Preface

This guide describes how to manage Oracle Application Server.

This preface contains these topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Organization

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Audience

The Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide is intended for administrators of Oracle Application Server.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

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Organization

This document contains:

Part I, "Getting Started"

This part contains chapters that describe how to get started with managing Oracle Application Server.

Chapter 1, "Getting Started After Installing Oracle Application Server"

This chapter provides tasks for getting familiar with your Oracle Application Server installation.

Chapter 2, "Introduction to Administration Tools"

This chapter introduces Web-based and command-line administration tools for Oracle Application Server.

Chapter 3, "Starting and Stopping"

This chapter describes how to start and stop Oracle Application Server environments, instances, components, and OracleAS Clusters.

Part II, "Basic Administration"

This part contains chapters that describe basic administration tasks.

Chapter 4, "Managing Ports"

This chapter describes how to view and change Oracle Application Server port numbers.

Chapter 5, "Managing Log Files"

This chapter describes how to view and manage Oracle Application Server log files.

Chapter 6, "Managing an OracleAS Metadata Repository"

This chapter describes tasks for managing OracleAS Metadata Repositories, such as changing schema passwords, relocating datafiles, and changing the character set.

Part III, "Advanced Administration"

This part contains chapters that describe advanced administration tasks.

Chapter 7, "Reconfiguring Application Server Instances"

This chapter describes how to extend application server instances, configure additional components, and configure a J2EE and Web Cache instance to use Infrastructure Services.

Chapter 8, "Changing Network Configurations"

This chapter describes how to change the host name and IP address of an Oracle Application Server host.

Chapter 9, "Changing Infrastructure Services"

This chapter describes how to change the Infrastructure Services used by a middle-tier instance.

Chapter 10, "Cloning Application Server Instances"

This chapter describes how to clone application server instances.

Chapter 11, "Changing from a Test to a Production Environment"

This chapter describes how to change from a test environment to a production environment.

Part IV, "Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)"

This part contains chapters that describe how to configure and use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with Oracle Application Server.

Chapter 12, "Overview of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) in Oracle Application Server"

This chapter provides on overview of the Secure Socket Layer.

Chapter 13, "Managing Wallets and Certificates"

This chapter describes managing wallets and certificates.

Chapter 14, "Enabling SSL in the Infrastructure"

This chapter describes how to enable SSL in the Infrastructure.

Chapter 15, "Enabling SSL in the Middle Tier"

This chapter describes how to enable SSL in the middle tier.

Chapter 16, "Troubleshooting SSL"

This chapter describes how to troubleshoot SSL.

Part V, "Backup and Recovery"

This part contains chapters that describe how to back up and recover your Oracle Application Server environment.

Chapter 17, "Introduction to Backup and Recovery"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server backup and recovery tools, strategies, and procedures.

Chapter 18, "Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery Tool"

This chapter describes how to install, configure, and use the Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery Tool.

Chapter 19, "Backup Strategy and Procedures"

This chapter describes Oracle Application Server backup strategies and procedures.

Chapter 20, "Recovery Strategies and Procedures"

This chapter describes Oracle Application Server recovery strategies and procedures.

Chapter 21, "Troubleshooting the Backup and Recovery Tool"

This chapter provides troubleshooting tips for the Backup and Recovery Tool.

Part VI, "Appendixes"

This part contains various appendixes.

Appendix A, "Managing and Configuring Application Server Control"

This appendix describes tasks for managing and configuring Application Server Control Console, including starting and stopping, configuring security, enabling ODL log formatting, and enabling Enterprise Manager accessibility mode.

Appendix B, "Oracle Application Server Command-Line Tools"

This appendix provides descriptions and locations of Oracle Application Server command-line administration tools.

Appendix C, "URLs for Components"

This appendix shows the URLs and login IDs to use to access components after installation.

Appendix D, "Oracle Application Server Port Numbers"

This appendix lists Oracle Application Server default port numbers and provides information on assigning and changing them.

Appendix E, "Metadata Repository Schemas"

This appendix provides descriptions of OracleAS Metadata Repository schemas, and lists their tablespaces and datafiles.

Appendix F, "printlogs Tool Syntax and Usage"

This appendix describes how to use the printlogs utility for viewing log files.

Appendix G, "Examples of Administrative Changes"

This appendix provides examples of administrative changes to Oracle Application Server, which can be used for guidance when performing backup and recovery, and managing OracleAS Disaster Recovery.

Appendix H, "Supplementary Procedures for Configuring LDAP-Based Replicas"

This appendix contains procedures changing Infrastructure Services, such as installing and setting up an LDAP-based replica, and migrating data.

Appendix I, "Viewing Oracle Application Server Release Numbers"

This appendix describes how to view Oracle Application Server release numbers.

Appendix J, "Troubleshooting Oracle Application Server"

This appendix provides troubleshooting tips for the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control Console.

Related Documentation

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Application Server Documentation Library

• Oracle Application Server Platform-Specific Documentation on Oracle Application Server Disk 1

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Conventions

This section describes the conventions used in the text and code examples of this documentation set. It describes:

• Conventions in Text

• Conventions in Code Examples

Conventions in Text

We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms. The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.

Convention	Meaning	Example
Boldface text	Boldface type indicates terms that are defined in the text or terms that appear in a glossary, or both.	When you specify this clause, you create an index-organized table.
Italic text	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, user-supplied names, or variable names.	Oracle Application Server Concepts Ensure that the recovery catalog and target database do not reside on the same disk. oid_port is the non-SSL Oracle Internet Directory port
monospace font	Monospace type indicates executable files, file names, directory names, user names, and sample user-supplied elements.	The opmnctl stopall command

Conventions in Code Examples

Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements. They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text as shown in this example:

SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = 'MIGRATE';

The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and provides examples of their use.

Convention	Meaning	Example
[ ]	Brackets enclose one or more optional items.	DECIMAL (digits [ , precision ])
{ }	Braces enclose two or more items, one of which is required.	{ENABLE | DISABLE}
|	A vertical bar represents a choice of two or more options within brackets or braces. Enter one of the options.	{ENABLE | DISABLE} [COMPRESS | NOCOMPRESS]
...	Horizontal ellipsis points indicate either: Omitted parts of the code that are not directly related to the example Repetition of a portion of the code	<process-type id="home" ... > -logs log_path [log_path ...]
Italic text	Italic type indicates placeholders or variables for which you must supply particular values.	http://hostname.domain:7777