BEA WebLogic Server 9/10: Performance Tuning

Description:

This course trains developers, architects and BEA WebLogic Server administrators to tune the various aspects of BEA WebLogic Server to attain optimal performance. The course provides the students with practical experience in tuning various kinds of parameters, including Windows, Linux and HP-UX Operating Systems, Java Virtual Machine, BEA WebLogic Server, applications using JavaServer Pages, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans), Java Message Service (JMS) and clustering.

Learn To:

• Operating System (OS) level parameters
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) parameters
• BEA WebLogic Server parameters
• Application parameters for better performance

Audience:

Web Administrator
Technical Administrator


Objectives:

• Monitor Central Processing Unit (CPU) usage
• Understand and use a few tools to monitor OS performance
• Use tools like Grinder to stress test applications
• Tune parameters on the Sun HotSpot and BEA JRockit® JVM
• Tune parameters on BEA WebLogic Server
• Understand the impact of work managers on the performance of applications deployed on BEA WebLogic Server
• Tune J2EE application-level parameters deployed on BEA WebLogic Server
• Improve the performance of a cluster of BEA WebLogic servers

Prerequisites:

Required Prerequisites:
BEA WebLogic Server 9/10: Systems Administration

Suggested Prerequisites:
Basic Java knowledge
Basic J2EE knowledge


Topics:

Benchmarking

Stress testing

CPU monitoring

OS tuning

Sun HotSpot JVM tuning

BEA JRockit JVM tuning

Core BEA WebLogic Server tuning

JSP/Servlet tuning on BEA WebLogic Server

JDBC tuning on BEA WebLogic Server

EJB tuning on BEA WebLogic Server

JMS tuning on BEA WebLogic Server

Clustering for performance on BEA WebLogic Server