WebLogic Admin Tricks & Tips

Administrators with automation skill would perform than many admins. Requirement makes you to write automation scripts. I was working on Oracle Virtual Box, which is running SSH service. Hence I am able to connected thru PUTTy to the ubuntu Guest Linux server. By making Static IP configuration on the additional network adapter this was happen to possible.  Everything going good! when I ran the WebLogic server from the PuTTY. It is working until when it is connected and alive. Once I went for break/Lunch the Windows system went to sleep then WebLogic server stopped due to PuTTY session inactive. To avoid this we can use the Wrapper start scripts.  Idea behind the wrapper script/ psuedo code Using the startWebLogic.sh script in background using & use the nohup -- no hungup to run the process even the PuTTY inactive or closed The log file generated by starting WebLogic server redirected to a separate file. The Standard error file also merged with standard output log...

Middleware Admin means the day runs with Emergency calls or On-calls, supporting team task always under high pressure cooker -- many of them feel tension tension due to heat in the head many got into hair-fall!!! ... Its a challenging task, only those who can handle the jobs under pressure can do this with tricks. But When you don't have calls you might think to reduce your stress in the work with smart automation scripting to make life more easier. Best Practices for WebLogic Logs If the environment is shorter let say it is size of 10 - 20 managed servers, then the best idea is to implement is that all these managed server logs, JMS stores must shared a common mount point . When application support team run into issues, this will give you the flexibility to search the logs easily and faster way to get rid of issues with this unique log location. In most of your project environments you might find the multiple logs such as application reated, JMS message stores or some tran...