Administrator
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System Administrator for BEA WebLogic 8.1
Required Courses Required Skills Skills Learned
BEA WebLogic Server 8.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Create and manage development, staging, QA and
System Administration* • Knowledge of Client/ production environments
Server Concepts • Deploy J2EE application modules and libraries using
• Basic O/S Knowledge a variety of techniques
• Configure a clustered BEA WebLogic Server 8.1
92% environment
BEA WebLogic Server 8.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Automate repetitive WLS administrative tasks
Advanced System Administration* • Knowledge of Client/ • Monitor servers from the command line
Server Concepts • Configure and tune network and administrative
36% • Basic O/S Knowledge channels
Recommended Courses Required Skills Skills Learned
BEA WebLogic Server 8.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Identify common system issues, including hardware,
Troubleshooting Methodologies • Knowledge of Client/ JVM, JDBC, and clustering problems
Server Concepts • Know how to investigate problematic behavior
• Basic O/S Knowledge • Understand the steps to resolve the behavior causing
the problems
BEA WebLogic Server 8.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Stress test a WLS environment
Performance Tuning • Knowledge of Client/ • Tune OS, JVM and WLS parameters
Server Concepts • Improve the performance of a cluster
• Basic O/S Knowledge
* Relevant courses for BEA Certified Administrator: System Administraton for BEA WebLogic 8.1 Certification exam
Percentage of course relevant to the exam.
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Administrator
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System Administrator for BEA WebLogic 9
Required Courses Required Skills Skills Learned
BEA WebLogic Server 9.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Create and configure Store and Forward agents
Advanced Messaging** • Knowledge of Client/ • Use local and distributed transactions with JMS
Server Concepts • Configure a bridge between WebLogic JMS and third-
71% • Basic O/S Knowledge party messaging servers such as MQSeries and JBoss.
BEA WebLogic Server 9.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Configure a clustered BEA WebLogic Server 9
System Administration* • Knowledge of Client/ environment
Server Concepts • Write custom scripts to automate repeatable and
• Basic O/S Knowledge tedious tasks
• Deploy J2EE application modules and libraries using
70% a variety of techniques
BEA WebLogic Server 9.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Configure and capture diagnostic images
WebLogic Diagnostics Framework* • Knowledge of Client/ • Configure server and application-scoped instru-
Server Concepts mentation
63% • Basic O/S Knowledge • Configure dye vectors and set up dye filtering
BEA WebLogic Server 9.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Understand MBeans and the architecture of the JMX
Server Management Services - • Knowledge of Client/ design
JMX - Based Administration** Server Concepts • Leverage WebLogic Navigator (WlNav) for
• Basic O/S Knowledge administration tasks
• Utilize basic Jython programming skills to write
49% WLST scripts
BEA WebLogic Server 9.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Stress test a WLS environment
Performance Tuning* • Knowledge of Client/ • Tune OS, JVM and WLS parameters
Server Concepts • Improve the performance of a cluster
30% • Basic O/S Knowledge
BEA WebLogic Server 9.1: • TCP/IP Networking • Configure non-default security providers including
Advanced Security** • Knowledge of Client/ the RDMS provider, PKI credential mapping provider,
Server Concepts and SAML credential mapping provider
• Basic O/S Knowledge • Secure WebLogic resources through SSL
14% • Configure the nCipher JCE provider
* Relevant courses for BEA Certified Administrator: System Administration for BEA WebLogic 9 Certification exam
** These courses are also bundled in: BEA WebLogic Server 9.1: Advanced System Administration
Percentage of course relevant to the exam.
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