Contents
- Audience
- Documentation Accessibility
- Organization
- Related Documentation
- Conventions
- 1.1 Task 1: Set Up Your Operating System User Account
- 1.2 Task 2: Use the Oracle Application Server Welcome Page
- 1.3 Task 3: Check Your Port Numbers
- 1.4 Task 4: Get Started with Managing Components
- 1.4.1 Getting Started with Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server (OPMN)
- 1.4.2 Getting Started with Distributed Configuration Management (DCM)
- 1.4.3 Getting Started with Oracle HTTP Server
- 1.4.4 Getting Started with Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
- 1.4.5 Getting Started with OracleAS Web Cache
- 1.4.6 Getting Started with OracleAS Portal
- 1.4.7 Getting Started with OracleAS Wireless
- 1.4.8 Getting Started with OracleBI Discoverer
- 1.5 Task 5: Enable SSL (Optional)
- 2.1 Overview of Oracle Application Server Administration Tools
- 2.1.1 Managing Oracle Application Server with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
- 2.1.1.1 Using Application Server Control to Manage Oracle Application Server
- 2.1.1.2 Using Grid Control to Manage Your Enterprise
- 2.1.1.3 Using Database Control to Manage an OracleAS Metadata Repository Database
- 2.1.2 Managing Oracle Application Server from the Command Line
- 2.1.3 Using Other Tools to Monitor the Built-In Performance Metrics
- 2.2 About Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control
- 2.2.1 Introducing the Enterprise Manager Home Pages
- 2.2.2 About the Underlying Technologies
- 2.2.3 Managing Previous Versions of Oracle Application Server
- 2.2.4 Using the Application Server Control Console Online Help
- 2.3 Getting Started with the Application Server Control Console
- 2.3.1 Displaying the Application Server Control Console
- 2.3.1.1 Using the Application Server Control Console URL
- 2.3.1.2 Displaying the Application Server Control Console from the Welcome Page
- 2.3.2 Understanding the Initial Application Server Control Console Home Page
- 2.3.3 Using the Application Server Home Page
- 2.3.4 Using the Oracle Application Server Farm Page
- 2.3.5 Using an Oracle Application Server Component Home Page
- 2.4 Monitoring and Diagnosing with the Application Server Control Console
- 2.4.1 Reviewing the Application Server Component Topology
- 2.4.2 Reviewing General Information and Resource Usage
- 2.4.3 Reviewing the Resources of the Application Server Host
- 2.4.4 Monitoring Application Server Components
- 2.4.5 Displaying the All Metrics Page for the Application Server or an Application Server Component
- 2.4.6 Monitoring J2EE Applications
- 2.4.7 Obtaining More Information about Monitoring Oracle Application Server
- 2.5 Managing the OracleAS Metadata Repository Database with Database Control
- 2.6 About Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
- 2.6.1 About the Components of Grid Control
- 2.6.2 Installing the Grid Control Components
- 2.6.3 Logging In to the Grid Control Console
- 2.6.4 Viewing a List of Application Servers in the Grid Control Console
- 2.6.5 Overview of Grid Control Monitoring Tasks
- 2.6.6 Obtaining More Information About Grid Control
- 3.1 Overview of Starting and Stopping Procedures
- 3.2 Starting and Stopping Application Server Instances
- 3.2.1 Starting OracleAS Infrastructure
- 3.2.2 Stopping OracleAS Infrastructure
- 3.2.3 Starting a Middle-Tier Instance
- 3.2.4 Stopping a Middle-Tier Instance
- 3.3 Starting and Stopping Components
- 3.3.1 Starting and Stopping Using opmnctl
- 3.3.2 Starting and Stopping Using Application Server Control Console
- 3.4 Enabling and Disabling Components
- 3.5 Starting and Stopping an Oracle Application Server Environment
- 3.5.1 Starting an Oracle Application Server Environment
- 3.5.2 Stopping an Oracle Application Server Environment
- 3.6 Starting and Stopping: Special Topics
- 3.6.1 Starting and Stopping Log Loader
- 3.6.2 Starting and Stopping in High Availability Environments
- 3.6.3 Resolving OC4J Errors When Starting Multiple Instances
- 3.6.4 Shutting Down OracleAS Metadata Repository with the IMMEDIATE Option
- 4.1 About Managing Ports
- 4.2 Viewing Port Numbers
- 4.3 Changing Middle-Tier Ports
- 4.3.1 Changing Oracle Enterprise Manager Ports
- 4.3.2 Changing OC4J Ports
- 4.3.3 Changing the Oracle HTTP Server Listen Port
- 4.3.3.1 Enabling Oracle HTTP Server to Run as Root for Ports Set to Less Than 1024 on UNIX Systems
- 4.3.3.2 Using the portconfig Command to Change the Oracle HTTP Server Listen Port
- 4.3.4 Changing the OracleAS Web Cache Listen Port
- 4.3.5 Changing the OracleAS Web Cache Administration Port
- 4.3.6 Changing the OracleAS Web Cache Invalidation Port
- 4.3.7 Changing the OracleAS Web Cache Statistics Port
- 4.3.8 Changing the DCM Discovery Port
- 4.3.9 Changing the Java Object Cache Port
- 4.3.10 Changing the Log Loader Port
- 4.3.11 Changing OPMN Ports (ONS Local, Request, and Remote)
- 4.3.12 Changing the Oracle HTTP Server Diagnostic Port
- 4.3.13 Changing the Port Tunneling Port
- 4.3.14 Changing OracleAS Portal Ports
- 4.3.15 Changing OracleAS Wireless Ports
- 4.3.16 Changing OracleBI Discoverer Ports
- 4.4 Changing Infrastructure Ports
- 4.4.1 Changing the OracleAS Metadata Repository Net Listener Port
- 4.4.1.1 Changing the KEY value for an IPC Listener
- 4.4.2 Changing Oracle Internet Directory Ports
- 4.4.3 Changing the HTTP Server Port on Identity Management
- 4.4.4 Changing OracleAS Certificate Authority Ports
- 4.5 Changing OracleAS Developer Kit Ports
- 4.6 Changing Oracle Content Management Software Development Kit Ports
- 5.1 Introduction to Oracle Application Server Logging
- 5.1.1 Understanding Log File Data and Naming
- 5.1.1.1 ODL Message Formatting and ODL Log File Naming
- 5.1.1.2 Log File Messages by Component
- 5.1.2 Using a Log Repository
- 5.1.3 Configuring Component Logging Options
- 5.2 Listing and Viewing Log Files with Application Server Control
- 5.2.1 Listing Log Files for Components
- 5.2.2 Listing Log Files from Oracle Application Server Components Pages
- 5.2.3 Using Log Files Advanced Search
- 5.3 Searching Diagnostic Messages in a Log Repository
- 5.3.1 Getting Started with Log Repository
- 5.3.2 Searching Log Repository with Simple Search
- 5.3.3 Searching Log Repository with Advanced Search
- 5.3.4 Viewing Repository Log Entry Details
- 5.3.5 Using Regular Expressions With Log Repository Search
- 5.4 Diagnosing Problems and Correlating Messages
- 5.4.1 Correlating Messages Across Log Files and Components
- 5.4.2 Diagnosing Component Problems
- 5.5 Using Oracle Application Server Log Loader
- 5.5.1 Starting and Stopping Log Loader
- 5.5.2 Enabling and Disabling Log Loader
- 5.5.3 Updating the Log Configuration
- 5.5.4 Setting Log Loader Properties
- 5.5.5 Understanding Log Loader Diagnostic Messages
- 5.6 Advanced Logging Topics
- 5.6.1 Using the printlogs Tool to View Log Messages
- 5.6.2 Understanding ODL Messages and ODL Log Files
- 5.6.2.1 ODL Message Contents
- 5.6.2.2 ODL Log File Naming
- 5.6.3 Understanding Log Loader Log File Format Conversion
- 5.6.4 Component Diagnostic Log File Registration
- 5.6.5 Configuring Components to Produce ODL Messages and ECIDs
- 5.6.5.1 Configuring Oracle HTTP Server to Produce ODL Messages
- 5.6.5.2 Configuring OC4J to Produce ODL Messages
- 5.6.5.3 Configuring OC4J to Produce ECIDs
- 5.6.6 Creating and Managing a Diagnostic Message Database Repository
- 5.6.7 Limitations and Configuration
- 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions About OracleAS Metadata Repository
- 6.2 Postinstallation Status of Metadata Repository Schemas
- 6.3 Viewing OracleAS Metadata Repository Schema Passwords
- 6.3.1 Viewing OracleAS Metadata Repository Schema Passwords using Oracle Directory Manager
- 6.3.2 Viewing OracleAS Metadata Repository Schema Passwords using ldapsearch
- 6.4 Changing Oracle Metadata Repository Schema Passwords
- 6.4.1 Changing Schema Passwords Using the Application Server Control Console
- 6.4.2 Changing Schema Passwords Using SQL*Plus
- 6.4.3 Changing Schema Passwords in Oracle Internet Directory
- 6.5 Changing the Character Set of Oracle Metadata Repository
- 6.6 Renaming and Relocating Oracle Metadata Repository Datafiles
- 7.1 Expanding a Middle-Tier Installation
- 7.2 Configuring Additional Components After Installation
- 7.2.1 Configuring OracleAS Web Cache After Installation
- 7.2.1.1 Things to Know Before You Start
- 7.2.1.2 Configuring OracleAS Web Cache
- 7.2.1.3 Post-Configuration Tasks
- 7.2.2 Configuring OracleAS Portal After Installation
- 7.2.2.1 Configuring OracleAS Portal
- 7.2.2.2 Post-Configuration Tasks
- 7.2.3 Configuring OracleAS Wireless After Installation
- 7.2.3.1 Configuring OracleAS Wireless
- 7.2.3.2 Post-Configuration Tasks
- 7.2.4 Configuring OracleAS Single Sign-On After Installation
- 7.2.4.1 Configuring OracleAS Single Sign-On
- 7.2.4.2 Post-Configuration Tasks
- 7.2.5 Configuring Oracle Delegated Administration Services After Installation
- 7.2.5.1 Things to Know Before You Start
- 7.2.5.2 Configuring mod_osso for Oracle Delegated Administration Services
- 7.2.5.3 Configuring Delegated Administration Service
- 7.2.5.4 Post-Configuration Tasks
- 7.2.6 Configuring Directory Integration and Provisioning After Installation
- 7.3 Deconfiguring Components
- 7.4 Deleting OC4J Instances
- 7.5 Configuring J2EE and Web Cache to Use Infrastructure Services
- 7.5.1 Configuring Instances to Use Oracle Identity Management
- 7.5.2 Configuring Instances with Oracle Identity Management to Use OracleAS Metadata Repository
- 7.5.3 Configuring Instances to Use an Existing Database as a Repository
- 7.5.4 Configuring Instances Without Oracle Identity Management to Use OracleAS Metadata Repository
- 7.5.5 Configuring Instances to Use an Existing File-Based Repository
- 7.5.6 Configuring Instances to Use a New File-Based Repository
- 8.1 Overview of Procedures for Changing Network Configurations
- 8.2 Changing Your Hostname, Domain Name, or IP Address
- 8.2.1 Changing the Hostname or Domain Name of a Middle-tier Installation
- 8.2.2 Changing the Hostname, Domain Name, or IP Address of an Identity Management Installation
- 8.2.3 Changing the Hostname or Domain Name of an OracleAS Certificate Authority Installation
- 8.2.4 Changing the IP Address of an Infrastructure Containing a Metadata Repository
- 8.2.5 Special Topics for Changing Your Hostname or Domain Name
- 8.2.5.1 Setting the Log Level for chgiphost
- 8.2.5.2 Customizing the chgiphost Script
- 8.2.5.3 Changing your Hostname after Upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003
- 8.2.5.4 Recovering from Errors When Changing Your Hostname
- 8.3 Moving Between Off-network and On-network
- 8.3.1 Moving from Off-network to On-network (Static IP Address)
- 8.3.2 Moving from Off-network to On-network (DHCP)
- 8.3.3 Moving from On-network to Off-network (Static IP Address)
- 8.3.4 Moving from On-network to Off-network (DHCP)
- 8.4 Changing Between a Static IP Address and DHCP
- 8.4.1 Changing from a Static IP Address to DHCP
- 8.4.2 Changing from DHCP to a Static IP Address
- 9.1 Overview of Procedures for Changing Infrastructure Services
- 9.2 Changing the Oracle Internet Directory or Oracle HTTP Server Ports on Identity Management
- 9.3 Changing Oracle Internet Directory from Dual Mode to SSL Mode
- 9.3.1 Procedure
- 9.4 Moving Identity Management to a New Host
- 9.4.1 Sample Uses for this Procedure
- 9.4.2 Assumptions and Restrictions
- 9.4.3 Procedure
- 9.4.4 Strategy for Performing Failover with this Procedure
- 9.5 Changing the Metadata Repository Used by a Middle-Tier Instance
- 9.5.1 Sample Uses for this Procedure
- 9.5.2 Assumptions and Restrictions
- 9.5.3 Overview
- 9.5.4 Procedure
- 9.6 Changing the Metadata Repository Used by Identity Management
- 9.6.1 Sample Uses for this Procedure
- 9.6.2 Assumptions and Restrictions
- 9.6.3 Procedure
- 10.1 Introduction to Cloning
- 10.2 What Installation Types Can You Clone?
- 10.3 Understanding the Cloning Process
- 10.3.1 Source Preparation Phase
- 10.3.2 Cloning Phases
- 10.4 Cloning Oracle Application Server Instances
- 10.4.1 Preparing the Source
- 10.4.2 Cloning the Instance
- 10.4.3 Locating and Viewing Log Files
- 10.4.4 Cloning Instances That Are Members of a Farm or OracleAS Cluster
- 10.5 Considerations and Limitations for Cloning
- 10.5.1 General Considerations and Limitations for Cloning
- 10.5.2 Considerations for Cloning Oracle HTTP Server
- 10.5.3 Considerations for Cloning Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
- 10.5.4 Considerations for Cloning OracleAS Web Cache
- 10.5.5 Considerations for Cloning Application Server Control
- 10.5.6 Considerations for Cloning Instances Connected to Oracle Identity Management
- 10.5.7 Considerations for Cloning OracleAS Portal
- 10.5.8 Considerations for Cloning OracleAS Wireless
- 10.5.9 Considerations for Cloning Business Intelligence
- 10.6 Customizing the Cloning Process
- 10.6.1 Specifying Oracle Universal Installer Parameters
- 10.6.2 Assigning Custom Ports
- 10.6.3 Updating Custom Data
- 10.7 Examples of Cloning Application Server Instances
- 10.7.1 Using Cloning to Expand an OracleAS Cluster
- 10.7.2 Cloning a Portal and Wireless Instance Front-Ended by a Load Balancing Router
- 10.7.3 Cloning a Business Intelligence Instance
- 11.1 Understanding the Options for Creating a Production Middle Tier
- 11.2 Case 1: Moving J2EE Applications to a Production Environment
- 11.2.1 Scenario 1: Redeploying J2EE Applications to an Existing Production Environment with a Middle-Tier Instance
- 11.2.1.1 Preexisting Configuration Assumptions
- 11.2.1.2 Procedure
- 11.2.2 Scenario 2: Moving J2EE Applications from a Test Middle Tier without Identity Management to a New Production Environment
- 11.2.2.1 Preexisting Configuration Assumptions
- 11.2.2.2 Procedure
- 11.2.3 Scenario 3: Moving J2EE Applications from a Test Middle Tier with Identity Management to a New Production Environment
- 11.2.3.1 Preexisting Configuration Assumptions
- 11.2.3.2 Procedure
- 11.3 Case 2: Moving Non-J2EE Applications to a Production Environment
- 11.3.1 Scenario 1: Moving Applications from a Test Middle Tier with Identity Management to a Production Environment with a Preexisting Identity Management
- 11.3.1.1 Configuration Assumptions
- 11.3.1.2 Procedure
- 11.3.1.3 Creating a Second Middle-Tier Instance in the Production Environment
- 11.3.2 Scenario 2: Moving Applications from a Test Middle Tier with Identity Management and a Product Metadata Repository to an Existing Production Environment with Identity Management
- 11.3.2.1 Configuration Assumptions
- 11.3.2.2 Procedure
- 11.3.3 Scenario 3: Moving Applications from Multiple Test Middle Tiers with Dedicated Identity Management Metadata Repositories
- 11.3.3.1 Configuration Assumptions
- 11.3.3.2 Procedure
- 11.3.4 Common Procedures for Scenarios in Use Case 2
- 11.4 Case 3: Moving Product-Specific Metadata from Test Metadata Repository to Production Metadata Repository
- 11.4.1 OracleAS Portal
- 11.4.1.1 Configuration Assumptions
- 11.4.1.2 Procedure
- 11.4.2 OracleBI Discoverer
- 11.4.2.1 Configuration Assumptions
- 11.4.2.2 Procedure
- 12.1 What SSL Provides
- 12.2 About Private and Public Key Cryptography
- 12.3 How an SSL Session Is Set Up (the "SSL Handshake")
- 12.4 Requirements for Using SSL in Oracle Application Server
- 12.5 Certificates and Oracle Wallets
- 12.5.1 How to Get a Certificate
- 12.5.2 Oracle Wallet
- 12.5.3 Client Certificates
- 12.6 SSL Configuration Overview
- 12.6.1 Default SSL Configuration
- 12.6.2 Partial SSL Configuration
- 12.7 Integration with Hardware Security Modules
- 12.7.1 Protocol Converters
- 12.7.2 Mathematics Accelerators (PKCS #11 Integration)
- 13.1 Using Oracle Wallet Manager
- 13.1.1 Oracle Wallet Manager Overview
- 13.1.1.1 Wallet Password Management
- 13.1.1.2 Strong Wallet Encryption
- 13.1.1.3 Microsoft Windows Registry Wallet Storage
- 13.1.1.4 Backward Compatibility
- 13.1.1.5 Third-Party Wallet Support
- 13.1.1.6 LDAP Directory Support
- 13.1.2 Starting Oracle Wallet Manager
- 13.1.3 How To Create a Complete Wallet: Process Overview
- 13.1.4 Managing Wallets
- 13.1.4.1 Required Guidelines for Creating Wallet Passwords
- 13.1.4.2 Creating a New Wallet
- 13.1.4.3 Opening an Existing Wallet
- 13.1.4.4 Closing a Wallet
- 13.1.4.5 Exporting Oracle Wallets to Third-Party Environments
- 13.1.4.6 Exporting Oracle Wallets to Tools that Do Not Support PKCS #12
- 13.1.4.7 Uploading a Wallet to an LDAP Directory
- 13.1.4.8 Downloading a Wallet from an LDAP Directory
- 13.1.4.9 Saving Changes
- 13.1.4.10 Saving the Open Wallet to a New Location
- 13.1.4.11 Saving in System Default
- 13.1.4.12 Deleting the Wallet
- 13.1.4.13 Changing the Password
- 13.1.4.14 Using Auto Login
- 13.1.5 Managing Certificates
- 13.1.5.1 Managing User Certificates
- 13.1.5.2 Managing Trusted Certificates
- 13.2 Performing Certificate Validation and CRL Management with the orapki Utility
- 13.2.1 orapki Overview
- 13.2.1.1 orapki Utility Syntax
- 13.2.2 Displaying orapki Help
- 13.2.3 Creating Signed Certificates for Testing Purposes
- 13.2.4 Managing Oracle Wallets with the orapki Utility
- 13.2.4.1 Creating and Viewing Oracle Wallets with orapki
- 13.2.4.2 Adding Certificates and Certificate Requests to Oracle Wallets with orapki
- 13.2.4.3 Exporting Certificates and Certificate Requests from Oracle Wallets with orapki
- 13.2.5 Managing Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) with orapki Utility
- 13.2.5.1 About Certificate Validation with Certificate Revocation Lists
- 13.2.5.2 Certificate Revocation List Management
- 13.2.6 orapki Utility Commands Summary
- 13.2.6.1 orapki cert create
- 13.2.6.2 orapki cert display
- 13.2.6.3 orapki crl delete
- 13.2.6.4 orapki crl display
- 13.2.6.5 orapki crl hash
- 13.2.6.6 orapki crl list
- 13.2.6.7 orapki crl upload
- 13.2.6.8 orapki wallet add
- 13.2.6.9 orapki wallet create
- 13.2.6.10 orapki wallet display
- 13.2.6.11 orapki wallet export
- 13.3 Interoperability With X.509 Certificates
- 13.3.1 Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) Support
- 13.3.2 Multiple Certificate Support
- 14.1 SSL Communication Paths in the Infrastructure
- 14.2 Recommended SSL Configurations
- 14.3 Common SSL Configuration Tasks
- 14.3.1 Configuring SSL for OracleAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services
- 14.3.2 Configuring SSL for Oracle Internet Directory
- 14.3.3 Configuring SSL for Oracle Internet Directory Replication Server and Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning
- 14.3.4 Configuring SSL in the Identity Management Database
- 14.3.5 Additional SSL Configuration in the OC4J_SECURITY Instance
- 14.3.5.1 Configuring SSL from mod_oc4j to OC4J_SECURITY
- 14.3.5.2 Using Port Tunneling from mod_oc4j to the OC4J_SECURITY Instance
- 14.3.5.3 Configuring JDBC/SSL (ASO support)
- 14.3.6 SSL in Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority
- 14.3.7 Configuring SSL for Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
- 14.3.7.1 Configuring Security for the Grid Control
- 14.3.7.2 Configuring Security for the Application Server Control Console
- 15.1 SSL Communication Paths in the Middle Tier
- 15.2 Recommended SSL Configurations
- 15.3 Common SSL Configuration Tasks for the Middle Tier
- 15.3.1 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Web Cache
- 15.3.2 Enabling SSL in the Oracle HTTP Server
- 15.3.3 Enabling SSL in OC4J
- 15.3.3.1 Configuring SSL from Oracle HTTP Server to OC4J
- 15.3.3.2 Using Port Tunneling (iaspt) from Oracle HTTP Server to OC4J
- 15.3.3.3 Configuring ORMI/HTTP SSL
- 15.3.3.4 Configuring the Oracle Application Server Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Provider for SSL with Oracle Internet Directory
- 15.3.3.5 Configuring SSL in Standalone OC4J Installations
- 15.3.4 Enabling SSL in J2EE and Web Cache Installations
- 15.3.5 Enabling SSL in Virtual Hosts
- 15.3.6 Enabling SSL in OracleBI Discoverer
- 15.3.7 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Wireless
- 15.3.8 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Portal
- 15.3.9 Configuring SSL for Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
- 16.1 Name-Based Virtual Hosting and SSL
- 16.2 Common ORA Errors Related to SSL
- 17.1 Philosophy of Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery
- 17.2 Overview of the Backup Strategy
- 17.2.1 Types of Backups
- 17.2.2 Recommended Backup Strategy
- 17.3 Overview of Recovery Strategies
- 17.4 What is the Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery Tool?
- 17.5 Assumptions and Restrictions
- 17.6 Roadmap for Getting Started with Backup and Recovery
- 18.1 Using the Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery Tool
- 18.2 How to Obtain the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool
- 18.2.1 Manually Installing the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool
- 18.3 How to Configure the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool
- 18.4 Customizing the Tool for Your Configuration Files
- 18.4.1 How the Tool Works When Backing Up Configuration Files
- 18.4.2 How to Customize the Tool
- 18.5 OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool Usage Summary
- 18.5.1 Prerequisites for Running the Tool
- 18.5.2 Syntax
- 18.5.3 Usage Examples
- 19.1 Recommended Backup Strategy
- 19.2 Backup Procedures
- 19.2.1 Enabling Block Change Tracking
- 19.2.2 Enabling ARCHIVELOG Mode
- 19.2.3 Creating a Record of Your Oracle Application Server Configuration
- 19.2.4 Performing a Complete Oracle Application Server Environment Backup
- 19.2.5 Performing a Configuration and Metadata Backup
- 20.1 Recovery Strategies
- 20.1.1 Recovery Strategies for Data Loss, Host Failure, or Media Failure (Critical)
- 20.1.2 Recovery Strategies for Process Crashes and System Outages (Non-Critical)
- 20.2 Recovery Procedures
- 20.2.1 Restoring an Infrastructure to the Same Host
- 20.2.2 Restoring an Infrastructure to a New Host
- 20.2.3 Restoring an Identity Management Instance to a New Host
- 20.2.4 Restoring and Recovering the Metadata Repository
- 20.2.4.1 Restoring and Recovering the Metadata Repository to the Same Host
- 20.2.4.2 Restoring and Recovering the Metadata Repository to a New Host
- 20.2.5 Restoring Infrastructure Configuration Files
- 20.2.6 Restoring a Middle-tier Installation to the Same Host
- 20.2.7 Restoring a Middle-tier Installation to a New Host
- 20.2.8 Restoring Middle-tier Configuration Files
- 20.2.9 Restoring a File-Based Repository to a New Host
- 21.1 Problems and Solutions
- 21.1.1 Receiving restore_config Operations Fails Error
- 21.1.2 File-based Repository Restoration Fails
- 21.1.3 Cannot Run a Cold Backup on Identity Manager or J2EE Instance
- 21.1.4 Failure Due to Loss or Corruption of OPMN.XML File
- 21.1.5 A restore_config Operation Fails
- A.1 Starting and Stopping the Application Server Control
- A.1.1 Starting and Stopping the Application Server Control Console on UNIX
- A.1.2 Starting and Stopping the Application Server Control Console on Windows
- A.2 Understanding Application Server Control Console Processes on UNIX
- A.3 Changing the ias_admin Password
- A.3.1 Changing the Password Using the Application Server Control Console
- A.3.2 Changing the Password Using the emctl Command-Line Tool
- A.4 Configuring Security for Enterprise Manager Application Server Control Console
- A.5 Using the EM_OC4J_OPTS Environment Variable to Set Additional Application Server Control Options
- A.5.1 Summary of the Options You Can Set with the EM_OC4J_OPTS Environment Variable
- A.5.2 Setting the EM_OC4J_OPTS Environment Variable
- A.6 Enabling ODL for the Application Server Control Log File
- A.6.1 Modifying the Application Server Control Logging Properties
- A.6.2 More About the Application Server Control Console Log File Properties
- A.7 Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Mode
- A.7.1 Making HTML Pages More Accessible
- A.7.2 Providing Textual Descriptions of Enterprise Manager Charts
- A.7.3 Modifying the uix-config.xml File to Enable Accessibility Mode
- A.8 Managing Multiple Oracle Application Server Instances on a Single Host
- A.8.1 Restrictions and Supported Configurations
- A.8.1.1 General Restrictions
- A.8.1.2 Supported Installation Types
- A.8.1.3 Support for Separately Installed Components
- A.8.2 Creating a New targets.xml for the Active Application Server Control
- A.8.3 Updating the StandaloneConsoleURL Property in the Inactive targets.xml File
- A.8.4 Updating the opmn.xml File to Refer to the Active Application Server Control
- A.8.5 Restarting the Active Application Server Control and Verifying the Results
- A.8.5.1 Verifying the Procedure for Infrastructure Installations
- A.8.5.2 Verifying the Procedure for Middle-Tier Installations
- A.8.6 Deinstallation Procedures
- A.8.6.1 Deinstalling the Oracle Home with the Active Application Server Control
- A.8.6.2 Deinstalling the Oracle Home with the Inactive Application Server Control
- D.1 Port Numbers and How They Are Assigned (Sorted by Installation Type)
- D.1.1 J2EE and OracleAS Web Cache Ports
- D.1.2 Portal and Wireless Ports
- D.1.3 Business Intelligence Ports
- D.1.4 Infrastructure Ports
- D.1.5 OracleAS Integration InterConnect Ports
- D.1.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Ports
- D.1.7 Oracle Content Management Software Development Kit Ports
- D.1.8 OracleAS Developer Kits
- D.2 Port Numbers (Sorted by Port Number)
- D.3 Guidelines for Changing Port Numbers (Sorted by Installation Type)
- D.3.1 J2EE and Web Cache Ports
- D.3.2 Portal and Wireless Ports
- D.3.3 Business Intelligence Ports
- D.3.4 Infrastructure Ports
- D.3.5 OracleAS Integration InterConnect Ports
- D.3.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Ports
- D.3.7 Oracle Content Management Software Development Kit Ports
- E.1 Metadata Repository Schema Descriptions
- E.1.1 Identity Management Schemas
- E.1.2 Product Metadata Schemas
- E.1.3 Management Schemas
- E.2 Metadata Repository Schemas, Tablespaces, and Default Datafiles
- F.1 Introduction
- F.2 Basic Syntax
- F.3 Detailed Option Descriptions
- F.3.1 Input Options
- F.3.2 Filter Options
- F.3.3 Output Options
- F.3.4 General Options
- F.4 Log Record Fields
- F.5 Environment Variable
- F.6 Examples
- G.1 How to Use This Appendix
- G.2 Examples of Administrative Changes (by Component)
- H.1 About LDAP-based Replicas
- H.1.1 What is an LDAP-based Replica?
- H.1.2 How is the LDAP-based Replica Used for Changing Infrastructure Services?
- H.2 Installing and Setting Up an LDAP-Based Replica
- H.2.1 Things to Know Before You Start
- H.2.2 Procedure
- I.1 Release Number Format
- I.2 Viewing Oracle Application Server Installation Release Numbers
- I.3 Viewing Component Release Numbers
- I.4 Viewing Oracle Internet Directory Release Numbers
- I.5 Viewing Metadata Repository Release Numbers
- I.6 Using the OPatch Utility
- I.6.1 Requirements
- I.6.2 Running the OPatch Utility
- I.6.2.1 apply Option
- I.6.2.2 lsinventory Option
- I.6.2.3 query Option
- I.6.2.4 rollback Option
- I.6.2.5 version Option
- J.1 Diagnosing Oracle Application Server Problems
- J.2 Common Problems and Solutions
- J.2.1 Oracle Application Server Infrastructure Instance Will Not Start
- J.2.2 OracleAS Web Cache Fails to Initialize or Restart a Managed Process
- J.2.3 Cannot Reset Administrator (ias_admin) Password
- J.2.4 Cannot Restore Backup to a Different Host
- J.2.5 Application Performance Impacted by Garbage Collection Pauses
- J.3 Troubleshooting Application Server Control
- J.3.1 General Problems and Solutions
- J.3.1.1 Resetting the Administrator (ias_admin) Password
- J.3.1.2 Unavailable Component Metrics in the Application Server Control Console
- J.3.1.3 Performance Charts Show "Not Yet Available" Message
- J.3.1.4 Application Server Status Is Down When Server Components are Up
- J.3.1.5 Errors When Starting the Application Server Control
- J.3.1.6 Problems Connecting to an Application Server Instance From the Farm Page or Cluster Page
- J.3.1.7 Application Server Home Page Indicates that the Farm is Unavailable
- J.3.1.8 Error Connecting to the Directory Server
- J.3.1.9 Browser Displays "SMISession has been invalidated" Error
- J.3.1.10 Memory Errors Generated by the Oracle Management Agent
- J.3.1.11 Administration Tasks Performed Using the Command Line Are Not Reflected in Application Server Control Console
- J.3.1.12 SSL Timeout Issues with Microsoft Internet Explorer Browsers
- J.3.1.13 Session Has Expired Message When Using Multiple Browser Windows
- J.3.1.14 Topology Viewer Applet Not Loading
- J.3.1.15 No Propagation Between Grid Control and Application Server Control When Creating a New OC4J Instance
- J.3.2 OC4J Management Problems and Solutions
- J.3.2.1 Problems Using the OC4J Security Page
- J.3.2.2 Lookup Error When Deploying an OC4J Application
- J.3.2.3 Redeploying WAR Applications With Application Server Control
- J.3.2.4 Deployment Performance in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator 7.0
- J.3.2.5 Problems Deploying Large OC4J Applications
- J.4 Need More Help?
