Discovery is the first step to manage a target in the enterprise. Discovering and managing multiple targets from a single console is a powerful way to ramp up on new projects while maintaining a standardized management platform. This avoids hiring new administrators for new projects that increase the number of managed targets.

In this chapter, we looked at how to discover and configure the BPEL PM target.

These are mandatory steps to enable subsequent management tasks. We discovered the BPEL PM target indirectly by discovering the application server (in this case Oracle Application Server). Note that the discovery process is similar for discovering BPEL PM targets installed on WebLogic and WebSphere application servers. Detailed discovery information (including 10.2.0.4 patches) for WebLogic and WebSphere application server-based BPEL PM is listed in the following document on Oracle Technology Network:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B16240_01/doc/em.102/e12650/toc.htm.

The next few chapters will walkthrough hands-on exercises to set up and perform additional management tasks for the discovered BPEL PM target.