The Connection Server

The Connection Server is an informal blog about a range of professional server-related topics, with a focus on the everyday tasks of a corporate IT infrastructure administrator. Articles range from hard-core technical tips to more business-oriented discussions. What technologies do I cover? Potentially anything used in the corporate IT world, but to name a few big ones: Java (J2EE, J2SE and J2ME) Oracle WebLogic (previously BEA WebLogic) WebSphere and JBoss Oracle DB Apache and IIS Windows, AIX, Solaris and Red Hat Although a few articles are aimed at helping beginners become more advanced administrators or developers, most articles assume at least a medium level of technical knowledge.

This is a simple symptom-cause-solution blog entry only. I hope these blogs will help fellow administrators. Symptom There is no license.bea, UpdateLicense.cmd or UpdateLicense.sh files in the BEA_HOME directory of WebLogic 10.3. Cause When Oracle bought BEA they decided to do away with this approach to licensing. Solution When you download WebLogic 10.3, you are getting the full version. That is, you do not need to do anything to fully enable the product. Although technically you do not need to do anything to use this product, legally you will need to purchase a license from Oracle. Contact an Oracle sales person for this. Previous versions of WebLogic, including 10.0, have not been changed, so you still require the license.bea file for these.

Looking at learning more about WebLogic? In this article I will give my opinions on the books I have encountered throughout my career. If you're considering buying any of these books, then use the amazon links to support this site (and probably get the best available price). BEA WebLogic Server 8.1: Unleashed About four years ago I decided on a career change, and made the switch from Java developer to WebLogic Admin. On my first day on the job I was told that this book would be my bible, and to this day I still think it is the best WebLogic book available for learning WebLogic 8.1. In fact it is the only book I truly recommend, unless you wanting something updated for WebLogic 9 and later. WebLogic: The Definitive Guide I know this book gets reasonable reviews, but for a beginner or even every-day-admin I really wouldn't bother. There are definitely topics that are well covered and if its the topic you're after, you're in luck... The problem with t

Every now and then my job gets so boring that I feel like a robot. Today was one of those days, so I decided I needed a laugh and went in search of funny quotes relevant to working as a corporate sys admin... Hopefully there's one or two new ones for readers. The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. -Robert Bloch UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. -Dennis Ritchie Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule. -Plant Manager, Delco Corporation Some things Man was never meant to know. For everything else, there's Google. -Unknown To err is human... to really foul up requires the root password. -Unknown Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots... -Rich Cook I had a fortune cookie the other day and it said: 'Outlook not so good'.