Oracle Coherence 12c: Administer and Troubleshoot Clusters Ed 2.1

Introduction

• Audience
• Class Introductions
• Goals
• Objectives
• Prerequisites
• Course Environment
• Font Conventions
• Schedule
• Additional Resources
• Practice 1-1 Overview: Understanding the Practice Structure

Introduction to Coherence

• Objectives
• Agenda
• Coherence: Overview
• Coherence Approach
• What Is Coherence?
• Coherence: Principles
• Coherence: Features
• Role of the Coherence Administrator
• Coherence Cluster: Concepts
• What Is a Coherence Cluster?
• Coherence Data Grids and Fault Tolerance
• Coherence Cluster Member
• Coherence and TCMP
• Coherence and WebLogic Server
• Quiz
• Coherence Caches
• Coherence Services
• Coherence Partitions
• Local Storage
• Coherence Backing Map
• Supported Platforms and Integrations
• Coherence*Extend
• Coherence*Web
• Coherence Data Grid Solution Set
• Coherence Standard Edition
• Coherence Enterprise Edition
• Coherence Grid Edition
• WebLogic Server: Three Editions
• Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Quiz
• Practice 2-1 Overview: Coherence Concepts and Principles
• Summary

Coherence Basics

• Objectives
• Agenda
• What Coherence Provides to WebLogic Server
• Coherence and WebLogic Server
• What WebLogic Server Provides to Coherence
• Managed Coherence Server
• Grid ARchive (GAR)
• GAR Deployment Options
• Quiz
• Agenda
• Installing Oracle Coherence Server
• Oracle Universal Installer
• Coherence Quick Installer
• Coherence Directory Structure
• Other Directories
• Coherence Script Basics
• Starting Coherence
• Understanding Startup
• Shutting Down Coherence Instances
• Coherence Configuration
• Default Configuration
• Command-Line Properties
• Coherence Port Use
• Coherence Start Sequence
• Example: tangosol-coherence-override.xml
• Coherence Console
• Some Console Commands
• Summary
• Practice 3-1 Overview: Installing and Configuring Coherence
• Practice 3-2 Overview: Working with the Coherence Console

Cluster Management

• Objectives
• Agenda
• Cluster Membership
• Example of a Cluster
• Example of a Coherence Instance: First Instance Started
• Example of a Coherence Instance: Second Instance Started on a
• Separate Machine
• Example of a Coherence Instance: Third Instance Started on the
• Original Machine
• Common Cluster Settings
• Quiz
• Agenda
• Common Ports and Addresses
• Connectivity and Performance
• Datagrams and Coherence
• Datagram Test: Example
• Datagram Test Statistics: Sender
• Datagram Sender Interval Statistics
• Datagram Receiver Statistics
• Datagram Test: Usage and Parameters
• Datagram Test: Examples
• Datagram Testing: Next Steps
• Quiz
• Multicast and Coherence
• Multicast Failure
• Multicast Test: Usage and Parameters
• Multicast Example: Multiple Machines
• Multicast Test: Examples
• Multicast Testing: Next Steps
• Multicast and Well Known Addresses
• Configuring Well Known Addresses
• WKA and Multiple Addresses
• Packets and Packet Buffers
• Packet Publishing
• Service Guardian: General Settings
• Service Guardian: Per-Service Settings
• Service Guardian: Per-Cache Instance
• Coherence Quorum
• Cluster Quorum
• Quiz
• Practice 4-1 Overview: Validating a Local Network
• Summary

Cluster Provisioning

• Objectives
• Agenda
• Coherence Configuration Files: Review
• Coherence Configuration Management
• Serialization
• Portable Object Format
• Defining POF Serializers
• Associating Serialization with Caches
• POF Configuration Generation
• POF Configuration Generator
• POF Automatic Indexing
• POF Serializer Configuration
• Coherence and Logging
• Logging and Coherence
• Configuring Coherence for log4j
• Example: log4j.properties
• Quiz
• Practice 5-1 Overview: Coherence Provisioning
• Agenda
• Scripting Coherence
• Arguments for Running DefaultCacheServer
• Possible Directory Structure
• Suggested Scripts
• setenv.sh
• setjvmoptions Function
• Example: start-cache-server.sh
• Example: start-all.sh
• Example: stop-cache-servers.sh
• Practice 5-2 Overview: Creating a Multi-Machine Cluster
• Summary

Configuring Coherence Caches

• Objectives
• Agenda
• What Happens to Cached Data?
• Cache Configurations
• Configuring Caches
• Topologies
• Local Cache
• Replicated Cache
• Partitioned Cache
• Near Cache
• Overflow Cache
• Other Cache Types
• Agenda
• Cache Configuration: Overview
• Cache Mappings
• Fixed Versus Wildcard
• Concepts: Cache Scheme
• Scheme Composition
• Understanding Schemes
• Schemes: Basic Structure
• Local Scheme: Example
• Commonly Used Elements
• Distributed Scheme: Example
• Quiz
• Practice 6-1 Overview: Configuring a Local Cache
• Replicated Cache: Example
• Commonly Used Elements
• Quiz
• Practice 6-2 Overview: Configuring a Replicated Cache
• Configuring a Partitioned Cache
• Commonly Used Elements
• Partitioned Cache Quorum
• Partitioned Cache Quorum: Example
• Quiz
• Near Cache: Example
• Defining Near Cache Parameters
• Configuring an Overflow Cache
• Defining Overflow Cache Parameters
• Common Scheme Elements
• Map Listeners
• Backing Maps and Backing Map Listeners
• Registering Event Interceptor Declaratively
• Registering Interceptors for Specific Caches
• Cache Loaders and Stores
• Service Guardian and Cache Schemes
• Practice 6-3 Overview: Configuring a Partitioned Cache
• Agenda
• Elastic Data: Overview
• Benefits of Elastic Data
• Elastic Data and Journaling
• Journals: RAM Versus Flash
• Configuring a Journaling Backing Map
• Controlling Journal Behavior
• Considerations for Elastic Data
• Quiz
• Summary
• Practice 6-4 Overview: Configuring an Elastic Data Cache

Introduction to Coherence Monitoring

• Objectives
• Agenda
• JMX
• JMX Interaction
• Java Console (jconsole)
• Java VisualVM (visualvm)
• Java Mission Control (jmc)
• JMX Reporter
• Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c: Overview
• Quiz
• Agenda
• Coherence and JMX Management
• Coherence Management: Architecture
• Configuring Coherence JMX
• Accessing the Coherence MBean by Using HTTP and JMX RI
• System MBeans to Watch
• Disabling JMX Management
• Accessing MBeans by Using jvisualvm
• Accessing MBeans by Using jconsole
• Practice 7-1 Overview: Examining a Running Cluster by Using JMC
• Agenda
• Why Rolling Upgrade?
• What is Rolling Upgrade?
• Rolling Upgrade: Process Considerations
• Typical Rolling Upgrade
• What can be updated: Binaries
• What can be updated: Configuration
• Rolling Upgrade: Final Considerations
• Agenda
• JMX Reporter
• Configuring Basic Reporter Settings
• Managing Reporter MBean Attributes
• Managing Reporter MBean Operations
• Finding Reporter Log Data
• Viewing Reporter Data
• Creating Custom Reports
• Running the Reporter in a Distributed Environment
• Custom Report Definition
• file-name Element
• filters Element
• query Element
• rows and column Elements
• rows Element: Example
• Registering Reports
• Quiz
• Summary
• Practice 7-2 Overview: Configuring and Using JMX and the Reporter
• Practice 7-3 Overview: Creating, Registering, and Running Custom Reports

Coherence Cluster Monitoring

• Objectives
• Agenda
• Coherence Cluster Health Concepts
• Coherence MBeans: Unconditional
• Coherence MBeans: Conditional
• General Cluster Health
• Agenda
• What Is Stability?
• Stability and Clusters
• Stability and Nodes
• Stability and Services
• Stability and Storage Managers
• What Can Be Done with Unstable Members?
• Quiz
• Agenda
• What Is Performance?
• How Is Performance Measured?
• Performance: Next Steps
• Agenda
• What Is Balance?
• How Is Balance Measured?
• Balance-Related MBeans
• What Can Be Done When a Cluster Is Unbalanced?
• Quiz
• Agenda
• What Is Capacity?
• How Is Capacity Measured?
• Capacity-Related MBeans
• What Can Be Done to Improve Capacity?
• Summary
• Practice 8-1 Overview: Examining Stability and Balance

Coherence Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning

• Objectives
• Top Coherence Issues
• Agenda
• Un-Indexed Query
• Characteristics of Un-Indexed Data
• Query Optimization: Explain Plans and Trace
• Explain Plan Output
• Trace Output
• What Is a Stack Trace?
• What Is a Thread Dump?
• Analyzing a Thread Dump
• Lessons Learned: Un-Indexed Queries
• Agenda
• Heap Exhaustion
• Characteristics of Exhausted Heap
• What Is a Heap Dump?
• Java Heap Analysis Tool (jhat)
• Sizing a Coherence Cluster
• Sizing Considerations
• Size-Limiting Cache Configurations
• high-units by Cache
• Binary Calculator: Example
• Lessons Learned: Heap Exhaustion
• Quiz
• Agenda
• Unresponsive Services
• Characteristics of Unresponsive Services
• thread-count by Cache
• Cluster Element Thread Priorities
• Specifying Cluster Communications Priority
• Specifying Service Priority
• Lessons Learned: Unresponsive Services
• Quiz
• Agenda
• Coherence and Swapping
• Lessons Learned: Swapping
• Quiz
• Agenda
• Coherence and Network Issues
• Potential Bandwidth Messages
• Potential Disconnect Messages
• Lessons Learned: Network
• Agenda
• What Is Split Brain?
• What Is at Risk with Split Brain?
• Causes of Split Brain
• Correcting Split Brain
• Detecting Split Brain
• Avoiding Split Brain
• Quiz
• Practice 9-1 Overview: Troubleshooting Practice
• Agenda
• Performance Tuning
• Network Readiness
• MTU and Packet Fragmentation
• Configuring Coherence Packet Size
• Network Readiness: Other Considerations
• Network Readiness Testing
• Coherence Network Validation
• Agenda
• JVM Best Practices: General
• JVM Best Practices: Flags
• JVM Best Practices: Heap Size
• JVM Best Practices: GC Tuning
• Agenda
• Operating System Monitoring
• top: Example
• vmstat: Example
• sar and kSar
• kSar CPU Report: Example
• Practice 9-2 Overview: Monitoring with kSar
• Summary

Coherence*Extend

• Objectives
• Agenda
• What Is Coherence*Extend?
• Coherence*Extend Architecture
• What Is Coherence*Extend?
• Coherence*Extend Clients
• Coherence*Extend Architecture
• Coherence*Extend Capabilities
• Coherence*Extend Advantages
• Coherence*Extend Disadvantages
• When to Use Coherence*Extend
• Data Replication
• Agenda
• Configuring Coherence*Extend
• Cluster-Side Cache Configuration Descriptor
• Client-Side Cache Configuration Descriptor
• Launching a Coherence*Extend-Enabled DefaultCacheServer Process and Java
• Client Application
• Quiz
• Agenda
• Tuning the Coherence*Extend Client
• Always Run Proxy Server with Storage Disabled
• Never Run Near Cache on Proxy Servers
• Running Multiple Proxies
• Configuring POF Serializers
• Configuring Address Provider References
• Step 1: Override File
• Step 2: Cluster Configuration
• Step 3: Client Configuration
• Configuring a Naming Service
• Step 1: Cluster Configuration
• Step 2: Client Configuration
• Dynamic Proxy Thread Pooling
• Configuring Thread Counts
• F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager
• Dynamic Load Balancing for Coherence*Extend
• Proxy-Based Load Balancing
• Connection Load Balancing
• Client-Based Load Balancing: Per Proxy
• Client-Based Load Balancing: System-Wide
• Proxy-Based Load Balancing Algorithm
• Custom Load Balancing
• Agenda
• Supported Environments
• Installing the C++ Distribution
• C++ Distribution Structure
• Installing the .NET Distribution
• .NET Distribution Structure
• C++ Extend Clients
• Summary
• Practice 10-1 Overview: Configuring and Running a Coherence*
• Extend Gateway

REpresentational State Transfer (REST)

• Objectives
• Agenda
• What Is REST?
• Coherence REST
• Coherence REST Requirements
• Supported Representations
• Developer Requirements
• Quiz
• Agenda
• REST Configuration
• Registering Objects
• REST Resources
• Key Converters
• REST and POF
• Serving Coherence REST Requests
• Configuring REST Proxies
• Configuration: Example
• Starting a REST Proxy
• REST Configuration: Best Practices
• WebLogic Server Deployment (Prior to Version 12c)
• REST Web Application Structure
• web.xml Deployment Descriptor
• weblogic.xml Deployment Descriptor
• Deploying the Web Application
• Agenda
• Single-Object Operations
• Multiple-Object Operations
• Partial Results
• Queries
• Named Queries
• Named Query: Example
• Queries with Parameters
• Entry Processors and REST
• Custom Entry Processors
• Quiz
• Agenda
• Coherence REST Security
• Configuring HTTP Basic Security
• HTTP Basic Authentication
• Login Module
• Specifying a Login Module
• SSL Authentication
• Well Known Addresses and SSL
• HTTP Basic Authentication and SSL
• Summary
• Practice 11-1 Overview: Exposing Objects Using REST

Coherence and GoldenGate HotCache

• Objectives
• Agenda
• Coherence and Databases
• Database-Backed Coherence
• Shared Database as System of Record
• GoldenGate HotCache
• Oracle GoldenGate
• Oracle TopLink
• Coherence GoldenGate HotCache: Overview
• Agenda
• Coherence and JPA
• JPA Approach
• Integrating JPA and Coherence
• What Are JPA Entities?
• Mapping a Cache to a Database
• Configuring JPA
• Agenda
• Configuring the GoldenGate HotCache Adapter
• Provisioning the Database
• Prerequisite: Installing GoldenGate
• Provisioning the Database: Users
• Provisioning the Database: Example
• Provisioning the Database: Monitoring Tables
• GGSCI
• Provisioning the Database: Extract from Table – Parameter File Example
• Provisioning the Database: Extract from Table – Script Example
• HotCache Adapter Configuration: Overview
• Configuring the HotCache Adapter: Creating a Properties File
• Configuring the HotCache Adapter: Java Writer Boot Options – Classpath
• Configuring the HotCache Adapter: Java Writer Boot Options – Coherence
• Configuring the Hot Cache Adapter: Java Writer Boot
• Options – Miscellaneous
• GoldenGate Java Client
• GoldenGate Java Client: Example
• Coherence Configuration
• Configuring persistence.xml
• Coherence Cache Configuration
• Coherence GoldenGate Adapter: Topology
• Coherence*Extend Connection
• (Optional) Practice 12-1 Overview: Configuring GoldenGate HotCache
• Agenda
• Java Persistence Architecture
• Entity Class Requirements
• Obtaining a JPA Implementation
• Persistent Object: Entities
• What Is a JPA Persistence Unit?
• Summary

Managed Coherence Servers for WLS

• Objectives
• Agenda
• Coherence and WebLogic Server
• WebLogic Managed Coherence Servers Operations
• Coherence Container: Benefits
• Agenda
• Installing WebLogic with Coherence
• Combined Installer Directory Structure
• Terminology: Review
• WebLogic Server Domain: Review
• Administration Server: Review
• Managed Servers: Review
• Managed Coherence Server
• Machines and WebLogic Server: Review
• WebLogic Cluster
• WebLogic Dynamic Clusters
• Server Templates and Dynamic Clusters
• Dynamic Server Calculated Attributes
• Coherence Cluster
• Coherence Deployment Tiers and Topologies
• Best Practice: Single Data with Web Cluster Topology
• Working with Coherence Clusters
• Coherence Cluster Configuration
• Default Coherence Cluster
• Coherence Cluster Settings
• Additional Coherence Cluster Settings
• WebLogic Cluster Coherence Settings
• Creating Managed Coherence Servers
• Configuring Managed Coherence Servers
• Additional Coherence Server Settings
• Stand-Alone Versus WebLogic MCS Overview
• Stand-Alone Versus WebLogic MCS General Configuration
• Stand-Alone Versus WebLogic MCS Discovery
• Debugging Configuration
• WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
• Running WLST Scripts
• WLST: Creating Coherence Clusters
• Modifying Coherence Cluster Parameters
• Associating a Coherence Cluster with a WLS Cluster
• WLST: Creating Managed Coherence Servers
• Agenda
• What Is a Grid Archive (GAR)?
• GAR Structure
• Deployment Descriptor coherence-application.xml
• GAR Deployment Options
• Coherence Application Isolation
• Packaging GARs Inside EARs
• Application Isolation and EARs
• Deploying Coherence Applications
• DefaultCacheServer and GARs
• Practice 13-1 Overview: Coherence Applications and WebLogic Server
• Agenda
• Application Lifecycle Listeners
• Developing and Registering Lifecycle Listeners
• Overriding Configuration By Using JNDI
• Overriding Cache Configuration: Example
• Coherence Applications and Scope
• WebLogic and Deployment
• Agenda
• Coherence*Web: Overview
• In-Memory Session Replication: Review
• Coherence*Web and WebLogic Clusters
• Coherence*Web Architecture
• Coherence*Web Configuration
• Managed Coherence Server Coherence*Web Instance
• Quiz
• Summary

Oracle Enterprise Manager and Coherence

• Objectives
• Agenda
• Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
• Cloud Control Core Capabilities
• Application to Disk
• Multiple Domains
• Cloud Control Architecture
• Agents
• Agent Installation Options
• Targets
• Browser Interface
• Software Library
• Management Packs
• Agenda
• Coherence Administrator Challenges
• Oracle Coherence Management Pack
• Coherence Management Pack Key Functional Areas
• Oracle Coherence Management Pack Common Features
• Discovery
• Discovery Prerequisites
• Enterprise Manager, Coherence, and JMX
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Coherence Targets
• Creating a JMX-Enabled Enterprise Manager Node
• Create Enterprise Manager Script
• Add Required Enterprise Manager
• Adding Required Jar Files and EMIntegrationServer
• Managed Nodes
• Discovering Coherence Targets
• Enabling the Management Pack
• Summary
• A New Features Overview
• Objectives A-2
• JDK 8 Language Features A-3
• Asynchronous Named Cache and Entry Processors A-4
• Coherence Cluster Management A-5
• Security Enhancements A-6
• Elastic Data Improvements A-7
• Persistent Caching A-8
• Federated Caching A-9
• Coherence and WebLogic MT A-10
• Coherence As A Service A-11
• Summary A-12
• B Programming Enhancements
• Objectives B-2
• Coherence 12.2.1 Programming B-3
• Typing Caches B-4
• Typed Caches B-5
• Using Caches Asynchronously B-6
• Asynchronous entry processors B-8
• Coherence and Lambda Expressions B-9
• Stream Processing B-10
• Summary B-11
• C Persistent Caches
• Objectives C-2
• Persistent Caching C-3
• Persistence Dependencies C-4
• Persistence Modes C-5
• Persistence Operations C-6
• Creating Snapshots C-7
• Creating Archives C-8
• JVisualVM and Archives C-9
• Configuring Persistence C-10
• Configuring Archivers C-12
• When Snapshots fail C-13
• Configuring Persistence Quorum C-14
• Disabling Persistence Transient Caches C-15
• Persistence Planning C-16
• Monitoring Persistence C-17
• Quiz C-18
• Summary C-19
• Tutorial: Oracle By Example C-20
• D Federated Caching
• Objectives D-2
• Federated Caching D-3
• Understanding Topologies D-4
• Federated Topologies D-5
• Configuration Overview D-7
• Gather Addresses and Ports D-8
• Define Federation Participants D-9
• Overriding Default Participant Settings D-11
• Define Federation Topology Active-Passive and Active-Active D-12
• Define Federation Topology Hub-Spoke D-13
• Define Federation Topology Hub-Leaf D-14
• Configure Federated Cache D-15
• Associate Federated Cache with Topology D-16
• Monitoring Federation D-17
• Quiz D-18
• Summary D-19
• Tutorial: Oracle By Example D-20
• E Additional Enhancements
• Objectives E-2
• Agenda E-3
• JVisualVM E-4
• Coherence Plug-in for JVisualVM E-5
• Coherence Plug-in Tabs E-6
• Agenda E-9
• Coherence and WebLogic MT E-10
• Coherence in Multitenant Environments E-11
• Coherence Cache Isolation/Sharing in Multitenant Environments E-12
• Coherence Multitenancy Example Workflow E-13
• Coherence Application Deployment E-14
• Agenda E-15
• Objectives E-16
• Security Enhancements E-17
• Security Audit Logs E-18
• Access Control Authorization E-19
• Controllable Operations E-20
• Create and Configure Access Control Authorization E-21
• Securing Coherence Programming Interfaces E-22
• SSL Protocols and Cipher Suites E-23
• Controlling Cipher Suites E-24
• Summary E-25