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1 Oracle Files Concepts

Oracle Files Architecture

Built With Oracle Content Management SDK

The Oracle Files Domain

Oracle Files Schema

Oracle Files Nodes

Services, Servers, and Agents

Oracle Internet Directory

The Subscriber Model

Oracle Files Features

Three Levels of Administration

Workspace Access Levels

Workspace Quota

File Management

Custom Review Processes

File Synchronization

Integration with Key Oracle Technologies

Integration With Oracle Collaboration Suite

Integration with Oracle9i Database Server

Oracle9i Database and the Oracle Files Schema

Oracle Advanced Queueing

Oracle9i Real Application Clusters (RAC)

Integration with Oracle9i Application Server

Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE (OC4J)

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Oracle Internet Directory

Oracle Workflow

2 Oracle Files Protocol Support

Industry-Standard Protocol Servers

Client Software and Access Paths

Oracle FileSync Client Software

Installing Oracle FileSync

Client Access Paths

AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP) Access for Macintosh Clients

HTTP (Web Browser) and WebDAV Access

SMB/NTFS Access

NFS (Network File System) Protocol Access

NFS Server Limitations

Solaris 2.8 and Solaris 2.9 Clients

Red Hat Linux Adv. Server 2.1 and Red Hat Linux 8.0 Clients

Windows Clients

Linking an NFS Directory Using the NFS Maestro Network Access Tool

Linking an NFS Directory Using the Command Line

Maestro Error Messages

Using Oracle Files with NFS

Configuring the NFS Server

Mapping UNIX UIDs to Oracle Files User Accounts

Mapping UIDs Manually

Mapping UIDs Using the Bulk NFS Tool

Setting Up a Trusted Client List

Enabling NIS Authentication

3 Oracle Files Administrative Roles and Tasks

Administrative Roles Quick Reference

Administrative Accounts

System Administrator

Skills Required to Administer Oracle Files

Site Administrator

Managing Subscribers

Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Subscribers

Enabling and Disabling Subscribers

Specifying Notification and Archive Settings

E-mailing a Subscriber

Viewing Subscriber Statistics

Resetting a Subscriber Administrator Password

Registering Custom Workflows

Subscriber Administrator

Setting Defaults

Specifying Default User Settings

Specifying Notification Settings

Specifying Default Quota Settings

Specifying Default Public Folder Settings

Specifying Default Language Settings

Subscriber Information Tasks

Viewing Subscriber Statistics

Requesting to Modify Subscriber's Settings

Contacting the Site Administrator

User Management Tasks

Creating and Provisioning Users

Creating Users in Oracle Internet Directory

E-mailing Users

Modifying User Information

Updating User Quota

Enabling and Disabling Users

Category Management Tasks

Creating Categories

Modifying Categories

Deleting Categories

Trash Management Tasks

Archival File and Folder Management Tasks

Recovering a File at a User's Request

Restoring a File or Folder from the Archive

Workspace and File Management Tasks

Working with Workspaces

Updating Workspace Quota

Locking and Unlocking Files

4 Administration Tools Overview

Oracle Files Configuration Assistant

Running the Oracle Files Configuration Assistant

Management Tools

Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site

Using the Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site to Manage Oracle Files

Starting the Oracle Enterprise Manager Process

Accessing the Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site

Accessing the Oracle Files Home Page

Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control

Accessing the Grid Control

Administration Tabs in Oracle Files

Oracle Directory Manager

Bulk Administration Tools for Oracle Files

Running the Bulk Administration Tools

User Administration Tool

Sample XML File

DTD for the User Administration Tool

Troubleshooting the User Administration Tool

Workspace Administration Tool

Sample XML File

DTD for the Workspace Administration Tool

Troubleshooting the Workspace Administration Tool

Troubleshooting Workspace Creation

Troubleshooting Workspace Updating

5 Managing the Oracle Files Domain

About the Oracle Files Domain

Starting and Stopping the Oracle Files Domain

Migrating the Domain Controller

Migrating the Domain Controller to a New Middle-Tier Host

Migrating the Domain Controller to an Existing Middle-Tier Host

Managing the Node Processes

Managing Regular Nodes

Starting Regular Nodes

Stopping Regular Nodes

Managing HTTP Nodes

Starting HTTP Nodes

Stopping HTTP Nodes

Permanently Deleting an HTTP Node

Starting, Stopping, Suspending, and Resuming Servers

Loading and Unloading Servers

Managing the Oracle Files Domain from the Command Line

Managing OC4J Processes

Oracle Process Management and Notification

6 Changing Configuration Settings

About Configuration Settings

Domain Properties

Changing Domain Properties

Node Configuration

Changing a Node Configuration

Creating a Regular Node Configuration

Creating an HTTP Node Configuration

Deleting a Node Configuration

Service Configuration

Changing a Service Configuration

Creating a Service Configuration

Runtime Service Configuration

About the Committed Data Cache

About the Read-Only Connection Pool

About the Writable Connection Pool

Dynamically Changing Data Cache and Connection Pool Configuration

Server Configuration

Abstract vs. Non-abstract Server Configuration

Change Values of Properties

View Inherited Properties

Changing a Server Configuration

Creating a Server Configuration

Reloading Servers

Deleting a Server

Deleting a Server Configuration

Oracle Files Configuration Options

Oracle Collaboration Suite Search Configuration

Configuring Search Parameters

Printing Services

MIME Type Formats

Running Oracle Files on Port 80

Changing the Port Number in Oracle Workflow

Changing the Port Number in Oracle9iAS Web Cache

Changing the Port Number in Oracle HTTP Server

Registering the New Port with Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On

Running the Single Sign-On Registration Tool

Restarting the Oracle HTTP Server

Updating the Base Server Configuration and Restarting OC4J

7 Monitoring Domain, Node, and Service Performance

Monitoring Domain Performance

Monitoring Node Performance

Monitoring Service Performance

Viewing Log Files

Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site Logs and Grid Control Logs

Oracle Files Logs

Accessing Metrics and Monitoring Metric Alerts

The Grid Control Management Agent

Managing Oracle Files with the Grid Control

Accessing the Grid Control

Changing the Default Metric Collection Behavior

Reconfiguring Oracle Files (oracle_ifs) Targets in the Grid Control

Viewing Oracle Files Metrics in the Grid Control

Using the Groups Subtab

Using the Search Function

Metric Thresholds and Metric Collection Intervals

Metric Collection Intervals

8 Oracle Files Security

Authentication Using Oracle Internet Directory

Protocol Servers

Network Channel Encryption

Oracle Files-Specific Passwords

Other Security Issues

Administration Interfaces

Oracle Internet Directory

Client Software

Setting Up Oracle Files to Use SSL

Configuring the Oracle Files Application to use SSL

Providing SSL Information During Oracle Files Configuration

Providing SSL Information Post-Configuration

Setting Parameters in Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site

Setting Additional SSL Information

Connecting to Oracle Internet Directory Using SSL

Providing Oracle Internet Directory SSL Information During Oracle Files Configuration

Providing Oracle Internet Directory SSL Information Post-Configuration

Changing the Oracle Files Site Administrator Password

Changing the Oracle Files System Password

Encrypting the System Password in targets.xml

Changing the Oracle Files Schema Password

9 Maintenance and Tuning

Backup and Recovery

LOB (Large Objects) Management

Moving Content Off-line or Near-line

Moving Content to BFILEs

Use Symbolic Linking to Change the Storage Location (UNIX only)

Disabling the BFILE Agents

Performance Tuning

Run the Oracle Files analyze.sql Script Frequently

Restoring Prior Statistics

Provide Adequate Storage to Improve Performance

Document Storage and Sizing Issues

Oracle Files Metadata and Infrastructure

Analyzing Performance Problems

If the Database is the Bottleneck

If the Java Processes are the Bottleneck

Obtaining Oracle Files Java Cache Statistics

Obtaining Oracle Files Connection Pool Statistics

Oracle Files Connection Pool Tuning

10 Customizing Oracle Files

Branding the Oracle Files User Interface

Limitations on Oracle Files Customizations

Using Custom Workflows in Oracle Files

About Custom Workflows

Creating the Workflow Process Definition

The Launch Event

The Workflow Process URL

The Process Status Event

The Response Event

The Cancel Event

Creating the Launch, Response, and Cancel Events

Creating Event Subscriptions for the Launch, Response, and Cancel Events

Registering a Custom Workflow with Oracle Files

Registering a Workflow Process Definition

Editing a Registered Workflow Process Definition

Deleting a Registered Workflow Process Definition

Setting Up E-Mail Notifications in Oracle Workflow

Setting Up UNIX Sendmail

Setting Up the Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer

Creating a Configuration File for the Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer

Starting the Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer

11 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting General Problems

A Oracle Text Reference

Oracle Text Tablespaces and Disk Utilization

Creating and Maintaining the Oracle Text Index

Maintaining the IFS_TEXT Index By Using the Oracle Text PL/SQL Packages

Monitoring DBMS_JOBS

Changing or Removing the Default DBMS_JOBS

Manually Synchronizing and Optimizing IFS_TEXT

Monitoring Oracle Text Indexing of Oracle Files Documents

Indexing Non-Standard Content Types

Modifying the Search Timeout Parameter

Troubleshooting Oracle Text Problems

B Service Configuration Reference

C Server Configuration Properties

Access Control List Index Agent

AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP) Server

Content Garbage Collection Agent

Dangling Object AV Cleanup Agent

Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV) Server Configuration

Event Exchanger Agent

Expiration Agent

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Server

Files Base Server Configuration

Files-Specific Server Configuration

Folder Index Analyzer Agent

Garbage Collection Agent

Inbound Queue Listener Agent

NbServer [NetBIOS]

Network File System (NFS) Protocol Server

NT File System (NTFS) Protocol Server

Service Warmup Agent

Service Watchdog Agent

Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol Server

D Setting Up Oracle Files With RAC

About Oracle9i Real Application Clusters

Oracle Files Load Balancing and Failover in a RAC Environment

Client Load Balancing

Connect Time Failover

Transparent Application Failover

Listener Load Balancing

Recommended Load Balancing Configuration

Oracle Files Connect Descriptor Settings for RAC

Oracle Files Configuration Tasks for RAC

Preconfiguration Tasks

Setting MAX_COMMIT_PROPAGATION_DELAY

Setting JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES

Creating a TNS Entry in tnsnames.ora

Configuration Tasks

Post-Configuration Tasks

Adding a <DatabaseUrl> Entry to registry.xml

RAC Settings for Grid Control

E Migrating Data to Oracle Files

Migrating Data from Other File Servers

Server Consolidation Checklist

Migrating Users

Creating Workspaces

Scripted Workspace Creation

Migrating Content

Protocols for Copying Data

F FTP Quote Command Reference

SETCHARENCODING

SHOWCHARENCODING

G Globalization Support

Globalization Support Overview

How to Choose the Database Character Set for Oracle Files

How to Make Sure Documents Are Properly Indexed in Oracle Files

Service Configuration Properties

Oracle Files Protocols

Character Sets Supported in Oracle Files

Languages Supported In Oracle Files

Index