JRockit VE?

• 1.1 WebLogic Server VM Image
  • 1.1.1 Required Reading for Oracle VM
• 1.2 Oracle JRockit Virtual Edition
• 1.3 Supported Features
• 1.4 Known Limitations
• 1.5 Use Cases for WebLogic Server on JRockit VE
  • 1.5.1 Create a New, Bootable Single-server Virtual Machine On Oracle VM
  • 1.5.2 Migrate a Physical Domain to a Virtual Machine Image
  • 1.5.3 Transform a Physical WebLogic Server Environment Into a Virtual Machine
  • 1.5.4 Deploy Applications to a Virtual Domain
  • 1.5.5 Manage a Virtual Domain
• 1.6 Roadmap for Starting and Running WebLogic Server VMs on Oracle VM

2 Installing WebLogic Server on JRockit VE

• 2.1 Physical Requirements
  • 2.1.1 Hardware Requirements and Suggestions
  • 2.1.2 Software Requirements
  • 2.1.3 Usage Recommendations
• 2.2 Installing the WebLogic Server on JRockit VE Package
  • 2.2.1 WebLogic Server on JRockit VE Package Contents

3 Deploying WebLogic Virtual Machines

• 3.1 Deploying WebLogic Server VMs On Oracle VM Server
• 3.2 Deploying the Base VM Image With a New Single-Server Domain
• 3.3 Migrating a Physical, Multi-server Domain to a VM Image
• 3.4 Transforming a Physical WebLogic Server Environment Into a Virtual Machine

4 Deploying Applications to WebLogic Server VMs

• 4.1 Using WebLogic Server Tools to Deploy Applications to Running VMs
• 4.2 Accessing Running Virtual Machines Using SSH
  • 4.2.1 Enabling the SSHD Service
    • 4.2.1.1 Verify Whether SSHD Is Enabled in the Image Configuration File
    • 4.2.1.2 Useful Image Tool Commands for Services
  • 4.2.2 Deploying and Targeting the SSH Startup Class in a WebLogic Server VM
    • 4.2.2.1 Using the Administration Console to Deploy and Target the SSH Startup Class
    • 4.2.2.2 Checking the WebLogic Server Configuration File to Verify the SSH Startup Class
  • 4.2.3 Using the SSHD Service on a Running VM to Copy and Get Files
  • 4.2.4 Configuring WebLogic Server Roles and Policies for SSHD
• 4.3 Configuring Shared Disk Read-access On NFS to Support the nostage and external_stage Deployment Modes
  • 4.3.1 Configure the NFS Server and Mounting Points In a Virtual Machine
  • 4.3.2 Configuring nostage Mode Deployment on NFS
  • 4.3.3 Configuring external_stage Mode Deployment on NFS

5 Managing WebLogic Virtual Machines

• 5.1 Adding Managed Servers to a Domain on a Running Administration Server VM
• 5.2 Creating a Virtual WebLogic Server Cluster
• 5.3 Managing Virtual Servers on Oracle VM
  • 5.3.1 Managing Running Virtual Servers With the Administration Console
  • 5.3.2 Managing Running Virtual Servers With WLST
    • 5.3.2.1 Setting Up the Classpath and Starting WLST
    • 5.3.2.2 Using the VMM Node Manager Client to Connect to the Oracle VM Manager
    • 5.3.2.3 Using the Virtual Machine Manager to Start the Administration Server
    • 5.3.2.4 Connecting to the Administration Server and Controlling the Managed Servers
    • 5.3.2.5 Shutting Down the Administration Server
• 5.4 Modifying a WebLogic Server Configuration Using WLST Online
• 5.5 Patching Virtual Machines
• 5.6 Configuring a Shared Disk On NFS to Store Server Log Files
• 5.7 Creating a Root Domain Directory Other Then the Default "/application" Domain Directory
  • 5.7.1 Changing the Deployment and Applications Directory Location Other Than /application
  • 5.7.2 Changing the Server Log Directory Location Other Than /application
• 5.8 Using the Image Tool to Extract or Insert Files With Profile-based Support
  • 5.8.1 Creating a Profile
  • 5.8.2 Performing Profile-based File Extraction On an Image
  • 5.8.3 Performing Profile-based File Insertion On an Image
• 5.9 Injecting an Upgraded Domain into a WebLogic Server VM Image

6 Post Installation Tasks

• 6.1 Using the MedRec Sample Domain With Oracle Database
• 6.2 Starting a WebLogic Server VM Domain With the boot.properties File
• 6.3 Installing Demo Certificates for SSL Usage
  • 6.3.1 Use CertGen to Generate a Certificate Signed By the WebLogic Demo CA
  • 6.3.2 Store the Certificate In the DemoIdentity Keystore
  • 6.3.3 Accessing WebLogic Server VMs With SSL Using a Browser
  • 6.3.4 Accessing WebLogic Server VMs Using WLST
  • 6.3.5 Accessing the VMM Node Manager Client Using WLST
  • 6.3.6 Configuring WebLogic Server to Securely Connect to VMM Node Manager Clients
• 6.4 Setting Localization Parameters

7 Troubleshooting Guidelines

• 7.1 Changing a VM's Memory Allocation and Disk Size
• 7.2 Using WLST to Reopen a Closed Log File
• 7.3 Where Do VM Core Dumps Go?
• 7.4 Why Do I Get a "Corrupted ELF Image" Error Message When Starting an Oracle VM Server?
• 7.5 Why Can't I Connect to a VM Using SFTP or SCP?

8 Known Issues

• 8.1 Install Oracle VM Server Patch (Version 2.2 Only)
• 8.2 No Support for Sample Domains
• 8.3 Performance When Using Multiple CPUs
• 8.4 Initially Start Virtual Machines Using OVM Manager
• 8.5 Improve Performance with Conversational Web Services
• 8.6 Random JMX Warnings During VM Shutdown
• 8.7 Use Only the DNS Name of WebLogic VM When Creating Demo Certificates
• 8.8 Patch Set 3 README File Contains Incorrect Documentation URLs