Part I: – Overview & Installation

1)   Understanding Java/J2EE Technologies

a.    Distributed Environment

b.    Dif. bet. Web & App Server

c.    About Servers

d.   Environments – Dev, Testing(SIT, UAT), Pre Prod & Prod

e.    File Management in Java 

2)   Introduction to WebLogic Server

a.    Terminology

b.    Dif. bet. WLS Versions(9.x, 10.x & 11)

c.    Overview of WLS System Admin 

3)   Installation Guide 

a.    Installation Modes

b.    Installable Product Components

c.    Product Distribution

d.   Pre Installation

e.   Installing the Steps

f.    Post Installation

g.    Uninstallation

h.    Overview of Admin Console 

Part II: – Configuration Management

4)  WL Domains Configuration 

a.   Creating WL Domain

b.   Understanding Domain Configuration

          i.      Domain Configuration Files

          ii.     Managing Configuration Changes

c.   Configuring Environment

d.  Configuring Admin Server

e.  Configuring Managed Servers

f.   Configuring Clusters

g.  Configuring JDBC & JMS Settings

h.  Extending WL Domains

i.   Extending JDBC & JMS Domains

j.   Examples Creating Domains 

5)  Domains Creation Using Pack & Unpack Commands 

a.   Pack

b.   Unpack 

6)  Creating Templates by using the Domain Template Builder 

a.   Configuring the Templates

b.   Creating Domain Templates by Using the Domain Template Builder

c.   Creating Extension Templates by Using the Domain Template Builder 

7)  Managing Server Startup & Shutdown

a.  Starting & Stopping Servers

b.  Setting up WLS Instance as Windows Service

c.  Avoiding & Recovering from Server Failover

d. Understanding Server Life Cycle 

8) Node Manager Administrator’s Guide 

a.  Overview

b.  Node Manager Configuration

c.  Using Node Manager 

9) Configuring Log Files & Filtering Log Messages 

a.  WebLogic Logging Services

b.  Filtering WebLogic Server Log Messages

c.  Subscribing to Messages 

10) Clusters 

a.    Introduction

b.    Communications in a Cluster

c.    Cluster Configuration

d.   Load Balancing in a Cluster

e.   Failover & Replication in a Cluster

f.    Whole Server Migration

g.   Cluster Architectures

h.   Setting up Weblogic Clusters

i.    Clustering Best Practices 

11) Proxy Server Configuration 

a.    Installing & Configuring the Web Server & Plug-in 

i.      Apache HTTP Server Plug-in 

12)  Configuring WebLogic Server JDBC Resources 

a.     Configuring WL JDBC Resources

b.     Configuring JDBC Data Sources

c.     Configuring multiple Data Sources 

13)  Configuring WebLogic JMS Resources

a.     Understanding JMS Resources Configuration 

14)  Configuring WL Store & Front 

a.      Understanding Store & Front

b.      Configuring Store & Front 

15)  Configuring WL Messaging Bridge 

a.     Understanding Messaging Bridge

b.     Configuring Messaging Bridge

c.      FAQs

Part III: – Deployments 

16)  Deployment Applications to WLS 

a.     Understanding

b.     Preparing Apps & Modules for Deployment

c.      Configuring of Apps for Production Environment

d.      Export an Application for Deployment

e.       Weblogic.Deployer for Apps Deployment & Weblogic.Deployer

f.       Auto Deployment

g.      Re Deploying

h.      Managing the deployment 

17)  Security 

a.      Authentication & Authorization

b.      Single Sign On

Part IV: – Troubleshooting & Performance Monitoring 

18)  Performance & Tuning 

a.     Performance Tuning

b.     OS Performance Tuning

c.     JVM Performance Tuning

d.    WLS Performance Tuning

e.    WL Persistent Store Performance Tuning

f.     DB Performance Tuning

g.    WL EJBs Performance Tuning

 19)Troubleshooting & Monitoring 

a.    Cluster Troubleshooting

b.    Cluster Multicast Configuration Troubleshooting

c.     Monitoring & Managing WL JDBC Resources

d.     Monitoring & Troubleshooting of WL JMS Resources

e.     Monitoring & Troubleshooting of Store & Forward 

20)  SNMP

Part V: – Unix Commands & WLST 

21)  Basic UNIX Commands 

22)  WLST & Command Reference