Preface

This book describes system administration tasks for Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM).

Audience

This book is intended for system administrators who maintain and manage the BRM system.

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Document Revision History

The following table lists the revision history for this document:

Version	Date	Description
E16719-01	November 2011	Initial release.
E16719-02	March 2012	Documentation updates. Added documentation for the following: Basic Security Considerations Understanding the BRM Environment Oracle Security Documentation
E16719-03	May 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 1. Made minor formatting and text changes. Added the following items for custom service life cycles: Service Lifecycle Management pin.conf Entries section SubscriberLifeCycle business parameter
E16719-04	August 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 2. Added documentation for the following: Account migration when your BRM environment includes the Oracle In-Memory Database (IMDB) Cache Manager in "Migrating Accounts". Added a program column to all tables in "Business Logic pin.conf Reference". Added documentation for "Increasing Pipeline Manager Throughput When an EDR Is Associated with Multiple Output Streams".
E16719-05	December 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 3. Updated the following sections for policy-driven charging: Improving Performance for Loading Large Price Lists Pricing and Rating pin.conf Entries Added documentation for generating virtual columns on event tables: Generating Virtual Columns on Event Tables pin_virtual_gen Added an entry for dd_write_enable_types in "System Administration pin.conf Reference". Added documentation for Pipeline Manager startup performance: Improving DAT_BalanceBatch Loading Performance Improving DAT_AccountBatch and DAT_BalanceBatch Load Balancing Updated the "Connection Manager (CM) pin.conf Entries" section. Added an entry for TransferScheduledActions in "Subscription business_params Entries". Added an entry for publish_migrated_objects in "AMM Infranet.properties File Parameters".
E16719-06	March 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 4. Added the "Using Array Buffers on HP-UX Itanium and Solaris Systems" section. Updated the "Manually Checking the Status of the DM" section. Added an entry for SplitSponsorItemsByMember in "Billing business_params Entries". Updated the tables in the following chapters: Business Logic pin.conf Reference System Administration pin.conf Reference Added documentation for configuring multiple instances of sequencers, output streams, or system brands for multiple roaming partners: About Configuring Multiple Instances of Sequencers, Output Streams, or System Brands Replaced multidatabase information with multischema information. See especially "Managing a Multischema System".
E16719-07	July 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Made minor formatting and text changes. Added AMM multischema updates in the following chapters: Using Account Migration Manager Modifying Applications to Work with AMM Modifying the Account Migration Manager Account Migration Utilities
E16719-08	August 2013	On HP-UX IA64, BRM 7.5 is certified as of BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Documentation added for HP-UX IA64.
E16719-09	October 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 6. Made minor formatting and text changes. Added an entry for NonCurrencyResourceJournaling business parameter in "Billing business_params Entries". Added an entry for EnablePasswordRestriction business parameter in "Customer Management business_params Entries". Added an entry for ECERating business parameter in "Pricing and Rating business_params Entries". Added "Enabling Secure Communication between BRM Components".
E16719-10	February 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 7. Made minor formatting and text changes. Added "Enabling SSL/TLS for Payment Tool".
E16719-11	May 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 8. Added information about extended architecture (XA) transactions to "About the DBA_2PC_PENDING View". Added BRM error codes 122–143 to "BRM Error Codes". Added the dm_xa_trans_timeout_in_secs entry to "DM pin.conf Entries".
E16719-12	August 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 9. Added an entry for CreateTwoEventsInFirstCycle business parameter in "Subscription business_params Entries". Documentation added for RADIUS Manager. Updated the "Using Logs to Monitor Components" section. Updated the "BRM-Supported Cipher Suites" section. Updated the "Creating an Oracle Wallet and a Server Certificate" section. Updated the "Enabling SSL/TLS in Connection Managers" section.
E16719-13	October 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 10. Updated the following sections: Table 4-5, "MTA Utilities pin.conf Entries" Table 5-1, "Collections Center Permission Types" Enabling SSL/TLS for Java PCM Clients Table 5-6, "BRM Client Infranet.properties File Default Locations" Enabling SSL/TLS for Payment Tool Using Business Parameter Settings from the BRM Database Adding Database Schemas to a Multischema System General Ledger business_params Entries
E16719-14	January 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 11. Made minor formatting and text changes. Added an entry for ApplyDeferredTaxDuringRerating business parameter in "Pricing and Rating business_params Entries" Updated the following tables: Table 4-5, "MTA Utilities pin.conf Entries" Table 44-2, "DM pin.conf Entries" Table 44-5, "MTA Framework pin.conf Entries"
E16719-15	June 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 12. Made minor formatting and text changes. Added the following sections: Improving Performance by Using Multiple Item Configurations Improving Performance by Skipping Billing-Time Tax Calculation Enabling Open Items to Be Purged pin_close_items Updated the following sections: Enabling Secure Communication between BRM Components Logging Customer Service Representative Activities pin_multidb Setting DM Shared Memory Size Removed the UseActualBilledTimeForGLReport business parameter from "General Ledger business_params Entries".
E16720-16	August 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Maintenance Patch Set 1. Updated the partitioning and purging information in the following chapters: Chapter 26, "Partitioning Tables" Chapter 27, "Converting Nonpartitioned Classes to Partitioned Classes" Chapter 28, "About Purging Data" Chapter 10, "System Administration Utilities and Scripts" Added an entry for OfferEligibilitySelectionMode business parameter in "Pricing and Rating business_params Entries". Added an entry for SegregateJournalsByGLPeriod business parameter in "General Ledger business_params Entries". Removed Taxware information in the following chapters: Chapter 1, "Starting and Stopping the BRM System" Chapter 2, "Monitoring and Maintaining Your BRM System" Chapter 4, "Using Configuration Files to Connect and Configure Components" Chapter 43, "Business Logic pin.conf Reference" Updated the following sections: Configuring AMM for Additional Database Schemas About Distributed Transactions About the AMM Controller
E16719-17	December 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 14. Added information about the start date parameter to the following sections: Syntax for Purging Objects without Removing Partitions Parameters for Purging Objects without Removing Partitions Purging Objects without Removing Partitions Added information about setting the PerfAdvancedTuningSettings business parameter in "Improving Performance by Skipping Previous Total Unpaid Bill for Open Item Accounting Type". Added an entry for PerfAdvancedTuningSettings business parameter in "Billing business_params Entries". Added information about setting the Skip_Prev_Total business profile key in "Improving Performance by Skipping Previous Total for Open Item Accounting Type When Calculating the Current Bill". Added an entry for TimestampRoundingForPurchaseGrant business parameter in "Pricing and Rating business_params Entries". Added the "Logging External User Information in Error Logs" section. Updated the following sections: pin_clean_rsvns Using Error Logs to Troubleshoot BRM Billing pin.conf Entries
E16719-18	April 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 15. Added "Publication pin.conf Entries" for the new ece_real_time_sync_db_no CM pin.conf entry. Added the following chapters: Using Business Operations Center Business Operations Center Utilities
E16719-19	August 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 16. Added the following section: Setting How Long the DM Waits for the Background Startup Process to Finish Updated the following sections: General Software Requirements Creating the Data Store in Oracle IMDB Cache Data Manager (DM) pin.conf Entries Tax Calculation pin.conf Entries pin_config_distribution EAI Manager pin.conf Entries Specifying the Number of Retries in a Deadlock
E16719-20	December 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 17. Added information about the following operations to "Using Business Operations Center": Synchronizing product catalogs Refunding payments
E16719-21	April 2017	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 18. Added the following sections: Improving Performance in Retrieving Product Details During Product Purchase Improving Trial Billing Performance by Enabling General Ledger Collection Updated the following sections: Billing business_params Entries Improving Performance by Disabling Unused Features pin_virtual_gen
E16719-22	August 2017	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 19. Updated the following section: Subscription business_params Entries
E16719-23	April 2018	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 21. Added the following chapter: Backing Up and Restoring Your BRM System
E16719-24	November 2018	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 22. Added the following section: Enabling SSL for Customer Center Web Start Deployment Removed the following sections: Changing the Interval for Checking New Accounts pin_confirm_logins
E16719-25	December 2019	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 23. Updated the following sections: Problems Loading Configuration Objects Subscription business_params Entries