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VMware and BEA WebLogic Solutions Deployment Guide
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1.0 Introduction
BEA and VMware have been working on joint solution initiatives to provide customers with proven, scalable
and optimized solutions of BEA software products on VMware Infrastructure. BEA WebLogic software
platform is one of the most widely deployed application server in the IT industry today. By Leveraging the
power of infrastructure virtualization solutions delivered by VMware, BEA and VMware are able to extend
the reliability, availability, scalability, provisioning and Return of Investment (ROI) capabilities across the
different stages of an enterprise BEA WebLogic Application Server deployment. This deployment guide
discusses how BEA WebLogic solutions can be best deployed on VMware Infrastructure platform. It also
showcases the key solutions that VMware virtualization technology brings to BEA WebLogic deployments.
1.1 BEA WebLogic Server
BEA offers products and services that enable enterprises to achieve faster time-to-value for critical business
applications using open standards, web services and a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
The BEA WebLogic® Platform 9.2 - which includes BEA WebLogic Server® 9.2, BEA WebLogic Portal® 9.2
, BEA WebLogic® Integration 9.2, BEA WebLogic Workshop®, BEA JRockit® 5.0—is the leading application
platform suite for developers service-enabling their applications.
The most powerful, reliable release of the world's leading J2EE application server is the ideal foundation for
building SOAs. BEA WebLogic Server® 9.2 is compliant with J2EE 1.4 specs and further extends the latest
standards to deliver unparalleled quality-of-service across the enterprise.
BEA WebLogic Server includes a new BEA Smart Update tool that helps to easily download, apply and
manage maintenance updates, including patches, to your BEA WebLogic Servers.
BEA WebLogic Server is a scalable, enterprise-ready Java Two Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application
server. The WebLogic Server infrastructure supports the deployment of many types of distributed
applications and is an ideal foundation for building applications based on Service Oriented Architectures
(SOA) design methodology aimed at maximizing the reuse of application services.