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Philippe_R_7202
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Jan 22, 2008

Monitoring Oracle Forms Services with BIGIP

Hi I am running "BIG-IP 9.4.2 Build 228.18 Final" and am trying to monitor the availability of Forms Services within Oracle Application Server.

 

 

The standard Oracle URL for testing this is:

 

 

http://server:port/forms/frmservlet?ifcmd=status

 

 

however this only checks the HTTP level of the application and not it's ability to load a Form. We have experienced a failure of the application where the URL indicates that the application is up and yet in fact it is down.

 

 

Oracle have recommended trying using this URL instead:

 

 

http://server:port/forms/frmservlet

 

 

however this returns more than just HTTP traffic and would in fact load the default Form in a browser.

 

 

Does anyone have experience load balancing against Oracle Forms Services on Oracle Application Server? Any help or advice would be great.

 

 

Many thanks,

 

Philippe

 

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4 Replies

  • Yuliy_100882's avatar
    Yuliy_100882
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    Nov 11, 2009
    Phillippe,

     

    Did you get any further in your research on monitoring Oracle Forms application. I have identical environment and would like to know if you could share the results of your investigation.

     

    Thank you much

     

    Yuliy

     

  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Nov 11, 2009
    Based on this doc (Click here) it looks like you might be able to test the web app by making a request to http://myserver.com:NNNN/forms90/f90servlet?form=test.fmx. Does this URL work on your app? If so, you could create an HTTP monitor like this:

     

     

    GET /forms90/f90servlet?form=test.fmx\r\nHost: \r\nConnection: close

     

     

    Another option would be to follow this Oracle DG:

     

     

    Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Guide

     

    http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/core.1012/b13998.pdf

     

     

    hostname:port/_oracle_http_server_webcache_static_.html

     

     

    If that doesn't work for you, try to find a page which triggers a connection from the app to the database and returns some indication of success which is different than when the app to db connection is down.

     

     

    You might also try posting in the F5/Oracle Solutions section (Click here).

     

     

    Aaron
  • nikunjshah14_67's avatar
    nikunjshah14_67
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    Aug 05, 2010
    Hi

     

    I found that you can monitor your Oracle performance using EG Oracle performance monitoring tools. It works quite effectively. Check www.eginnovations.com