An Oracle WebLogic Server administration domain is a logically related group of Oracle WebLogic Server resources. Domains include a special Oracle WebLogic Server instance called the Administration Server, which is the central point from which you configure and manage all resources in the domain. Usually, you configure a domain to include additional Oracle WebLogic Server instances called Managed Servers. You deploy Web applications, EJBs, Web services, and other resources onto the Managed Servers and use the Administration Server for configuration and management purposes only. For more information on WebLogic Server domains, see Understanding Domain Configuration for Oracle WebLogic Server.
This chapter describes the tasks you can perform to monitor and control domains.
This chapter includes the following sections:
This section describes how to monitor domains. This section includes the following tasks:
To monitor the health of a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Health.
The Health summary page allows you to monitor health information for the domain and its subsystems. The Subsystem Health table displays information about the health of the server instances and subsystems configured in the current domain, such as:
Server Name
Server Status
Server State
Server Health
Subsystem Name
Subsystem Health
Subsystem Type
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, select View to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Detach: detach the table (viewing option)
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
Query by Example
A server is an instance of WebLogic Server that runs its own Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and has its own configuration.
To monitor the runtime status of all server instances configured in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Servers.
The Servers table displays information about the Administration Server and any Managed Servers that have been configured in the current domain, such as:
Name
Status
Cluster
Machine
State
Health
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, select View to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Detach: detach the table (viewing option)
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
Query by Example
In the table, select the name of the server instance to view configuration information, such as the server's default network communications.
To monitor the runtime status of all clusters configured in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Clusters.
The Clusters table displays information about the clusters that have been configured in the current domain, such as:
Cluster Name
Status
Server
Cluster Address
Cluster Messaging Mode
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, select View to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Detach: detach the table (viewing option)
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
Query by Example
In the table, select the name of the cluster to view configuration information, such as the cluster's default network communications.
To monitor the status of all migration requests in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Migration.
The Migration table displays information the status of all migration requests, such as:
Start Time
End Time
Status
Server
Machines Attempted
Machine Migrated From
Machine Migrated To
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, select View to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Detach: detach the table (viewing option)
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
Query by Example
To monitor the status of all deployments in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Deployments.
The Deployments (Monitoring) Summary page is displayed.
For more information, see Configuration Options.
To monitor specific deployments that are deployed in the domain, select the appropriate pages:
Web Applications: monitor Web applications; includes information such as the machine and server instance on which the Web application is deployed and statistics about the number of servlets and sessions associated with the Web application
Resource Adapters: monitor the status of the current state of message listener endpoints and outbound connection pools for a resource adapter
EJBs: monitor statistics about stateless, stateful, singleton, entity, and message driven EJBs
Web Services: monitor all the Web services that are deployed to this domain
Web Service Clients: monitor all Web service clients in this domain
JAX-RS Applications: monitor the JAX-RS applications running in this domain
Workload: view statistics for the Work Managers, constraints, and policies that are configured for application deployments in this domain
Monitor cluster deployments: monitor all deployments in a cluster
Optionally, select View on any page to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Detach: detach the table (viewing option)
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
Query by Example
To monitor the status of all JDBC data sources created in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select JDBC Data Sources.
The JDBC Data Sources table lists the JDBC data sources that have been created in the domain and displays related status information, such as:
Name
Type
Server Name
State
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, select View to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
To test a data source:
In the JDBC Data Sources table, select the row of the JDBC data source instance you want to test. The Test Data Source option is displayed above the table.
Click Test Data Source.
To monitor the status of JMS servers created in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Messaging.
The JMS Servers table displays information about the status of all JMS servers in a domain, such as:
JMS Server Name
Health
Health Reason
Persistent Store
Target
Current Server
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, select View to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Detach: detach the table (viewing option)
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
Query by Example
To monitor the following domain messaging resources or modules, select the appropriate pages:
Store-and-Forward Agents: monitor SAF agent statistics and perform message management operations, such as pausing incoming requests to the agent
JMS Resources: monitor all JMS resources that have been created for all the JMS system modules, including queue and topic destinations, connection factories, JMS templates, destination sort keys, destination quota, distributed destinations, foreign servers, and store-and-forward parameters
JMS Modules: monitor the JMS modules created for this domain
Messaging Bridges: monitor the status of all messaging bridges configured on active server instances in this domain
To monitor the completion status of all tasks in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Asynchronous Tasks.
The Asynchronous Tasks table displays information about the completion status of all tasks in a domain, such as:
Description
Type
Status
Begin Time
End Time
Targets
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, select View to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Detach: detach the table (viewing option)
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
Query by Example
In the table, select the description of the task for which you want to view additional status information.
To view status information of a specific task:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Asynchronous Tasks.
In the Asynchronous Tasks table, select the description of the task for which you want to view additional status information.
The Task Results page displays status information related to the task, such as:
Description
Status
Begin Time
End Time
If you selected a Deployment Task, select Targets to view additional status information, such as:
Target Name
Target Type
Status
Exceptions
Optionally, select View to access the following table options:
Columns: add or remove the columns displayed in the table
Detach: detach the table (viewing option)
Sort: sort the columns in ascending or descending order
Reorder: change the order of the columns displayed
Query by Example
To monitor port usage in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Monitoring, then select Port Usage.
The Port Usage table displays the following information:
Port in Use
IP Address
Component
Channel
Protocol
To only monitor port usage information about one specific server instance in the domain, select that server instance from the Show menu.
This section includes the following tasks:
Before you begin:
Control operations on Managed Servers require starting the Node Manager. Starting Managed Servers in STANDBY mode requires the domain-wide administration port.
You can start, resume, suspend, or shutdown the server instances configured in a domain. For information on how the server instances transition from STANDBY or ADMIN to the RUNNING state, see "Understanding Server Life Cycle" in Managing Server Startup and Shutdown for Oracle WebLogic Server.
To change the state of server instances in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Control, then select Servers.
The Servers table displays information about the server instances that have been configured in the current domain.
In the table, select the row containing the name of the server instance you want to control. The control options are displayed above the table.
Select one of the server control options:
Start: moves server instances from the SHUTDOWN state to RUNNING.
Resume: moves server instances from the STANDBY or the ADMIN state to RUNNING.
Suspend: select an option to transition a server instance from the RUNNING state to the ADMIN state:
When work completes: moves server instances from the RUNNING state to the ADMIN state, allowing work in process to be handled gracefully. While in the SUSPENDING state, Work Managers complete in-flight processing for pending work in application threads.
Force shutdown now: immediately moves server instances from the RUNNING state to the ADMIN state, without handling work in process gracefully.
Shutdown: select an option to shutdown a server instance:
When work completes: gracefully stops server instances in the domain. New requests are rejected but in-flight requests are completed before the server stops.
Force suspend now: immediately stops server instances in the domain. In-flight requests are dropped, no new requests are accepted, and the server immediately stops.
Restart SSL: restarts the SSL listen sockets so that keystore changes take effect.
For more information, see Configuration Options.
To change the state of clusters in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Control, then select Clusters.
The Clusters table displays information about the clusters that have been configured in the current domain.
In the table, select the row containing the name of the cluster you want to control.
The control options are displayed above the table.
Select one of the cluster control options:
Start: moves server instances in the cluster from the SHUTDOWN state to RUNNING.
Stop: select an option to shutdown server instances in a cluster
When work completes: gracefully stops server instances in the cluster. New requests are rejected but in-flight requests are completed before the cluster stops.
Force suspend now: immediately stops server instances in the cluster. In-flight requests are dropped, no new requests are accepted, and the cluster immediately stops.
Restart: restarts the server instances in the cluster.
Suspend: select an option to transition server instances in the cluster from the RUNNING state to the ADMIN state:
When work completes: moves server instances in the cluster from the RUNNING state to the ADMIN state, allowing work in process to be handled gracefully. While in the SUSPENDING state, Work Managers complete in-flight processing for pending work in application threads.
Force shutdown now: immediately moves server instances in the cluster from the RUNNING state to the ADMIN state, without handling work in process gracefully.
Resume: moves server instances in the cluster from the STANDBY or the ADMIN state to RUNNING.
For more information, see Configuration Options.
This section describes how to configure domains. This section includes the following tasks:
To configure general settings for a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Administration, then select General Settings.
From the General Settings page you can configure administrative options that apply to all server instances in the current domain, such as:
Enable Administration Port (see Configure the domain-wide administration port)
Administration Port
Production Mode
Exalogic Optimizations
Cluster Constraints
On-demand Employment of Internal Applications
Oracle Guardian Agent
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, expand Advanced to define advanced settings for this domain.
Click Save.
Before you begin:
The administration port accepts only secure, SSL traffic, and all connections via the port require authentication by a server administrator. Because of these features, enabling the administration port imposes the following restrictions on your domain:
The Administration Server and all Managed Servers in your domain must be configured with support for the SSL protocol.
All server instances in the domain, including the Administration Server, enable or disable the administration port at the same time.
Note:
The administration port cannot be dynamically enabled on a Managed Server. You must shut down each Managed Server, enable the administration port, then restart.
WebLogic Server provides the option to enable an SSL administration port for use with all server instances in the domain. Using the administration port is strongly recommended. It provides three capabilities:
Since communication uses SSL, administration traffic (which includes such things as administrator passwords) is more secure.
It enables you to start a server instance in the STANDBY state.
It enables you to separate administration traffic from application traffic in your domain.
To enable the administration port for a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Administration, then select General Settings.
Select the Enable Administration Port check box to enable the SSL administration for this domain.
In the Administration Port field, enter the SSL port number that server instances in the domain use as the administration port. You can override an individual server instance's administration port assignment on the Advanced options portion of the General Settings page.
Click Save.
After you finish:
Start all Managed Server instances in the domain. You do not need to restart the Administration Server.
To configure how many archive files are retained:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Administration, then select General Settings.
Expand Advanced, then select the Configuration Archive Enabled check box.
In the Archive Configuration Count field, enter the number of archive files to retain.
Click Save.
All server instances in a domain run either in development mode or production mode. In general, production mode requires you to configure additional security features.
To configure all server instances in a domain to run in production mode:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Administration, then select General Settings.
Select the Production Mode check box.
Click Save.
Shut down any server instances that are currently running.
Invoke the domain's startWebLogic script. The Administration Server starts in the new mode.
If the domain contains Managed Servers, start the Managed Servers.
To configure the Java Transaction API (JTA) of a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Administration, then select Java Transaction API (JTA).
From the JTA page you can define the JTA configuration settings for your domain, such as:
Timeout Seconds
Abandon Timeout Seconds
Before Completion Iteration Limit
Max Transactions
Max Unique Name Statistics
Checkpoint Interval Seconds
Forget Heuristics
Unregister Resource Grace Period
Execute XA Calls in Parallel
Enable Two Phase Commit
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Optionally, expand Advanced to define advanced settings for this domain.
Click Save.
You can specify which Java Persistence API (JPA) persistence provider to use for each persistence entity in the persistence.xml file. However, if no persistence provider is specified, the domain-wide default provider is used.
Changing the default provider does not affect applications that are already deployed. The setting takes effect when the server instance is restarted or the application is manually redeployed.
To specify the default JPA provider in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Administration, then select Java Persistence API (JPA).
From the JPA page you can define the JPA configuration for your domain by selecting a JPA provider from the Default JPA Provider menu.
For more information, see Configuration Options.
Click Save.
To configure the EJBs in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Administration, then select EJBs.
From the EJB page you can define domain-wide EJB configuration settings, such as:
Java Compiler
Prepend Java Compiler Options
Append Java Compiler Options
Extra RMIC Options
Keep Generated EJBC Source Files
Force Generation
Temporary Directory
Extra EJBC Options
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Click Save.
To configure Web applications in a domain:
From the WebLogic Domain dropdown menu, select Administration, then select Web Applications.
From the Web Applications page you can define the domain-wide Web application configuration settings, such as:
Relogin Enabled
Allow All Roles
Filter Dispatched Requests
Overload Protection Enabled
X-Powered-By Header
Mime Mapping File
Optimistic Serialization
Error on Name Request Time Value
Client Cert Proxy Enabled
HTTP Trace Support Enabled
WebLogic Plug-in Enabled
Auth Cookie Enabled
Change Session ID on Authentication
WAP Enabled
Post Timeout
Maximum Post Timeout
Maximum Post Size
Work Context Propagation Enabled
P3P Header Value
JSP Compiler Backwards Compatible
Archived Real Path Enabled
For more information about these fields, see Configuration Options.
Click Save.