Monitor and Measure Your Performance Metrics

Monitoring Oracle Fusion Middleware 4-3 Use Fusion Middleware Control to: ■ Monitor and administer a single Fusion Middleware Farm ■ Monitor all elements of the farm - including deployed applications and Fusion Middleware components such as: – WebLogic Domain – Cluster and Managed Servers – SOA components – Web Center – Web Cache – Oracle HTTP Server – Oracle Identity Management ■ Monitor the state and performance of each of these targets by providing out-of-the-box performance metrics ■ Monitor CPU usage, heap usage, Work Manager, JMS servers, and JDBC and JTA usage for Oracle WebLogic Server ■ Monitor JVM performance in terms of heap versus non-heap usage, garbage collection, and threads performance ■ Monitor applications and Web services deployed to WebLogic Server ■ Monitor a wide range of application metrics for servlets, JSPs, and EJBs are available, as well as Web services metrics for faults, invocations, and violations. Such metrics are accessible from a targets home page. ■ Access customizable performance summary pages to help administrators monitor performance and diagnose problems. These charts can be modified to display content that is relevant to your domain. A target or component might be added to the chart so that you can compare the performance information for two targets in one chart.

4.2.1 Viewing Performance Metrics Using Fusion Middleware Control

When you manage or monitor an Oracle Fusion Middleware component or application with Fusion Middleware Control, you often see performance metrics that provide insight into the current performance of the component or application. In many cases, these metrics are shown in interactive charts; other times they are presented in tabular format. The best way to use and correlate the performance metrics is from the Performance Summary page for the component or application you are monitoring. Use the Fusion Middleware Control online help to obtain a definition of a specific performance metric. There are two ways to access this information: See Also: Getting Started Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide See Also: For more information about monitoring your environment using the Performance Summary pages, see Viewing the Performance of Oracle Fusion Middleware in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide. 4-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Performance and Tuning Guide ■ Browse or search for the metric in the Fusion Middleware Control online help. ■ Navigate to the Performance Summary page for your Oracle Fusion Middleware component or application and do the following:

1. Click Show Metric Palette.

2. Browse the list of metrics available for the component or application to locate a specific metric.

3. Right-click the name of the metric and select Help from the context menu.

If you encounter a problem, such as an application that is running slowly or is hanging, you can view more detailed performance information, including performance metrics for a particular target, to find out more information about the problem. Oracle Fusion Middleware automatically and continuously measures run-time performance. The performance metrics are automatically enabled; you do not need to set options or perform any extra configuration to collect them. If you are interested in viewing historical data, consider using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control. For more information see Middleware Management in Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts.

4.3 Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console

Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console is a Web browser-based, graphical user interface that you use to manage an Oracle WebLogic Server domain. It is accessible from any supported Web browser with network access to the Administration Server. Use the WebLogic Server Administration Console to: ■ Configure, start, and stop WebLogic Server instances ■ Configure and Monitor WebLogic Server clusters ■ Configure and Monitor WebLogic Server services, such as database connectivity JDBC and messaging JMS ■ Configure security parameters, including creating and managing users, groups, and roles ■ Configure and deploy Java EE applications ■ Monitor server and application performance ■ View server and domain log files ■ View application deployment descriptors ■ Edit selected run-time application deployment descriptor elements Oracle WebLogic Server contains a Java Management Extensions JMX server implementation and provides its own set of Management Beans MBeans. Oracle management tools described in this chapter use the MBeans provided by WebLogic Server to allow you to configure, monitor, and manage WebLogic Server resources. See Also: For general information on using the WebLogic Server console, see Getting Started Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide.