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Oracle® Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide
10g Release 2 (10.1.2) for UNIX
Part No. B14090-02
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B Files Reference

This appendix lists and describes files that contain settings and configuration data that are transferred from the source to the destination Oracle home during an upgrade.

This appendix contains the following sections:

B.1 Upgraded Files Sorted By File Name

Table B-1 contains an alphabetical list, by file name, of the Oracle Application Server files that are modified when you upgrade your Oracle Application Server environment to 10g (10.1.2).

Table B-1 Files Containing Upgrade Data (Sorted by File)

File Path from Oracle Home Upgrade Type
*.*
webcache/wallets OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
*.class
wireless/server/classes OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
*.properties
wireless/server/classes OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
.reg_key.dc
discoverer902/bin/.reg_key.dc (which upgrades to discoverer/.reg_key.dc) OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
application-client.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/application-client.xml Manual
application.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/application.xml

j2ee/home/applications/<name of OC4J application>/META-INF/application.xml

Manual
cache.conf
Apache/modplsql/conf/cache.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
dads.conf
Apache/modplsql/conf/dads.conf (ORASSO DAD upgrade) Manual
dads.conf
Apache/modplsql/conf/dads.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
data-sources.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/config/data-sources.xml and j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/data-sources.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
default-web-site.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/default-web-site.xml Manual
dms.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/dms.conf Manual
EAR files for applications defined in the server.xml file in the source instance j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/applications/*.ear OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
global-web-application.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/global-web-application.xml Manual
http-web-site.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/http-web-site.xml Manual
httpd.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
ias.properties
config/ias.properties Manual
iasproviders.xml
portal/pdkjava/providerGroups/iasProviders.xml
iasschema.xml
config/iaschema.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
index.html
Apache/Apache/htdocs/index.html Manual
internal.xml
webcache/internal.xml Manual
jazn-data.xml
j2ee/home/config/jazn-data.xml and j2ee/home/application-deployments/<name of application>/jazn-data.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
jazn-data.xml
sysman/j2ee/config/jazn-data.xml Manual
jazn.xml
j2ee/home/config/jazn.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
jms.xml
j2ee/home/config/jms.xml Manual
mod_oc4j.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/mod_oc4j.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
mod_osso.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/mod_osso.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
moddav.conf
Apache/Apache/oradav/conf/moddav.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
oc4j.properties
j2ee/oc4j.properties OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
opmn.xml
opmn/conf/opmn.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
oracle_apache.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/oracle_apache.conf Manual
oradav.conf
Apache/oradav/conf/oradav.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
orion-application.xml
j2ee/home/application-deployments/<name of application>/orion-application.xml Manual
orion-web.xml
j2ee/home/application-deployments/<name of application>/orion-web.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
osso.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/osso/osso.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
plsql.conf
Apache/modplsql/conf/plsql.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
Pref.txt
discoverer902/util/Pref.txt (which upgrades to discoverer/util/Pref.txt) OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
principals.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/principals.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
progrp.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/jpdk/jpdk/WEB-INF/deployment_providerui/progrp.xml

AND

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/providerBuilder/WEB-INF/deployment_providerui/progrp.xml

OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
provider.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/omniPortlet/
WEB-INF/providers/omniPortlet/provider.xml

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/webClipping/ WEB-INF/providers/webClipping/provider.xml

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/jpdk/jpdk/WEB-INF/ providers/PORTLETBLDGTOOLS/provider.xml

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/jpdk/jpdk/WEB-INF/
providers/<seeded_provider>/providers.xml

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/providerBuilder/
WEB-INF/providers.xml
OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
provideruiacls.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/jpdk/jpdk/ WEB-INF/deployment_providerui/provideruiacls.xml

AND

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/providerBuilder/WEB-INF/deployment_providerui/provideruiacls.xml

OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
rmi.xml
j2ee/home/config/rmi.xml Manual
server.xml
j2ee/home/config/server.xml Manual
targets.xml
sysman/emd/targets.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
tnsnames.ora
network/admin/tnsnames.ora OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
uddiserver.config
ds/uddi/config/uddiserver.config (which upgrades to uddi/config/uddiserver.config) OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
vaultIdMappings.properties
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/omniPortlet/WEB-INF/providers/omniPortlet/vaultIdMappings.properties OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
web.xml
j2ee/home/default-web-app/WEB-INF/web.xml Manual
web.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portal/portal/WEB-INF/web.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
webcache.xml
webcache/webcache.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant

B.2 Upgraded Files Sorted By Directory Path

Table B-1 contains an alphabetical list, by directory path, of the Oracle Application Server files that are modified when you upgrade your Oracle Application Server environment to 10g (10.1.2).

Table B-2 Files Containing Upgrade Data (Sorted by Path)

File Path from Oracle Home Upgrade Type
dms.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/dms.conf Manual
httpd.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
mod_oc4j.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/mod_oc4j.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
mod_osso.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/mod_osso.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
oracle_apache.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/oracle_apache.conf Manual
plsql.conf
Apache/Apache/conf/osso/osso.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
index.html
Apache/Apache/htdocs/index.html Manual
moddav.conf
Apache/Apache/oradav/conf/moddav.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
cache.conf
Apache/modplsql/conf/cache.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
dads.conf
Apache/modplsql/conf/dads.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
dads.conf
Apache/modplsql/conf/dads.conf (ORASSO DAD upgrade) Manual
plsql.conf
Apache/modplsql/conf/plsql.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
oradav.conf
Apache/oradav/conf/oradav.conf OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
ias.properties
config/ias.properties Manual
iasschema.xml
config/iaschema.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
.reg_key.dc
discoverer902/bin/.reg_key.dc (which upgrades to discoverer/.reg_key.dc) OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
Pref.txt
discoverer902/util/Pref.txt (which upgrades to discoverer/util/Pref.txt) OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
uddiserver.config
ds/uddi/config/uddiserver.config (which upgrades to uddi/config/uddiserver.config) OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
EAR files for applications defined in the server.xml file in the source instance j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/applications/*.ear OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
application-client.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/application-client.xml Manual
default-web-site.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/default-web-site.xml Manual
global-web-application.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/global-web-application.xml Manual
http-web-site.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/http-web-site.xml Manual
principals.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/principals.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
orion-application.xml
j2ee/home/application-deployments/<name of application>/orion-application.xml Manual
orion-web.xml
j2ee/home/application-deployments/<name of application>/orion-web.xml Manual
rmi.xml
j2ee/home/config/rmi.xml Manual
jazn-data.xml
j2ee/home/config/jazn-data.xml and j2ee/home/application-deployments/<name of application>/jazn-data.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
jazn.xml
j2ee/home/config/jazn.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
jms.xml
j2ee/home/config/jms.xml Manual
server.xml
j2ee/home/config/server.xml Manual
web.xml
j2ee/home/default-web-app/WEB-INF/web.xml Manual
oc4j.properties
j2ee/oc4j.properties OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
progrp.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/jpdk/jpdk/WEB-INF/deployment_providerui/progrp.xml

AND

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/providerBuilder/WEB-INF/deployment_providerui/progrp.xml

OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
provideruiacls.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/jpdk/jpdk/ WEB-INF/deployment_providerui/provideruiacls.xml

AND

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/providerBuilder/WEB-INF/deployment_providerui/provideruiacls.xml

AND

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/jpdk/jpdk/WEB-INF/ providers/PORTLETBLDGTOOLS/provider.xml
OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
provider.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/omniPortlet/WEB-INF/providers/omniPortlet/provider.xml

AND

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/webClipping/WEB-INF/providers/webClipping/provider.xml

OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
vaultIdMappings.properties
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/omniPortlet/
WEB-INF/providers/omniPortlet/vaultIdMappings.properties
OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
provider.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/webClipping/
WEB-INF/providers/webClipping/provider.xml

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/jpdk/jpdk/WEB-INF/
providers/<seeded_provider>/providers.xml

j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portalTools/providerBuilder/
WEB-INF/providers.xml
OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
web.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/applications/portal/portal/WEB-INF/web.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
data-sources.xml
j2ee/OC4J_Portal/config/data-sources.xml and j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/data-sources.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
application.xml
j2ee/<name of OC4J instance>/config/application.xml

j2ee/home/applications/<name of OC4J application>/META-INF/application.xml

Manual
tnsnames.ora
network/admin/tnsnames.ora Manual
opmn.xml
opmn/conf/opmn.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
iasproviders.xml
portal/pdkjava/providerGroups/iasProviders.xml
targets.xml
sysman/emd/targets.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
jazn-data.xml
sysman/j2ee/config/jazn-data.xml Manual
internal.xml
webcache/internal.xml Manual
*.*
webcache/wallets OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
webcache.xml
webcache/webcache.xml OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
*.class
wireless/server/classes OracleAS Upgrade Assistant
*.properties
wireless/server/classes OracleAS Upgrade Assistant

B.3 Descriptions of the Upgraded Files

This section provides brief descriptions of the Oracle Application Server files that are modified during the upgrade to 10g (10.1.2). Refer to the component documentation for more details about the purpose of each file.

*.*

The contents of the webcache\wallets directory. These files are wallet files for Oracle Application Server Web Cache.

*.class

These files are class files for Oracle Application Server Wireless applications.

*.properties

These files are properties files for Oracle Application Server Wireless applications.

.reg_key.dc

The .reg_key.dc file is the internal registry for storing default user preferences and system preferences for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer. The preferences stored in Pref.txt are applied to this registry.

application-client.xml

The application-client.xml file contains configuration information used across all J2EE servers.

application.xml

The application.xml file is the deployment descriptor for enterprise application archives.

cache.conf

The cache.conf file specifies the characteristics of the mod_plsql caching system. There are two types of caches in use:

PLSQL Cache: Caches dynamically generated content that doesn't change often. Applications using the OWA_CACHE package, such as OracleAS Portal, use this feature to improve performance and reduce the overhead associated with database requests.

Session cookie cache: Caches the cookie value generated by the Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On server for a particular session, thereby increasing performance by avoiding a round trip to the database to obtain user credentials. Applications using Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On benefit from this feature.

configuration.xml

The configuration.xml file contains configuration information for the Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Viewer and Portlet Provider servlets.

dads.conf

The dads.conf file is a mod_plsql configuration file that contains Database Access Descriptor (DAD) entries.

data-sources.xml

The data-sources.xml file contains data source configuration information for databases used by OC4J applications.

dms.conf

The dms.conf file is the configuration file for the Dynamic Monitoring Service.

default-web-site.xml

The default-web-site.xml file contains the configuration for the default OC4J Web site for Oracle Application Server.

global-web-application.xml

The global-web-application.xml file is the main Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) deployment file. It is a global configuration file for web applications; it contains settings that are inherited by other deployments.

http-web-site.xml

The http-web-site.xml file is the default web site configuration file for Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J).

httpd.conf

The httpd.conf file is the main configuration file for the Oracle HTTP Server.

ias.properties

The ias.properties file contains settings for the Oracle Application Server instance. The component configuration section lists the components and their launch success value. The installation data section lists the version, installation type, components included, instance name, and infrastructure host and port information. The infrastructure database section lists database names.

iasproviders.xml

An OracleAS Portal configuration file that defines the iAS Providers provider group.

The iasproviders.xml file contains information about the registered Provider Groups and the Providers under each Provider Group. These Provider Groups and the Providers can be the seeded providers or the ones registered or created using the Provider builder user interface.

It contains the configuration information for each Provider.

iasschema.xml

The iasschema.xml file contains a schema configuration entry for each Oracle Application Server components. The entry contains component names, schema name and database connection information.

index.html

The index.html file is the default home page for Oracle Application Server. It provides links to documentation, demonstrations, and summaries of new features.

internal.xml

The internal.xml file contains internal configuration settings for Oracle Application Server Web Cache.

internal_admin.xml

The internal_admin.xml file contains internal configuration settings for Oracle Application Server Web Cache.

jazn-data.xml

The jazn-data.xml file is a configuration file for the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS). It contains JAAS data on users, roles, policies, and LoginModules. It is used only when the XML provider type is specified.

jazn.xml

The jazn.xml file is a configuration file for the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS). It is used when the LDAP/OID or XML provider type is specified.

jms.xml

The jms.xml file contains configuration for the Java Messaging Service subsystem, such as: the hostname or IP address and port the JMS server binds to, queues and topics to be bound in the JNDI tree, and log settings.

moddav.conf

The moddav.conf file configures and loads the mod_oradav module, which enables distributed authoring and versioning of Web documents.

mod_oc4j.conf

The mod_oc4j.conf file contains mount points for routing requests from the Oracle HTTP Server to OC4J instances.

mod_osso.conf

The mod_osso.conf file is the configuration file for Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On.

oc4j.properties

The oc4j.properties file contains application-specific properties for an OC4J instance.

opmn.xml

The opmn.xml file is the Oracle Process Management and Notification Service (OPMN) configuration file. It identifies the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) and Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) processes that OPMN will start and manage.

oracle_apache.conf

The oracle_apache.conf file contains custom configuration settings for the Oracle HTTP Server.

oradav.conf

The oradav.conf file contains the OraDAV configuration parameters for Portal access. The httpd.conf file contains an Include directive for the oradav.conf file.

orion-application.xml

The orion-application.xml file is the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) application deployment file. It is generated during deployment, and specifies whether to automatically create and delete tables for Container-Managed Persistence (CMP) beans, the default data source for CMP beans, security role mappings, the user manager, and Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) namespace access.

orion-web.xml

The orion-web.xml file is the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) web application deployment file. It is generated during deployment, and contains settings such as buffering, character sets, document root, locales, session tracking, and Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) mappings.

osso.conf

The osso.conf file is the configuration file for the Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On server.

plsql.conf

The plsql.conf file is the configuration file for Oracle HTTP Server module mod_plsql.

plus_config.xml

The plus_config.xml file contains user interface customizations information for the Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus client, including transports for communication between the applet and the RMI server.

Pref.txt

The pref.txt file contains default user preferences and system preferences for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer.

principals.xml

The principals.xml file contains a set of users, groups permissions and certificates.

progrp.xml

A configuration file that tracks all locally created provider groups.

provider.xml

A declarative, XML-based configuration file that describes a Web provider, its portlets, and the location of the content to be displayed in the portlets. This configuration file also describes the behavior of the provider and its portlets.

provideruiacls.xml

The provideruiacls.xml file contains security settings for Portal Development Kit Services for Java (JPDK) web providers.

rmi.xml

The rmi.xml file contains configuration that allows Remote Method Invocation (RMI), allowing other servers to access the server for RMI requests.

server.xml

The server.xml file contains the configuration for the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) instance.

targets.xml

The targets.xml file contains representations of resources accessed from the Oracle Enterprise Manager, such as Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On and OracleAS Portal.

tnsnames.ora

The tnsnames.ora file contains entries that describe the locations of Oracle databases, Application server components and other Oracle products use the entries in this file to connect to databases.

uddiserver.config

The uddiserver.config file contains configuration for the Web Services registry.

ui_config.xml

The ui_config.xml file contains user interface customizations information for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Viewer.

vaultIdMappings.properties

An internal file that tracks the changes to the OmniPortlet Secured Data Repository.

web.xml

The web.xml file is the J2EE deployment descriptor for a web application.

webcache.xml

The webcache.xml file is the configuration file for Web Cache.