Contents

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Installation

1 Installing OracleAS Portal Release 10.1.4

• 1.1 Installing Oracle Application Server Release 10.1.2.0.2
• 1.2 Upgrading to OracleAS Portal Release 10.1.4 from a Fresh Installation
• 1.2.1 Performing Pre-Upgrade Tasks
• 1.2.1.1 Stopping All Middle-Tier Instances
• 1.2.1.2 Ensuring That Oracle Internet Directory and Database Processes Are Running
• 1.2.2 Upgrading OracleAS Portal
• 1.2.2.1 Performing the upgrade
• 1.2.2.2 Reviewing the Upgrade Log File
• 1.2.2.3 Starting All Middle Tiers
• 1.2.2.4 Accessing the Upgraded OracleAS Portal
• 1.2.3 Components That Require Post-Upgrade Tasks

Part II Upgrade

2 Preparing to Upgrade

• 2.1 Understanding Oracle Application Server Portal Upgrade
• 2.2 Verifying System Requirements
• 2.2.1 Supported Upgrade Paths
• 2.2.2 Supported Database Releases
• 2.3 Performing Pre-Upgrade Tasks
• 2.3.1 Backing Up the Database
• 2.3.2 Stopping All Middle-Tier Instances
• 2.3.3 Ensuring That Oracle Internet Directory and Database Processes Are Running
• 2.3.4 Assessing the Impact of an OracleAS Portal Upgrade

3 Upgrading to OracleAS Portal Release 10.1.4

• 3.1 Performing the Upgrade
• 3.1.1 Upgrading the Portal Schema in an OracleAS Metadata Repository
• 3.1.2 Upgrading the Portal Schema in a Customer Database
• 3.2 Reviewing the Upgrade Log File
• 3.3 Backing Up the Database That Contains the Upgraded Portal Schema
• 3.4 Starting All Middle Tiers
• 3.5 Accessing the Upgraded OracleAS Portal

4 Performing Post-Upgrade Tasks

• 4.1 Required Tasks
• 4.1.1 Updating to the New URL Format and Correcting Invalid Links
• 4.1.2 Removing Obsolete Substitution Tags in HTML Page Skins
• 4.1.3 Reregistering OracleAS Portal as a Content Source in Oracle Ultra Search
• 4.1.3.1 Deleting the Old OracleAS Portal Content Source
• 4.1.3.2 Registering the Upgraded Portal Instance as an Oracle Ultra Search Content Source
• 4.1.4 Scheduling a Full Recrawl Using Oracle Ultra Search
• 4.1.5 Updating the OracleAS Portal URL in the OracleAS Wireless Service Definition
• 4.1.6 Reenabling Portal Export and Import
• 4.1.6.1 Reviewing the Log Files
• 4.1.7 Updating Performance Reporting
• 4.1.8 Changing the Category and Perspective Names
• 4.1.9 Enabling Time Monitoring of Queue Messages
• 4.2 Optional Tasks
• 4.2.1 Moving the Portlet Repository to the New Format
• 4.2.2 Deleting the Community News Portlet
• 4.2.3 Configuring Oracle Text Indexes to Synchronize on Commit

5 Obsolete Features and Usage Changes

• 5.1 Obsolete Features in OracleAS Portal Release 10.1.4
• 5.1.1 URL Portlet and XML Portlet
• 5.1.2 User Interface Templates
• 5.1.3 Obsolete Substitution Tags for HTML Templates
• 5.2 Usage Changes in OracleAS Portal Release 10.1.4
• 5.2.1 Introduction of the HTML Output Compatibility Mode Switch
• 5.2.2 URL Changes
• 5.2.2.1 GUID Displayed in URLs for Text and PL/SQL Items
• 5.2.3 Changes in Caching
• 5.2.4 Change in Portal Service Monitoring Link

Part III Appendix

A OracleAS Portal Upgrade Error Messages

• A.1 Numbered Error Messages (WWU-00001 to WWU-24999 and WWU-26004 to WWU-26007)
• A.2 Numbered Warning Messages (WWU-25000 to WWU-26001)
• A.3 Unnumbered Error Messages

Index