Weblogic MULTICAST MONITOR & MULTICAST TEST UTILITY

Here we are going to see a WebLogic provided utility to test the Multicast Messages can flow properly in our network or not. These utilities helps us to understand whether there is any N/W issue or not …in out Network.

MultiCastMonitor Utility:

MulticastMontior is a stand-alone Java command line utility that monitors multicast traffic on a specific multicast address and port.

Below is the “MulticastMonitorTest.sh” …Please run this test as well…along with Multicast Test…

WL_HOME="$HOME/bea1032/wlserver_10.3"

JAVA_VENDOR="Sun"

JAVA_HOME="$HOME/java/jdk1.6.2_05"

. ${WL_HOME}/common/bin/commEnv.sh

MULTICAST_ADDRESS=239.252.1.6

MULTICAST_PORT=8888

IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=120

DOMAIN_NAME=Your_DomainName

CLUSTER_NAME=YourClusterName

#The syntax:

#java weblogic.cluster.MulticastMonitor <multicastaddress> <port> <domainname> <clustername>

${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -classpath ${WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH} weblogic.cluster.MulticastMonitor ${MULTICAST_ADDRESS} ${MULTICAST_PORT} {DOMAIN_NAME}  ${CLUSTER_NAME}

Few Points regarding Multicast Address…always need to be taken care…

1). The multicast address must be an IP address between 224.0.0.0 and 239.255.255.255 or a hostname with an IP address in this range.

2). The default multicast address used by WebLogic Server is 239.192.0.0.

3). Do not use any x.0.0.1 multicast address where x is between 0 and 9, inclusive.

MulticastTest

 The MulticastTest utility helps you debug multicast problems when you configure a WebLogic cluster. The utility sends out multicast packets and returns information about how effectively multicast is working on your network.

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs100/admin_ref/utils.html#wp1199798

Syntax: java utils.MulticastTest -n name -a address [-p portnumber]    [-t timeout]   [-s send]

Arguments                  Meaning

-n name                       Required. A name that identifies the sender of the sequenced messages. Use a different name for each test process you start.

-a address                   The multicast address on which: (a) the sequenced messages should be broadcast; and (b) the servers in the clusters are communicating with each other. (The default is 237.0.0.1.)

-p portnumber            Optional. The multicast port on which all the servers in the cluster are communicating. (The multicast port is the same as the listen port set for WebLogic Server, which defaults to 7001 if unset.)

-t timeout                    Optional. Idle timeout, in seconds, if no multicast messages are received. If unset, the default is 600 seconds (10 minutes). If a timeout is exceeded, a positive confirmation of the timeout is sent to stdout.

-s send                        Optional. Interval, in seconds, between sends. If unset, the default is 2 seconds. A positive confirmation of each message sent out is sent to stdout.

Always Remember:

Do NOT run the MulticastTest utility by specifying the same multicast address (the -a parameter) as that of a currently running WebLogic Cluster. The utility is intended to verify that multicast is functioning properly in out network or not….So basically it is a N/W related utility. Ususlly this should be done before starting your clustered WebLogic Servers or when we face Multicast related issues in server logs