G
Examples of Administrative Changes

This appendix provides examples of administrative changes that can be performed on an Oracle Application Server environment. It is a companion to Part IV, "Backup and Recovery" in this book, and to the Disaster Recovery and Active Failover Cluster sections in Oracle Application Server 10g High Availability Guide.

It contains the following topics:

• How to Use This Appendix

• Examples of Administrative Changes (by Component)

G.1 How to Use This Appendix

Some administrative operations cause configuration changes to your Oracle Application Server environment. These are called administrative changes, and include deploying and undeploying applications, changing the topology, changing ports, creating and deleting users, and changing passwords. As an administrator, you should be aware when administrative changes occur, because you may need to back up your environment or perform some synchronization procedures.

This appendix provides examples of administrative changes, listed by component. You can use this as a guide for performing the following procedures:

• Backup and Recovery

  Oracle recommends you perform a backup after each administrative change to your environment. You can use this appendix to determine the types of administrative changes that require you to back up your environment.

  See Also: Part IV, "Backup and Recovery"

• Disaster Recovery Synchronization Between the Primary and Standby Sites

  When you implement Disaster Recovery, you must update standby sites when you make an administrative change to your environment. You can use this appendix to determine the types of administrative changes that require you to update your standby sites.

  See Also: Oracle Application Server 10g High Availability Guide

• Active Failover Cluster (AFC) Infrastructure File Synchronization Between Different Nodes of the Hardware Cluster

  If you use Active Failover Cluster, you must keep the files in the different nodes in the AFC in sync. You can use this appendix to determine the types of administrative changes that require to you to synchronize your AFC nodes.

  See Also: Oracle Application Server 10g High Availability Guide

G.2 Examples of Administrative Changes (by Component)

Table G-1 provides examples of administrative changes, by component. Consult your component documentation to learn more about these operations.

Table G-1   Examples of Administrative Changes

Component	Examples of Administrative Changes
Delegated Administration Services (DAS)	Manual edits to DAS configuration files, such as das.properties
Directory Integration and Provisioning (DIP)	DIP administrative and configuration operations, such as running the odisrvreg or remtool utilities (password management)
Distributed Configuration Management (DCM)	DCM administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control Manual edits to DCM configuration files DCM administrative and configuration operations using dcmctl, such as configrepositoryssl, joincluster, joinfarm, leavecluster, leavefarm, repositoryrelocated, resetDCMcacheport, resethostinformation, restoreinstance, and set operations DCM administrative and configuration operations performed using the dcmctl utility, such as deploying and undeploying applications and making configuration changes
Dynamic Monitoring Service (DMS)	DMS administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control Manual edits to DMS configuration files, such as dms.conf
Log Loader	Log Loader administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control Manual edits to Log Loader configuration files, such as logloader.properties, logloader.xml, and files in ORACLE_HOME/diagnostics/config/registration
Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J)	OC4J administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control Manual edits to OC4J configuration files OC4J administrative and configuration operations using the dcmctl utility, such as deploying and undeploying applications, and creating OC4J instances
Oracle Application Server Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAZN)	JAZN administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control JAZN administrative and configuration operations performed using the admintool utility, such as adding and removing users, and changing roles, permissions, privileges, and passwords
Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Server Control	Application server-wide or component-specific administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control, such as changing the ias_admin password, changing port numbers, deploying and undeploying applications, and operations that result in configuration file changes
Oracle HTTP Server	Oracle HTTP Server administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control, such as modifying the number of VMs and creating virtual hosts Manual edits to Oracle HTTP Server configuration files Oracle HTTP Server administrative and configuration operations using the dcmctl utility
Oracle Internet Directory (OID)	Oracle Internet Directory administrative and configuration operations, such as running the oidpasswd or remtool utilities (password management), and installing and removing components
Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server (OPMN)	OPMN administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control Manual edits to OPMN configuration files, such as opmn.xml OPMN administrative and configuration operations using the dcmctl utility
Oracle Ultra Search	Manual edits to Oracle Ultra Search configuration files, such as crawler.dat, data-sources.xml, truststore.dat, and ultrasearch.properties
OracleAS Certificate Authority (OCA)	OCA administrative and configuration operations using the ocactl utility with the following options: setpasswd, generatewallet, convertwallet, importwallet, revokecert, renewcert, updateconnection, and changesecurity Using the administrative interface to enroll the OCA Web administrator
OracleAS Forms Services	OracleAS Forms Services administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control, such as operations on the "Forms/Configuration", "Forms/Environment Property", and "Forms/Overview" pages
OracleAS Portal	OracleAS Portal administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control OracleAS Portal administrative and configuration operations using the Administration screen in the Portal User Interface Manual edits to OracleAS Portal configuration files Running the ptlconfig script Running any Portal-specific scripts that modify the database-side configuration for Portal, for example, disabling OracleAS Web Cache or changing some background job frequencies in Portal
OracleAS ProcessConnect	OracleAS ProcessConnect administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control
OracleAS Reports Services	OracleAS Reports Services administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control, such as operations on the "Reports/Configuration" page Manual edits to OracleAS Reports Services configuration files When the Reports server receives a job insert or update, such as when adding a new job or moving a job from one queue to another. Note: Oracle recommends that you perform backup and file synchronization more frequently when running OracleAS Reports Services.
OracleAS Single Sign-On (SSO)	SSO administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control, such as changing the ORASSO schema password Configuration changes such as adding or removing an SSO middle-tier instance, changing SSO to use SSL, and performing Windows Native Authentication configuration changes
OracleAS Web Cache	OracleAS Web Cache administrative and configuration operations performed using Web Cache Manager, such as changes in the following areas: "Operations", "Properties", "Logging and Diagnostics", "Ports", "Origin Servers, Sites, and Load Balancing", and "Rules and Rule Association" Manual edits to OracleAS Web Cache configuration files, such as webcache.xml Other administrative or configuration operations, such as deploying new Web servers into the farm, changing port numbers, performing security changes, and deploying or undeploying an application or site
OracleAS Wireless	OracleAS Wireless administrative and configuration operations performed using Application Server Control, such as deploying and undeploying applications, changing ports, making changes to groups or users, and changing configuration parameters