Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud 2.x: Middleware Deployment

Duration: 1 Day

What you will learn

Note: No hands on lab environment for the TOD course.
The Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud 2.x: Middleware Deployment training utilizes a typical middleware application
deployment and helps you takes advantage of the unique storage, network, and cloud characteristics of Exalogic. This
course teaches you the necessary skills and best practices to effectively implement an Oracle Fusion Middleware
application, on the Oracle Exalogic platform.

Learn To:

Plan, implement and tune the Fusion Middleware on a Virtual Data Center.
Configure shared storage and hosts to support Oracle middleware.
Identify the Middleware Cloud Assets to support the deployment.
Create Accounts, Virtual Networks, Virtual Servers and Distribution Groups.
Work with SDP, RDMA, and IMB to optimize the performance and sclability of WebLogic Server, Coherence and
Tuxedo.
Install and Configure Oracle Traffic Director to intelligently load balance traffic to a middleware cluster.

Audience

Application Server Administrators
Cloud Administrator
Cloud User

Related Training

Required Prerequisites
Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud 2.x: Cloud Management
Suggested Prerequisites
Familiarity with basic Unix network and storage concepts
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c: Administration I
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c: Administration I New

Course Objectives

Configure shared storage and hosts to support Oracle middleware
Install and configure a middleware domain on Exalogic
Optimize WebLogic, Coherence, and Tuxedo configurations for Exalogic
Use Traffic Director to proxy requests to a middleware cluster
Design accounts, vNets, and vServers to support a middleware deployment

Course Topics

Cloud Infrastructure for Middleware

Why Host Fusion Middleware on Exalogic?
Sizing and Capacity Planning
How Many Instances to Run on a vServer?
vServer Type Best Practices
Recommended Network Topology
Allocating IP Addresses
Distribution Group Best Practices

Storage and Installation

General Storage Recommendations
Recommended NFS Architecture
Storage Recommendations for FMW
FMW Storage Examples
How Many FMW Installations?
Redundant Installations and Rolling Upgrades
Configuring a Linux NIS Server
Configuring a Linux NIS Client

Domain Configuration

Migrating Existing Domains to Exalogic
Shared or Separate Domain Folders?
Listen Address Recommendations
Adding Virtual IP Addresses to a vServer
Dynamic Cluster Recommendations
Configuring a JMS Store Location
Node Manager Recommendations
Scaling Up a Cluster on Exalogic

Performance Optimization

Exabus
RDMA
SDP
Cooperative Memory Management
Using Multiple Channels for Replication
Using SDP for JDBC
Replicated Store

Traffic Director

Deployment Topologies
Administration Architecture
HA Architecture
Configuration Architecture
Creating and Starting Admin Nodes
Configuring Virtual Server Routes
Configuring Server Pools
Creating a Failover Group