Chapter 5. Managing Oracle Application Server

In the last chapter, we learned how to manage multiple domains of WebLogic Server using Enterprise Manager Grid Control. In this chapter, we'll learn how to manage multiple Oracle Application Server installations using Enterprise Manager.

Oracle Application Server (OAS) is a J2EE compliant application server for Java applications. The OAS product stack comprises of many components. On a broad level, Oracle product stack can be categorized in different product categories. Major product categories for OAS are as follows:

• Core: It provides the core stack to run enterprise java applications. Components included in this category are OC4J (J2EE container), OHS (Oracle HTTP Server), and WebCache.

• Identity management: This category provides support for Identity management services like single-sign-on, authentication, and authorization. Besides OC4J, this category contains components like OID (Oracle LDAP server), DAS (Distributed Authentication System...