Understanding Scanning

WebLogic Management supports on-demand and scheduled scans based on the domain scan paths and discovery settings. The service discovers new WebLogic domains and changes to existing domains.

When WebLogic Management is enabled for a managed instance, the service becomes aware of the instance by detecting its heartbeat. The service then begins to scan the instance for WebLogic domains using preconfigured file system paths. When the scan detects the presence of a WebLogic domain, the plugin reports discovery details to the service. WebLogic Management stores the discovered information and updates it on subsequent scans.

For a complete list of information collected, see Data Responsibilities.

Scheduled scans

Scheduled scans are configured, by default, per region and tenancy with preset values for the frequency of scans and the domain home paths:

Scheduled scans run a series of checks on all managed instances that:

• identify new domains and servers
• identify changes to existing domains and servers
• report if the servers are on the recommended patches
• report if the domains can be patched

You can change the default scan configuration for the region and tenancy or override the default configuration at the managed instance level.

On-demand scans

On-demand scans let you run scans on managed instances and domains outside of the schedule. On-demand scans run a series of checks on selected managed instances or selected domains that:

• identify new domains and servers
• identify changes to existing domains and servers
• report if the servers are on the recommended patches
• report if the domains can be patched

For more information, see Scanning Domains and Scanning Managed Instances.