Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in This Guide for Release 11.1.3

Part I Understanding Oracle Fusion Applications

1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications for Systems Administrators

• 1.1 Architecture of Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 1.1.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Product Families
  • 1.1.2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure Components
  • 1.1.3 Oracle Fusion Middleware Components
  • 1.1.4 Oracle Database
  • 1.1.5 Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Applications Control
  • 1.1.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 1.1.7 Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
• 1.2 Key Oracle Fusion Applications Concepts
  • 1.2.1 Provisioning and the Installation Process
    • 1.2.1.1 Installation Options
    • 1.2.1.2 Installing an Oracle Database and Loading Content
  • 1.2.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Domains Configuration
  • 1.2.3 Provisioned Oracle Fusion Applications Home Directories
• 1.3 Roadmap for Administering Oracle Fusion Applications

Part II Basic Administration

2 Getting Started with Administering Oracle Fusion Applications

• 2.1 Introduction to the Tools Used to Administer Oracle Fusion Applications
• 2.2 Key Differences Between Fusion Applications Control and Cloud Control
• 2.3 When to Use Fusion Applications Control Tool, When to Use Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
• 2.4 Finding the Administration Server Port and Other Administrative URLs for Domains
• 2.5 Using Fusion Applications Control
  • 2.5.1 Understanding How Fusion Applications Control Compares with Fusion Middleware Control
  • 2.5.2 Starting Fusion Applications Control
  • 2.5.3 Using Fusion Applications Control Help
  • 2.5.4 Navigating within Fusion Applications Control
  • 2.5.5 Understanding the Targets in the Target Navigation Pane
  • 2.5.6 Navigating to the Product Family and Product Administration Pages
  • 2.5.7 Viewing the Performance of Targets
  • 2.5.8 Understanding Users and Roles for Fusion Applications Control
• 2.6 Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 2.6.1 Starting Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 2.6.2 Locking the WebLogic Server Configuration
• 2.7 Using Cloud Control
  • 2.7.1 Starting Cloud Control and Discovering Oracle Fusion Applications Targets
  • 2.7.2 Rediscovering Oracle Fusion Applications Targets
  • 2.7.3 Removing Oracle Fusion Applications Targets
  • 2.7.4 Navigating the Fusion Applications Target Home Page in Cloud Control
  • 2.7.5 Using Cloud Control Help
• 2.8 Using Oracle Fusion Functional Setup Manager
• 2.9 Using Database Tools to Modify Oracle Fusion Applications Data

3 Performing Routine Administrative Tasks

• 3.1 Introduction to Performing Routine Administrative Tasks
• 3.2 Running Administration Servers and Managed Servers from Shared and Local Disks
• 3.3 Starting and Stopping
  • 3.3.1 Starting and Stopping Components in the Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
  • 3.3.2 Starting and Stopping the Entire Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
    • 3.3.2.1 Starting an Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
    • 3.3.2.2 Stopping an Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
  • 3.3.3 Starting and Stopping the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier Using the fastartstop Utility
    • 3.3.3.1 fastartstop Syntax
    • 3.3.3.2 Registry Entries
    • 3.3.3.3 Starting an Oracle Fusion Applications Environment with the fastartstop Utility for the Middle Tier
    • 3.3.3.4 Stopping an Oracle Fusion Applications Environment with the fastartstop Utility
  • 3.3.4 Starting and Stopping a Product Family Oracle WebLogic Server Domain
    • 3.3.4.1 Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Domain for a Product Family
    • 3.3.4.2 Starting an Oracle WebLogic Server Domain for a Product Family
  • 3.3.5 Starting and Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster for a Configuration Change
    • 3.3.5.1 Starting and Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster Using WLST and Node Manager
    • 3.3.5.2 Starting and Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster Using Fusion Applications Control
  • 3.3.6 Starting and Stopping Specific Applications
    • 3.3.6.1 Starting and Stopping Java EE Applications Using WLST
    • 3.3.6.2 Starting and Stopping an Individual Application Instance for a Cluster Using Fusion Applications Control or Cloud Control
    • 3.3.6.3 Starting and Stopping All Application Instances for a Cluster Using Fusion Applications Control or Cloud Control
• 3.4 Viewing and Changing Ports for Components
• 3.5 Changing Passwords
• 3.6 Managing the Oracle Database
  • 3.6.1 Viewing and Modifying Initialization Parameters
  • 3.6.2 Managing Database Storage Structures
  • 3.6.3 Managing Memory
  • 3.6.4 Administering User Accounts
• 3.7 Patching
• 3.8 Managing Oracle Fusion Applications-Specific Labels in the Oracle Metadata Repository
• 3.9 Modifying Oracle Application Development Framework Connections in Oracle Fusion Applications

4 Securing Oracle Fusion Applications

• 4.1 Introduction to Security
• 4.2 About the Enterprise Identity Store
  • 4.2.1 Supported LDAP Identity Providers
  • 4.2.2 Configuring the Identity Store
• 4.3 Provisioning Identities
  • 4.3.1 Identity Provisioning Concepts
    • 4.3.1.1 Administrators For Fusion Applications
    • 4.3.1.2 Two Types of Users During Provisioning
  • 4.3.2 WebLogic Authenticators and the Primary Identity Store
  • 4.3.3 Provisioning Steps
  • 4.3.4 Best Practices for the Administrator Groups
  • 4.3.5 Managing Identities after Deployment
• 4.4 Managing Authorization Policies
  • 4.4.1 Managing Oracle Fusion Application Policies
  • 4.4.2 Managing System Policies
  • 4.4.3 Reconciling GUIDs
    • 4.4.3.1 Prerequisites to Running DSDataMigrator
    • 4.4.3.2 DSDataMigrator Syntax
    • 4.4.3.3 Examples of Use
  • 4.4.4 Managing Data Security
• 4.5 Configuring Roles
  • 4.5.1 Configuring Oracle Fusion Application Roles
  • 4.5.2 Configuring Enterprise Roles
• 4.6 Configuring Audit Trail
• 4.7 Configuring SSL for Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 4.7.1 SSL Configuration in Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • 4.7.1.1 SSL and Infrastructure Hardening
    • 4.7.1.2 Communication in the Three-Tier Model
  • 4.7.2 SSL Configuration for Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 4.7.2.1 Basic Network Topology
    • 4.7.2.2 Provisioned SSL Connections
  • 4.7.3 Implementing SSL for Identity Management Configuration
  • 4.7.4 Additional SSL Configuration
    • 4.7.4.1 SSL-enable Oracle Identity Management
    • 4.7.4.2 SSL-enable Oracle Business Intelligence
    • 4.7.4.3 SSL-enable ECM
    • 4.7.4.4 SSL to External Web Services
  • 4.7.5 Enabling Secure Sockets Layer on ECSF
• 4.8 Managing Wallets, Keystores, Credentials, and Certificates
  • 4.8.1 Wallets and Keystores
    • 4.8.1.1 JKS Keystore and Truststore
    • 4.8.1.2 Oracle Wallet
    • 4.8.1.3 Keystore Types Used by Products
  • 4.8.2 Management Tools
  • 4.8.3 Managing Wallets and their Contents
    • 4.8.3.1 Wallet Lifecycle
    • 4.8.3.2 Wallet Operations
    • 4.8.3.3 Certificate Lifecycle
    • 4.8.3.4 Certificate Operations
  • 4.8.4 Managing Keystores and their Contents
    • 4.8.4.1 Keystore Lifecycle
    • 4.8.4.2 Keystore Operations
    • 4.8.4.3 Certificate Lifecycle
    • 4.8.4.4 Certificate Operations
  • 4.8.5 Managing Credentials
    • 4.8.5.1 Changing App ID Passwords
    • 4.8.5.2 Changing the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrative User Password
• 4.9 Data Masking
  • 4.9.1 Introduction to Data Masking
    • 4.9.1.1 Masking Terminology
    • 4.9.1.2 Types of Sensitive Data
    • 4.9.1.3 The FAST Methodology
    • 4.9.1.4 Administration Tools
  • 4.9.2 Data Masking in Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 4.9.2.1 Requirements for Data Masking
    • 4.9.2.2 Sensitive Data in Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 4.9.2.3 Masking Definitions
  • 4.9.3 Managing the Masking Definitions
    • 4.9.3.1 Viewing and Modifying Data Masking Definitions
    • 4.9.3.2 Generating the Masking Script
    • 4.9.3.3 Customizing Mask Formats
  • 4.9.4 Data Masking in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 4.9.5 Best Practices when Masking Test Databases
  • 4.9.6 References
• 4.10 Securing Web Services
  • 4.10.1 Local Policy Attachment
  • 4.10.2 Global Policy Attachment
  • 4.10.3 Web Services Security Profiles
  • 4.10.4 Key Exchange with the Domain Hosting Oracle Identity Manager
  • 4.10.5 Web Services Security Hardening
• 4.11 Securing Oracle Fusion Middleware Products
  • 4.11.1 Administrative Tasks and Features Specific to the IDCCS Stripe
    • 4.11.1.1 Grants Supported by UCM
    • 4.11.1.2 Security Groups and Accounts Associated with Documents
• 4.12 Extracting Data from an LDAP- Based Store to a File
• 4.13 Customizing Security from Installation to Deployment
  • 4.13.1 Installing a New Oracle Fusion Application
  • 4.13.2 Customizing and Testing Security with Oracle JDeveloper
  • 4.13.3 Migrating to a Staging Environment
  • 4.13.4 Migrating to a Production Environment

5 Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Service and Jobs

• 5.1 Introduction to Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
• 5.2 Navigating to the Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Administration Pages
• 5.3 The Scheduling Service Home Page
  • 5.3.1 Top Ten Long Running Requests and Top Ten Ready Job Requests Regions
  • 5.3.2 Scheduler Components Region
  • 5.3.3 Completed Requests Region
  • 5.3.4 Response and Load Region
  • 5.3.5 Performance Region
• 5.4 Configuring Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
• 5.5 Searching for Configuration Changes to Oracle Enterprise Scheduler in Cloud Control
• 5.6 Viewing General Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Instance Information
• 5.7 Starting and Stopping Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Service Components
• 5.8 Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Requests
  • 5.8.1 Submitting an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Job Request
    • 5.8.1.1 Creating a Job Request
    • 5.8.1.2 Specifying a Job Request Schedule
  • 5.8.2 Searching for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Job Requests
    • 5.8.2.1 Searching for a Job Request Using Simple Search
    • 5.8.2.2 Searching for a Job Request Using the Advanced Search Feature
    • 5.8.2.3 Configuring the Display of Columns in the Search Results Table
• 5.9 Monitoring Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Service Activity
  • 5.9.1 Viewing Top Ten Long Running Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Requests
  • 5.9.2 Viewing Top Ten Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Jobs Ready to Be Executed
• 5.10 Managing Purge Policies in Fusion Applications Control
• 5.11 Managing Job Metadata
  • 5.11.1 Managing Job Definitions
    • 5.11.1.1 Viewing Job Definitions
    • 5.11.1.2 Creating a Job Definition
  • 5.11.2 Managing Job Sets
    • 5.11.2.1 Viewing Job Sets
    • 5.11.2.2 Creating or Editing a Job Set
    • 5.11.2.3 Deleting a Job Set
  • 5.11.3 Managing Incompatibilities
    • 5.11.3.1 Viewing Incompatibilities
    • 5.11.3.2 Creating or Editing an Incompatibility
    • 5.11.3.3 Deleting an Incompatibility
• 5.12 Managing Work Assignments and Workshifts
• 5.13 Managing Oracle ADF Connections
• 5.14 Managing Application Properties
• 5.15 Managing Application and Role Policies
• 5.16 Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Web Services
• 5.17 Managing Logging for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
  • 5.17.1 Finding Log Information for a Job Request
  • 5.17.2 Setting Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Log Levels
  • 5.17.3 Saving Job Request Logs
• 5.18 Managing Alerts for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler in Cloud Control
  • 5.18.1 Configuring Metric Alerts for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler in Cloud Control
  • 5.18.2 Viewing Alerts for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler in Cloud Control

6 Managing Report Delivery Servers

• 6.1 Introduction to Managing Report Delivery Servers
• 6.2 Navigating to the Oracle BI Publisher Administration Page
• 6.3 Configuring Report Delivery Servers
• 6.4 Understanding the Report and Delivery Processors
• 6.5 Managing Report Processing and Delivery Server Load
• 6.6 Scaling Out Report Processors
• 6.7 Diagnosing Report Processing Issues
  • 6.7.1 Using the Scheduler Diagnostics Page
  • 6.7.2 Using Fusion Applications Control
• 6.8 Configuring System Properties for Reporting

7 Managing Search with Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework

• 7.1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications Search
  • 7.1.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Search Use Case Example
  • 7.1.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Search UI
  • 7.1.3 Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework
    • 7.1.3.1 ECSF Management Features
    • 7.1.3.2 Key ECSF Features
    • 7.1.3.3 ECSF Process Flow
  • 7.1.4 Item Business Object and Data Level Security
• 7.2 Validating the Environment for ECSF
• 7.3 Getting Started with Managing ECSF with Fusion Applications Control
  • 7.3.1 Navigating to the ECSF Administration Pages
  • 7.3.2 Understanding the Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework Configuration Settings Page
• 7.4 Administering Search
  • 7.4.1 Making Seeded Searchable Objects Available for Search
  • 7.4.2 Managing Index Schedules
    • 7.4.2.1 Creating the Index Schedules
    • 7.4.2.2 Associating the Searchable Objects with Index Schedules
    • 7.4.2.3 Deploying the Index Schedules
    • 7.4.2.4 Starting the Index Schedules
    • 7.4.2.5 Stopping Index Schedules
    • 7.4.2.6 Disassociating Searchable Objects from Index Schedules
    • 7.4.2.7 Starting Full Indexing
    • 7.4.2.8 Undeploying Index Schedules
    • 7.4.2.9 Deleting Index Schedules
  • 7.4.3 Changing the Association of Searchable Objects with Search Categories
  • 7.4.4 Renaming Search Categories
  • 7.4.5 Deleting Search Categories
  • 7.4.6 Making External Search Categories Available for Federated Search
  • 7.4.7 Deleting External Search Categories
  • 7.4.8 Modifying the Display Name of Deployed Searchable Objects
  • 7.4.9 Undeploying Searchable Objects
  • 7.4.10 Unregistering Searchable Objects from the Oracle Fusion Applications Database
  • 7.4.11 Modifying Search Application Service Component Instance Parameters
• 7.5 Performing Advanced Administration Tasks
  • 7.5.1 Modifying the Title, Body, Keyword, and Action Title of Searchable Objects
  • 7.5.2 Making New Searchable Objects Available for Search
  • 7.5.3 Defining Search Engine Instances
    • 7.5.3.1 Creating Search Engine Instances
    • 7.5.3.2 Configuring Search Engine Instance Parameters
    • 7.5.3.3 Modifying Search Engine Instances
    • 7.5.3.4 Modifying Search Engine Instance Parameters
    • 7.5.3.5 Deleting Search Engine Instances
  • 7.5.4 Enabling Search on External Data Sources
  • 7.5.5 Adding Product Families for Federated Search

8 Managing Oracle WebLogic Communication Services for Click-to-Dial Functionality

• 8.1 Introduction to Third Party Call Web Service
• 8.2 Modifying Third Party Call Web Service Default Settings Using the System MBean Browser
• 8.3 Call Routing Through a Session Border Controller
  • 8.3.1 Setting Up an Outbound Proxy Server
  • 8.3.2 Configuring the PreLoadedRouteUri Attribute

Part III Monitoring

9 Monitoring Oracle Fusion Applications

• 9.1 Introduction to Monitoring Oracle Fusion Applications
• 9.2 The Product Family Home Page and Sections in Fusion Applications Control
  • 9.2.1 Applications and Infrastructure Section
  • 9.2.2 Key Performance Indicators Section
  • 9.2.3 Topology Section
  • 9.2.4 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Sections
  • 9.2.5 SOA Composite Section
• 9.3 The Product Home Page and Sections in Fusion Applications Control
  • 9.3.1 Fusion Applications Section
  • 9.3.2 Servers Section
• 9.4 The Fusion Instance Overview Page and Sections in Cloud Control
  • 9.4.1 Summary Section
    • 9.4.1.1 Monitoring and Diagnostics Region
    • 9.4.1.2 Database System Region
  • 9.4.2 Member Target Summary Section
  • 9.4.3 Status Section
  • 9.4.4 Top Long Running Job Requests
• 9.5 The Product Family Home Page and Sections in Cloud Control
• 9.6 The Product Home Page and Sections in Cloud Control
• 9.7 Monitoring Product Families and Products
• 9.8 Monitoring the Detailed Status of Oracle Fusion Applications
• 9.9 Monitoring Business Performance Metrics for a Product Family
• 9.10 Monitoring Business Performance Metrics for a Product
• 9.11 Viewing the Routing Topology of an Oracle Fusion Applications Instance, Product Family, or Product
• 9.12 Viewing the Configuration Topology of an Oracle Fusion Applications Instance, Product Family, or Product

10 Monitoring the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier

• 10.1 Introduction to Monitoring the Middle Tier
• 10.2 Monitoring and Viewing Performance Status of Oracle Fusion Middleware
  • 10.2.1 Viewing the General Status of Oracle Fusion Middleware Components for a Product Family
  • 10.2.2 Viewing the Detailed Status of Oracle Fusion Middleware Components for a Product Family
  • 10.2.3 Viewing the Routing Topology of Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • 10.2.3.1 Viewing the Routing Topology of Oracle Fusion Middleware Using Fusion Applications Control
    • 10.2.3.2 Viewing the Routing Topology of Oracle Fusion Middleware Using Cloud Control
  • 10.2.4 Viewing the Performance of an Oracle WebLogic Server
  • 10.2.5 Monitoring the System Performance of Oracle Fusion Applications Deployed to a Cluster
    • 10.2.5.1 Monitoring the Performance of Oracle Fusion Applications Cluster Applications Using Fusion Applications Control
    • 10.2.5.2 Monitoring the Performance of Oracle Fusion Applications Cluster Applications Using Cloud Control
    • 10.2.5.3 Monitoring the Performance of Oracle Fusion Application Instances Using Fusion Applications Control
    • 10.2.5.4 Monitoring the Performance of Oracle Fusion Application Instances Using Cloud Control
• 10.3 Monitoring System Performance Metrics for a Fusion Instance, Product Family, or a Product
  • 10.3.1 Monitoring System Performance Metrics for a Product Family or a Product with Fusion Applications Control
  • 10.3.2 Monitoring System Performance Metrics for a Fusion Instance, Product Family, or a Product with Cloud Control
• 10.4 Monitoring Performance for Key Oracle Fusion Middleware Components with Fusion Applications Control
  • 10.4.1 Monitoring Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework
  • 10.4.2 Monitoring the Performance of a Single Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Instance
    • 10.4.2.1 Viewing a Summary of Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Activity
    • 10.4.2.2 Viewing Current Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Activity
    • 10.4.2.3 Viewing Historical Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Reports
    • 10.4.2.4 Viewing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Metrics
    • 10.4.2.5 Managing Chart Sets
    • 10.4.2.6 Selecting the Performance Time Period
  • 10.4.3 Monitoring Oracle Identity Manager Performance Metrics
  • 10.4.4 Locating Key Performance Metrics for Specific Components
    • 10.4.4.1 Monitoring Key Performance Metrics for Oracle WebLogic Server
    • 10.4.4.2 Monitoring Key Performance Metrics for Oracle SOA Suite
    • 10.4.4.3 Monitoring Key Performance Metrics for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
• 10.5 Performing Proactive Performance Monitoring with Cloud Control
  • 10.5.1 Monitoring Middle Tier Targets
  • 10.5.2 Creating Monitoring Templates
  • 10.5.3 Creating Blackouts
  • 10.5.4 Setting Up Notifications
• 10.6 Tuning Middle Tiers for Oracle Fusion Applications

11 Diagnosing the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier Performance

• 11.1 Introduction to Java Diagnostics in the Middle Tier
• 11.2 Diagnosing the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier
  • 11.2.1 Viewing JVM Diagnostics Summary Information
  • 11.2.2 Finding the Top Java Methods
  • 11.2.3 Finding the Top SQL Queries
  • 11.2.4 Analyzing Stuck Threads
  • 11.2.5 Drilling Down from JVM Diagnostics to SQL Instances
  • 11.2.6 Analyzing Potential Memory Leaks

12 Monitoring and Tuning Oracle Database for Oracle Fusion Applications

• 12.1 Monitoring Oracle Database
  • 12.1.1 Database Statistics
  • 12.1.2 Monitoring Database Alerts
    • 12.1.2.1 Configuring Database Alerts
    • 12.1.2.2 Responding to Database Alerts
  • 12.1.3 Monitoring User and Session Activity
  • 12.1.4 Monitoring the Database Instance
  • 12.1.5 Monitoring the Host System
• 12.2 Tuning Oracle Database
  • 12.2.1 Creating a Baseline of the Database
  • 12.2.2 Diagnosing and Tuning Database Performance Problems Using ADDM
  • 12.2.3 Diagnosing and Tuning Database Performance Problems Reactively
    • 12.2.3.1 Comparing Database Performance Over Time Using AWR Reports
    • 12.2.3.2 Identifying Transient Performance Problems Using ASH Reports
    • 12.2.3.3 Identifying Wait Time Using Wait Events
  • 12.2.4 Tuning SQL Statements
    • 12.2.4.1 Collecting Optimizer Statistics
    • 12.2.4.2 SQL Tuning Sets
    • 12.2.4.3 SQL Profiles
    • 12.2.4.4 Using SQL Tuning Advisor
    • 12.2.4.5 Using SQL Access Advisor
    • 12.2.4.6 Using SQL Tracing
• 12.3 Testing Oracle Database Changes
  • 12.3.1 Testing SQL Changes
  • 12.3.2 Testing Database Changes

13 Managing Oracle Fusion Applications Log Files and Diagnostic Tests

• 13.1 Introduction to Incidents, Log File Management, QuickTrace, and Diagnostic Tests
• 13.2 Relationships Between Log Files and Diagnostic Tests
• 13.3 Standard Log File Administration Tasks and Tools
• 13.4 Log Files and Settings
• 13.5 Log Message Structure
  • 13.5.1 Log Message Attributes Supplied by the Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database Layers
  • 13.5.2 Log Message Attributes Supplied by Logging APIs for Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 13.5.3 Log Message Attributes Supplied by the Application Session
  • 13.5.4 Log Message Attributes Supplied by Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Job Requests
  • 13.5.5 Log Message Attributes Supplied by SOA
• 13.6 Viewing and Searching Log Files During Normal Operation
  • 13.6.1 Viewing Logs from Fusion Applications Control
  • 13.6.2 Searching for Specific Information in Log Files within a Single Domain
  • 13.6.3 Searching for Specific Information in Log Files Across Multiple Domains
  • 13.6.4 Typical Log File Locations
  • 13.6.5 Location of Logged Information When Using Multiple Managed Servers
• 13.7 Configuring Settings for Log Files During Normal Operation
  • 13.7.1 Default System Log Settings
  • 13.7.2 When Changes to Log File Configuration Settings Take Effect
  • 13.7.3 Standard Logging Levels
  • 13.7.4 Managing Log File Size and Disk Space Usage
    • 13.7.4.1 Managing Rotating Log File Space Usage for Java and SOA Applications
    • 13.7.4.2 Managing Rotating Log File Space Usage for PL/SQL Applications
    • 13.7.4.3 Managing Log File Space Usage for C Applications
  • 13.7.5 Using Profile Options to Configure Standard Log Settings
  • 13.7.6 Using Additional Settings to Configure Logs for Selected Components
    • 13.7.6.1 Configuring Additional Log Settings for Oracle Fusion Incentive Compensation Batch Jobs
    • 13.7.6.2 Configuring Additional Log Settings for Oracle Fusion General Ledger
    • 13.7.6.3 Configuring Additional Log Settings for Oracle Fusion Receivables AutoInvoice
  • 13.7.7 Configuring Access to Logs for Fusion Applications Control
• 13.8 Standard Diagnostic Testing Administration Tasks and Tools
• 13.9 Configuring the Diagnostic Testing Framework for Normal Operation
  • 13.9.1 Controlling Access to Diagnostic Testing Functionality
  • 13.9.2 Navigating to the Diagnostic Dashboard
    • 13.9.2.1 Navigating to the Diagnostic Dashboard from an Oracle Fusion Application
    • 13.9.2.2 Navigating to the Diagnostic Dashboard from Cloud Control:
• 13.10 Using Diagnostic Tests to Monitor Normal System Health
  • 13.10.1 Running Diagnostic Tests
    • 13.10.1.1 Using the Diagnostic Dashboard to Run Diagnostic Tests
    • 13.10.1.2 Using the diagctl Command Line Interface to Run Diagnostic Tests
  • 13.10.2 Searching for Diagnostic Tests by Name, Categorization Tag, or Module
  • 13.10.3 Checking Diagnostic Test Availability
  • 13.10.4 Providing Input Parameters for Diagnostic Tests
  • 13.10.5 Running Diagnostic Tests Immediately
  • 13.10.6 Scheduling Diagnostic Tests to Run Later
  • 13.10.7 Checking the Status of a Diagnostic Test
    • 13.10.7.1 Using the Diagnostic Dashboard to Check the Status of a Diagnostic Test
    • 13.10.7.2 Using the diagctl Command Line Interface to Check the Status of a Diagnostic Test
  • 13.10.8 Canceling Diagnostic Test Runs
  • 13.10.9 Viewing the Results of Diagnostic Tests
    • 13.10.9.1 Using the Diagnostic Dashboard to View the Results of Diagnostic Tests
    • 13.10.9.2 Using the diagctl Command Line Interface to View the Results of Diagnostic Tests
  • 13.10.10 Identifying Diagnostic Test Launch Methods from Test Run Names
  • 13.10.11 Purging the Results of Selected Diagnostic Test Runs

14 Troubleshooting Oracle Fusion Applications Using Incidents, Logs, QuickTrace, and Diagnostic Tests

• 14.1 Introduction to Troubleshooting Using Incidents, Logs, QuickTrace, and Diagnostic Tests
  • 14.1.1 Relationships Between Incidents, QuickTrace Dumps, Log Files, and Diagnostic Tests
  • 14.1.2 Introduction to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Diagnostic Framework
  • 14.1.3 Standard Incident Administration Tasks and Tools
• 14.2 Configuring Log, QuickTrace, and Incident Settings for Troubleshooting
  • 14.2.1 Assisting Users in Gathering Data Using Troubleshooting Options
  • 14.2.2 Configuring the Oracle Fusion Middleware Diagnostic Framework
  • 14.2.3 Precedence and Log Settings for Troubleshooting
  • 14.2.4 Default System Settings for Incident Creation and QuickTrace
  • 14.2.5 Adjusting Incident Settings for Troubleshooting
  • 14.2.6 When Changes to Incident Configuration Settings Take Effect
  • 14.2.7 Adjusting QuickTrace Configuration Settings for Troubleshooting
  • 14.2.8 Adjusting Standard Log Levels for Troubleshooting
  • 14.2.9 Adjusting Log Settings for Oracle Fusion Incentive Compensation Batch Jobs for Troubleshooting
  • 14.2.10 Adjusting Oracle Fusion General Ledger Log Settings for Troubleshooting
  • 14.2.11 Adjusting Oracle Fusion Receivables AutoInvoice Log Settings for Troubleshooting
  • 14.2.12 Disabling Logging of a Particular Message
  • 14.2.13 Logging More Detailed Information for a Particular Code Module
  • 14.2.14 Configuring and Using Profile Options for Troubleshooting
• 14.3 Configuring the Diagnostic Testing Framework for Troubleshooting
• 14.4 Investigating, Reporting, and Solving a Problem
  • 14.4.1 Process for Investigating, Reporting, and Solving a Problem
    • 14.4.1.1 Process for Investigating, Reporting, and Solving a Problem Using Cloud Control
    • 14.4.1.2 General Process for Investigating, Reporting, and Solving a Problem
  • 14.4.2 Managing Oracle Fusion Applications Problems and Incidents
    • 14.4.2.1 Viewing Incidents Using Support Workbench
    • 14.4.2.2 Viewing Incidents Using the Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (adrci)
    • 14.4.2.3 Recovering from Incidents Generated During SOA Operations
    • 14.4.2.4 Creating Incidents Manually Using Support Workbench
    • 14.4.2.5 Packaging Incidents Using Support Workbench
    • 14.4.2.6 Creating and Packaging Incidents Using the Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (adrci)
  • 14.4.3 Working with Automatically Created QuickTrace Dumps
    • 14.4.3.1 Viewing Automatically Created QuickTrace Dump Files Using Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool
    • 14.4.3.2 Viewing Automatically Created QuickTrace Dump Files Using the Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (adrci)
    • 14.4.3.3 Viewing Automatically Created QuickTrace Dump Files Using Support Workbench
  • 14.4.4 Working with Manually Created QuickTrace Dumps
  • 14.4.5 Working with Other Diagnostic Dumps
  • 14.4.6 Working with Cloud Control Problem Analysis and the Analyze Logs Options
• 14.5 Troubleshooting Using Log Settings
  • 14.5.1 Troubleshooting Using Standard Log Files
  • 14.5.2 Viewing Special Log Output for Oracle Fusion Incentive Compensation
  • 14.5.3 Correlating Log Messages Across Log Files and Components
    • 14.5.3.1 Values for Correlating Log Messages
    • 14.5.3.2 Correlating Log Messages for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Jobs
    • 14.5.3.3 Correlating Log Messages for SOA Services and BPEL Processes
    • 14.5.3.4 Correlating Log Messages for Other Process Types
  • 14.5.4 Downloading Log Files
• 14.6 Troubleshooting Using the Diagnostic Testing Framework
  • 14.6.1 Working with Automatically Launched Diagnostic Tests
  • 14.6.2 Registering Diagnostic Tests
  • 14.6.3 Sending Diagnostic Test Results to Oracle Support
  • 14.6.4 Purging the Results of Selected Diagnostic Test Runs

Part IV Advanced Administration

15 Backing Up and Recovering Oracle Fusion Applications

• 15.1 Introduction to Backup and Recovery
• 15.2 Overview of Backing Up Your Environment
  • 15.2.1 Tools to Use to Back Up Your Environment
  • 15.2.2 Modes of Backup
  • 15.2.3 Types of Backups
  • 15.2.4 Recommended Backup Strategy
• 15.3 Overview of Recovering Your Environment
  • 15.3.1 Tools to Use to Recover Your Environment
  • 15.3.2 Types of Recovery
  • 15.3.3 Recommended Recovery Strategies
• 15.4 Prerequisites for Using Cloud Control to Back Up or Restore Your Environment
• 15.5 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 15.5.1 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management
  • 15.5.2 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Financials
  • 15.5.3 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management
  • 15.5.4 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Supply Chain Management
  • 15.5.5 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Project
  • 15.5.6 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Procurement
  • 15.5.7 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Incentive Compensation
  • 15.5.8 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Applications Technology
  • 15.5.9 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Setup
  • 15.5.10 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
  • 15.5.11 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework
  • 15.5.12 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Authorization Policy Manager
  • 15.5.13 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Java Servers for Oracle E-Mail and Web Marketing
• 15.6 Performing a Backup
  • 15.6.1 Performing a Backup Using Cloud Control
    • 15.6.1.1 Configuring Cloud Control Backups
    • 15.6.1.2 Backing Up Oracle Fusion Applications Using Cloud Control
  • 15.6.2 Performing a Full Offline Backup Using the Command Line
  • 15.6.3 Performing an Online Backup of Configuration Files Using the Command Line
• 15.7 Creating a Record of Your Oracle Fusion Applications Configuration
• 15.8 Recovering Using Cloud Control
• 15.9 Recovering After Data Loss, Corruption, or Media Failure
  • 15.9.1 Recovering the Applications Base Directory
  • 15.9.2 Recovering a Middleware Home
  • 15.9.3 Recovering an Oracle WebLogic Server Domain
  • 15.9.4 Recovering an Oracle Home
  • 15.9.5 Recovering an Oracle Instance Home
    • 15.9.5.1 Recovering After Oracle Instance Home Deleted from File System
    • 15.9.5.2 Recovering After Oracle Instance Home Deregistered
  • 15.9.6 Recovering the Administration Server Configuration
  • 15.9.7 Recovering a Managed Server
  • 15.9.8 Recovering the Databases
  • 15.9.9 Reconciling the Data
    • 15.9.9.1 Recovering the Oracle Identity Manager Database and Reconciling It with the LDAP Database
    • 15.9.9.2 Recovering the Oracle Fusion Applications Database and Reconciling It with the LDAP Database
    • 15.9.9.3 Recovering the LDAP Database Using Multimaster Replication
  • 15.9.10 Recovering Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 15.9.10.1 Recovering Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management
    • 15.9.10.2 Recovering Oracle Fusion Procurement
  • 15.9.11 Recovering Components Related to Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 15.9.11.1 Recovering Oracle HTTP Server
    • 15.9.11.2 Recovering Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
    • 15.9.11.3 Recovering Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework
    • 15.9.11.4 Recovering Oracle Authorization Policy Manager
    • 15.9.11.5 Recovering Oracle E-Mail and Web Marketing
• 15.10 Recovering After Loss of Host
  • 15.10.1 Recovering the Applications Base Directory After Loss of Host
  • 15.10.2 Recovering After Loss of Administration Server Host
    • 15.10.2.1 Recovering the Administration Server to the Same Host
    • 15.10.2.2 Recovering the Administration Server to a Different Host
  • 15.10.3 Recovering After Loss of Managed Server Host
    • 15.10.3.1 Recovering a Managed Server to the Same Host
    • 15.10.3.2 Recovering a Managed Server to a Different Host
  • 15.10.4 Recovering the Databases After Loss of Host
  • 15.10.5 Additional Actions for Recovering Entities After Loss of Host
    • 15.10.5.1 Changing the Host Name in the targets.xml File for Fusion Middleware Control
    • 15.10.5.2 Modifying the FusionVirtualHost_x.conf File
    • 15.10.5.3 Creating a New Machine for the New Host Name
    • 15.10.5.4 Updating Oracle Inventory
  • 15.10.6 Recovering Oracle Fusion Applications After Loss of Host
    • 15.10.6.1 Recovering Oracle Fusion Supply Chain Management After Loss of Host
    • 15.10.6.2 Recovering Oracle Fusion Procurement After Loss of Host
  • 15.10.7 Recovering Components Related to Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 15.10.7.1 Recovering Oracle HTTP Server After Loss of Host
    • 15.10.7.2 Recovering Oracle Enterprise Scheduler After Loss of Host
    • 15.10.7.3 Recovering Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework After Loss of Host
    • 15.10.7.4 Recovering Oracle Authorization Policy Manager After Loss of Host
    • 15.10.7.5 Recovering Oracle E-Mail and Web Marketing After Loss of Host
    • 15.10.7.6 Recovering Oracle Essbase In Clustered Environment After Loss of Host
• 15.11 A Case Study: Recovering Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management
  • 15.11.1 The Recovery Case Study Scenario
  • 15.11.2 Recovering the Middleware Home Containing Java EE Components
  • 15.11.3 Recovering the Web Tier Middleware Home
  • 15.11.4 Recovering the Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management Domain
  • 15.11.5 Recovering Servers When the Installation Directory Is Shared Between Hosts
  • 15.11.6 Recovering Servers When the Managed Server Configuration Is Local
  • 15.11.7 Recovering an Oracle Instance in an Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management Installation
  • 15.11.8 Recovering an Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management Cluster
  • 15.11.9 Recovering Databases for Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management

16 Configuring High Availability and Scaling Out Oracle Fusion Applications

• 16.1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications High Availability Architecture
• 16.2 Oracle WebLogic Cluster Configuration for Oracle Fusion Applications
• 16.3 Oracle Fusion Applications High Availability
  • 16.3.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Single Instance Architecture
    • 16.3.1.1 Oracle Fusion Applications External Dependencies
    • 16.3.1.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Run-Time Processes
    • 16.3.1.3 Oracle Fusion Applications Request Flow
    • 16.3.1.4 Oracle Fusion Applications Configuration Artifacts
    • 16.3.1.5 Oracle Fusion Applications Deployment Artifacts
    • 16.3.1.6 Oracle Fusion Applications Log File Location
  • 16.3.2 Oracle Fusion Applications High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
    • 16.3.2.1 Starting and Stopping the Oracle Fusion Applications Cluster
    • 16.3.2.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
    • 16.3.2.3 Oracle Fusion Applications Failures and Expected Behaviors
• 16.4 Oracle RAC Database Configuration for Oracle Fusion Applications Repositories
  • 16.4.1 Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • 16.4.2 Providing High Availability for Oracle Fusion Applications Repositories
    • 16.4.2.1 Preparing the System to Use Oracle RAC
    • 16.4.2.2 Providing High Availability Through Multi Data Sources
    • 16.4.2.3 Failover Processing and Recovery for Oracle RAC Node or Instance Failures
    • 16.4.2.4 Load Balancing Across Oracle RAC Nodes
    • 16.4.2.5 Retry Logic to Protect Read-Only Operations
  • 16.4.3 Best Practices for Deploying JDBC Multi Data Sources on Servers and Clusters
• 16.5 Scaling Out Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 16.5.1 Scaling Up the Topology (Adding Managed Servers to Existing Machines)
    • 16.5.1.1 Testing the Routing from Oracle HTTP Server to the New Managed Server
  • 16.5.2 Scaling Out the Topology (Adding Managed Servers to New Machines)
  • 16.5.3 Scaling Out Oracle RAC Databases
    • 16.5.3.1 Cloning Oracle RAC Nodes to Scale Out Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 16.5.3.2 Configuring the Multi Data Source to Include New Oracle RAC Nodes

17 Moving Components for Oracle Fusion Applications Across Environments

• 17.1 Introduction to Moving Oracle Fusion Applications
• 17.2 Understanding the Full-Movement Tasks
• 17.3 Getting Started with Moving Components
  • 17.3.1 Preparing the Source Environment
  • 17.3.2 Preparing the Target Environment
• 17.4 Moving the Oracle Identity Management Domain Component Artifacts
  • 17.4.1 Moving the Security Artifacts in the Identity Store
  • 17.4.2 Moving the Policy and Credential Store by Seeding the Oracle ADF Credentials
  • 17.4.3 Moving Data Security Policies
  • 17.4.4 Modifying the CSF Entries in the Target Environment
  • 17.4.5 Moving Oracle Access Manager Artifacts
  • 17.4.6 Configure Oracle Identity Manager for Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 17.4.7 Moving Oracle Identity Federation Artifacts
• 17.5 Moving Binary Files to a Production Target Environment
  • 17.5.1 Creating Binary Archives
  • 17.5.2 Applying the Binary Files to the Target Environment
  • 17.5.3 Moving the Oracle Database Client Installation
• 17.6 Moving Configurations to a Production Target Environment
  • 17.6.1 Understanding the Configuration Scripts
    • 17.6.1.1 copyConfig Script
    • 17.6.1.2 extractMovePlan Script
    • 17.6.1.3 pasteConfig Script
  • 17.6.2 Setting the JVM System Variable on Windows
  • 17.6.3 Moving the Webgate Installation
    • 17.6.3.1 Moving the Webgate Installation on UNIX
    • 17.6.3.2 Moving the Webgate Installation on Windows
  • 17.6.4 Creating Configuration Archives
    • 17.6.4.1 Running copyConfig for Oracle WebLogic Server Domains
    • 17.6.4.2 Running copyConfig for System Components
    • 17.6.4.3 Running copyConfig for Node Manager
    • 17.6.4.4 Running copyConfig for Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
    • 17.6.4.5 Running copyConfig for the Oracle Global Order Promising Server Instance
  • 17.6.5 Extracting the Move Plan
  • 17.6.6 Modifying the Move Plan
    • 17.6.6.1 Editing Oracle Fusion Applications FusionAppsTopology Properties
    • 17.6.6.2 Editing Oracle Fusion Applications Patching Framework Properties
    • 17.6.6.3 Editing Additional Oracle Fusion Applications Environment Properties
    • 17.6.6.4 Editing Oracle BI EE Properties
    • 17.6.6.5 Editing Oracle Data Integrator Properties
    • 17.6.6.6 Editing Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework Properties
    • 17.6.6.7 Editing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Properties
    • 17.6.6.8 Editing Oracle Global Order Promising Properties
    • 17.6.6.9 Editing Oracle SES Properties
    • 17.6.6.10 Editing Oracle Topology Manager Properties
    • 17.6.6.11 Editing Oracle WebCenter Content: Imaging Properties
  • 17.6.7 Applying the Configurations to the Target Environment
    • 17.6.7.1 Running pasteConfig for Oracle WebLogic Server Domains
    • 17.6.7.2 Running pasteConfig for System Components
    • 17.6.7.3 Running pasteConfig for Node Manager
    • 17.6.7.4 Running pasteConfig for Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
    • 17.6.7.5 Running pasteConfig for Oracle Global Order Promising Server Instance
  • 17.6.8 Completing the Component-Specific Configuration Move
    • 17.6.8.1 Moving Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Components
    • 17.6.8.2 Moving Oracle BI Applications Components
    • 17.6.8.3 Moving the Oracle Governance, Risk and Controls Client Configuration
    • 17.6.8.4 Moving Oracle SES
    • 17.6.8.5 Moving Oracle WebLogic Communication Services
  • 17.6.9 Applying Domain Configurations to Other Machines
• 17.7 Moving Binary and Configuration Files to a Non-Distributed Target Environment
• 17.8 Moving Functional Setup Data
• 17.9 Completing Post-Movement Tasks
  • 17.9.1 Completing Post-Movement Tasks for a Target Distributed Environment
    • 17.9.1.1 Completing Post-Movement Tasks for a Target Distributed Environment
    • 17.9.1.2 Completing Post-Movement Tasks on a Target Non-Distributed Environment
  • 17.9.2 Tips for Completing the Oracle RAC Configuration in the Target Environment
• 17.10 A Case Study: Moving Oracle Fusion Supply Chain Management Components to a Target Distributed Environment

Part V Appendixes

A High Availability for Oracle Fusion Middleware Extensions for Applications

• A.1 How Oracle Fusion Middleware Extensions Components Use Fusion Middleware Components for High Availability and Failover
  • A.1.1 MDS
  • A.1.2 ADF
  • A.1.3 WebLogic Server Failover for Session Content

B High Availability for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler

• B.1 Introduction to High Availability for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
• B.2 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Concepts
• B.3 Configuring High Availability for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
  • B.3.1 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Configuration and Deployment Artifacts
  • B.3.2 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Logging
  • B.3.3 Backup and Recovery
• B.4 Managing an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Cluster

C Seeded Searchable Objects, Search Categories, Index Schedules, and Facets

• C.1 Searchable Objects by Product Family
• C.2 Search Categories by Product Family
• C.3 Index Schedules by Product Family
• C.4 Facets by Product Family