Node Manager - a Java utility that runs as a separate process from Oracle Weblogic Server and allows you

to perform common operations for a Managed Server, regardless of its location with respect to its Administration Server. - use of node manager it's optional, but it provides valuable benefits if your O racle Weblogic Server environment hosts applications with high-availability requ irements. - if you run Node Manager on a computer that hosts Managed servers, you can star t/stop the managed servers remotely using admin console or the commnand line. - it can restart automatically a managed server after an unexpected failure Middleware Home - it consists of the oralce weblogic server home, and, optionally, one oracle co mmon home and one ore more oracle homes. - it can reside on a local system or on a remote shared disk that is accesible t hrough NFS. -- The Oracle Common home contains the binary and library files required for Fus ion Middleware Control and Java Required Files (JRF). There can be only one Orac le Common home within each Middleware home. Metadata Repository - it contains metadata for ORacle Fusion MW components; - it can contains metadata about the config of Oracle Fusion MW; - it can be a DB-based or file-based; if it's DB-based, you can create it in an existing DB using RCU (Repository Creation Utility) Weblogic Scripting Tools (WLST) - it is a command-line scripting environment that you can use to create, manage, and monitor Oracle WebLogic Server domains