1 Introduction and Roadmap
This chapter includes the following sections:
- Guide to this Document
This document is organized into several chapters. This section lists the chapters and provides information about the content each of them includes. - New and Changed Clustering Features in This Release
This release of Oracle WebLogic Server adds the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) commands to improve usability for dynamic cluster lifecycle operations.
Guide to this Document
This document is organized into several chapters. This section lists the chapters and provides information about the content each of them includes.
This document includes the following chapters:
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Introduction and Roadmap describes the organization of this guide.
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Understanding WebLogic Server Clustering provides a brief introduction to Oracle WebLogic Server clusters.
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Communications In a Cluster describes how Oracle WebLogic Server instances communicate to one another in a cluster and how they utilize a cluster-wide Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) tree.
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Understanding Cluster Configuration explains how the information that defines the configuration of a cluster is stored and maintained, and identifies the methods you can use to accomplish cluster configuration tasks.
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Load Balancing in a Cluster describes the load balancing support that an Oracle WebLogic Server cluster provides for different types of objects, and provides planning and configuration considerations for architects and administrators.
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Failover and Replication in a Cluster describes how Oracle WebLogic Server detects failures in a cluster, and summarizes how failover is accomplished for different types of objects.
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Whole Server Migration describes the different migration mechanisms supported by Oracle WebLogic Server.
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Service Migration describes the service migration mechanisms supported by Oracle WebLogic Server.
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Cluster Architectures describes alternative architectures for an Oracle WebLogic Server cluster.
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Setting up WebLogic Clusters contains guidelines and instructions for configuring an Oracle WebLogic Server cluster.
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Dynamic Clusters introduces and describes dynamic clusters.
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Configuring and Managing Coherence Clusters describes how to configure and manage Coherence clusters.
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Clustering Best Practices provides recommendations for design and deployment practices that maximize the scalability, reliability, and performance of applications hosted by an Oracle WebLogic Server cluster.
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Troubleshooting Common Problems provides guidelines on how to prevent and troubleshoot common cluster problems.
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The WebLogic Cluster API describes the WebLogic Cluster Application Programming Interface (API).
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Configuring BIG-IP Hardware with Clusters describes options for configuring an F5 BIG-IP controller to operate with an Oracle WebLogic Server cluster.
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Configuring F5 Load Balancers for MAN/WAN Failover explains how to configure F5 hardware load balancers.
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Configuring Radware Load Balancers for MAN/WAN Failover describes how to configure Radware hardware load balancers.
Parent topic: Introduction and Roadmap
New and Changed Clustering Features in This Release
scaleUp
and
scaleDown
commands, you can easily start and stop dynamic servers in a
dynamic cluster and expand or shrink the size of a dynamic cluster. See Starting
and Stopping Servers in Dynamic Clusters and Expanding or Reducing
Dynamic Clusters.
For a comprehensive listing of the new Oracle WebLogic Server features introduced in this release, see What’s New in Oracle WebLogic Server.
Parent topic: Introduction and Roadmap