Oracle® Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide
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This preface contains the following sections:
This manual is intended for Oracle Application Server system administrators who are responsible for installing, maintaining, and upgrading Oracle Application Server instances. It is assumed that the readers of this manual have knowledge of the following:
Oracle Application Server system administration and configuration
The configuration and expected behavior of the system being upgraded
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The Oracle Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:
Chapter 1, "Things You Should Know Before Upgrading"
This chapter identifies terminology used in the guide and describes the upgrade processes for middle tier and Infrastructure installation types, including valid upgrade paths.
Chapter 2, "Understanding Version Compatibility"
This chapter describes scenarios where you must run multiple versions of Oracle Application Server simultaneously. The goal of this chapter is to help you understand how to support your systems while you are in the process of upgrading to 10g (10.1.2)
Chapter 3, "Backup Strategies and System Availability During an Upgrade"
This chapter provides guidelines for planning an upgrade. It discusses devising an upgrade strategy, upgrade tasks, system downtime, and system availability during upgrade.
Chapter 4, "Upgrading the Middle Tier"
This chapter contains instructions for starting and using the Oracle Application Server Upgrade Assistant, and instructions on completing the upgrade.
Chapter 5, "Upgrading Identity Management Services"
This chapter contains instructions on upgrading the Identity Management Services (Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory).
Chapter 6, "Upgrading the OracleAS Metadata Repository"
This chapter contains instructions for upgrading the Metadata Repository. It includes instructions on preparing to upgrade the Metadata Repository, and executing each component schema upgrade script.
Chapter 7, "Upgrading Standalone and Separately Installed Components"
This chapter describes how to upgrade Oracle Application Server standalone components and Oracle Application Server components that are installed separately from the other Oracle Application Server components.
Appendix 8, "Upgrading High Availability Configurations"
This chapter describes information about upgrading Oracle Application Server high availability configurations, including OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster configurations.
Appendix A, "Component Upgrade Process Reference"
This appendix describes the processing performed by the OracleAS Upgrade Assistant and, if applicable, component schemas. It lists the upgrade items (files or schemas) involved in each process.
This appendix lists all of the files affected by the Oracle Application Server upgrade. It provides the path to the file from the Oracle home and indicates whether the file is processed manually or by the OracleAS Upgrade Assistant. It also provides a brief description of each file.
Appendix C, "Upgrade and Compatibility Error Messages"
This appendix provides information about the error messages you may encounter when upgrading your Oracle Application Server installations or when running multiple versions Oracle Application Server.
Appendix D, "Troubleshooting Upgrade"
This appendix describes common problems that you might encounter when upgrading to Oracle Application Server Release 2 (10.1.2) and explains how to solve them.
This revision of the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide provides updates, fixes, and clarifications to the upgrade procedures.
In particular, this revision includes the following new information:
Chapter 1, "Things You Should Know Before Upgrading" provides more specific information for customers who are using OracleAS Reports Services, OracleAS Forms Services, and OracleBI Discoverer.
Chapter 2, "Understanding Version Compatibility"has been updated as follows:
Clarification of the compatibility between 10g (10.1.2) OracleAS Identity Management and the 10g (9.0.4) OracleAS Metadata Repository.
Revised procedure for running a Release 2 (9.0.2) middle tier with a 10g (10.1.2) OracleAS Identity Management
Removal of a documented restriction concerning running multiple versions of Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE
Section 4.9.3, "Removing the Middle Tier Instance from the OracleAS Farm" now provides instructions for removing an upgraded source instance from the Application Server Control Console Farm page.
Appendix C, "Upgrade and Compatibility Error Messages" now contains a list of the errors you might receive when running the Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant (MRUA).
The following Oracle publications are referenced in this guide. They contain information that may be useful when performing an upgrade:
Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide
Oracle Application Server Installation Guide
Oracle Application Server Wireless Developer's Guide
Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On Administrator's Guide
Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide
Distributed Configuration Management Administrator's Guide
Oracle9i Database Administrator's Guide
Oracle Application Server Portal Error Messages Guide
Oracle Application Server Portal User's Guide
Oracle Application Server Web Cache Administrator's Guide
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