Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• 1.1 What is Middleware?
• 1.2 Functions of Middleware
• 1.3 Middleware Architecture Design
• 1.4 Service-Oriented Architecture
• 1.5 Oracle Fusion Middleware Solution

2 Key Concepts

• 2.1 Key Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts
• 2.2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Deployment Topology
• 2.3 Oracle Fusion Middleware Environment
• 2.4 What Is an Oracle WebLogic Server Domain?
  • 2.4.1 What Is the Administration Server?
  • 2.4.2 Managed Servers and Managed Server Clusters
  • 2.4.3 What Is Node Manager?
• 2.5 What Is an Oracle Instance?
• 2.6 What Is a Middleware Home?
• 2.7 What Is a WebLogic Server Home?
• 2.8 What Is an Oracle Home?
• 2.9 Oracle Fusion Middleware Directory Structure and Concepts
  • 2.9.1 Middleware Home and WebLogic Home Directories
  • 2.9.2 Oracle Home Directory
  • 2.9.3 WebLogic Domain
  • 2.9.4 Multiple Products with Multiple Oracle WebLogic Server Domains
  • 2.9.5 Domain Extension
  • 2.9.6 Oracle Instance and Oracle WebLogic Server Domain
• 2.10 What is a Farm?

3 Oracle Fusion Middleware Components

• 3.1 Oracle WebLogic Server
  • 3.1.1 Key Features of Oracle WebLogic Server
    • 3.1.1.1 High Availability
    • 3.1.1.2 System Administration
    • 3.1.1.3 Diagnostic Framework
    • 3.1.1.4 Security Service
    • 3.1.1.5 Client Options
  • 3.1.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Core Components
    • 3.1.2.1 Oracle WebLogic Server Web Services
    • 3.1.2.2 Oracle Coherence
    • 3.1.2.3 JMS Messaging Standard
    • 3.1.2.4 Enterprise Grid Messaging
    • 3.1.2.5 JRockit
    • 3.1.2.6 Oracle Application Development Framework
    • 3.1.2.7 Tuxedo
    • 3.1.2.8 Oracle TopLink
• 3.2 Oracle Metadata Repository
• 3.3 Oracle Identity Management
  • 3.3.1 Oracle Internet Directory
  • 3.3.2 Oracle Directory Integration Platform
  • 3.3.3 Oracle Identity Federation
  • 3.3.4 Oracle Virtual Directory
  • 3.3.5 Single Sign-on in Oracle Fusion Middleware
  • 3.3.6 Oracle Platform Security Services
  • 3.3.7 Oracle Role Manager
  • 3.3.8 Oracle Adaptive Access Manager
  • 3.3.9 Oracle Entitlements Server
  • 3.3.10 Oracle Directory Services Manager
• 3.4 Oracle WebCenter
  • 3.4.1 Oracle Composer
  • 3.4.2 Oracle WebCenter Framework
  • 3.4.3 Oracle WebCenter Services
  • 3.4.4 Oracle WebCenter Spaces
• 3.5 Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
• 3.6 Oracle Portal
• 3.7 Oracle Reports
• 3.8 Oracle Forms Services
• 3.9 Oracle SOA Suite
  • 3.9.1 Adapters
  • 3.9.2 Oracle Service Bus
  • 3.9.3 Oracle Complex Event Processing
  • 3.9.4 Oracle Business Rules
  • 3.9.5 Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
  • 3.9.6 Oracle B2B
  • 3.9.7 Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 3.9.8 Oracle Service Registry
  • 3.9.9 Oracle User Messaging Service
  • 3.9.10 Human Workflow
  • 3.9.11 Oracle Mediator
• 3.10 Development Tools
  • 3.10.1 Oracle JDeveloper
  • 3.10.2 Oracle Application Development Framework
    • 3.10.2.1 ADF Model Layer
    • 3.10.2.2 ADF Business Components
    • 3.10.2.3 ADF Controller
    • 3.10.2.4 ADF Faces Rich Client
    • 3.10.2.5 Oracle ADF Security
    • 3.10.2.6 Oracle ADF Support for Other View Technologies
    • 3.10.2.7 Oracle ADF Swing
    • 3.10.2.8 Oracle ADF Mobile
    • 3.10.2.9 Oracle ADF Desktop Integration
  • 3.10.3 Oracle TopLink
  • 3.10.4 Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse
  • 3.10.5 Oracle Help
• 3.11 Oracle HTTP Server
• 3.12 Oracle Web Cache
  • 3.12.1 Reverse Proxying
  • 3.12.2 Request Filtering
• 3.13 Oracle Web Services
• 3.14 Oracle Delegated Administration Services
• 3.15 Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite
  • 3.15.1 Oracle Information Rights Management
  • 3.15.2 Oracle Imaging and Process Management

4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration and Operations

• 4.1 Enterprise Deployment
• 4.2 Management
  • 4.2.1 Fusion Middleware Control
  • 4.2.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 4.2.3 Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool
  • 4.2.4 Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server
  • 4.2.5 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
• 4.3 Scalability
• 4.4 High Availability
  • 4.4.1 High Availability Problems
  • 4.4.2 High Availability Solutions
  • 4.4.3 Disaster Recovery
    • 4.4.3.1 Oracle Fusion Middleware Components Protected by High Availability Solutions
• 4.5 Load Balancing
• 4.6 Diagnostic Data
• 4.7 Cloning
• 4.8 Oracle RAC
• 4.9 Backup and Recovery

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