Oracle WebLogic Server 12c provides some out of the box monitoring tools that will help maintain and support WebLogic production environments.

Although there are several other vendors offering WebLogic Server monitoring applications, it's important for a WebLogic Administrator to learn how to use the embedded tools provided, such as the Administration Console, the Monitoring Dashboard, and other common tools such as SAR, WLDF, and SNMP.

This chapter focuses on showing the system administrators how to use the tools and features to monitor WebLogic. It does not intend to provide the metrics and thresholds that should be used.