Contents

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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Document Revision History

1 Network Integrity System Administration Overview

• Overview of Network Integrity Administration Tasks
• About Network Integrity Administration Tools
• Setting Up Environment Variables
• About Cartridge Deployment

2 Understanding Network Integrity Security

• About Network Integrity Security
• Oracle Platform Security Services
• Security Realms
  • Security Providers
    • About the Embedded LDAP Server
    • About External Security Provider - Oracle Internet Directory
    • Security Provider Databases
  • Configuring the Authentication Provider
• Authentication
  • About Network Integrity User Passwords
    • Changing the Network Integrity User Password
    • Changing the WebLogic Administrator Password
    • Setting User Lockout Attributes
    • Unlocking User Accounts
• Authorization
  • Using Security Roles
    • Configuring Role-Based Access Control for Network Integrity
  • Using Security Policies
  • Changing Security Policy Providers
  • User Permissions
  • Working with the Application Role
  • Working with the Application Policy
• Encrypting Properties

3 Monitoring Network Integrity

• About Monitoring Tools
• Monitoring Network Integrity
  • Viewing General Health and Performance of Network Integrity
  • Monitoring an Oracle WebLogic Server Domain
  • Monitoring an Oracle WebLogic Administration or Managed Server
  • Monitoring Logging Levels
  • Monitoring a Cluster
  • Monitoring Configured Schedule Events
• About Oracle Diagnostic Logging
  • About Java Logging and ODL
  • Configuring the Network Integrity Log File
  • About ODL Log File Rotation and Naming
    • About Size-Based Rotation
    • About Time-Based Rotation
  • About Logs in a Clustered Environment
  • Searching for and Viewing Log Files
  • Log Configuration using Fusion Middleware Enterprise Manager Console

4 Managing Network Integrity and Its Components

• About Managing the Oracle Database Server
• About Managing Network Integrity
  • Starting Network Integrity Instances
  • Stopping Network Integrity Instances
  • Starting and Stopping the Reporting Tool
  • Starting and Stopping the WebLogic Administration Server
  • Starting and Stopping a Managed Server
  • Adding Additional Managed Servers to a WebLogic Domain
  • Creating a Cluster
  • Adding Managed Servers to an Existing Cluster
  • Changing the Listen Address to Network Integrity Servers
  • Configuring the SSL Policy and SSL Certificate
  • Switching the Database Instances
  • Configuring the JTA Transaction Timeout
  • Configuring the Job Dispatcher Parameter for Timeout
  • Configuring the Timeout Parameter for Work Items
  • About Node Managers
  • Using JMS File Store
  • Configuring JMS Auto Migration
• About the System MBean Configuration Services
  • Accessing the System MBean Viewer
  • About Network Integrity MBeans
    • CMWSConfigurationService MBean
    • NIConfigurationService MBean
    • NIRegionalLinksService MBean
    • ActionProperties MBean
    • FileTransferJCA MBean
  • About Using MBeans to Execute Configuration Tasks on Network Integrity
    • Starting and Stopping the Age Out Process
    • Enabling and Disabling the Ageout Purge Process
    • Configuring the Minimum Number of Remaining Scans After Ageout Purge
    • Configuring the Expiration Time for Scan Results
    • Configuring the Throttle Value for Job Dispatcher
    • Enabling/Disabling SSL for the Embedded LDAP Server
    • Configuring the LDAP Host
    • Configuring the LDAP Port
    • Configuring the Scan Results Status Window Refresh Time
    • Setting the Minimum Time Limit for a Blackout Period
    • Configuring Links on the Links Panel
• Configuring the Server Load Balancer
  • Load Balancing HTTP Sessions Using Server Load Balancer
    • Server Load Balancer Requirements
    • Server Load Balancer Configurations
    • Network Configurations
    • Load Balancing in a Clustered Environment
  • Load Balancing JMS Messages

5 Managing Network Integrity Performance

• Tuning Network Integrity
  • Tuning the Operating System(s)
    • Tuning Recommendations for Solaris 10
    • Tuning Recommendations for Linux
    • Tuning Recommendations for AIX
  • Tuning the Oracle Database
    • Setting the Initialization Parameters
    • Gathering the Schema Statistics
    • Relocating Indexes
    • Creating New Indexes
    • Managing and Monitoring Disk Space
  • Tuning the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Startup Parameters
    • Setting JVM Startup Parameters for Solaris
    • Setting JVM Startup Parameters for Linux
    • Setting JVM Startup Parameters for IBM AIX
  • Tuning the WebLogic Administration Server for Network Integrity
  • Tuning Network Integrity
    • Performing Tasks in Parallel
    • Limiting the Total Number of Requests
    • Working with Stuck Threads

6 Backing Up and Restoring Network Integrity Data

• About Backup in Network Integrity
  • About Backing up Data
• Backup Data in Offline and Online Modes
• About Restore in Network Integrity
  • Restoring In a Cluster Environment

7 About Troubleshooting Network Integrity

• Troubleshooting Checklist
• Using Error Logs to Troubleshoot Network Integrity
• Common Problems and Their Solutions
  • Problem: Error While Exporting Content to Excel
  • Problem: Scan Failure When Transferring Files to or from a Server Using SFTP
  • Problem: Cartridge Deployment/Undeployment Errors and Failures
    • Failure While Restarting the Network Integrity Application
    • Cartridge Deployment/Undeployment Procedure Stops Responding
  • Problem: Inability To Run Scans or Resolve Discrepancies After an Upgrade
  • Problem: Error Message in Network Integrity GUI is Truncated
  • Problem: Error While Logging into Network Integrity
  • Problem: Removed Scan Parameter Group is Displayed for the Action After the Cartridge is Redeployed
• Getting Help for Network Integrity Problems
  • Before Contacting Oracle Global Support
  • Reporting Problems