Oracle Guardian, formerly known as BEA Guardian, is a pre-emptive diagnostic tool that proactively identifies, troubleshoots, and reports potential configuration issues in your WebLogic environment. By using Signature Patterns downloaded from Oracle. Guardian works like a virus detection program, using definitions to identify known issues and potential problems. It also offers corrective action information to avoid them. Guardian is available to any Oracle customer with a valid support contract.
This Blog will be used to discuss Guardian related topics including Guardian functionality, usage, Signatures, releases, and the like. This first introductory message will discuss the current status of Guardian and alert you to the coming changes with related to the migration of Guardian to the Oracle infrastructure.
The latest version of Guardian is version 10gR3 and is currently available from Oracle, but it straddles the legacy BEA systems and the new Oracle systems. Customers that wish to download Guardian need to login to the legacy BEA support site called eSupport and find Guardian in the downloads section. Once you select Guardian you will be re-directed to an Oracle OTN site, where you will need to login using your Oracle OTN credentials. The current version available 10gR3 (10.3.0) is a re-branded version of Guardian 1.1 with a couple of bug fixes and a couple of new features. General Guardian information is currently available on www.bea.com/support/guardian, but will only be available there for the next month or two and will then be moved to the new Guardian Resource Center that is accessible through My Oracle Support.
There are a few changes with respect to the Oracle BEA integration that are going to affect Guardian over the next couple of months that you should be aware of. Former BEA customers are migrating from the BEA support systems to the Oracle support systems in the near future. Guardian will have a release in early 2009 to coincide with these changes. This release of Guardian will communicate with the Oracle support infrastructure for updating signatures, and will use the Oracle terminology instead of BEA terminology. For example a support case will be called a service request, eSupport credentials will be replaced with MetaLink credentials, and site ID will be replaced with customer support ID (CSI).
When the migration is finished in early 2009, all Guardian related information and downloads will be available through My Oracle Support https://metalink.oracle.com at a central location called the Guardian Resource Center. The Guardian Resource Center will be available from the knowledge tab/link at “Tools and Training”>”Diagnostic Tools”, in the “Diagnostic Tools - Database and Fusion Middleware” section. This will be the new and permanent home of Guardian and Guardian related information for the foreseeable future.
This wraps up our introduction of the new Guardian blog and information related to Guardian and its current status and location. There will be entries related to the new features in the latest release, more information on the integration effort, and other topics coming soon. Visit frequently for more Guardian information and updates.
