1. Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware with Fusion Middleware Control
  2. Manage Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure
  3. Manage Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure Components

1 Manage Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure Components

This chapter describes the typical or core tasks associated with managing an Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure components.

It contains the following topics:

For more information, see:

Get Help When Managing Oracle Fusion Middleware

To get to the online help while you are using Fusion Middleware Control:

  • Select Help Contents from the Fusion Middleware Control Help menu to display the table of contents for the local online help system.

    From the Online Help Table of Contents, you can click links that connect you directly to the Fusion Middleware Control common tasks page in the Oracle Fusion Middleware documentation library on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

    You can also link directly to specific Oracle Fusion Middleware books from the Table of Contents.

  • When available, select Page Reference from the Help menu to display a help topic that describes detailed information about the specific options available on the page.

    Not all pages support the Page Reference command; it is available in most cases for pages that contain configuration fields or elements that need further explanation in reference format.

  • Select How Do I? from the Help menu to learn how to perform the common tasks associated with the current page.

    This command displays specific topics in the Oracle Fusion Middleware documentation library that can help with common administrative or monitoring tasks associated with the current page.

For information about using Fusion Middleware Control to manage your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment, see the Use Fusion Middleware Control Common Tasks page.

View Oracle Fusion Middleware Log Files

Oracle Fusion Middleware components generate log files containing messages that record all types of events. You can use log files to troubleshoot common problems.

The steps for this process are:

  1. Understand the Oracle Diagnostic Logging (ODL) format used by Oracle Fusion Middleware components. More

  2. View and search the contents of log files in the farm. How?

  3. Correlate messages in log files across components. How?

For more information about viewing log files, see Configure Oracle Fusion Middleware Log Files.

Configure Oracle Fusion Middleware Log Files

Topic added for PS4 (11.1.1.5.0) to accommodate new QuickTrace and Selective Tracing options developed by Tarun Jaiswal's team.

The log files generated by Oracle Fusion Middleware components can be configured in several ways.

The steps for this process are:

  1. Set the level of messages that are saved to your log files. How?

  2. Modify the format of your log files. How?

  3. Change the location of log files. How?

  4. Modify the log file rotation policies. How?

  5. Configure and use a QuickTrace handler. How?

  6. Configure and use Selective Tracing. How?

For more information about viewing log files, see View Oracle Fusion Middleware Log Files.

Add Managed Servers to the Domain

[Process topic for the Create managed server page, which is diplayed from the FM Components page, which is displyed using the Create/Delete Components command on the Farm menu.]

The steps for adding a Managed Server to the current domain:

  1. Understand the concept of Oracle WebLogic Server domains and the role of Managed Servers in the domain. More

  2. Consider the different ways you can scale your Oracle WebLogic Server environment to meet new computing requirements. More

  3. Learn about Oracle WebLogic Server Node Managers and machines. More

  4. Add a Managed Server to the domain. How?

For more information, see the following:

Create a Cluster in the Domain

[Process topic for creating a cluster]

The steps for creating a cluster are:

  1. Understand the capabilities and features of Oracle WebLogic Server Clusters. More

  2. Understand multicast and unicast messaging. More

  3. Use Fusion Middleware Control to create the cluster. More

For more information about creating clusters, see:

Get Information About Performance Metrics

When you manage or monitor an Oracle Fusion Middleware component or application with Fusion Middleware Control, you will often see performance metrics that provide insight into the current performance of the component or application.

In many cases, these metrics are shown in interactive charts; other times they are presented in tabular format.

The best way to use and correlate the performance metrics is from the Performance Summary page for the component or application you are monitoring.

For more information about monitoring your environment using the Performance Summary pages, see Viewing the Performance of Oracle Fusion Middleware in the Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.

To obtain a definition of a specific performance metric, refer to the Enterprise Manager Middleware Plug-in Metric Reference Manual.