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Frequently Asked Questions

This chapter provides answers to frequently asked questions about the FTP adapter. This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Installation Questions

• Design Time Questions

Installation Questions

The following questions address installation of the FTP adapter.

How do I know the FTP Adapter has started properly?

View the oai.txt file located in the appropriate timestamped subdirectory of the FTP adapter log directory:

Platform	Directory
UNIX	$ORACLE_HOME/oai/9.0.2/adapters/Application/log/timestamp_in_milliseconds
Windows	%ORACLE_HOME%\oai\9.0.2\adapters\Application\log\timestamp_in_milliseconds

If there are no exceptions, the FTP adapter has started properly.

The FTP Adapter did not start properly - what went wrong?

View the exceptions in the FTP adapter log file (oailog.txt). The exceptions should provide some idea about what went wrong. It is possible that the FTP adapter is unable to connect to the repository. Make sure the repository is started properly. The FTP adapter will connect to the Repository once it is started properly. You do not need to restart the Adapter.

See Also: Oracle9iAS InterConnect User's Guide for instructions on starting the repository on UNIX and Windows

Is it possible to edit the FTP adapter configuration settings created during installation?

Yes, edit the parameters in the adapter.ini file in the following directory:

Platform	Directory
UNIX	$ORACLE_HOME/OAI/9.0.2/adapters/Application/
Windows	%ORACLE_HOME%\oai\9.0.2\adapters\Application\

See Also: Chapter 2, "Installation and Configuration"

Can I install multiple FTP adapters on the same machine?

The installer overwrites previous installations of the FTP adapter if it is installed a second time in the same Oracle home. However, multiple Oracle Homes can exist on one machine and have one FTP adapter is installed in each Oracle home. An Oracle home can be created by installing the Oracle8i client in different locations. When the FTP adapter is installed a second time, choose an Oracle home different from where the first FTP adapter is installed.

Design Time Questions

The following are design time questions for the FTP adapter.

When I change an element in iStudio, such as mappings, it seems like the FTP Adapter is using old information - what is happening?

The FTP adapter caches the information from iStudio which is stored in the repository locally for better performance in a production environment. If you change something in iStudio and want to see the change in the runtime, you need to stop the FTP adapter which are effected, delete the FTP adapter cache files and restart the FTP adapter.

The FTP adapter has a persistence directory which is located in the FTP adapter directory. Deleting this directory when the FTP adapter has been stopped should make it obtain the new metadata from the repository when started.

How do I secure any of the inifile parameters?

In order to encrypt any values specified in .ini file, complete the following steps:

1. Locate value to be encrypted.

2. Run the encrypt utility in $OAI_HOME/bin directory to encrypt above value.

3. Prefix the name of the parameter in the .ini file with encrypted_.

4. Replace the value with the new encrypted value from step 2.

Example:

To encrypt the password for the ftp.sender.password parameter, replace ftp.sender.password=ftpuser with the following:

encrypted_ftp.sender.password=112411071071106510801094108410731070107110811069