2 Installation and Upgrade Issues

This chapter describes installation and upgrade issues and their workarounds associated with Oracle Application Server. It includes the following topics:

• Section 2.1, "Installation Issues"

• Section 2.2, "Upgrade Issues"

2.1 Installation Issues

This section describes issues with installation of Oracle Application Server. It includes the following topics:

• Section 2.1.1, "Java Access Bridge"

2.1.1 Java Access Bridge

Sun Microsystems Java Access Bridge enables assistive technologies, such as the JAWS screen reader, to read Java applications running on the Microsoft Windows platform. Assistive technologies can read Java-based interfaces, such as Oracle Universal Installer and Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control.

If you require the use of assistive technologies, you can obtain Java Access Bridge 2.0 at http://java.sun.com/products/accessbridge/ .

2.2 Upgrade Issues

This section describes issues with upgrade of Oracle Application Server. It includes the following topic:

• Section 2.2.1, "Additional Data Source Requirement for OEMS JMS Database Applications"

2.2.1 Additional Data Source Requirement for OEMS JMS Database Applications

If you are deploying an OEMS JMS Database application on Oracle Application Server 10g Release (10.1.3), note that you must verify that the manage-local-transactions attribute in the data-sources.xml file is set to false.

The following example shows the managed-data-source element in the data-sources.xml file with the required attribute for OEMS JMS Database applications:

<managed-data-source name="OracleDS" connection-pool-name="Example
Connection Pool" jndi-name="jdbc/OracleDS" *manage-local-transactions="false"*/>.