What does the NetIQ WebLogic Server agent do? (NETIQKB14128)

  • 7714128
  • 02-Feb-2007
  • 08-Sep-2008

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What does the NetIQ WebLogic Server agent do?

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AppManager 5.0.1

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WebLogic Server UNIX

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BEA WebLogic Server 6.0+

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The WebLogic Server UNIX module uses the NetIQ WebLogic Server agent to gather performance and availability data from BEA WebLogic Server release 6.0 and later.

The WebLogicSvrUNIX Discovery Knowledge Script will automatically start one copy of the NetIQ WebLogic Server agent for each installation of BEA WebLogic Server release 6.0 or later that it discovers on a machine.  A NetIQ WebLogic Server agent only uses CPU resources when data must be gathered; otherwise, it is idle.

A NetIQ WebLogic Server agent uses BEA?s implementation of JMX (Java Management eXtension) to extract performance and availability data from a WebLogic Server.

If no installations of BEA WebLogic Server release 6.0 or later are discovered, no NetIQ WebLogic Server agents are started.

Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB14128