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This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server adapters. It contains the following topics:
The OracleAS Adapters CD enables you to install the following types of adapters:
Packaged-application adapters integrate Oracle Application Server with various packaged applications, such as SAP and Siebel. These adapters include OracleAS Adapter for PeopleSoft, OracleAS Adapter for SAP R/3, OracleAS Adapter for Siebel, and OracleAS Adapter for J.D. Edwards.
Table 1-1 describes the packaged-application adapters.
Table 1-1 Oracle Application Server Adapters for Packaged Applications
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OracleAS Adapter for J.D. Edwards |
Provides comprehensive, bidirectional, and standards-based connectivity to J.D.Edwards applications |
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OracleAS Adapter for PeopleSoft |
Provides unique features, such as the support for J2CA and Web Service standards, for creating an open and reusable service-oriented architecture that offers a complete connectivity solution for PeopleSoft applications |
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OracleAS Adapter for SAP R/3 |
Exchanges real-time business data between SAP systems and other applications, databases, or external business partner systems. |
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OracleAS Adapter for Siebel |
Connects Oracle Application Server to a Siebel system by providing unique features that minimize the implementation effort. |
Legacy adapters integrate Oracle Application Server with legacy and mainframe applications. These adapters include OracleAS Adapter for Tuxedo, OracleAS Adapter for CICS, OracleAS Adapter for VSAM, OracleAS Adapter for IMS/TM, and OracleAS Adapter for IMS/DB.
Table 1-2 describes legacy adapters. These adapters are deployed as J2CA resource adapters within the OC4J container during installation.
Table 1-2 Oracle Application Server Adapters for Legacy Applications
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OracleAS Adapter for Tuxedo |
Models services running on the BEA Tuxedo application server. Captures and maintains a metadata schema for the Tuxedo system by importing Tuxedo metadata and transforming this metadata into mapping definitions for Oracle Connect. |
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OracleAS Adapter for CICS |
Connects Oracle Application Server with CICS. This adapter supports two-phase commit and can fully participate in a distributed transaction. |
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OracleAS Adapter for VSAM |
Enables access to VSAM data managed by CICS or directly. This adapter implements interactions as parameterized SQL with the parameters forming the input record, and with the output (in cases where there is an output) aggregated into an XML document forming the output record. |
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OracleAS Adapter for IMS/TM |
Provides access to MPP based IMS/TM transactions. Each OracleAS Adapter for IMS/TM outbound interaction is mapped to a specific IMS/TM transaction. |
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OracleAS Adapter for IMS/DB |
Captures and maintains a metadata schema for IMS/DB by importing various IMS definition files such as a PSB file, DBD files, and COBOL copybooks. |
The Oracle Application Server adapters enable you to integrate packaged, legacy, and mainframe applications with various Oracle Application Server components, such as OracleAS Integration InterConnect and Oracle BPEL Process Manager. The Oracle Application Server adapters for technology applications and Oracle AS Adapter for Oracle Applications are packaged with the BPEL Process Manager installation.
Table 1-3 describes the Oracle Application Server components that can be integrated with adapters.
Table 1-3 Oracle Application Server Component Integration with Adapters
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Enables you to integrate heterogeneous systems such as Oracle applications, non-Oracle applications, and third-party, messaging-oriented middleware (MOM). OracleAS Integration InterConnect is a high-speed message broker that is suited for data and application integration. Integrations can be deployed within an enterprise or across enterprise boundaries through the Internet. |
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Combines a declarative environment for creating a portal Web interface, publishing and managing information, accessing dynamic data, and customizing the portal experience, with an extensible framework for J2EE-based application access. Using OracleAS Portal, organizations can provide employees, partners, and suppliers with the information they need and the flexibility to create views tailored to each community. |
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The J2EE server component of Oracle Application Server written entirely in Java that runs on the standard Java Development Kit (JDK) Java Virtual Machine (JVM). OC4J includes a JSP Translator, a Java servlet container, and an Enterprise JavaBeans container. |
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Oracle BPEL Process Manager |
Enables organizations to model and deploy business processes based on the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL) standard. Using Oracle BPEL Process Manager, organizations can reduce the cost and complexity of integration projects and increase their strategic value. |
You can use the following two types of installation for Oracle Application Server adapters:
Design time and Run time
Design time
After selecting an installation type during installation, select the type of adapter you want to install. Table 1-4 describes the types of installation.
Table 1-4 Types of Installation
| Installation Type | Description |
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Design time and Run time |
Installs the following design time and run time components:
Note: You need to install Oracle Studio on Windows and Oracle Connect on the required legacy platform. These are not components of Oracle Universal Installer, but part of the Adapters CD. |
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Design time |
Installs only the Application Explorer design time component. None of the run-time components are deployed. Note: This installation type does not require J2EE and Web Cache or any other Middle Tier installation type. |
Packaged-application adapters can be deployed as a:
J2CA 1.0 resource adapter and test servlet for J2CA deployments
Web services servlet within the OC4J container, which is known as OracleAS Adapter Business Services Engine (BSE)
The OracleAS Adapter Application Explorer tool is also provided for configuring OracleAS adapters for packaged applications (for both J2CA and BSE deployments).
Legacy adapters can be deployed as a J2CA 1.0 resource adapter. To install Oracle Connect for legacy adapters, refer to the sections described in Table 1-5. These sections describe how to install Oracle Connect and Oracle Studio from the CD-ROM and how to configure Oracle Connect using Oracle Studio.
Table 1-5 Installing Oracle Connect
| Legacy Adapter | Refer to |
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OracleAS Adapter for Tuxedo |
The Installing and Configuring OracleAS Adapter for Tuxedo chapter in Oracle Application Server Adapter for Tuxedo User's Guide |
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OracleAS Adapter for CICS |
The Installing and Configuring OracleAS Adapter for CICS chapter in Oracle Application Server Adapter for CICS User's Guide, |
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OracleAS Adapter for VSAM |
The Installing and Configuring OracleAS Adapter for VSAM chapter in Oracle Application Server Adapter for VSAM User's Guide |
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OracleAS Adapter for IMS/TM |
The Installing and Configuring OracleAS Adapter for IMS/TM chapter in Oracle Application Server Adapter for IMS/TM User's Guide |
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OracleAS Adapter for IMS/DB |
The Installing and Configuring the OracleAS Adapter for IMS/DB chapter in Oracle Application Server Adapter for IMS/DB User's Guide |
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See Also: The following documentation in the Oracle Application Server 10g Documentation Library for additional information:
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The following sections describe the system requirements for installing Oracle Application Server adapters:
Table 1-6 lists the hardware requirements for the computer where OracleAS Adapter will be installed.
The following sections describe the Oracle Application Server adapters software requirements:
Table 1-7 lists the operating system requirements for the computer where Oracle Application Server adapters will be installed.
Table 1-7 Operating System Requirements
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HP Tru64 |
HP Tru64 UNIX (Alpha) 5.1b |
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HP-UX |
HP-UX (PA-RISC) 11.11, 11.23 |
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IBM AIX |
AIX (POWER) version 5.2 |
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Linux (x86) |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0 SuSE SLES8, SLES9 See Also: Oracle Application Server Installation Guide for Linux x86 for information about any required operating system patches and packages and kernel parameter settings |
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Sun SPARC Solaris |
Sun SPARC Solaris 8 and 9 See Also: Oracle Application Server Installation Guide for Solaris for information about any required operating system patches and packages, swap space requirements, and kernel parameter settings |
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Microsoft Windows |
Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000( SP3 or later) See Also: Oracle Application Server Installation Guide for Windows for information on processor, |
J2EE and Web Cache Requirements
If you want to use the Complete installation type, then the J2EE and Web Cache installation type of Oracle Application Server must first be installed. You then install the Complete installation type of Oracle Application Server adapters into the same Oracle home.
The design time installation type does not require J2EE and Web Cache or any other Middle Tier installation type.
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