Managing Oracle Fusion Middleware: A Roadmap Learn More Overview of the Procedures in This Chapter

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2.5 Managing Oracle Fusion Middleware: A Roadmap

The following are the tasks that you must perform to manage your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment: 1. In an existing database, create a metadata repository. See Section 3.2.1 . 2. Install and configure the software, which creates a domain, an Administration Server, one or more Managed Server, and, for system components, an Oracle instance. See Section 3.2.3 . 3. Deploy Java EE applications. See Chapter 4 . 4. Monitor your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment. See Section 5.1 . 5. Secure your environment by setting up additional users and configuring SSL. See Chapter 6 . 6. View and search log files and configure logging. See Chapter 7 . 7. Back up your environment on a regular basis. See Chapter 8 . 8. Expand your environment. See Chapter 9 .

2.6 Learn More

For more information on topics described in this chapter, see: ■ Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for more information on using Fusion Middleware Control and the command-line tools to perform administrative tasks ■ Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Scripting Tool Command Reference and Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server Administrators Guide for syntax and more information on using the command-line tools See Also: Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server Administrators Guide 2-14 Oracle Fusion Middleware 2 Day Administration Guide 3 Installing and Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware 3-1 3 Installing and Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware This chapter provides an overview about how to install and configure Oracle Fusion Middleware and how to start and stop Oracle Fusion Middleware processes. This chapter contains the following topics: ■ Overview of the Procedures in This Chapter ■ Installing and Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware ■ Setting Up Environment Variables ■ Starting and Stopping Servers, Components, and Applications ■ Learn More

3.1 Overview of the Procedures in This Chapter

This chapter describes how to use the installation and configuration tools to create the following: ■ Using the Oracle Fusion Middleware Metadata Repository Creation Utility, you create the necessary schemas in an existing database. ■ Using Oracle WebLogic Server Installer, you create a Middleware home, which contains an Oracle WebLogic Server home. ■ Using the installer, you create an Oracle home containing the binaries for Oracle SOA Suite. ■ Using Oracle WebLogic Server Configuration Wizard, you create and configure: – An Oracle WebLogic Server domain – An Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Server – An Oracle WebLogic Server Managed Server in which Oracle SOA Suite is deployed – An Oracle WebLogic Server Managed Server in which Oracle Business Activity Monitoring is deployed Figure 3–1 shows the domain with the Administration Server and Managed Servers. 3-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware 2 Day Administration Guide Figure 3–1 Oracle WebLogic Server Domain with Administration Server and Managed Servers

3.2 Installing and Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware