Introducing the WebLogic Application Server Solution

To address the needs of WebLogic performance monitoring, Mercury Interactive offers the WebLogic Solution. The SiteScope WebLogic Solution provides efficient and thorough monitoring of performance, availability, and usage statistics for BEA WebLogic Server 6.x, 7.x and 8.x application servers.

This solution uses a template which you can use to deploy a collection of WebLogic Monitors configured with default metrics. These monitoring configurations have been researched using best practice data and expertise from various sources. The WebLogic Solution monitor deployment process is highly customizable in that it allows the user to select the specific J2EE components on an application server which SiteScope should actively monitor.

Note: You must have the applicable SiteScope option license to use the WebLogic Solution templates. Contact your Mercury sales representative for more information about Solution licensing.

The purpose of a solution template is to provide comprehensive WebLogic monitoring without requiring the SiteScope user or the IT organization to be experts on the application. Benefits of the WebLogic solution template include:

Reduces the need for WebLogic performance domain expertise
Reduces the time to configure and deploy WebLogic monitors
Helps identify both real-time performance bottlenecks and longer term trends
Adds no overhead to production systems

The WebLogic Solution Template deploys monitors that target the following aspects of WebLogic performance and health:

Server Performance Statistics
This category refers to a collection of server-wide resources that are exposed through the management interface of a WebLogic Application Server. Examples of these server-wide resources include:
- JVM Runtime
- JTA Runtime
- Thread Pools
- JDBC Pools
Application Performance Statistics
Metrics for all of your deployed applications, EJBs, web applications, and servlets are available for monitoring through the WebLogic Solution. The user is responsible for selecting which of these J2EE components he would like to have monitors automatically deployed for. A set of metrics based on WebLogic best practices are monitored for each selected J2EE component. Some of the J2EE components that can be monitored through this solution include:
- Web Applications
- Servlets
- General EJB Component Statistics
- EJB Transaction Statistics
- EJB Pool Statistics
- EJB Cache Statistics