Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in Oracle Application Server Release Notes?

• Chapter 3, "Installation and Upgrade Issues"
• Chapter 4, "General Management and Security Issues"
• Chapter 5, "High Availability"
• Chapter 6, "Oracle Forms"
• Chapter 8, "Oracle HTTP Server"
• Chapter 14, "Oracle BPEL Process Manager"
• Chapter 15, "Oracle Application Server Integration B2B"
• Chapter 17, "Oracle Application Server Web Cache"
• Chapter 18, "Oracle Reports"
• Chapter 20, "Oracle Internet Directory"
• Chapter 23, "Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On"
• Chapter 25, "Oracle Enterprise Manager"

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Latest Release Information
• 1.2 Purpose of this Document
• 1.3 Operating System Requirements
• 1.4 Certification Information
• 1.5 Licensing Information

2 Upgrading Oracle Application Server

• 2.1 Upgrade and Validation Tasks
• 2.2 Post-Upgrade Tasks

3 Installation and Upgrade Issues

• 3.1 Installation Issues
  • 3.1.1 Missing Node File Location
  • 3.1.2 Non-Availability of Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
  • 3.1.3 Applying Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) Patch Set 2 (10.1.2.2.0)
  • 3.1.4 Updating OracleAS Portal to Version 10.1.4
  • 3.1.5 IPv6 Not Supported
  • 3.1.6 Do Not Use the Underscore Character in Host Name
  • 3.1.7 Locales zh_TW.EUC and zh_TW in Traditional Chinese Environments Not Supported in the OracleAS Portal Component
  • 3.1.8 Characters Dropped or Truncated
  • 3.1.9 Failure of File-Based Farm Repository Configuration Assistant
  • 3.1.10 Response Files Created through the Record Mode Are Not Supported
  • 3.1.11 Oracle Database 10g (10.1.0.5) Patch Set
  • 3.1.12 Non-English Welcome Pages URL Link Pages Incorrectly Coded
  • 3.1.13 Distributed OracleAS Metadata Repository and Oracle Internet Directory on Separate Computers Throws Error
  • 3.1.14 Welcome Link Coded Incorrectly
  • 3.1.15 OracleAS Metadata Repository Creation Assistant Should Not Allow Loading into Oracle 10.1.0.4 Database
  • 3.1.16 Installing 10.1.2.0.2 Middle Tiers Against an Existing Infrastructure
  • 3.1.17 IBM WebSphere Required Patch Version 6.0.2
  • 3.1.18 ORA-01031: Insufficient Privileges Error Message
  • 3.1.19 Oracle Ultra Search Required (Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.x) only)
  • 3.1.20 Patch Required Prior to Running the Metadata Repository Creation Assistant on a 10.2 Real Application Cluster Database
  • 3.1.21 Populate DB_DOMAIN Before Running Oracle Metadata Repository Creation Assistant on an Oracle 10.2 Database
  • 3.1.22 Installer Displays Incorrect Version Number
  • 3.1.23 JAccelerator (Ncomp) Is Not Installed with OracleAS Metadata Repository 10.1.2.x
  • 3.1.24 Installing Oracle Application Server Middle Tier against a Real Application Clusters Database when Some of the Nodes are Down
  • 3.1.25 Additional Step Required When Installing OracleAS Web Cache on Multihomed (Multi-IP) Computers
  • 3.1.26 Configuring OracleAS Web Cache to Work Within an OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster
  • 3.1.27 Steps to Add Support for New Database Release
  • 3.1.28 Turkish Locale Does Not Display Correctly
  • 3.1.29 TEMP Tablespace Required for Metadata Repository Creation Assistant
  • 3.1.30 OPatch Not Supported with OC4J Standalone Installations
  • 3.1.31 Installing a Middle Tier Against Oracle Identity Management with Multimaster Replication
  • 3.1.32 Setting Font for Japanese Locale
  • 3.1.33 Installing on a Machine with a Virtual Hostname or Installing in a Package for High Availability Software
  • 3.1.34 Additional Kernel Parameter Settings
• 3.2 Oracle Application Server Companion CD 10g (10.1.2.0.2)
  • 3.2.1 System Requirements for Oracle Application Server Companion CD 10g
  • 3.2.2 Oracle Sensor Edge Server Administrator's Guide
• 3.3 Upgrade Issues
  • 3.3.1 WWU-01012 Error During Portal Repository Upgrade
  • 3.3.2 Login Link Inoperable
  • 3.3.3 Remaining OracleAS Infrastructure Instance in Farm
  • 3.3.4 Problem Running the mod_osso Configuration Assistant When Upgrading an Oracle Internet Directory in a Partial Replication Environment
  • 3.3.5 Problems or Issues While Upgrading Specific Components
  • 3.3.6 Configuring OracleAS Portal After Upgrade
  • 3.3.7 Upgrading from Oracle Application Server 9.0.4 to 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) May Overwrite Custom Ordering of Categories in Oracle Delegated Administration Services
  • 3.3.8 During Upgrade, The Parameters Names Defined in formsweb.cfg are Considered Case-sensitive
  • 3.3.9 Identity Management Not Starting Following Upgrade of Seed Database
  • 3.3.10 ORACLE_HOME Value Not Replaced In workingDirectory In formsweb.cfg
  • 3.3.11 OracleAS Wireless Providers May Not Work After Upgrade
  • 3.3.12 New ODS Password After Oracle Identity Management Upgrade
• 3.4 Documentation Errata
  • 3.4.1 Additional Information About Changing the SYS Password
  • 3.4.2 Ultra Search Prerequisite Information Missing in Oracle Application Server Metadata Repository Creation Assistant User's Guide
  • 3.4.3 Additional Clarification for "compatible" Parameter in Oracle Application Server Metadata Repository Creation Assistant User's Guide
  • 3.4.4 Additional Steps for OracleAS Single Sign-On HA Configuration
  • 3.4.5 Incorrect File Extensions in Installed Documentation
  • 3.4.6 Incorrect Path for OracleAS Upgrade Assistant Log File
  • 3.4.7 Incorrect Version Number on Forms and Reports CD-ROM
  • 3.4.8 Incorrect Copyright Information
  • 3.4.9 Incorrect Media Reference in Oracle Application Server Installation Guide
  • 3.4.10 Invalid Instruction to Apply Database Patch
  • 3.4.11 Oracle Developer Suite 10.1.2.0.2 Is Not Available with This Release
  • 3.4.12 Incorrect OID Port for Silent Installations
  • 3.4.13 Incorrect Response File Parameter Value
  • 3.4.14 Incorrect Environmental Variable Recommendation
  • 3.4.15 Incorrect Directory Location
  • 3.4.16 Invalid Limitation on Installing Oracle Application Server in an OracleAS Disaster Recovery Environment
  • 3.4.17 Incorrect Symbolic Link Creation Command
  • 3.4.18 Incomplete Description of NUMBER Column in Oracle Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide
  • 3.4.19 OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management) Installed Language
  • 3.4.20 Error in Oracle Application Server Metadata Repository Creation Assistant User Guide
  • 3.4.21 Incorrect Patch Information
  • 3.4.22 Information About ADF Configuration Assistant Missing
  • 3.4.23 Incorrect Shell Limit Settings

4 General Management and Security Issues

• 4.1 General Issues and Workaround
  • 4.1.1 Restoring OracleAS Portal Configuration Files
  • 4.1.2 Set the PERL5LIB Environment Variable
  • 4.1.3 Flash Recovery Area Outside of the Oracle Home will not be Recreated during LOHA
  • 4.1.4 Error Message when Backing Up Database
  • 4.1.5 Error Message When Executing opmnctl Commands
• 4.2 Starting and Stopping Release 10.1.2.0.0
  • 4.2.1 Starting OracleAS Infrastructure
  • 4.2.2 Stopping OracleAS Infrastructure
  • 4.2.3 Starting a Middle-Tier Instance
  • 4.2.4 Stopping a Middle-Tier Instance
• 4.3 Port Change Issues
  • 4.3.1 Additional Step Needed After Changing Oracle HTTP Server Listen Port
• 4.4 Cloning Issues
  • 4.4.1 Considerations for Cloning Oracle Ultra Search
  • 4.4.2 Considerations for Cloning OracleAS Forms and Reports Services
• 4.5 Deployment Issues
  • 4.5.1 Use Trusted Certificates When Enabling SSL Between mod_oc4j and OC4J
  • 4.5.2 Benign Decoding Errors When Running ldapaddmt
  • 4.5.3 Missing Files During restore_config Operation
  • 4.5.4 Performance Improvement on Multiple Processors Systems
• 4.6 Documentation Errata
  • 4.6.1 Errors in the Distributed Configuration Management Administrator's Guide
  • 4.6.2 Errors in Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server Administrator's Guide
  • 4.6.3 Error in Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide
  • 4.6.4 No runstartupconsole command to Start and Stop Instances
    • 4.6.4.1 Starting OracleAS Infrastructure
    • 4.6.4.2 Stopping OracleAS Infrastructure
    • 4.6.4.3 Starting a Middle-Tier Instance
    • 4.6.4.4 Stopping a Middle-Tier Instance
  • 4.6.5 Incorrect Reference in Oracle Application Server Concepts Guide
  • 4.6.6 Incorrect Default Value for start-mode Element in Oracle HTTP Server opmn.xml file
  • 4.6.7 Incorrect Step in Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide
  • 4.6.8 Incorrect Port Numbers in Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide
  • 4.6.9 Clarification of Steps for Changing Oracle HTTP Server Ports in Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide
  • 4.6.10 Procedure in Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide Also Refers to Standalone Forms and Reports
  • 4.6.11 "retry" Attribute Not Valid for <ping> Element
  • 4.6.12 Default Ping Timeout Value in OPMN Is 30 Seconds, Not 20
  • 4.6.13 Correction to Cloning Procedure in Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide
  • 4.6.14 Correction to "KeepAlive" Line in Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Guide
  • 4.6.15 Additional Database Option Requirement

5 High Availability

• 5.1 OracleAS Disaster Recovery: Discover Topology Command
• 5.2 OracleAS Disaster Recovery: Real Application Clusters Database Supported
• 5.3 Availability Requirement Details
• 5.4 Cloning Infrastructure Using OracleAS Guard Not Supported
• 5.5 Distributed Identity Management is a Supported Topology
• 5.6 Correct Information for Application Server Guard clone_unpack_cmd parameter
• 5.7 Clarification of Clustering for OracleAS Integration B2B

6 Oracle Forms

• 6.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 6.1.1 Forms Dual Monitor Certification
  • 6.1.2 Backwards Compatibility with Earlier Releases
  • 6.1.3 Unix Issues and Workarounds
  • 6.1.4 Oracle Forms Logout Behavior and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On
• 6.2 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 6.2.1 EM_MODE Needs To Be 1 to Enable Grid Control to Collect Metrics
  • 6.2.2 Grid Control Reports Forms 10.1.2.0.2 Targets as Down after Web Cache Is Disabled
  • 6.2.3 Non-Internet Explorer Browser Proxy Settings when Using One-Button-Run
  • 6.2.4 Change to Default Setting for FORMS_RESTRICT_ENTER_QUERY Environment Variable
  • 6.2.5 PJC Wizard Now Part of Oracle Forms
  • 6.2.6 Exception When Clicking Other Items While Inputting Multibyte Characters
  • 6.2.7 JDK 1.4.2_06 Plug-in Not Installed When Running a Form on the Web for the First Time
  • 6.2.8 CLOB Data Cannot be Retrieved When Query Data More Than Max Width
  • 6.2.9 FRM-92102 Existing Sessions Disconnect When User Added To JAZN
  • 6.2.10 Monitoring CPU Usage and Response Time
• 6.3 Documentation Errata
  • 6.3.1 Code in A Text Version of A Module Is in Hexadecimal
  • 6.3.2 Obsolete Property FIXED_LENGTH
  • 6.3.3 Invalid Parameters
  • 6.3.4 Error in Unix Script in Migration Assistant Guide
  • 6.3.5 Enabling Single Sign-On Description Assumes a new Application
  • 6.3.6 Incorrect Key Mapping
  • 6.3.7 Incomplete JVM Pooling Example
  • 6.3.8 Incorrect Script Tag Names
  • 6.3.9 Incorrect Default Threshold Setting Description
  • 6.3.10 Incorrect Parameter Names in URL
  • 6.3.11 Missing Kernel Parameters for OracleAS Metadata Repository

7 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE

• 7.1 OC4J Bugs Fixed in 10.1.2.0.2
• 7.2 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 7.2.1 Remove the Tomcat Examples
  • 7.2.2 Oracle JDBC-OCI Driver Upgrade in the Oracle Application Server
  • 7.2.3 OC4J Out of Memory Errors
  • 7.2.4 JDK 1.3 With OC4J 10.1.2.0.2
  • 7.2.5 Configuring Maximum Connections with Oracle HTTP Server
  • 7.2.6 Use of '/' for Context Root
  • 7.2.7 Use of the http.file.allowAlias Property
• 7.3 Enterprise Java Beans
  • 7.3.1 Deprecated orion-ejb-jar.xml Attributes
  • 7.3.2 Big EAR File Deployment Runs Out of Memory
  • 7.3.3 EJB Wrapper Code Compilation Fails When Running in zh_CN.GB18030 Locale
  • 7.3.4 Disregard Previous Release Note: Package Name for RMIInitialContextFactory Has Changed
  • 7.3.5 How To Disable EJB Instance Pooling
  • 7.3.6 How To Compile in Non-Batch Mode
• 7.4 OC4J Services
  • 7.4.1 Data Sources
    • 7.4.1.1 Data Sources Creates the Correct Number of Connection Pools in 10.1.2
    • 7.4.1.2 Fatal Error Code Enhancement
    • 7.4.1.3 Fixed Connection Pool Problems
    • 7.4.1.4 Upgrading the Oracle THIN JDBC Driver
  • 7.4.2 ORMI
    • 7.4.2.1 ORMI - OC4J Only Creates IPv4 Sockets
    • 7.4.2.2 ORMI Protocol Is Not Secure
  • 7.4.3 JNDI
    • 7.4.3.1 Local Host Not Supported
• 7.5 Oracle Application Server Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Provider
  • 7.5.1 Using the 9.0.4 Oracle Internet Directory Server with 10.1.2.0.2 OracleAS JAAS Provider
  • 7.5.2 Support for auth-method="DIGEST" in <jazn-web-app>
  • 7.5.3 AJP13 Protocol Vulnerable to Bypass User Authentication
• 7.6 Documentation Errata
  • 7.6.1 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE User's Guide Documentation Errata
    • 7.6.1.1 An OC4J Process Is Not Contained in an OC4J Instance
    • 7.6.1.2 Correct Cross Reference for Metric-Based Load Balancing Information
    • 7.6.1.3 JDK 1.4.2 Supported and Installed with OC4J
    • 7.6.1.4 Primers Content Removed from OC4J User's Guide
    • 7.6.1.5 Additional OC4J Deployment Notes
    • 7.6.1.6 Corrected Default Log File Name
    • 7.6.1.7 Manual Build and Deploy Methods Apply To Standalone Environment Only
    • 7.6.1.8 High Availability Guide Has No Information on "Hot Deploying" an Application in a Clustered Environment
    • 7.6.1.9 For State Replication, Confirm That the <cluster-config/> Tag Is in the orion-web.xml File
    • 7.6.1.10 Correction to Sharing Libraries Documentation
    • 7.6.1.11 Add the Description of the -userThreads Option
  • 7.6.2 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Standalone User's Guide Documentation Errata
    • 7.6.2.1 Correction: http-web-site
  • 7.6.3 Oracle XML API Reference Documentation Errata
    • 7.6.3.1 Add Information for formDocument() Method
  • 7.6.4 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Services Guide Documentation Errata
    • 7.6.4.1 Corrected SQLServer Data Source Example
    • 7.6.4.2 Corrected JDBC Connect String for Third-Party Databases
    • 7.6.4.3 Corrected Java Object Cache Code Example for Implementing a CacheEventListener
    • 7.6.4.4 Also Add the ojdl.jar File to the Classpath to Access EJBs
  • 7.6.5 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Security Guide
    • 7.6.5.1 Incorrect Example in Deployment Roles and Users
    • 7.6.5.2 Incorrect internal-settings.xml Information
    • 7.6.5.3 Incorrect RMIPermission and AdministrationPermission Class Information
  • 7.6.6 OC4J Release Notes for 10.1.2.0.2
    • 7.6.6.1 Disregard Previous Release Note: Package Name for RMIInitialContextFactory Has Changed

8 Oracle HTTP Server

• 8.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 8.1.1 Configuring Weighted Routing for AJP13 Destinations
  • 8.1.2 Oracle HTTP Server (1.0.2.2.x) Cannot Be Used with Oracle Internet Directory 10g Release (10.1.2)
  • 8.1.3 Log Error Message
  • 8.1.4 Supported Apache Versions
• 8.2 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 8.2.1 FastCGI Sockets Path Length Error
  • 8.2.2 Oracle HTTP Server Does Not Start After Enabling Port Tunneling or SSL in mod_oc4j
  • 8.2.3 Redirects Break If OracleAS Web Cache is Turned Off or is Disabled
  • 8.2.4 Using Oc4jCERTCHAINIndicator to Pass Client Certificate
• 8.3 Documentation Errata
  • 8.3.1 Correction to SSLCARevocationFile Directive Description
  • 8.3.2 Correction to SSLCARevocationPath Directive Description
  • 8.3.3 Incorrect Web Address for mod_php Extensions Information
  • 8.3.4 Incorrect Tags Listed for 40-Bit and 56-Bit Export Ciphers

9 Oracle Application Server TopLink

• 9.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 9.1.1 Installing Oracle Application Server TopLink Mapping Workbench from the Companion CD

10 Oracle Application Server Portal

• 10.1 OracleAS Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.4) Issues and Workarounds
  • 10.1.1 General Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.1.1.1 Editing a Database Link Requires Password
    • 10.1.1.2 Moving Content When Approval Is Enabled Does Not Require Approval
    • 10.1.1.3 Download Fails for Files with .tgz, .gz, and .Z Extensions
    • 10.1.1.4 Logout Link Does Not Work When Accessing OracleAS Portal Using a Mobile Device
    • 10.1.1.5 Pushing Oracle Reports 10.1.2.0.2 Output to OracleAS Portal 10.1.4 Does Not Work
    • 10.1.1.6 Internal Error Uploading Files or Images
    • 10.1.1.7 OracleAS Portal Login Fails After OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle Tier) Configuration
    • 10.1.1.8 Oracle Text Support
  • 10.1.2 Upgrade Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.1.2.1 Relative Hypertext Links to Images and Documents May Break After Upgrade
  • 10.1.3 User Interface Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.1.3.1 Template Caching Option Displays Incorrectly in a Non-English Portal
  • 10.1.4 Portlet and Provider Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.1.4.1 Using OmniPortlet Web Page Data Source After Cloning
    • 10.1.4.2 Truncated Data in Page Portlets
    • 10.1.4.3 Download Latest Portlet Container for WSRP
    • 10.1.4.4 Using WSRP Portlets that Display User Profile Attributes Within OracleAS Portal
    • 10.1.4.5 Registering WSRP Producers in Enterprise Configurations
    • 10.1.4.6 Issue Adding or Deleting Portlets on Page Portlets
    • 10.1.4.7 Issue When Accessing Page Portlet Using Federated Portal Adapter
    • 10.1.4.8 Error in JPS Portlet After Redeployment
  • 10.1.5 Globalization Support Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.1.5.1 Text Entry Always Right to Left in BiDi Languages
    • 10.1.5.2 Browser Limitation in BiDi Languages
    • 10.1.5.3 Non-ASCII Character Limitations in OracleAS Portal
    • 10.1.5.4 Non-ASCII Character Limitations in Oracle Instant Portal
    • 10.1.5.5 Errors Displayed When the OracleAS Portal Language Is Traditional Chinese
  • 10.1.6 Documentation Errors
    • 10.1.6.1 Help for Page and Template Caching Options Is Incorrect
• 10.2 OracleAS Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) Issues and Workarounds
  • 10.2.1 General Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.2.1.1 Error in portal.log File After Installing OracleAS Metadata Repository
    • 10.2.1.2 OracleAS Portal Login Fails After OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle Tier) Configuration
  • 10.2.2 Upgrade Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.2.2.1 Configuring OracleAS Portal After Upgrade
    • 10.2.2.2 OracleAS Portal Users Cannot Log on to Oracle Ultra Search
    • 10.2.2.3 Apply Portal Patch After Upgrading Database from Release 9i to 10g
    • 10.2.2.4 Additional Step Required When Upgrading OracleAS Metadata Repository Release 9.0.4.3 to 10.1.4.0.1
  • 10.2.3 User Interface Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.2.3.1 Issue Adding Regions to Pages Displayed in the Generic Page Portlets
    • 10.2.3.2 Portlets on Subpages Not Displayed
    • 10.2.3.3 Cannot Set Privileges Using List View on Pages Inheriting Privileges from Parent or Template
  • 10.2.4 Export and Import Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.2.4.1 Export and Import Does Not Support Reports Server Components
  • 10.2.5 Portlet and Provider Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.2.5.1 Using OmniPortlet Web Page Data Source After Cloning
    • 10.2.5.2 Error Exporting and Importing OmniPortlet and Web Clipping Customizations
    • 10.2.5.3 Issue Adding or Deleting Portlets on Page Portlets
  • 10.2.6 PDK Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.2.6.1 Support for WSRP and JSR 168
    • 10.2.6.2 Restrictions on Struts Text Tag Lifted
  • 10.2.7 Globalization Support Issues and Workarounds
    • 10.2.7.1 Oracle Text Searching Limitation (Text Files and HTML Files)
    • 10.2.7.2 Text Entry Always Right to Left in BiDi Languages
    • 10.2.7.3 Non-ASCII Character Limitations in OracleAS Portal
    • 10.2.7.4 Non-ASCII Character Limitations in Oracle Instant Portal
    • 10.2.7.5 Shared Type Objects Cannot Be Exposed in Non-English Page Group
    • 10.2.7.6 Translations Lost When Item Versioning Is Enabled
  • 10.2.8 Documentation Errata
    • 10.2.8.1 Documentation Errors
    • 10.2.8.2 Additional Documentation

11 Oracle Ultra Search

• 11.1 Upgrade Issues and Workarounds
  • 11.1.1 Upgrade Fails When Upgrading to 10.1.2
• 11.2 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 11.2.1 Creating or Editing Oracle Ultra Search ACLs Fails in Non-OracleAS Single Sign-On Mode
• 11.3 Documentation Errata
  • 11.3.1 Adding and Deleting Subscribers

12 Oracle Application Server Wireless

• 12.1 General Issues
  • 12.1.1 Unable to Test Locally Deployed JSPs
  • 12.1.2 EDGE_CREATE Script Errors
  • 12.1.3 Database Lock Hangs STREAMS Dispatcher
  • 12.1.4 OracleAS Wireless Patch Required after XDK Patch is Applied
  • 12.1.5 Broken Icons in Wireless Device Portal Homepage
  • 12.1.6 HDML Error When Using Expense Demo Application
• 12.2 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 12.2.1 Migrate Account Numbers and PINs after Upgrade
  • 12.2.2 SDO_INDEX_METADATA NULL FETCH Error
  • 12.2.3 Updated Transformer Stylesheets Patch Required after Upgrade
  • 12.2.4 Configuration Assistant Error Message
  • 12.2.5 IBM WebSphere Required Patch Version 6.0.2

13 Oracle BPEL Process Manager

• 13.1 Installation Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.1.1 Message to Ignore During Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier Installation
  • 13.1.2 Migrating from Previous Releases of Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 13.1.3 Adding Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier Memory Settings
• 13.2 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.2.1 Error with opmnctl stopall to Ignore
  • 13.2.2 Undeploying and Redeploying the OC4J_BPEL System Component Through Oracle Enterprise Manager Is Not Supported
  • 13.2.3 WSDL Exception Error When Trying to Create a Stub to Use a Web Service
  • 13.2.4 Deploying Oracle JDeveloper-Created Web Services to Oracle BPEL Process Manager OC4J
• 13.3 Modeling and Design Time Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.3.1 No Deployment Time Validation Logic with obant
  • 13.3.2 Do Not Include Blank Spaces in Directory Paths of JDeveloper BPEL Designer Workspaces
  • 13.3.3 Using Annotations in JDeveloper BPEL Designer
  • 13.3.4 Internal Compilation Error When Using the CTRL and F9 Keys
  • 13.3.5 Inline Dialogs Can Result in Data Loss in Some Cases
  • 13.3.6 Do Not Add or Import XSD Files in a ZIP File
  • 13.3.7 Cannot Select Property Aliases in project_name.wsdl File
  • 13.3.8 Correlation Set Property Aliases Defined in Process WSDL Cause Problems
  • 13.3.9 BPEL Processes Initiated by Partner Links Referring to Adapters
  • 13.3.10 Changes Made In BPEL Designer Do Not Update Automatically
  • 13.3.11 Extra Carriage Return Added When Using XML Literals
  • 13.3.12 readFile Function Displays Only One Argument in XPath Expression Builder Window
  • 13.3.13 Error When Selecting Message Part Elements Using Inline Schemas of a Project
• 13.4 Workflow and Worklist Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.4.1 Manually Configuring Oracle BPEL Process Manager on Oracle Application Server to Support Identity Management
  • 13.4.2 Default Account Does Not Initially Display in Notification Service Page of Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • 13.4.3 Always Deploy BPEL Projects with Workflow from JDeveloper BPEL Designer
  • 13.4.4 Workflow Names Must Not Include Periods
  • 13.4.5 Compilation Warning Messages That Can Be Ignored
  • 13.4.6 Deleting an Entire User Task Activity
  • 13.4.7 Deleting a Scope of a User Task Activity
  • 13.4.8 Using the Category List in Oracle BPEL Worklist Application
  • 13.4.9 Sequential Workflow with Automatic Escalation Error with Workflow Wizard
  • 13.4.10 Getting Task Details with the getWorklistTaskDetails API
  • 13.4.11 Adding Delays to Task Operations
  • 13.4.12 Using the Custom Identity Service Provider Plug-in Sample on the Middle Tier
  • 13.4.13 Configuring the TaskActionHandler and TaskManager Services to Support SSL
• 13.5 Transformation Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.5.1 SetText Introduces a Newline Character After Transformation
  • 13.5.2 Inconsistent Behavior for Functions in JDeveloper BPEL Designer
  • 13.5.3 get-content-as-string Function Introduces a New Line Character After the Output
  • 13.5.4 Target XSD with Choice May Create Invalid Target Instance at Run Time
  • 13.5.5 Database Functions with JNDI Names Do Not Work Within a MapTest Window
• 13.6 XPath Expression Builder Issues and Workarounds
• 13.7 General Adapter and Adapter Partner Link Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.7.1 Case of Property Names in ra.xml and oc4j-ra.xml Files Must Match
  • 13.7.2 Deleting Header Variables
  • 13.7.3 Moving to the Next Window in the Adapter Configuration Wizard for Oracle Applications Adapter
  • 13.7.4 Configuring Multiple Adapters in the Inbound Direction Using Correlation Sets
• 13.8 Sensor Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.8.1 Sensor Integration with Oracle Application Server Integration Business Activity Monitoring
• 13.9 Oracle BPEL Console and Oracle BPEL Server Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.9.1 Configuring Mozilla Firefox for Oracle BPEL Console Support
  • 13.9.2 Oracle BPEL Console Reports
  • 13.9.3 Unable to Delete a Domain or Recreate a Domain with the Same Name
  • 13.9.4 Large Binary Attachments in SOAP Messages Can Fail with Oracle Database Lite
  • 13.9.5 SOAP Attachment DIME Service Callback Does Not Include the Attachment Key
• 13.10 Oracle BPEL Portlets Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.10.1 Oracle BPEL Console Report Portlets
  • 13.10.2 Oracle BPEL Worklist Application Portlets
• 13.11 High Availability Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.11.1 Oracle BPEL Process Manager and Real Application Clusters Databases
  • 13.11.2 Disaster Recovery of Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 13.11.3 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Backup and Recovery with Oracle Enterprise Manager
• 13.12 Globalization/Multibyte Character Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.12.1 Encoding Restrictions in E-Mail Subject Field
  • 13.12.2 UTF-8 Encoding Always Used in XSLT Mapper
  • 13.12.3 XML Mapper Must Use the Encoding Specified in the XSL When Reading a File
  • 13.12.4 Multibyte Project Name Causes WSDL File to Be Invalid
  • 13.12.5 Ruler Scale Is Not Multibyte-compliant in the Native Format Builder Wizard
  • 13.12.6 Encoding Issue for ora:readFile
  • 13.12.7 Data Consumed as a Text Message May Have Problems
• 13.13 JBoss Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.13.1 Cannot Migrate From Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10.1.2.0.0 to 10.1.2.0.2 with JBoss Application Server
  • 13.13.2 Increasing Connection Pool Settings for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 13.13.3 OracleAS Integration B2B and OracleAS Integration InterConnect Interoperability with Oracle BPEL Process Manager is Not Supported
  • 13.13.4 Oracle Workflow Bridge is Not Supported
  • 13.13.5 Identity Service Plug-in for Database Providers Sample is Not Supported
• 13.14 BEA WebLogic Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.14.1 Unsupported Upgrade and Migration Scenarios
  • 13.14.2 owf.ear File Not Included with Installation Software
  • 13.14.3 Identity Service Plug-in for Database Providers Sample is Not Supported
  • 13.14.4 OracleAS Integration B2B and OracleAS Integration InterConnect Interoperability with Oracle BPEL Process Manager is Not Supported
• 13.15 Microsoft SQL Server Issues and Workarounds
  • 13.15.1 Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier Installations and Sensors
  • 13.15.2 SOAP with Binary Attachments Not Supported
  • 13.15.3 Reports Feature of Oracle BPEL Console and BPEL Reports Portlets Not Currently Working
  • 13.15.4 Identity Service Plug-in for Database Providers Sample Not Currently Working
• 13.16 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Samples Issues and Workarounds
• 13.17 Documentation Errata
  • 13.17.1 Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide
  • 13.17.2 JMS Performance Patch Mentioned in Oracle BPEL Process Manager Developer's Guide
  • 13.17.3 Reassign Component Definition in Oracle BPEL Process Manager Developer's Guide

14 Oracle BPEL Process Analytics

• 14.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 14.1.1 Unset the ORACLE_HOME Variable Before Installing
  • 14.1.2 Workaround for Inability to Connect to Database After Installation
  • 14.1.3 Restart Oracle BPEL Process Analytics To Fire Alerts In Some Specific Cases
  • 14.1.4 Array Support in Oracle BPEL Process Analytics is Limited to First Level
  • 14.1.5 Non-Working Alert Delivery Channels - FAX, Instant Message, Pager
  • 14.1.6 To Use BAMServiceWrapper, Apply Patch 1 on BPEL
  • 14.1.7 Old Target Values Shown When Adding New Dimensions to a Composite Event
  • 14.1.8 Focus Button on Update Composite Event Confirmation Page Returns Error
  • 14.1.9 Alerts for <= KPI Value Condition Fire at 12 O'clock With Value Zero
  • 14.1.10 Cannot Create Sensors for Primitive and Element Types
  • 14.1.11 Some Error Messages Contain "BAM" Instead of "BPA"
  • 14.1.12 Oracle BPEL Process Analytics Dashboard Shows Strange Character
  • 14.1.13 Cannot Create Two Composite Events of the Same Name
  • 14.1.14 Best Practice for Time Zone Settings
  • 14.1.15 Dashboard KPI Table Shows Exclamation Marks
  • 14.1.16 Do Not Use SQL Keywords for Naming the KPIs
  • 14.1.17 New Default Units for Duration and Currency Type KPIs
  • 14.1.18 Exception Returned In UI.LOG While Logged in as Administrator
  • 14.1.19 No Oracle BPEL Process Analytics Logs Are Available From Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • 14.1.20 Workaround for Errors Such As "Failed to Add to Metadata"
  • 14.1.21 Parentheses Needed In KPI Creation Wizard
• 14.2 Known Problems
  • 14.2.1 Count Aggregation Cannot Be Applied on Duration, Currency, and Percent
  • 14.2.2 Alerts Not Filtered Out According to the User-Selected Time Frame
  • 14.2.3 KPI Constructed On Dimensionsless Composite Event Is Improperly Displayed
  • 14.2.4 Option To See The Dashboard Pages Based on the Time Zone Not Available
  • 14.2.5 Delete Event Icon Does Not Work in Update Composite Event
  • 14.2.6 Sensor Cannot Handle Multiple Variables
  • 14.2.7 Cannot Reinstall Oracle BPEL Process Analytics After Grid Control Agent Is Installed and Configured
• 14.3 Documentation Errata

15 Oracle Application Server Integration B2B

• 15.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 15.1.1 Redeployment Issue
  • 15.1.2 Purging Removes Instance Data
  • 15.1.3 Self-service API for Creating Trading Partners and Agreements
  • 15.1.4 Oracle Application Server Clustering and Integration B2B
  • 15.1.5 B2B User Login Must Have a Role
  • 15.1.6 Cannot Update the admin User Password
  • 15.1.7 OracleAS Integration B2B Pages in Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • 15.1.8 Configuring OracleAS Integration B2B in Enterprise Environments
• 15.2 Documentation Errata
  • 15.2.1 User's Guide Documentation
  • 15.2.2 Installation Documentation

16 Oracle Application Server Integration InterConnect

• 16.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 16.1.1 Adapters Duplicate the Messages During Failover on Real Application Cluster (RAC) or Cold Failover Cluster (CFC) Environment
  • 16.1.2 JCA adapter Does Not Support High Availability
• 16.2 Documentation Errata
  • 16.2.1 Documentation Errors
    • 16.2.1.1 Incorrect Release Number
  • 16.2.2 Additional Documentation
    • 16.2.2.1 Configuring the InterConnect JCA adapter for use with DB2 and Sybase Database
    • 16.2.2.2 Application Name value in the oc4j-ra.xml File

17 Oracle Application Server Web Cache

• 17.1 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 17.1.1 "Page Cannot be Displayed" Error During Login
  • 17.1.2 "Authentication Required" Error When Monitoring the OracleAS Web Cache Invalidation Port
  • 17.1.3 Configuring the Load Balancer with the Ping URL for the Invalidation Port
  • 17.1.4 DNS Round Robin in Front of an OracleAS Web Cache Cluster
  • 17.1.5 Patch Available for Configuring OracleAS Web Cache Solely as a Software Load Balancer or Reverse Proxy
  • 17.1.6 Reloading Issue with Cache Operations Success Message in OracleAS Web Cache Manager with Internet Explorer Browser
• 17.2 Documentation Errata
  • 17.2.1 Running webcached with Root Privilege
  • 17.2.2 Additional Site Configuration

18 Oracle Reports

• 18.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 18.1.1 Enabling Backward Compatibility with 9.0.4
  • 18.1.2 Using the New Auto Save Feature in Reports Builder
  • 18.1.3 OracleAS Reports Services Demos Will Not Work If JServ Is Configured
  • 18.1.4 Error While Editing Batch Registered Report in OracleAS Portal
  • 18.1.5 Limitation on Linked Queries for DelimitedData Output
  • 18.1.6 Summary Column Not Aligned for JSP-Based Web Reports with Group Above and Matrix Style
  • 18.1.7 Images in HTML Output of Oracle Reports Not Displayed When Viewed from Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
  • 18.1.8 Misalignment in Large Multibyte Reports When Using the Enhanced Font Subsetting Feature with Acrobat Reader 7.0
  • 18.1.9 PL/SQL Compilation Failure When Using SQL Constructs
  • 18.1.10 PL/SQLPackage Specification and/or Body Lost When Saving Report As XML
  • 18.1.11 Incorrect Color for Multiline Text in Paper Design View When Inline HTML Tags Are Used
  • 18.1.12 Dynamic refcursor Error
• 18.2 Vendor-Specific Issues and Workarounds
  • 18.2.1 Underlines Do Not Display in HTMLCSS Output in Browser
  • 18.2.2 JSP-Based Web Report with Large Number of Columns Generates JSP Compilation Error
• 18.3 Globalization Support Issues and Workarounds
  • 18.3.1 Images Do Not Display Correctly in Turkish Environment
  • 18.3.2 MS Mincho Font in PostScript Font Mapping Does Not Work When NLS_LANG is Specified As JA16EUC
  • 18.3.3 Multibyte Reports Containing Oracle Object Types Hang Report Builder
  • 18.3.4 Reports Server's Job Status Messages in Application Server Control Contain Invalid Characters
  • 18.3.5 ENVID Ignored While Detecting Duplicate Job

19 Oracle COREid Federation

• 19.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 19.1.1 Tuning the Oracle COREid Federation Web Proxy
    • 19.1.1.1 Background
    • 19.1.1.2 Apache MPM Models
    • 19.1.1.3 Comparison of Apache MPM Models
    • 19.1.1.4 Apache MPM Prefork Tuning Considerations
    • 19.1.1.5 Apache MPM Worker Tuning Considerations
    • 19.1.1.6 Information to Gather for Analysis
    • 19.1.1.7 Summary

20 Oracle Internet Directory

• 20.1 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 20.1.1 Configuring Oracle Internet Directory Fan-out Replication
  • 20.1.2 Configuring Referential Integrity
• 20.2 Administration Issues and Workarounds
  • 20.2.1 Recommended Password Policy Values
• 20.3 Documentation Errata
  • 20.3.1 Parameters in init$ORACLE_SID.ora are Not Loaded Automatically at Database Startup
  • 20.3.2 ODM Online Help Might Have Extra Pages in Non-English Locales
  • 20.3.3 Missing Attribute in Oracle Identity Management User Reference

21 Oracle Delegated Administration Services

• 21.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 21.1.1 Realm Values Cannot Be Edited with Oracle Delegated Administration Services Configuration Privileges in Releases 9.0.2, 9.0.4, and 10.1.2
  • 21.1.2 Roles with No Members Are not Displayed in Role Assignment Section in Create/edit User
  • 21.1.3 Resetting Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On Passwords Redirects Users to Oracle Delegated Administration Services Home Page
  • 21.1.4 Exception Thrown in One-Level Realm Scenarios
  • 21.1.5 Upgrading Oracle Application Server to 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) May Overwrite Custom Ordering of User Attribute Categories in Oracle Delegated Administration Services
• 21.2 Administration Issues and Workarounds
  • 21.2.1 Enforcing Assignment and Revocation of Privileges Requires Starting a New Self-Service Console Session
  • 21.2.2 Unified Messaging Voicemail PIN Field Mislabeled in Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console
  • 21.2.3 Unlocking Privileged User Accounts
  • 21.2.4 Create/Edit User Windows in Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console Display Two Time Zone Fields

22 Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning

• 22.1 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 22.1.1 Two Oracle Internet Directory Plug-in Features Are not Supported after Upgrade to Oracle Internet Directory 10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
• 22.2 Administration Issues and Workarounds
  • 22.2.1 Default Mapping Rule Can Be Simplified in Single-Domain Microsoft Active Directory Deployments
  • 22.2.2 Directory Integration and Provisioning Assistant Does not Support SSL Mode 2
  • 22.2.3 Shell Script-based Profile Configuration Tools Are Being Deprecated
  • 22.2.4 In a High Availability Environment Using Multimaster Replication, Provisioning Events May not Be Propagated or May Be Duplicated
  • 22.2.5 The Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning Server May not Shut Down if It Is Stopped and Immediately Restarted
  • 22.2.6 Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning Server Not Sending Provisioning Events Due to Purged Change Log Entries

23 Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On

• 23.1 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 23.1.1 General Configuration Issues
    • 23.1.1.1 Single Sign-On Session Duration Should not be Less Than One Hour
  • 23.1.2 Browser Configuration Issues
    • 23.1.2.1 Server Configuration Cannot be Updated on the Internet Explorer 6 SP2 Browser
  • 23.1.3 Additional High Availability Configuration Instructions
    • 23.1.3.1 Update the mod_rewrite Entry for SSO
    • 23.1.3.2 Update targets.xml
  • 23.1.4 Issues and Workarounds Related to the Oracle Database
    • 23.1.4.1 Issues With Upgrading the Oracle Database

24 Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority

• 24.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 24.1.1 Adding "\" to RDN Causes Misprocessing
  • 24.1.2 Third Party Wallet Import Fails Due To localID Value
  • 24.1.3 DN Validation Does Not Correctly Check "=" Character
• 24.2 Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • 24.2.1 Unexpected Behavior After Revoking Web Administrator or CA Certificate
  • 24.2.2 Allowable Values of Predicate Usage

25 Oracle Enterprise Manager

• 25.1 General Issues and Workarounds
  • 25.1.1 Problems with the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control Console After Deinstalling Oracle Application Server 9.0.2 or 9.0.3
  • 25.1.2 Setting NLS and Operating System Locale Environment Variables Before Starting Management Processes
    • 25.1.2.1 Checking the Operating System Locale
    • 25.1.2.2 Setting the Operating System Locale
    • 25.1.2.3 Checking the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
    • 25.1.2.4 Setting the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
  • 25.1.3 Misleading Error Message When Applying Properties to an OC4J Instance within an Oracle Application Server Cluster
  • 25.1.4 Errors When Configuring Components or Adding or Removing OC4J Instances
  • 25.1.5 Problem Viewing Performance Charts and Configuring Identity Management Using a Macintosh Browser
  • 25.1.6 Problems with the Progress Page When Using a Macintosh Browser
  • 25.1.7 Topology Viewer Applet Fails in OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Configuration
  • 25.1.8 Error When Clicking Topology Link from Host Page
  • 25.1.9 Error When Using the ADF BUSINESS COMPONENT Link on the Host Page
  • 25.1.10 Farm Locator Link Lost
  • 25.1.11 Changing From JAZN LDAP User Manager Requires OC4J Restart
  • 25.1.12 Posting Data From the Logging Pages
  • 25.1.13 Additional Step When Removing an Application Server Target From the Grid Control Console
  • 25.1.14 Security Considerations When Changing Schema Passwords with the Application Server Control Console
  • 25.1.15 Problems Viewing Some Metrics When OracleAS Portal is Configured for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  • 25.1.16 Cannot Recover Database Control Files from the Application Server Control Console
  • 25.1.17 Problem Using the Topology Viewer to Perform Operations on an OracleAS Farm When in French or French-Canadian Language Environment
  • 25.1.18 Configuring Security When Oracle Application Server Is Managed by Grid Control
  • 25.1.19 Blank Screen When Attempting to Display Application Server Control Console in Internet Explorer
  • 25.1.20 Harmless Errors in Log Files
• 25.2 Documentation Errata
  • 25.2.1 Error in Description of the EM_OC4J_OPTS Environment Variable
  • 25.2.2 Online Help for the Application Server Control All Metrics Page
  • 25.2.3 Error in Online Help Topic About Regular Expressions