6 Starting Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control

This chapter describes how to access Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control Console, and display WebCenter Portal-related pages from where you can perform all necessary configuration, monitoring, and management tasks.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Section 6.1, "Displaying Fusion Middleware Control Console"

• Section 6.2, "Navigating to the Home Page for the Spaces Application"

• Section 6.3, "Navigating to the Home Page for Framework Applications"

• Section 6.4, "Navigating to Dependent Components"

Audience

The content of this chapter is intended for Fusion Middleware administrators (users granted the Admin, Operator, or Monitor role through the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console). See also, Section 1.8, "Understanding Administrative Operations, Roles, and Tools".

6.1 Displaying Fusion Middleware Control Console

Fusion Middleware administrators can login to Fusion Middleware Control Console and access pages for managing WebCenter Portal. Your role determines what you can see and do after logging in. To find out more, see Table 1-7, "WebCenter Portal Operations and Oracle WebLogic Server Roles".

To access the Fusion Middleware Control Console:

1. Start Fusion Middleware Control.

   Fusion Middleware Control is configured for a domain, and it is automatically started when you start the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Server. See "Starting and Stopping Fusion Middleware Control" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide.

2. Navigate to the following URL: http://host_name.domain_name:port_number/em

   For example: http://myhost.mycompany.com:7001/em

   You can find the exact URL, including the administration port number, in config.xml:

   • On Windows: DOMAIN_HOME\config\config.xml

   • On UNIX: DOMAIN_HOME/config/config.xml

   See also, "Managing Ports" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide.

3. Enter a valid administrator User Name and Password details for the farm.

   The default user name for the administrator user is weblogic. This is the account you can use to log in to Fusion Middleware Control for the first time.

4. Click Login.

   The first page you see is the Farm home page. You can view this page at any time by selecting the name of the farm in the navigation pane (Figure 6-1).

   Tip:

   If you are unable to log in, try logging in to the WebLogic Admin Console to confirm your host/port/credentials. The Weblogic Admin Console is accessible at the same host/port as Fusion Middleware Control: http://host_name.domain_name:port_number/console

   Figure 6-1 Farm Home Page

   
   

From the navigation pane, you can drill down to view and manage all components in your farm, including the Spaces application and any Framework application that you may have deployed. For detailed instructions, see:

• Section 6.2, "Navigating to the Home Page for the Spaces Application".

• Section 6.3, "Navigating to the Home Page for Framework Applications".

6.2 Navigating to the Home Page for the Spaces Application

The Spaces home page is your starting place for managing the Spaces application. The page displays status, performance and availability of all the components and services that make up the Spaces application.

Figure 6-2 Spaces Home Page

From here you can:

• Check the status of the Spaces application.

• View key space-related performance data. Track overall response time compared with the user access rate to see how the application preforms under different loads and to diagnose system resource issues. Quickly see which spaces are used the most, the slowest performers, and determine which spaces are recording the most errors.

• Navigate to other key components, including the WebLogic Server installation, and the MDS repository.

• View status and key performance metrics for WebCenter Portal services used in the application.

• Drill down to detailed performance information for individual spaces, services, external applications, portlets, and producers.

The Spaces home page also displays a WebCenter Portal menu (Figure 6-3).

Figure 6-3 WebCenter Portal Menu for the Spaces Application

From the WebCenter Portal menu, you can:

• Start and stop the Spaces application

• Configure application settings

• Manage back-end services

• Manage external applications

• Register and manage portlet producers

• Monitor detailed performance metrics for all components

• Select and chart live metrics

• Analyze diagnostic information and configure logs

• Export and import the Spaces application

• Configure security policies and roles.

• Configure ADF and MDS options.

• View Web Services-related information.

To navigate to the main home page for Spaces:

1. Login to Fusion Middleware Control.

   See Section 6.1, "Displaying Fusion Middleware Control Console".

2. In the Navigator (Figure 6-4), expand WebCenter > Portal > Spaces.

3. Select webcenter to navigate to the home page for your Spaces installation (Figure 6-4).

   Figure 6-4 Navigating to the Spaces Home Page

   
   

Notice how the Navigator menu changes to WebCenter Portal (Figure 6-5).

Figure 6-5 Displaying the Spaces Home Page and Menu

Another way to access the context menu for a particular component is to right-click the node in the navigation tree. For example, if you right-click the Spaces node on the left webcenter(11.1.1.4.0) the same WebCenter Portal menu displays.

6.3 Navigating to the Home Page for Framework Applications

The J2EE Application Deployment home page (Figure 6-6) is your starting place for managing portal application deployments developed with WebCenter Portal: Framework. The page displays status, performance and availability of all the components and services that make up the Framework application.

Note:

The Spaces application has a different home page, see Navigating to the Home Page for the Spaces Application.

Figure 6-6 Framework Application Home Page

From here you can:

• Check Framework application status.

• Navigate to the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console.

• Access various Application Deployment menu options:

  • Start, restart, and shutdown the application

  • View and configure log files.

  • Undeploy and redeploy the application.

  • Configure security policies and roles.

  • Configure ADF and MDS options.

• View a performance summary, entry points to the application, Web Services and modules associated with the application, and the response and load data which shows the requests per second and the request processing time.

• Navigate to key components of the Framework application.

• Drill down to detailed performance information for individual modules and services.

For Framework applications, the Application Deployment menu displays an additional menu option—WebCenter Portal. From the WebCenter Portal menu, you can perform WebCenter Portal-specific tasks such as:

• Manage external applications (see Chapter 26, "Managing External Applications").

• Manage back-end services (see Chapter 10, "Managing Oracle WebCenter Portal Services").

• Manage portlet producers (see Chapter 24, "Managing Portlet Producers").

• Monitor detailed performance metrics for WebCenter services (see Chapter 38, "Monitoring Oracle WebCenter Portal Performance").

To navigate to the main home page for your Framework application:

1. Login to Fusion Middleware Control.

   See Section 6.1, "Displaying Fusion Middleware Control Console".

2. In the Navigator (Figure 6-7), expand Application Deployments.

   Figure 6-7 Navigating to a Framework Application Home Page

   
   

3. Select the name of your Framework application to display the application's home page.

   Notice that WebCenter Portal menu options display on the Application Deployment menu (Figure 6-8).

   Figure 6-8 Displaying the Framework Application Home Page and Menu

   
   

6.4 Navigating to Dependent Components

From WebCenter Portal pages it is easy to navigate to pages belonging to related components, such as, WebLogic Server domains, servers, Java components, MDS repository, and so on.

• Spaces application - From the home page, click links in "Related Components" to navigate to Spaces application itself, WebLogic Server installation pages, and MDS repository pages in Fusion Middleware Control. See also, Section 6.2, "Navigating to the Home Page for the Spaces Application".

• Framework applications - The Application Deployment menu on the J2EE application home page offers direct navigation to the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console, and pages relating to WebCenter Portal, ADF, MDS repository, and security configuration and administration. See also, Section 6.3, "Navigating to the Home Page for Framework Applications".