Oracle® Retail Merchandising System with Brazil Localization
Installation Guide
Release 14.1.2.1
E72229-01
February 2016
Oracle® Retail Merchandising System with Brazil Localization Installation Guide, Release 14.1.2.1
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Primary Author: Wade Schwarz
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Contents
Send Us Your Comments....................................................................................... xiii
Preface.................................................................................................................... xv
Audience............................................................................................................................................... xv
Related Documents............................................................................................................................ xv
Customer Support............................................................................................................................... xv
Review Patch Documentation....................................................................................................... xvi
Improved Process for Oracle Retail Documentation Corrections........................................ xvi
Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network.................................... xvi
Conventions........................................................................................................................................ xvi
1 Preinstallation Tasks............................................................................................ 1
Installation Terminology.................................................................................................................... 1
Brazil Localization and Brazil Fiscal Management ONLY Consideration:........................ 1
Implementation Capacity Planning................................................................................................ 2
Requesting Infrastructure Software................................................................................................. 2
Check Supported Database Server Requirements....................................................................... 3
Check Supported Application Server Requirements.................................................................. 4
Verify Single Sign-On........................................................................................................................... 4
Check Supported Web Browser and Client Requirements....................................................... 5
Supported Oracle Retail Products.................................................................................................... 6
Supported Third-Party Products...................................................................................................... 6
Supported Oracle Retail Integration Technologies..................................................................... 7
Supported Oracle Applications........................................................................................................ 7
UNIX User Account Privileges to Install the Software............................................................... 7
Verify RMS and SIM Inventory Adjustment Reason Codes..................................................... 7
Data Access Schema (DAS)................................................................................................................ 8
2 RAC and Clustering.............................................................................................. 9
Part I: Full Installation............................................................................................. 11
3 Database Installation Tasks – Full....................................................................... 13
Data Access Schema.......................................................................................................................... 13
RMS Database Schema Distribution – Oracle Retail Applications Included................... 13
Create Staging Directory for RMS Installer................................................................................. 13
Establish a Database Partitioning Strategy................................................................................. 14
Step 1: Modify partition_attributes.cfg................................................................................ 16
Step 2: Modify Data Definition Files.................................................................................... 16
Step 3: Generate DDL for DAS Tables – Run partition.ksh (Optional)....................... 17
Step 4: Generate DDL for Tables – Run partition.ksh...................................................... 18
Create the RMS Database................................................................................................................. 19
Create the Database Instance Using Oracle Generic Template..................................... 19
Create Required RMS Tablespaces........................................................................................ 20
Create the Schema Owner for RMS........................................................................................ 22
Create the Database User RMS_ASYNC_USER................................................................ 22
Create the Database User for Allocation (Optional)......................................................... 22
Create the Database User for Demo Data (Optional)........................................................ 23
Create the Database User for DAS (Optional).................................................................... 23
Run the RMS Database Schema Installation.............................................................................. 23
Values to Remember for the Batch and Application Installation................................. 25
Resolving Errors Encountered During Database Schema Installation....................... 25
Set Up Additional RMS Users......................................................................................................... 26
PRODUCT_VERS_CONFIG_OPTIONS...................................................................................... 26
Batch Security Setup.......................................................................................................................... 27
4 Batch Installation Tasks – Full............................................................................ 29
Create Staging Directory for RMS Installer................................................................................. 29
Run the RMS Installer....................................................................................................................... 30
Resolving Errors Encountered During Batch Installation...................................................... 31
Manual Steps for Running script ld_iindfiles.ksh................................................................... 31
RETL....................................................................................................................................................... 32
Data Conversion Scripts................................................................................................................... 32
5 Application Server Installation Tasks – Full........................................................ 33
Prepare Application Server for RMS............................................................................................. 33
Create RMS Help Managed Server................................................................................................ 34
Install NodeManager................................................................................................................. 37
Create Staging Directory for RMS Application Server Files................................................... 41
Run the RMS Application Installation......................................................................................... 42
Verifying FORMS Configuration File Details:............................................................................ 44
Resolving Errors Encountered During Application Installation......................................... 45
Webutil Setup....................................................................................................................................... 45
Clustered Installations – Post-Installation Steps...................................................................... 46
RMS Reports Copied by the Application Installation............................................................. 47
6 Oracle BI EE Configuration for RMS Reports...................................................... 49
BI Server Component Installation Tasks...................................................................................... 49
Installation Process Overview................................................................................................ 49
Post install steps for OBIEE 11g............................................................................................. 50
Installing the RMS BI Publisher Templates........................................................................ 56
Configuring the RMS JDBC connection............................................................................... 56
Verify Oracle BI Publisher Set Up for RMS Reports.......................................................... 57
7 Web Services Installation.................................................................................... 59
Set up Environment.................................................................................................................... 59
Grant permissions to RMS Database Schema.................................................................... 60
Create a Managed Server.......................................................................................................... 60
Create a Datasource................................................................................................................... 60
Deploy RMS Service EAR File................................................................................................. 60
Configure Web Service Security...................................................................................................... 62
Configuring RMS RESTful Web Services:.................................................................................... 63
Create a Managed Server.......................................................................................................... 63
Create a Datasource................................................................................................................... 63
Deploy RMS RESTful Web Service File................................................................................ 63
Configure Users and Group:................................................................................................... 64
Part II: Patch Installation......................................................................................... 65
8 Database Installation Tasks – Patch.................................................................... 67
Create Staging Directory for RMS Installer................................................................................. 67
(Optional) Analyze Changes in the Patch................................................................................... 67
Run the RMS Database Schema Patch......................................................................................... 67
Resolving Errors Encountered During Database Schema Installation....................... 69
9 Batch Installation Tasks – Patch......................................................................... 71
Create Staging Directory for RMS Installer......................................................................... 71
(Optional) Analyze Changes in the Patch................................................................................... 71
Run the RMS Installer....................................................................................................................... 71
Resolving Errors Encountered During Batch Installation...................................................... 73
10 Application Server Installation Tasks – Patch..................................................... 75
Create Staging Directory for RMS Installer......................................................................... 75
(Optional) Analyze Changes in the Patch................................................................................... 75
Run the RMS Application Installation......................................................................................... 75
11 Reports Installation Tasks – Patch...................................................................... 79
Installing the RMS BI Publisher Templates........................................................................ 79
12 Web Services Installation.................................................................................... 81
Set up Environment.................................................................................................................... 81
Grant permissions to RMS Database Schema.................................................................... 81
Create a Managed Server.......................................................................................................... 82
Create a Datasource................................................................................................................... 82
Deploy RMS Service EAR File................................................................................................. 82
Configure Web Service Security...................................................................................................... 84
Configuring RMS RESTful Web Services:.................................................................................... 85
Create a Managed Server.......................................................................................................... 85
Create a Datasource................................................................................................................... 85
Deploy RMS RESTful Web Service File................................................................................ 85
Configure Users and Group:................................................................................................... 86
13 Patching Procedures.......................................................................................... 87
Oracle Retail Patching Process....................................................................................................... 87
Supported Products and Technologies........................................................................................ 87
Patch Concepts.................................................................................................................................... 88
Patching Utility Overview........................................................................................................ 89
Changes with 14.1...................................................................................................................... 89
Patching Considerations.................................................................................................................. 90
Patch Types.................................................................................................................................. 90
Incremental Patch Structure.................................................................................................... 90
Version Tracking......................................................................................................................... 90
Apply all Patches with Installer or ORPatch..................................................................... 91
Environment Configuration.................................................................................................... 91
Retained Installation Files....................................................................................................... 91
Reloading Content...................................................................................................................... 91
Java Hotfixes and Cumulative Patches................................................................................ 92
Backups......................................................................................................................................... 92
Disk Space..................................................................................................................................... 92
Patching Operations.......................................................................................................................... 93
Running ORPatch...................................................................................................................... 93
Merging Patches....................................................................................................................... 103
Compiling Application Components................................................................................. 104
Deploying Application Components................................................................................. 106
Maintenance Considerations........................................................................................................ 107
Database Password Changes............................................................................................... 107
WebLogic Password Changes.............................................................................................. 108
Infrastructure Directory Changes........................................................................................ 109
DBManifest Table..................................................................................................................... 109
RETAIL_HOME relationship to Database and Application Server.......................... 109
Jar Signing Configuration Maintenance............................................................................ 109
Customization................................................................................................................................... 110
Patching Considerations with Customized Files and Objects.................................... 110
Registering Customized Files............................................................................................... 111
Custom Compiled Java Code................................................................................................ 113
Extending Oracle Retail Patch Assistant with Custom Hooks................................... 115
Troubleshooting Patching............................................................................................................. 119
ORPatch Log Files.................................................................................................................... 119
Restarting ORPatch................................................................................................................. 119
Manual DBManifest Updates............................................................................................... 119
Manual Restart State File Updates...................................................................................... 121
DISPLAY Settings When Compiling Forms..................................................................... 121
JAVA_HOME Setting.............................................................................................................. 121
Patching Prior to First Install................................................................................................ 121
Providing Metadata to Oracle Support.............................................................................. 122
A Appendix: Oracle 12cR1 Database Parameter File.............................................. 125
B Appendix: Configure Listener for External Procedures...................................... 127
C Appendix: Tablespace Creation......................................................................... 129
Non-Encrypted Tablespace Creation......................................................................................... 129
Encrypted Tablespace Creation................................................................................................... 129
Configure a Wallet................................................................................................................... 129
Encryption at Tablespace Level........................................................................................... 130
D Appendix: RMS RETL Instructions.................................................................... 131
Configuration: RETL....................................................................................................................... 131
E Appendix: Oracle Trade Management System Expectations.............................. 135
Installation Scripts (elc_comp_post_htsupld.sql).................................................................. 135
HTS Upload / Mass Update......................................................................................................... 137
Calculation of Merchandise Processing Fee..................................................................... 138
Unit of Measure Conversions............................................................................................... 138
Customs Entry Ref. Status...................................................................................................... 138
Customs Entry Totals.............................................................................................................. 139
F Appendix: RMS Database Schema and Batch Installation Screens.................... 141
G Appendix: RMS Application Installer Screens................................................... 172
H Appendix: RMS Analyze Tool............................................................................ 185
Run the RMS Analyze Tool........................................................................................................... 185
I Appendix: URL Reference.................................................................................. 187
JDBC URL for a Database............................................................................................................... 187
J Appendix: Common Installation Errors............................................................. 189
RMS Installer unable to connect to the database.................................................................... 189
Database Installer Hangs on Startup......................................................................................... 190
Warning: Could Not Find X Input Context.............................................................................. 190
Unresponsive Country and Currency Drop-Downs.............................................................. 191
Could Not Execl Robot Child Process: Permission Denied................................................. 192
ConcurrentModificationException in Installer GUI.............................................................. 192
FRM-30064: Unable to Parse Statement Select While Compiling fm_ituda.fmb............ 192
ORA-04031 (Unable to Allocate Memory) Error During Database Schema Installation 193
X Error of Failed Request: BadWindow (Invalid Window Parameter)............................ 193
RIB Errors............................................................................................................................................ 193
Error Connecting to Database URL............................................................................................. 194
Multi-Threaded OCI Client Dumps Core after Reconnecting To Database.................... 194
Forms Installer Fails on HP-UX................................................................................................... 195
FRM -93552: cannot connect to runtime process. Error when using RMS in an SSO environment 195
Symptom............................................................................................................................................. 195
RUNNING 002065_retail_ctx.sql Creating Context 'RETAIL_CTX' CREATE CONTEXT RETAIL_CTX USING retail_ctx_pkg * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object.................. 196
FRM-30085: Unable to adjust form for output......................................................................... 196
K Appendix: Single Sign-On for WebLogic........................................................... 199
What Do I Need for Single Sign-On?.......................................................................................... 199
Can Oracle Access Manager Work with Other SSO Implementations?........................... 199
Oracle Single Sign-on Terms and Definitions.......................................................................... 200
What Single Sign-On is not........................................................................................................... 201
How Oracle Single Sign-On Works............................................................................................. 201
Installation Overview...................................................................................................................... 203
User Management............................................................................................................................ 203
L Appendix: Single Sign-On Resource Access Descriptors.................................. 205
M Appendix: AIX Shared Library Bug Fix.............................................................. 207
N Appendix: Inserting New Languages................................................................. 209
Insert Primary Language Data..................................................................................................... 209
O Appendix: Setting Up Password Stores with wallets/credential stores............... 211
About Database Password Stores and Oracle Wallet............................................................ 211
Setting Up Password Stores for Database User Accounts.................................................... 212
Setting up Wallets for Database User Accounts...................................................................... 213
For RMS, RWMS, RPM Batch using sqlplus or sqlldr, RETL, RMS, RWMS, and ARI 213
Setting up RETL Wallets................................................................................................................ 215
For Java Applications (SIM, ReIM, RPM, RIB, AIP, Alloc, ReSA, RETL).................. 216
How does the Wallet Relate to the Application?.................................................................... 219
How does the Wallet Relate to Java Batch Program use?..................................................... 219
Database Credential Store Administration............................................................................... 219
Managing Credentials with WSLT/OPSS Scripts.................................................................. 223
listCred........................................................................................................................................ 224
updateCred................................................................................................................................. 225
createCred................................................................................................................................... 225
deleteCred................................................................................................................................... 225
modifyBootStrapCredential................................................................................................... 226
addBootStrapCredential......................................................................................................... 227
Quick Guide for Retail Password Stores (db wallet, java wallet, DB credential stores) 229
P Appendix: Creating User Synonyms.................................................................. 239
Q Appendix: Manual Forms Compilation.............................................................. 241
R Appendix: Manual Batch Compilation............................................................... 243
S Appendix: Installation Order............................................................................. 245
Enterprise Installation Order........................................................................................................ 245
Oracle Retail Merchandising System with Brazil Localization, Installation Guide, Release 14.1.2.1
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STAGING_DIR – The directory where the rms14installer.zip is copied and extracted locally.
RETAIL_HOME – The directory where Database Files are stored, and Batch and Forms are installed. This will contain the orpatch directory.
Note: In previous 14.0.x releases, this directory was referred to as MMHOME.
§ Database RETAIL_HOME – The location where RMS Database Files are stored. This location will be used during the subsequent patching of the RMS.
§ Batch RETAIL_HOME – This is the Batch installation directory, the location where RMS Batch Files are installed.
§ Forms RETAIL_HOME – This is the Forms installation directory, the location where RMS Forms are installed.
Note: The RETAIL_HOME for database and batch can be the same. A separate RETAIL_HOME is required for forms installation.
Note: The 14.1.2.1 patch does not support Brazil localization (ORFM) Synchro. Customers should not apply this patch if they have previously installed ORFM 14.1.1 Synchro
For Brazil localization, RMS/ORFM (ORACLE Retail Fiscal Management and Brazil Localization) is now integrated to third party Brazil tax engines provided by TaxWeb (which uses the ORACLE Retail RTIL product). The tax engine needs to be installed in the same database but in a separate schema.
An ORFM environment must be initially created from a FULL Brazil install and you CANNOT upgrade from non-Brazil RMS to RMS/ORFM.
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§ Hardware configuration and parameters
§ Data sparsity
§ Application features utilized
§ Length of time history is retained
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General requirements for a database server running RMS include the following.
Supported on: |
Versions Supported: |
Database Server OS |
OS certified with Oracle Database 12cR1 Enterprise Edition. Options are: § Oracle Linux 6 for x86-64 (Actual hardware or Oracle virtual machine). § Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for x86-64 (Actual hardware or Oracle virtual machine). § AIX 7.1 (Actual hardware or LPARs) § Solaris 11 SPARC (Actual hardware or logical domains) § HP-UX 11.31 Integrity (Actual hardware, HPVM, or vPars) |
Database Server 12cR1 |
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) with the following specifications: Required Components: § Oracle Partitioning § Examples CD Oneoffs: § 19623450: MISSING JAVA CLASSES AFTER UPGRADE TO JDK 7 § 20406840: PROC 12.1.0.2 THROWS ORA-600 [17998] WHEN PRECOMPILING BY 'OTHER' USER § 20846438: ORA-600 [KKPAPXFORMFKK2KEY_1] WITH LIST PARTITION § 20925154: ORA-39126: WORKER UNEXPECTED FATAL ERROR IN KUPW$WORKER GATHER_PARSE_ITEMS JAVA RAC only: § 21260431: APPSST 12C : GETTING ORA-4031 AFTER 12C UPGRADE § 21373473: INSTANCE TERMINATED AS LMD0 AND LMD2 HUNG FOR MORE THAN 70 SECS Other components: § Perl interpreter 5.0 or later § X-Windows interface § JDK 1.7 |
Note: By default, JDK is at 1.6. After installing the 12.1.0.2 binary, apply the patches 19623450. Then follow the instructions on Oracle Database Java Developer’s Guide 12c Release 1 to upgrade JDK to 1.7. The Guide is available here:
http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/JJDEV/chone.htm#JJDEV01000
General requirements for an application server capable of running RMS include the following.
Supported on |
Versions Supported |
Application Server OS |
OS certified with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release2 (11.1.2.2). Options are: § Oracle Linux 6 for x86-64 (Actual hardware or Oracle virtual machine). § Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for x86-64 (Actual hardware or Oracle virtual machine). § AIX 7.1 (Actual hardware or LPARs) § Solaris 11 SPARC (Actual hardware or logical domains) § HP-UX 11.31 Integrity (Actual hardware, HPVM, or vPars) |
Application Server |
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.2.2) Components: § Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 (10.3.6) § Oracle Forms Services 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.2) Java: § JDK 1.7 64 bit Other Components: § Oracle BI Publisher 11g (11.1.1.7) § Optional(Required for SSO) § Oracle WebTier 11g (11.1.1.7) § Oracle Access Manager 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.2) § Oracle Access Manager Agent (WebGate) 11gr2 (11.1.2.2) |
If RMS is not being deployed in a Single Sign-On environment, skip this section.
If Single Sign-On is to be used, verify the Oracle Identity Management (OIM/IDM) 11gR1 version 11.1.1.7 has been installed along with the components listed in the above Application Server requirements section. Verify the HTTP Server is registered with the Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11gR2 as a partner application.
General requirements for client running RMS include:
Requirement |
Version |
Operating system |
Windows 7,8 |
Display resolution |
1024x768 or higher |
Processor |
2.6GHz or higher |
Memory |
1GByte or higher |
Networking |
intranet with at least 10Mbps data rate |
Oracle (Sun) Java Runtime Environment |
1.7.0_80+ |
Browser |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Mozilla Firefox 38+ |
Note: Oracle Retail does not recommend or support installations of ORFM with less than 256 kb bandwidth available between the PC client location (store and warehouse locations) and the data center at which the application server resides. Attempting to utilize less than 256 kb total available bandwidth causes unpredictable network utilization spikes, and performance of the ORFM screens degrades below requirements established for the product. The 256 kb requirement provides reasonable, predictable performance and network utilization.
Version |
|
Oracle Retail Analytics |
14.1.2 |
Oracle Retail Active Retail Intelligence (ARI) |
14.1 |
Oracle Retail Price Management (RPM) |
14.1.2 |
Oracle Retail Allocation |
14.1.2 |
Oracle Retail Invoice Matching (ReIM) (This product is NOT supported if a customer uses the optional ORFM (Brazil ONLY Fiscal management and Localization product). |
14.1.2 |
Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management (SIM) |
14.1.2 |
Oracle Retail Warehouse Management System (RWMS) |
14.1.2 |
Oracle Retail Advanced Inventory Planning (AIP) |
14.1.1 |
Oracle Retail Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) |
14.1.1 |
Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF) (including the Grade module) |
14.1.1 |
Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS) |
14.1.1 |
Oracle Retail POS Suite with Mobile Point-of-Service |
14.1.2 |
Product |
Version |
TaxWeb Tax Rules |
§ taxinterface-132.18.jar § taxcomponent-18.28.3.jar § taxrules.jar Note: ORFM/RTIL was tested with above mentioned versions. Please contact TaxWeb for the latest compatible release (http://www.taxweb.com.br). |
Synchro (Not supported for this 14.1.2.1 release) |
SPED – Synchro Solução Fiscal 6.0 or higher with “Kit SPED Fiscal v2.9” Kit Integração Oracle Retail x Fiscal 1.2 or Higher NFE – DFe Manager 2.2 or Higher Conector DFe Padrão version 2.2 Build 05 or Higher Kit Integração Oracle Retail x Nfe version 1.0 or Higher Tax Integration -- Kit Integração Oracle Retail x Expert Fiscal version 1.0 or Higher Kit Expert Fiscal latest Version |
Integration Technology |
Version |
Oracle Retail Extract, Transform and Load (RETL) |
13.2.8.0.1 |
Oracle Retail Integration Bus (RIB) |
14.1.2 |
Oracle Retail Service Backbone (RSB) |
14.1.2 |
Requirement |
Version |
Oracle E-Business Suite Financials |
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 integration is supported using the Oracle Retail Financial Integration for Oracle Retail Merchandising Suite and Oracle E-Business Suite Financials. See the Oracle® Retail Financial E-Business Suite Integration Solution Implementation/Operations Guide for specific version information. |
Oracle PeopleSoft Financials |
Oracle PeopleSoft Financials 9.2, integration is supported using the Oracle Retail Financial Integration for Oracle Retail Merchandising Suite and Oracle PeopleSoft Financials. RMS and Peoplesoft integration NOT supported for ORFM/RMS Brazil Localization. See the Oracle Retail Financial Integration for Oracle Retail Merchandise Operations Management and Oracle E-Business Suite or PeopleSoft Financials for specific version information. |
A UNIX user account is needed to install the software. The UNIX user that is used to install the software should have write access to the WebLogic server installation files.
For example, “oretail.”
Note: Installation steps will fail when trying to modify files under the WebLogic installation, unless the user has write access.
SIM and RMS must have the same inventory adjustment reason codes to work properly.
Data Access Schema (DAS) is an optional component of the Merchandising Suite. DAS exposes a subset of core RMS data to external applications via database replication. DAS allows these applications read-only access RMS data as they need it. The use of a separate schema on a separate database insulates core RMS processes from outside requests for information.
DAS includes a number of replicated foundation and inventory objects. The structure of these objects is identical to RMS. Additionally, DAS includes two layers of database views that help shape RMS data so it is more understandable to system integrators and 3rd party systems.
The default configuration discussed in Oracle Retail documentation describes using Oracle Streams to replicate data. Oracle Streams is included in the Enterprise Edition database license that all RMS customers have; and as of 12C, it is supported on a non-multi-tenant environment.
The main requirement of the solution is that data be replicated. Customer can use any preferred replication technology (for example, Oracle GoldenGate) that supports basic unidirectional replication in a container and/or a non-container environments.
The Oracle Retail Merchandising has been validated to run in two configurations on Linux:
§ Standalone WebLogic and Database installations
§ Real Application Cluster Database and WebLogic Clustering
The Oracle Retail products have been validated against a 12.1.0.2 RAC database. When using a RAC database, all JDBC connections should be configured to use THIN connections rather than OCI connections. Forms connections will continue to use OCI connections.
Clustering for WebLogic Server 10.3.6 is managed as an Active-Active cluster accessed through a Load Balancer. Validation has been completed utilizing a RAC 12.1.0.2 Oracle Internet Directory database with the WebLogic 10.3.6 cluster. It is suggested that a Web Tier 11.1.1.7 installation be configured to reflect all application server installations if SSO will be utilized.
§ Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) Part Number E10106-09
§
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment
Guide
12c Release 1 (12.1) E48838-08
Part I of this guide details the steps needed to perform a full installation of RMS. Part I contains the following chapters:
§ Database Installation Tasks – Full
§ Batch Installation Tasks – Full
§ Application Server Installation Tasks – Full
§ Oracle BI EE Configuration for RMS Reports
For information about a patch installation, see Part II.
This chapter describes the tasks required for a full database installation.
Note: If the RMS 14.1.1 software is already installed, please see Database Installation Tasks—Patch for information on Upgrading to RMS 14.1.2.1.
Release 14.0 introduced a new optional component of the Merchandising Suite: Data Access Schema (DAS). The DAS schema continues to be part of 14.1.2.1. DAS exposes a subset of core RMS data to external applications via database replication. DAS allows these applications read only access RMS data as they need it. The use of a separate schema insulates core RMS processes from outside requests for information. The default configuration discussed in Oracle Retail documentation described using Oracle Streams to replicate data. Oracle Streams is supported on a non-multitenant environment only. To replicate in a multitenant environment, one may consider using other utilities such as Golden Gate.
If you choose to implement the DAS schema, execute the DDL scripts included in the upcoming sections.
The RMS 14.1.2.1 release contains an installer package that can be used to install the database objects for the following products: RMS, ReSA, RTM, RPM, ReIM, ORFM (for Brazil Localization customers only), RTIL (for Brazil Localization customers only using TaxWeb Brazil tax engine), and Allocation.
Note: The Java application installers for RPM, ReIM, ReSA, RTIL (for Brazil Localization customers only using TaxWeb Brazil tax engine) and Allocation are separately downloadable under their respective products. It is only the database schema component of these applications that is included with the RMS release.
To create the staging directory for RMS installer, complete the following steps.
Note: The same installer can be used to install multiple RMS components. If you are installing any of the RMS components (Database, Batch, or Application) on the same server, they can use the same installer and this step does not need to be repeated.
1. Log into
the database server as a user that can connect to the RMS database.
2. Create a staging directory for the RMS installation software.
3. Copy the rms14installer.zip file from the RMS 14.1.2.1 release to the staging directory. This is referred to as STAGING_DIR when installing database software.
4. Change directories to STAGING_DIR and extract the rms14installer.zip file. This creates an rms/installer/ subdirectory under STAGING_DIR.
Note: The DB Schema and Batch install can be run at the same time, with the same installer, since they are configured to run from the database server. To run both, please follow instructions from the DB Schema Full install and Batch Full install sections of the install guide. This will ensure that both DB Schema and batch have the same RETAIL_HOME. When running the installer, select the Install Schema and Install batch check boxes.
Partitioning is mandatory for specific tables. Review this entire section before proceeding with the installation.
Note: Ensure the installer is used to automatically run the partition.ksh script when using the Sample Partitioning strategy. Do not run partition.ksh manually unless steps 1 and 2 below have been completed fully for the tables you wanted partitioned.
Sample Partitioning
The RMS 14.1.2.1 database schema installation runs the partitioning script (partition.ksh) automatically using a sample partitioning strategy if you do not run the partition script yourself. This is acceptable for development or demo installations and allows for a simpler installation. However, the resulting partitioning strategy is not suitable for production environments. It is highly recommended that the Production Partitioning section below be followed rather than allowing the installer to implement the sample strategy. The installer can be used to install the RMS database schema regardless of the choice made here.
Production Partitioning
Requirements for mandatory and optional partitioning are defined in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet located in STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source/RMS_partition_definition.xlsx. Since partitioning strategies are complex, this step should be implemented by an experienced individual who has a thorough understanding of partitioning principles and the data to be partitioned.
Use the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to determine an appropriate partitioning strategy (STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source/RMS_partition_definition.xlsx). The Partition Method column indicates the recommended partitioning options for each table. Refer to the information in this file to modify the DDL for partitioned tables. This can be done by manually changing the file STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/ddl/1_rms_tab_ddl.sql or by implementing the process defined below.. This file will be used later in the installation process.
Note: Refer to Oracle Database Concepts 12 c Release 1 (12.1) Chapter 4 “Partitions, Views, and Other Schema Objects” for further details regarding partitioning concepts.
Beginning with hash partitions, complete the following process.
Hash partitions: To calculate the number of hash partitions and sub-partitions, enter values for the three parameters highlighted in yellow at the top of the RMS worksheet. Altering these values will update the Number of Partitions column for HASH partitioned/sub-partitioned tables. The values in these columns indicate the number of hash partitions/sub-partitions to create. Keep in mind that the number of hash partitions should be a power of 2.
Partition Factor: This value is used to adjust the number of hash partitions. It is based on the number of active items per location and transactions per location/day. If the number of items/location and/or transactions/store/day is low, the value of partition factor should be high. This will calculate fewer hash partitions. The typical factor value ranges from 2 to 4; in some cases, it can be 10 or more.
Note: Changing the items/location and transactions/store/day fields on the worksheet does not automatically impact the factor value. They are used as a point of reference only.
Sub-Partition Factor: This value is used to adjust the number of hash sub-partitions. The partition strategy for historical information determines the value of this number. If the number of range partitions is high, the value of sub-partition factor should be high to control the number of sub-partitions. Typically, this value is 2.
Locations: The total number of active stores and warehouses.
Range partitions: Determine the purging strategy for all of the tables that are RANGE partitioned. Each partition should have a range of multiple key values. For example, if the strategy were to have data available for one year and to purge it every three months, five partitions would be created. In this case, four 3-month partitions and a max value partition to contain all data greater than the defined ranges would result. Refer to the Comments column and update the value in the Number of Partitions column. The value in this column indicates the number of range partitions to create.
Interval partitions: Interval partitioning is an extension of range partitioning wherein the database automatically creates interval partitions as data for that partition is inserted. Determine the purging strategy for all of the tables that are INTERVAL partitioned. Each partition should have a range of multiple key values. For example, if the strategy were to have data available for 90 days and to purge it every week, you can create one 7 day partition, with an interval of 7 days. In this case, one 7 day partition would be created and any data that is inserted past the initial 7 day range will have a new partition automatically create to store the new data. Refer to the Comments column and update the value in the Number of Partitions column. The value in this column indicates the number of initial range partitions to create.
List partitions: The DAILY_ITEM_FORECAST, ITEM_FORECAST, DEAL_ITEMLOC_DCS, DEAL_ITEMLOC_DIV_GRP, DEAL_ITEMLOC_ITEM, AND DEAL_ITEMLOC_PARENT_DIFF must be LIST partitioned. If number of partition keys is relatively static, change the value in the Partition Method column to LIST where allowed. This method will ensure that each partition key has a separate partition and that none are empty. The Number of Partitions column will be automatically updated with the proper number of locations in the event the partition method is changed. The value in this column indicates the number of list partitions to create.
Modify STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source/partition_attributes.cfg based on the partitioning strategy defined in RMS_partition_definition.xlsx. Changes to this file should be made only as indicated.
partition_attributes.cfg file: (file is comma-delimited)
Sample Entry:
ITEM_LOC_HIST,EOW_DATE,RANGE,item_loc_hist.eow_date.date,64,LOC,HASH,item_loc_hist.loc.number,64,RETAIL_DATA
Field 1: Table Name - Do not modify
Field 2: Partition Key - Do not modify
Field 3: Partition Method - Modify based on value in Partition Method column in RMS_partition_definition.xlsx - Valid values are RANGE, LIST, HASH, or INTERVAL (case sensitive)
Field 4: Partition Data Definition Filename - Do not modify - This field is ignored if Partition Method is not RANGE or LIST or INTERVAL
Field 5: Partition Hash Count – Modify based on value in Hash Partitions Calculated column in RMS_partition_definition.xlsx. In case of INTERVAL partition, this field will contain a partition interval value (e.g. 7 days in one partition). This field is ignored if Partition Method is not HASH or INTERVAL.
Field 6: Interval Unit – Used and required for INTERVAL partition only. Expected values are 'DAY' or 'MONTH'.
Field 7: Sub-Partition Key - Do not modify
Field 8: Sub-Partition Method - Modify based on value in Sub-partition Method column in RMS_partition_definition.xlsx - Valid values are LIST or HASH (case sensitive)
Field 9: Sub-Partition Data Definition Filename - Do not modify - This field is ignored if Sub-Partition Method is not RANGE, LIST, or INTERVAL
Field 10: Sub-Partition Hash Count - Modify based on value in Hash Sub-partitions Calculated column in RMS_partition_definition.xls. This field is ignored if Sub-Partition Method is HASH
Field 11: Tablespace Name - Optional. Default is RETAIL_DATA
Tables partitioned or sub-partitioned by RANGE, INTERVAL or LIST have a corresponding data definition file in the STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source/data_def” directory and should not be removed or renamed. These files are used to define the data boundaries for each partition. Values must be entered in each file based on the data type of the Partition Key column in RMS_partition_definition.xls. Refer to the Comments column in this file for additional information. The value in the Number of Partitions column indicates the number of entries to place in the data definition file. For INTERVAL partitioning, a single entry in the data definition file will be sufficient.
The format of a data definition file name is <table name>.<partition key column>.<partition key data type> (for example, item_loc_hist.eow_date.date). When placing data into these files, enter one data partition value per line.
When entering varchar2 values in a data definition file, do not use quotation marks. When defining date values, use the DDMMYYYY format.
sampletable.action_date.date:
01012004
01012005
sampletable.state.varchar2:
Minnesota
Iowa
sampletable.location.number:
1000
2000
When using RANGE partitioning, the data definition files will use the value less than concept. For example, in sampletable.action_date.date above, the first partition will contain all data less than 01012004. The second partition will contain all data greater than or equal to 01012004 and less than 01012005. A third MAXVALUE partition will automatically be created for all data greater than or equal to 01012005.
When using INTERVAL partitioning, the data definition file can be populated with one date entry to create the first range. Future partitions will be added automatically when data is inserted into the table for dates greater than the defined range and corresponding interval.
When using LIST partitioning, the data definition files will use the value equal to concept. For example, in sampletable.state.varchar2 above, the first partition will contain all data equal to Minnesota. The second partition will contain all data equal to Iowa.
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1. Copy STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/das_ddl/source/rms_das_ddl.sql to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/rms_das.tab.
2. Execute STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source/partition_das.ksh at the UNIX command prompt. This script reads configuration information from the partition_attributes.cfg file and generates the partitioned DDL file STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/ rms_das_part.tab. This file is used later during the installation process.
Sample output from partition.ksh:
STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source > ./partition.ksh
########################################################################
# partition_das.ksh:
# This script will read the partition_attributes.cfg file and any referenced
# data definition files and generate partitioned DDL.
########################################################################
# The non-partitioned DDL file is ../rms_das.tab.
# The partitioned DDL file that will be generated is ../rms_das_part.tab.
########################################################################
Checking partition_attributes.cfg for errors
Generating Partitioned DDL for ITEM_LOC
Generating Partitioned DDL for ITEM_LOC_SOH
Partition_das.ksh has generated the DDL for partitioned tables in the ../rms_das_part.tab file.
Completed successfully
3. Copy STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/rms_das_part.tab to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/das_ddl/source/rms_das_ddl.sql.
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1. Copy STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/ddl/1_rms_tab_ddl.sql to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/rms.tab.
2. Execute STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source/partition.ksh at the UNIX command prompt. This script reads configuration information from the partition_attributes.cfg file and generates the partitioned DDL file STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/rms_part.tab. This file is used later during the installation process.
Sample output from partition.ksh:
STAGING_DIR/ installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source > ./partition.ksh
########################################################################
# partition.ksh:
# This script will read the partition_attributes.cfg file and any referenced
# data definition files and generate partitioned DDL.
########################################################################
# The non-partitioned DDL file is ../rms.tab.
# The partitioned DDL file that will be generated is ../rms_part.tab.
########################################################################
Checking partition_attributes.cfg for errors
Generating Partitioned DDL for DAILY_DATA
Generating Partitioned DDL for DAILY_ITEM_FORECAST
Generating Partitioned DDL for DAILY_SALES_DISCOUNT
…
partition.ksh has generated the DDL for partitioned tables in the ../rms_part.tab file.
Completed successfully
It is assumed that Oracle Enterprise Edition 12c Release 1, with appropriate patches, has already been installed. If not, refer to Check Supported Database Server Requirements in Chapter 1 before proceeding. Additionally, STAGING_DIR in this section refers to the directory created in Create Staging Directory for RMS Database Schema Files in Part I, Chapter 1.
Review the Establish Database Partitioning Strategy section before continuing.
If a database has already been created, it is necessary to review the contents of this section to determine if all database components have been installed and configured properly. Also refer to appendices A, B, C in this document.
If a database instance has not been created, create one using database creation templates via DBCA in silent mode.
§ 12.1.0.2 binary must have already been installed. Refer to the Database Server Preinstallation section for the required oneoff patches.
As of 14.1, Oracle Retail no longer delivers customed database template files. Instead, databases can be created using the generic Oracle delivered template in the directory: $ORACLE_HOME/assistants/dbca/templates.
$ORACLE_HOME/assistants/dbca/templates>
--> ls -l General_Purpose.dbc
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle rgbudba 4908 May 24 2013 General_Purpose.dbc
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1. Ensure ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE is in the path:
export ORACLE_HOME=<Location for Oracle Home >
export ORACLE_BASE=<Location for Oracle Base>
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
cd into $ORACLE_HOME/assistants/dbca/templates
cd $ORACLE_HOME/assistants/dbca/templates
2. Execute the following command to create an instance:
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbca -silent -createDatabase -templateName General_Purpose.dbc -gdbName DB_NAME -sid DB_SID -createAsContainerDatabase true -SysPassword oracle1 -SystemPassword oracle1 -emConfiguration NONE -datafileDestination <Datafile Location> -characterSet AL32UTF8 -nationalCharacterSet AL16UTF16 -redoLogFileSize 100 -initParams nls_date_format=DD-MON-RR,nls_language=AMERICAN,nls_calendar=GREGORIAN,fast_start_mttr_target=900
The above will create a container database using all the default parameters set by dbca. Please replace the pfile by taking a copy from Appendix: Oracle 12cR1 Database Parameter File but customize the values according to the need of your environment.
If you wish to create a non-container database, replace [-createAsContainerDatabase true] with [-createAsContainerDatabase false].
3. Execute the following command to create a pluggable database if this is a container environment:
CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE PDB_NAME ADMIN USER PDBADMIN
IDENTIFIED BY pdbadmin_pwd ROLES=(CONNECT) file_name_convert=('<Old Locationof PDB Datafiles>','<New Location for PDB Datafiles>');
alter pluggable database pdb_name open;
alter system register;
Post Database Creation Setup
The above commands create a database with all files in one directory,. Please multiplex the redo logs and the control files following the OFA architecture.
4. Configure the listener and the tnsnames entry.
5. Log into the pluggable database to create the required tablespaces accordingly. For non-container databases, log into the database as normal to create the tablespaces.
Release 14.1.2.1 uses the tablespaces RETAIL_DATA, RETAIL_INDEX. ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_DATA and ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_INDEX.
The ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_DATA and ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_INDEX tablespaces hold data which may include Personally Identifiable Information data (PII Data). If you hold the Advanced Security Option license, you can choose to create these two tablespaces with TDE tablespace encryption to protect the PII data at rest. If you do not hold an Advanced Security Option license, you can create the tablespaces as normal tablespaces. The tablespace names must always be ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_DATA and ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_INDEX regardless of whether TDE encryption is used, because the table and index creation scripts look for these specific names.
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1. Modify STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db/create_rms_tablespaces.sql. The table below shows the default initial sizes.
2. Once this script has been modified, execute it in SQL*Plus as sys.
§ For Example: SQL> @ create_rms_tablespaces.sql
3. Review create_rms_tablespaces.log for errors and correct as needed.
4. If you do not wish to use TDE tablespace encryption follow below steps else for TDE encryption skip to step 5.
a. Modify
STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db/create_encrypted_
tablespaces_no_TDE.sql.
b. Run the script using SQL*Plus as sys.
c. Review Create_encrypted_retail_tablespaces_no_TDE.log for errors and correct as needed.
5. If you hold an Advanced Security Option license and wish to use TDE tablespace encryption
a. Modify
STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db/create_encrypted_
tablespaces_TDE.sql.
b. Run the script using SQL*Plus as sys.
c. Review Create_encrypted_retail_tablespaces_TDE.log for errors and correct as needed.
d. Refer to Appendix: Tablespace Creation for details about how to create tablespaces in an encrypted format.
Note: The partitioning strategy determines the size of RMS tablespaces. Be aware that increasing the number of partitions may necessitate an increase in the size of the required tablespaces. It is important to be accurate when sizing tablespaces prior to the installation of RMS. Failure to do so results in “insufficient space” errors which require a complete re-install of RMS.
The standard tablespace scripts contain the DDL for creating the required tablespaces which can extend up to the following sizes:
TABLESPACE_NAME |
Size |
ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_INDEX |
12G |
ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_DATA |
10G |
RETAIL_INDEX |
10G |
RETAIL_DATA |
8G |
LOB_DATA |
2G |
USERS |
2G |
These sizes are sufficient if the initial values in the STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/partitioning/source/RMS_partition_definition.xls spreadsheet are used without modifications. Although using the initial values is not recommended for a production environment, it is possible to use them for the purpose of creating a small test environment. For additional assistance with production database sizing, please work with your implementation partner or contact Oracle Retail Consulting.
Create an Oracle schema that will own the RMS application.
Note: The RMS schema owner must be created prior to running the RMS database schema installation. The installer will validate this user before proceeding with installation.
1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db.
2. The create_user script relies on empty roles, being created. Log into sqlplus as sysdba and run the following commands to create the roles.
SQL> @create_roles.sql
3. Enter the following command to create the schema owner:
SQL> @create_user.sql
The following prompts will occur:
§ Schema Owner – the Oracle user that will own all RMS objects. Referred to in this install guide as RMS14DEV
§ Password – the password for RMS14DEV
§ Temp Tablespace – the temporary tablespace for RMS14DEV
4. Check the log file create_<Schema Owner>.lst for any errors.
To create the required user RMS_ASYNC_USER, complete the following steps:
Note: RMS_ASYNC_USER is the required schema name, do not change the name to anything else. This use will own the RMS_NOTIFICATION_QUEUE used in the Async Notification
1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db
2. Log into sqlplus as sysdba and run the following command:
SQL> @create_rms_async_user.sql
The following prompts will occur:
§ Password – the password for RMS_ASYNC_USER
§ Temp Tablespace – the temporary tablespace for RMS_ASYNC_USER
To create the database user for where Allocation temporary tables will be stored, complete the following steps.
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1. Change directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db
2. Log into sqlplus as sysdba and run the following command:
SQL> @create_user_generic.sql
The following prompts will occur:
§ Schema Name – The name of the Allocation database user. Referred to in this install guide as ALLOC14DEV
§ Password – the password for ALLOC14DEV
§ Temp Tablespace – the temporary tablespace for ALLOC14DEV
The RMS demo data user is only required if you will be seeding RMS during installation with optional demo data.
Note: Demo data will not work for the Brazil Localization-ORFM. Do not complete these steps if you are installing ORFM
To create the demo data user, complete the following steps.
1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db
2. Log into sqlplus as sysdba and run the following command:
SQL> @create_user_generic.sql
The following prompts will occur:
§ Schema Name – The name of the Demo database user. Referred to in this install guide as RMS14DEMO
§ Password – the password for RMS14DEMO
§ Temp Tablespace – the temporary tablespace for RMS14DEMO
The RMS DAS user is only required if you will be setting up a DAS schema. Additional configuration of data replication will be required after installation. For an example of how to configure data replication using Oracle Streams, please refer to whitepaper: Oracle Retail White Paper: Configuring Data Replication for Retail Merchandising System Data Access Schema (DAS) using Oracle Streams
Note that the DAS user must be created in a different database from RMS. To create the DAS user, complete the following steps:
1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db
2. Log into sqlplus as sysdba and run the following command:
SQL> @create_user.sql
The following prompts will occur:
§ Schema Name – The name of the DAS database user. Referred to in this install guide as RMS14DAS
§ Password – the password for RMS14DAS
§ Temp Tablespace – the temporary tablespace for RMS14DAS
Note: It is recommended, but not required, that the Schema and Batch installation be done at the same time and use the same path for RETAIL_HOME. See next section for batch installation steps
1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer.
2. Source the oraenv script to set up the Oracle environment variables (ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID, PATH, etc).
Example: prompt$ . oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [] ? mydb
prompt$
3. Verify the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID variables after running this script.
Example: prompt$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u00/oracle/product/mydbversion
prompt$ echo $ORACLE_SID
mydb
4. Set and export the following environment variables. These variables are needed in addition to the environment variables set by the oraenv script above.
Variable |
Description |
Example |
JAVA_HOME |
Java home needed to run the GUI. Java 1.7 is required |
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_17.64bit export JAVA_HOME |
ANT_HOME |
Optional. If not set, the installer will default to using the Ant instance packaged with the installer. Ant 1.9.6.x is required. |
ANT_HOME=/usr/ant/ant1.9.6/ export ANT_HOME
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NLS_LANG |
Locale setting for Oracle database client |
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8 export NLS_LANG |
DISPLAY |
Address and port of X server on desktop system of user running install. Optional for dbschema installation |
DISPLAY=<IP address>:0.0 export DISPLAY |
Note: Unset NLS_DATE_FORMAT before running the installer. If NLS_DATE_FORMAT is set as YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS, the installer will fail.
5. If you are going to run the installer in GUI mode using an X server, you need to have the XTEST extension enabled. This setting is not always enabled by default in your X server. See Appendix: Common Installation Errors for more details.
6. Run the install.sh script to start the installer.
Note: Below are the usage details for install.sh. The typical usage for GUI mode is no arguments.
./install.sh [text | silent]
Note: See Appendix: RMS Database Schema and Batch Installation Screens for details on the RMS Database Schema installation screens and fields in the installer.
7. Verify that the installer reports “SUCCESS” for the Database Preinstall Check. If it reports “FAILED,” check for errors in the output under the “Checking environment for Database installation” section, and verify that your environment variables are set properly.
8. For the initial RMS database installation select the Full option on the Full Install or Patch screen. If you are upgrading a previous install the Patch option will be used. See Part II: Patch Installation, Chapter 1: Database Installation Tasks - Patch.
9. Check the Install DB Objects checkbox and continue with installer. If the Batch and Database objects reside on the same RETAIL_HOME then click on the Batch also.
10. Depending on system resources, a typical installation can take two hours.
11. The RMS Installer provides the option of installing the Invoice Matching (ReIM), Allocation and the Brazil only localization Oracle Retail Fiscal Management (ORFM) database objects in addition to the RMS objects.
12. After the installer is complete, you can check its log file: rms-install.<timestamp>.log.
13. The installer leaves behind the ant.install.properties file for future reference and repeat installations. This file contains inputs you provided. As a security precaution, make sure that the file has restrictive permissions.
Example: chmod 600 ant.install.properties
If the RMS batch and application components will be installed separately, you will want to remember the database username and password details in order to correctly complete the RMS batch and application installations.
If the installer encounters any errors, it halts execution immediately and prints to the screen which SQL script it was running when the error occurred. Please view the log files in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs. Additional error information for invalid objects can be found in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_logs/dbsql_{schema}/invalids. The {schema} refers to rms, rmsasync, reim, rpm, alloc, or alcrms.
See Appendix: Common Installation Errors in this document for a list of common installation errors.
Subsequent executions of the installer skip the SQL scripts which have already been executed in previous installer runs. This is possible because the installer maintains entries in a table called DBMANIFEST of the scripts that have been run. It also maintains an orpatch_restart.state file when the install restarts.
In case if you decided to drop the schemas and start the install from scratch, then make sure the RETAIL_HOME is also removed.
1. Additional
users to the RMS application can be set up by following the same instructions
as in the Create the Schema Owner for RMS section above, except use the
create_user_generic.sql script located here:
STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db/create_user_generic.sql
Note: Evaluate the use of multiple roles and assign appropriately to users, based on user responsibilities.
2. After users are set up, create synonyms to the owner schema for all tables, views, sequences, functions, procedures, packages and types to which the user has access.
For information, see “Appendix: Creating User Synonyms.”
3. Run the following scripts as the new user to give new users security privileges. These scripts can be found in the RMS installer package under STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db. Sign on as the new user and run the following scripts.
SQL> @englishUser.sql
SQL> @superUser.sql
Note: create_ORMS_business_user_role.sql and create_ORMS_business_user.sql can be used to create RMS user with restricted privileges. Please refer to the Oracle Retail Merchandising Operations Management Security Guide for details.
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Note: Users created with these scripts will be granted with selective privileges on each database object. A new object addition/patch that contains new objects will need attention from customer database administrator. Either grant selective privileges to the individual database objects or re-create the role with create_ORMS_business_user_role.sql which will grant privileges to new objects for the users.
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1. Run the ad-hoc script as RMS Schema Owner STAGING_DIR/rms/installer /mom14/Cross_Pillar/install_scripts/source/sys_update_prod_vers.sql to update the PRODUCT_VERS_CONFIG_OPTIONS table. It updates the patch version of the other MOM products installed if any. It accepts five values as user input:
§ first input as Allocation version
§ second input as RWMS version
§ third input as REIM version
§ fourth input as SIM version
§ fifth input as AIP version
§ sixth input as RPM version
§ seventh input as ReSA version
If RMS was installed without DEMO Data, additional data setup is required to be able to run batch programs. USER_ATTRIB, SEC_USER, SEC_GROUP, and SEC_USER_GROUP need to be populated using the below scripts. Note that for RMS with Brazil Localization ORFM installed, demo data CANNOT be run so these steps are a must for Brazil localization installs..
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1. Log on to sqlplus as the RMS schema owner.
2. Insert row into SEC_GROUP.
insert into sec_group (
GROUP_ID,
GROUP_NAME,
ROLE,
COMMENTS)
values (
1,
'SYSTEM SUPER USER GROUP',
NULL,
'Not to be associated with any hierarchy levels.');
3. Insert the following row into USER_ATTRIB for the schema owner:
@<STAGING_DIR>/rms/installer/create_db/englishUser.sql
4. Insert the following row into SEC_USER and SEC_USER_GROUP for the schema owner:
@<STAGING_DIR>/rms/installer/create_db/superUser.sql
This section includes steps for batch installation.
To create the staging directory for RMS installer, complete the following steps.
Note: The
same installer can be used to install multiple RMS components. If you are
installing any of the RMS (and optionally the Brazil only ORFM) components
(Database, Batch, or Application) on the same server, they can use the same
installer and this step does not need to be repeated. Log into the database server
as a user that can connect to the RMS database.
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1. Create a staging directory for the RMS installation software.
2. Copy the rms14installer.zip file from the RMS 14.1.2.1 release to the staging directory. This is referred to as STAGING_DIR when installing batch software.
3. Change directories to STAGING_DIR and extract the rms14installer.zip file. This creates an rms/installer/ subdirectory under STAGING_DIR.
Note: Refer to the following My Oracle Support note if the operating system platform is Linux:
Doc ID 102288.1 – Precompiling Sample Pro*C Programs on Linux Fails with PCC-02015 and PCC-02201 (Doc ID 102288.1
To fix the issue – Example:
1. Compare the paths in the installer pcscfg.cfg to the paths for pcscfg.cfg that the Linux OS has. The paths in the installer pcscfg.cfg are that may be invalid are
§ /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/include
§ /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/include
2. Find the pcscfg.cfg file in the correct path in the Linux OS. The path is
§ /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.4
§ /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.7 -> 4.4.4
3. Back up the pcscfg.cfg file.
4. Edit the pcscfg.cfg file.
5. Change the following in the pcscfg.cfg file:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/include to /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.7/include
6. Run the batch installer.
To run the RMS Installer, complete the following steps:
Note: If Batch is installed along with Database installation then this step can be skipped.
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1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer.
2. Source the oraenv script to set up the Oracle environment variables (ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID, PATH, etc).
Example: prompt$ . oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [] ? mydb
prompt$
3. Verify the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID variables after running this script.
Example: prompt$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u00/oracle/product/mydbversion
prompt$ echo $ORACLE_SID
mydb
4. Verify that the following executables are available from PATH: make, makedepend, cc, ar.
Example: Here are some locations where makedepend is commonly found:
Linux: /usr/X11R6/bin
SUN: /usr/openwin/bin
AIX: /usr/X11R6/bin
HP-UX: /opt/imake/bin
Set and export the following environment variables. These variables are needed in addition to the environment variables set by the oraenv script above.
Variable |
Description |
Example |
JAVA_HOME |
Java home needed to run the GUI. Java 1.7 is required |
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_17.64bit |
ANT_HOME |
Optional. If not set, the installer will default to using the Ant instance packaged with the installer. Ant 1.9.6.x is required. |
ANT_HOME=/usr/ant/ant1.9.6/ export ANT_HOME |
NLS_LANG |
Locale setting for Oracle database client |
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8 export NLS_LANG |
DISPLAY |
Address and port of X server on desktop system of user running install. Optional for batch installation |
DISPLAY=<IP address>:0 export DISPLAY |
5. If you are going to run the installer in GUI mode using an X server, you need to have the XTEST extension enabled. This setting is not always enabled by default in your X server. See Appendix: Common Installation Errors for more details.
6. Run the install.sh script to start the installer.
Note: Below are the usage details for install.sh. The typical usage for GUI mode is no arguments.
./install.sh [text | silent]
Customers who are willing to opt for Brazil Localization can select the ORFM components in the installer screen.
Note: See Appendix: RMS Database Schema and Batch Installation Screens for details about the RMS/ORFM Batch installation screens and fields in the installer.
7. Verify that the installer reports “SUCCESS” for the Batch preinstall check. If it reports “FAILED,” check for errors in the output under the “Checking environment for Batch installation” section, and verify that your environment variables are set properly.
8. Check the Install Batch checkbox and continue with installer.
9. Depending on system resources, a typical RMS batch installation takes around 30 minutes. After the installer is complete, you can check its log file in the “logs” directory: rms-install.<timestamp>.log.
10. The installer leaves behind the ant.install.properties file for future reference and repeat installations. This file contains inputs you provided. As a security precaution, make sure that the file has restrictive permissions.
Example: chmod 600 ant.install.properties
The RMS batch installation is a full install that starts from the beginning each time it is run. If you encounter errors in your environment, after resolving the issue you can safely run the batch installation again to attempt another installation. Log files for the batch compilation can be found in the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/rmsbatch/{lib,proc}
The prerequisite to using Item Induction is to load the templates on to the database tables. The templates drive the tables, columns to be loaded, and has the translation specific strings.
The below steps are required to load the templates into the environment. This is an optional step and is required only if the client chooses to implement Item Induction functionality.
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1. Templates are present in <STAGING_DIR>/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/s9t_templates directory.
2. Review the template and include/exclude the details as required.
3. If not already set, export TNS_ADMIN=<RETAIL_HOME>/orpatch/rms_wallet
4. Go to <RETAIL_HOME>/oracle/proc/src.
5. Run ld_iindfiles.ksh by passing the two following parameters:
§ UP=/@<schema owner wallet alias>
§ Path to folder where the two ods files are located
ld_iindfiles.ksh $UP <STAGING_DIR>/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/s9t_templates
The RMS batch installation installs the RETL files under RETAIL_HOME.
See Appendix: RMS RETL Instructions in this document for more information about RETL.
The RMS batch installation
installs the data conversion scripts under RETAIL_HOME/external/scripts. To
complete the setup of these files, perform the following steps.
1. cd to RETAIL_HOME/external and chmod the permission on the following directories to 777:
RETAIL_HOME/external/data
RETAIL_HOME/external/logs
Note: You must replace RETAIL_HOME with your RETAIL_HOME directory.
2. Log into sqlplus as SYSTEM and run the following commands:
SQL> create or replace directory rms14dev_ext_data as ’RETAIL_HOME/external/data’;
SQL> create or replace
directory rms14dev_ext_logs as ’RETAIL_HOME/external/logs’;
3. Log into sqlplus as SYSTEM and grant the following privileges to any other users who will be using data conversion.
SQL> grant read on directory rms14dev_ext_data to RMS14DEV;
SQL> grant read, write on directory rms14dev_ext_logs to RMS14DEV;
4. Update the following entries in the dc_load.cfg file in RETAIL_HOME/external/scripts:
export orclDataDir=RMS14DEV_EXT_DATA
export orclLogDir=RMS14DEV_EXT_LOGS
It is assumed that WebLogic 11g version 10.3.6 (WLS) with Forms 11.1.2.2 has already been installed. If not, refer to “Check Supported Application Server Requirements” in Chapter 1, “Preinstallation Tasks” before proceeding. Additionally, STAGING_DIR in this section refers to the directory created in “Create Staging Directory for RMS Application Files” in Chapter 1.
In order to use WebLogic for manual compilation of RMS (and the optional Brazil only ORFM product) 14.1.2.1 forms modules, Oracle Forms Services 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.2) must be used. Please refer to the Oracle Forms Services 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.2) documentation for the steps to manually compile objects.
Note:
It is necessary to have $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora file configured
in this WLS installation. Forms will use this information for connectivity.
A copy tnsnames.ora file must be created for the $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config location. If the file is not copied to this location, forms will not compile correctly.
See Appendix: Configure Listener for External Procedures for an example of the tnsnames.ora file setup.
Note: It is necessary to create Domain directory under WEBLOGIC_HOME/user_projects/domains/. If this is not where it is located, the installer will not be able to copy the files from the post directory over to the WebLogic Domain and this should be done manually.
Note:
ORACLE_HOME is the location where Oracle Forms 11gR2 has been installed.
ORACLE_INSTANCE is the instance that is created during configuration of Oracle Forms 11gR2 and contains the executables to compile.
To prepare the application server for RMS, complete the following steps.
1. The
Tk2Motif.rgb file that is sent out with WebLogic (10.3.6) must be modified. It
located at the following
location:$ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/FRComponent/frcommon/guicommon/tk/admin
2. Make a copy of the file Tk2Motif.rgb, and name it Tk2Motif.rgb_ORIG (for example).
3. Modify the file Tk2Motif.rgb file so that it contains the following line:
Tk2Motif*fontMapCs: iso8859-2=AL32UTF8
4. Copy $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/FRComponent/frcommon/guicommon/tk/admin/Tk2Motif.rgb to $ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/Tk2Motif.rgb.
1. Log in to
the admin console.
(http://<Classic_domian hostname>:<port>/console)
2. Click Lock & Edit.
3. Navigate to Environment > Servers and select new tab of the servers on the right side.
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4. Set the following variables:
§ Server Name: These should be some name specific to your application targeted (for example, rms-help-server).
§ Server Listen Address: <weblogic server> (ie apphost.us.oracle.com)
§ Server Listen Port: A free port; check for availability.
A suggestion is to increment the AdminServer port by two and keep incrementing by two for each managed server (for example, 17003, 17005, 17007, and so on).
5. Click Next.
6. Click Finish.
7. Click Activate Changes on the left side.
Install NodeManager if it was not created during domain install. NodeManager is required so that the managed servers can be started and stopped through the admin console. Only one node manager is needed per WebLogic installation.
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1. Log in to
the admin console.
2. Click Lock & Edit button and navigate to Environments > Machines.
3. Click New.
4. Set the following variables:
§ Name: Logical machine name
§ Machine OS: UNIX
5. Click OK.
6. Click on the machine created.
7. Click the Node Manager tab and update the details below.
§ Type: Plain
§ Listen Address: Host Name
§ Listen Port: Node manager will be assigned a default port (for example, 5556)
8. Click Save.
9. Click Activate Changes.
10. Click Lock & Edit.
11. Navigate to Environments->machines->click on the machine name and select the Servers tab.
12. Click Add. Add the managed servers that need to be configured with NodeManager.
13. Set the following variables:
§ Server: name of server previously created (for example, rms-help-server)
14. Click Next. Click Finish.
15. Click Activate Changes.
Note: To activate changes the server must be stopped if it is running:
$WLS_HOME/user_projects/domains/<domain-name>/bin/stopManagedWebLogic.sh <rms-help-server> ${server_name}:${server_port}
16. Start the Nodemanager from the server using the startNodeManager.sh at $WLS_HOME/wlserver_10.3/server/bin.
17. Update nodemanager.properties file at the following location and set the StartScriptEnabled variable to true. $WLS_HOME/wlserver_10.3/common/nodemanager/nodemanager.properties
StartScriptEnabled=true
18. The NodeManager must be restarted after making changes to the nodemanager.properties file.
Note: The nodemanager.properties file is created after NodeManager is started for the first time. It is not available before that point.
To create the staging directory for the RMS Installer, complete the following steps.
Note: The same installer can be used to install multiple RMS components. If you are installing any of the RMS components (Database, Batch, or Application) on the same server, they can use the same installer and this step does not need to be repeated.
1. Log into
the application server as a user with read and write access to the WebLogic
files.
2. Create a staging directory for the RMS installation software.
3. Copy the file rms14installer.zip from the RMS 14.1.2.1 release to staging directory. This will be referred to as STAGING_DIR when installing application software and reports.
4. Change directories to STAGING_DIR and extract the file rms14installer.zip. This will create an rms/installer subdirectory under STAGING_DIR.
1. Log on to
your application server as a user with read and write access to the WebLogic
files.
2. Change directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer.
3. Set and export the following environment variables.
Variable |
Description |
Example |
JAVA_HOME |
Location of a Java 1.7_21 64Bit JDK. |
JAVA_HOME= /u00/webadmin/java/jdk1.7.0_21 export JAVA_HOME |
ANT_HOME |
Optional. If not set, the installer will default to using the Ant instance packaged with the installer. Ant 1.9.6.x is required. |
ANT_HOME=/usr/ant/ant1.9.6/ export ANT_HOME |
NLS_LANG |
Locale setting for Oracle database client. |
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8 export NLS_LANG |
DOMAIN_HOME |
The location where Forms 11.1.2.1 domain has been installed. |
DOMAIN_HOME= /u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/user_projects/domains/ClassicDomain/ export DOMAIN_HOME |
WLS_INSTANCE |
The name of the managed server that contains Oracle Forms. |
WLS_INSTANCE=WLS_FORMS export WLS_INSTANCE |
ORACLE_HOME |
Point to your WebLogic installation |
ORACLE_HOME= /u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/as_1 export ORACLE_HOME |
ORACLE_SID |
The database/SID where the RMS schema resides. |
ORACLE_SID=mydb export ORACLE_SID |
DISPLAY |
Address and port of X server on desktop system of user running install. Required for forms application installation. |
DISPLAY=<IP address>:0 export DISPLAY |
4. To install the RMS application you must use an X server (such as Exceed) and have set the DISPLAY environment variable. The installer does not continue otherwise.
5. Run the install.sh script to start the installer.
Note: Below are the usage details for install.sh. The typical usage for GUI mode is no arguments.
./install.sh [text | silent]
Verify that these environment variables are correct. If any of them are incorrect, you need to verify that the WebLogic shell scripts that set them are configured properly. Check the following scripts:
$WEBLOGIC_DOMAIN_HOME/bin/setDomainEnv.sh
$WEBLOGIC_HOME/wlserver_10.3/common/bin/commEnv.sh
Customers who are willing to opt for Brazil Localization can select the ORFM component in the installer screen. See the below Note.
Note: See Appendix: RMS Application Installer Screens for details about the RMS/ORFM Forms application screens and fields in the installer.
6. Verify that the installer reports “SUCCESS” for the Application preinstall check. If this reports “FAILED,” check for errors in the output under the “Checking environment for Application installation” section, and verify that your environment variables are set properly.
7. Check the Install Application checkbox and proceed with the installation.
Depending on system resources, a typical installation can take an hour or more.
Note: You may see the following warning repeated during installation:
[exec] Warning! One or more of your selected locales are not available.
[exec] Please invoke the commands "locale" and "locale -a" to verify your
[exec] selections and the available locales.
[exec]
[exec] Continuing processing using the "C" locale.
Or
[exec] couldn't set locale correctly
This warning can be ignored.
8. After the installer is complete, you can check its log file in the “logs” directory: STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/logs/rms-install.<timestamp>.log. RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_log/{forms/oraforms_rms}
9. The installer leaves behind the ant.install.properties file for future reference and repeat installations. This file contains inputs you provided. As a security precaution, make sure that the file has restrictive permissions.
Example: chmod 600 ant.install.properties
10. If during the screens you chose not to have the installer automatically configure WebLogic, after the installation is complete the files that would have been updated by the installer will be located in a directory and will have to manually be moved to correct directories as specified by the installer output like the example below.
Example:
#######################################################################
Weblogic Configuration Tasks
#######################################################################
Contact your Weblogic administrator and have them make backups of the following files:
/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/user_projects/domains/ClassicDomain/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS_FORMS/applications/formsapp_11.1.2/config/forms/registry/oracle/forms/registry/Registry.dat
/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/user_projects/domains/ClassicDomain/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS_FORMS/applications/formsapp_11.1.2/config/formsweb.cfg
Have the Weblogic administrator stop WLS_FORMS
copy everything in /u00/oretail/rms14/tst/post
to /u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail to update the files
and then start WLS_FORMS
for the changes to take effect.
example: cp -R * /u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail
Once the installation is done, the formsweb.cfg located at <FORMSDOMAIN_HOME>/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS_FORMS/applications/formsapp_11.1.2/config should have the RMS configured as an example below:
[rms14]
envfile=./rms14inst/rms14inst.env
width=950
height=685
separateFrame=true
form=rtkstrt.fmx
archive=frmall.jar,rms-icons.jar,frmwebutil.jar,jacob.jar
lookAndFeel=Oracle
colorScheme=swan
If Single Sign-On is to be used with RMS, do the following.
§ Set ssoMode to true.
If Resource Access Descriptors are allowed to be dynamically created,
Set ssoDynamicResourceCreate to true.
rms14inst.env mentioned above should have the following variables set:
NLS_DATE_FORMAT=DD-MON-RR
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
FORMS_REJECT_GO_DISABLED_ITEM=FALSE
In the event a form or menu does not compile, log files will be written to the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_logs/forms directory. To try and manually recompile the object run RETAIL_HOME/base/forms.profile and run the following command:
# frmcmp.sh userid=$UP module_type=form module=FORM_OR_MENU
You can also safely rerun the installer to see if the form compiles.
Note: If you rerun the installer and check the Configure WebLogic box in the installer screens, you may need to clean up duplicate entries in the WebLogic formsweb.cfg file.
Webutil setup is required for doing item induction through the RMS application. The below setup will allow RMS to launching the file chooser to locate the spreadsheets to update to the application.
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1. On the application server, change directories to $ORACLE_HOME/forms.
2. Set and export the following environment variables.
Variable |
Description |
Example |
UP |
Connect string of the RMS schema owner |
UP= /@RMS01_mydb export UP |
TNS_ADMIN |
(Optional) If using wallet alias for connect string in “UP” this must be set the path to the directory containing the wallet |
TNS_ADMIN=<RETAIL_HOME>/orpatch/rms_wallet_app/ export TNS_ADMIN |
PATH |
The location of frmcmp.sh under ORACLE_INSTANCE must be added to your PATH |
PATH= /u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/ asinst_1/bin/:$PATH export PATH |
DISPLAY |
Address and port of X server on desktop system of user running install. |
DISPLAY=<IP address>:0 export DISPLAY |
3. Start a sqlplus session and run the sql script create_webutil_db.sql as the RMS schema owner.
sqlplus $UP
4. Compile webutil.pll and generate the plx.
frmcmp.sh module=webutil.pll module_type=LIBRARY userid=$UP
5. Verify the formsweb.cfg file includes jacob.jar and frmwebutil.jar on the archive line of RMS. This file is typically found within the WebLogic domain configuration folder in the subdirectory …./fmwconfig/servers/<SERVER_NAME>/applications/formsapp/config
For example:
/u00/webadmin/product/10.3.X/WLS_Forms/user_projects/domains/ClassicDomain/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS_FORMS/applications/formsapp_11.1.2/config/
archive=frmall.jar,rms-icons.jar,frmwebutil.jar,jacob.jar
6. Copy a signed jacob.jar to $ORACLE_HOME/forms/java.
Note: As a post install step to the webutil install - an additional update will need to be made to the jacob.jar due to enhanced java security requirements. The jacob.jar needs to be updated as follows:
• Unjar the jacob.jar
• Remove all the signature information from the manifest
• Add in the following lines of code to the manifest file:
• Permissions: all-permissions
• Codebase: *
• Jar the contents back up again
• Resign the jar.
Note: The jacob.jar file is not an Oracle supplied jar file, hence it requires signing with a trusted certificate from a Certificate Authority or a self signed certificate to function properly with webutil. Failure to sign the jacob.jar file with an RSA certificate will result in the application not working. The following link gives instructions on how to properly sign the jacob.jar. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/plugin/developer_guide/rsa_signing.html
7. Modify webutil.cfg file. This file is found in $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/FormsComponnet/forms/server. Find the line with transfer.database.enabled and change the value to TRUE.
transfer.database.enabled=TRUE
8. Bounce the admin server to enable these changes.
If you are installing the RMS application to a clustered environment, there are some extra steps you need to take to complete the installation. In these instructions, the application server node with the ORACLE_HOME you used for the RMS application installation is referred to as master node. All other nodes are referred to as remote nodes.
To complete the RMS forms application install, the installer provided new versions of formsweb.cfg and the newly-created env files for the new RMS installation. The entries added to formsweb.cfg and env files for these new environments should be copied from the master node to the remote nodes.
Note: The newly created env files will have a change to the FORMS_PATH variable as well as entries appended to the end of the file.
Note: Do not copy the entire file from one node to another. Only copy the RMS entries modified in these files by the installer. There is node-specific information in this file that is different between ORACLE_HOME installations.
The application installation copies RMS report files to $RETAIL_HOME/base/reports. These files should be installed into BI Publisher as documented in the RMS Reports chapter of this document.
RMS 14.1.2.1 reports supports BiPublisher 11g. RMS (and optionally the Brazil Localiztion ORFM) Reports are copied to RETAIL_HOME /reports during the application installation.
Note: In the following sections, the Oracle BI EE 11g installation steps are a sample only. Refer to the Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installation Guide for more information.
Oracle BI Publisher is used as the main RMS, RWMS, REIM, Brazil Localization RFM, and SIM reporting engine and can be used in conjunction with external printing solutions like label printing. This section describes the installation of Oracle BI Publisher as a server application within WebLogic 10.3.6. One deployment of BI Publisher can be used for any of the RMS, Brazil Localization ORFM, RWMS, REIM, and SIM reports.
When installing BI Publisher 11g, refer to the appropriate Fusion Middleware guides for the installation of the product in a WebLogic server environment.
Installing the BI Publisher server as a standalone web application in a WebLogic server involves the following tasks:
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1. Run RCU to create BiPublisher related database schemas and other db objects.
2. Install Oracle BI EE under an existing WebLogic Server (WLS) 10.3.6 and choose “software only install”.
3. Configure Oracle BI EE, create default bifoundation_domain and configure component “Business Intelligence Publisher” only.
4. Select the BIPlatform schema for update of the ORACLE 12.1.0.2 DB.
5. Configure ports and document and test the URL’s that are created.
The following post-installation tasks are involved once BI Publisher has been installed:
6. Configure the BI Publisher repository. Set security model, add users, assign roles, add reports, add printers, set repository path, set data source, etc.
7. Set up and copy the RMS BI Publisher Report Templates produced for RMS.
8. Set up for the RMS application specific configuration files to integrate BI Publisher with the RMS online app.
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1. Test your BIPublisher installation, Get the xmlpserver url from your Installation Screen and launch xmlpserver. Login with the credentials you entered in your Oracle BI EE configuration (weblogic / password). Example URL:http://[obiee_host]:[obiee server_port]/xmlpserver
2. Configure the BI Publisher repository. After sign on, select “Administration”.
3. On the System Maintenance Section, click Server Configuration
4. Navigate to the Configuration Screen.
5. On this screen on the Configuration Folder section, enter the path to your repository. On the Catalog section enter Catalog Type: Oracle BI Publisher – File System from the drop down menu.
This is the path you entered in the Configuration Section and Catalog Section:
$MIDDLEWARE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository
6. Restart the BI Publisher after this change.
7. Post install step: Set BiPublisher security model.
a. On the BiPublisher 11g Administration Screen, click Security Configuration from the Security Center.
b. Enable a superuser by checking the “Enable Local SuperUser” box and by entering name and password on the corresponding fields on this screen.
c. Mark “Allow Guest Access” check box. Enter “Guest” as Guest Folder Name
d. Scroll down the screen and locate the Authorization section:
e. Select BI Publisher Security from the Security Model list.:
f. The default user name for the BI Publisher Security Model is Administrator
g. On the password text field, enter a value that you can remember. It is going to be the password for Login to xmlpserver.
h. Save the changes and re-start the BIPublisher server.
i. Launch xmlpserver. To Login you must use the new credentials that you set up in the former step: Username: Administrator Password: password.
Note: You will not be able to login to xmlpserver as weblogic anymore because we have already changed the Security Model.
8. Post install step: Set the repository path.
Example: /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.X/WLS/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository In the Oracle BI EE file system you will find the repository in the following location:
$OBIEE/wls/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository
In the repository you will see the following directories:
§ Admin
§ DemoFiles
§ Reports
§ Tools
§ Users
9. Post install step: Create role Bipub_default_role.
a. From the xmlpserver Administration screen, scroll down to Security Center and click Roles and Permissions.
b. On the Roles and Permissions screen, click the Create Role button.
c. Create the Bipub_default_role. Enter in Create Role Section name of the role.
d. When the information has been entered press Apply changes.
10. Post install step: Assign BiPub system roles to the newly created Bipub_default_role.
a. To assign BiPub system roles to the newly create Bipub_default_role, go to Security Center section and navigate to the Roles and Permissions screen:
b. On the Roles and Permissions screen you should see the new role created: “Bipub_default_role”. Add multiple roles to the Bipub_Default_Role by pressing the corresponding green icon on the Add Roles column.
c. From the Available Roles panel, select the ones needed for your reports and click Move to move them to the Included Roles panel.
d. Click Apply to save your changes.
11. Post install step: create folders. Complete the following steps.
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a. Create
the “Guest” and “RMS” directories on the server. Change directories into these
directories and verify that the new folders have the 755 permission.
Example assuming that /u00/webadmin is the root of the installation:
cd /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.X/WLS/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository/Reports
mkdir /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.X/WLS/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository/Reports/Guest
cd Guest
mkdir /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.X/WLS/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository/Reports/Guest/RMS
cd RMS
In this section we will outline how the RMS report templates are installed into the appropriate BI server repositories.
Example: /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.X/WLS/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository
Report files are placed by the application installation in the directory - "RETAIL_HOME /reports " and have to be copied into the newly created directory within BI Publisher repository Guest Reports directory.
1. Create the
directory to hold the reports under <BI_REPOSITORY>
mkdir <BI_REPOSITORY>/Reports/Guest/RMS
2. Change directory to the RETAIL_HOME /reports/RMS created during the application install. This directory contains subdirectories whose names reflect the names of report templates provided with RMS.
3. Copy each report directory into the directory created above
For example,
cp -R * <BI_REPOSITORY>/Reports/Guest/RMS
Follow the below steps to configure JDBC connection for RMS Data Source name. This is the data source that RMS uses for RMS reports.
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1. Log on with the default user ID and passwords for BI Publisher using the administrative user and password configured previously.
2. Click the Administration tab and select the JDBC Connection hyperlink in the Data Sources lists.
3. Enter RMS for the datasource name, and enter the appropriate details for the RMS data source. Once the data is entered, click Test Connection to test the connection. Connection string is similar to this example:
syntax is jdbc:oracle:thin:@<hostname>:<port>:<dbsid>
or
jdbc:oracle:thin:@<hostname>:<port>/<servicename> for pluggable databases
4. Ensure that Allow Guest Access is checked in the Security Section.
5. Click Apply to save the information.
Verify that Oracle BI Publisher has been set up correctly as follows:
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1. Click the Administration
tab. Click Server Configuration under System Maintenance. The Catalog path
variable should be set as part of the BI Publisher install, REPORTS_DIR.
2. Add
the following values to the <installation name>.env file located here:
$WLS_HOME/user_projects/domains/<domain
name>/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS_FORMS/applications/formsapp_11.1.2/
config/<installation name>/<installation name>.env
§ ORACLE_RMS_REPORTS_HOST=http://<server>:<port>/
For example, ORACLE_RMS_REPORTS_HOST=https://msp28079.us.oracle.com:9804/
ORACLE_RMS_REPORTS_SERVER=xmlpserver
ORACLE_RMS_RWSERVER=xmlpserver/Guest/RMS/
Some Oracle Retail applications; <app> (for example, RMS) use Oracle Objects for the PL/SQL API’s. The tool generates a Web Service Provider layer between the external clients and the <app> API’s to provide the Web Service functionality, such as faults, logging, and security, as well as the conversion from xml payloads to Oracle Objects. The Retail Service Enabler (RSE) tool creates the appropriate Provider web service endpoints as well as templates for the PL/SQL APIs.
Note: Depending on your business needs, you may not need to install web services.
To set up the environment, do the following:
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1. Source the oraenv script to set up the Oracle environment variables (ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID, PATH, etc).
Example: prompt$ . oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [] ? mydb
prompt$
2. Verify the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID variables after running this script.
Example: prompt$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u00/oracle/product/mydbversion
prompt$ echo $ORACLE_SID
mydb
3. export TNS_ADMIN=/path/to/wallet/files/dir/
4. export UP=/@<Schema Owner Wallet Alias>
Note: See “Appendix: Setting Up Password Stores with wallets/credential stores” for how to set up database wallet.
5. Verify that TNS is set up correctly by using the UP variable to successfully log in to the RMS 14 schema.
Example: /u00/oracle> sqlplus $UP
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1. Change directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/webservice_objects/consumer/sql
2. Change the contents of the following files to your RMS schema owner name when seeing the value <USER>.
§ DrillBackForwardUrlServiceConsumer_grant.sql
§ GlAccountValidationServiceConsumer_grant.sql
Example: Change all occurrence of <USER> to RMS schema owner RMS14DEV in the files:
dbms_java.grant_permission( '<USER>', 'SYS:java.lang.RuntimePermission', 'setFactory', '' )
to
dbms_java.grant_permission( 'RMS14DEV', 'SYS:java.lang.RuntimePermission', 'setFactory', '' )
Note: For Multitenant databases comment the line CONN / AS SYSDBA)
3. Run the above files as the database SYS user.
4. You do NOT create synonyms to each java object loaded as the synonyms were created in packages previously loaded pointing to the exposed java objects.
Create a managed server for the RMS Web services app to be deployed per the WebLogic Installation Guide.
Create a datasource for RMS Webservices to point to the RMS schema as follows.
§ Name can be anything you want.
§ JNDI Name must be jdbc/RetailWebServiceDs.
§ Set database type and driver for your environment (use non-XA jdbc driver).
§ Set connection properties for the database using the rms user (RMS14DEV). Be sure to test the configuration before moving on.
§ Point the data source to the server created in the Create a Managed Server section above.
To deploy the RMS Service .ear file, do the following.
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1. Make sure
that the managed server created in Step 2, where this application will be
deployed, is up and running.
2. In the left Domain Structure window, click Environment > Deployments.
3. Click Lock and Edit in the change center to install the ear file. It will enable the install button on the deployments screen.
4. Click Install.
5. Click the upload your file(s) link.
6. Click the Deployment Archive browse button.
7. Select the rms-service.ear file from local machine This file can be found in: STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/webservice_objects/provider/ear.
8. Click Next. Make sure that the radio button for rms-services.ear is selected.
9. Click Next again. Make sure that Install this deployment as an application is selected.
10. Click Next again and select the server created in Step 2.
11. Click Next. Click Finish to return to the deployments page. You should see rms-service in the list of deployments.
12. Click Activate Changes in the change center. The state of the application may be shown as prepared. If so, select the check box next to rms-service to will enable the Start button. Click Start. Select servicing all requests.
13. To test the deployment, click on the application. Click the Testing tab.
14. Expand one of the four web services. Click the ?WSDL and Test Client links to test. For the test client you should see a screen similar to the following:
Note: If Webservice ear is being deployed in a managed server which is running on HTTPS port, the Test Point WSDL links may not be visible. In order to view the WSDL links, you need to temporary enable the HTTP (non-secured) ports of Administration and the webservice managed server and login and navigate to deployments of webservice to view the WSDL links.
Configuring the web service deployment to use the WS-Security Username Profile involves forcing all incoming requests to contain WS Security headers to authenticate the requestor based on a user name and password elements. The use of this profile does not provide any confidentiality protection on web service requests: data contained within the Web service messages will not be encrypted. However, using a secure message transport, such as SSL/TLS, will provide confidentiality for the message as it traverses the network. For more information on using SSL/TLS see the section, “Configuring SSL” found in the WebLogic document, “Securing the WebLogic Server, 10g Release 3 (10.3)”.
Additional WS Security policies may also be available depending on the configuration of the WebLogic server. Using these policies will require appropriate changes to web service requests created by applications consuming the web service. Many of these policies also require additional steps for correct keystore and truststore file configuration.
When a web service uses the WS-Security Username profile, all web service consumers must specify a user name configured within the current WebLogic domain. This user name must also have the appropriate role(s) associated with it. Using this profile is thus a two-step process:
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1. Attach the
WS-Security Username policy to the web service
2. Create roles and users who can access the web services
Refer to Oracle Retail Merchandising Security Guide along with Oracle Retail Service Backbone Security Guide for more details.
Set up the environment as above mentioned in Web Services Installation and configure managed server for deploying the mobile services for RMS. Create a managed server for the RMS Web services app to be deployed per the WebLogic Installation Guide.
Note: While configuring the managed server it should be extended with ADF libraries.
Create a datasource for RMS Webservices to point to the RMS schema as follows.
§ Name can be anything you want.
§ JNDI Name must be jdbc/RMSDBDS.
§ Set database type and driver for your environment (use non-XA jdbc driver).
§ Set connection properties for the database using the rms user (RMS14DEV). Be sure to test the configuration before moving on.
§ Point the data source to the server created in the Create a Managed Server section above.
Perform the following procedure to deploy the EarRMSService.ear file:
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1. Make sure
that the managed server created in Step 2, where this application will be
deployed, is up and running.
2. In the left Domain Structure window, click Environment > Deployments.
3. Click Lock and Edit in the change center to install the ear file. It will enable the install button on the deployments screen.
4. Click Install.
5. Click the upload your file(s) link.
6. Click the Deployment Archive browse button.
7. Select the EarRMSService.ear file from local machine.
8. Click Next. Make sure that the radio button for EarRMSService.ear is selected.
9. Click Next again. Make sure that Install this deployment as an application is selected.
10. Click Next again and select the server created in Step 2.
11. Click Next. Click Finish to return to the deployments page. You should see EarRMSService in the list of deployments.
12. Click Activate Changes in the change center.
13. To test the deployment, click on the application. Click the testing tab and test the deployed url.
14. Example URL: htpps://<hostname>:<Managed port>/RMSService
For external Security, the role must be created in the LDAP and sourced to the WebLogic Security Realm
§ Go to admin console where RMS Mobile or REST service is deployed.
§ Go to security realm -> myrealm ->Users and Groups -> Groups, then click the New button and add a group called DATA_STEWARD_MANAGER_JOB.
§ Then add users and add the above configured group to this user. The users should have the DATA_STEWARD_MANAGER_JOB group.
You can now login to the application and the REST WSDL with the users which are under the DATA_STEWARD_MANAGER_JOB Group
Note: Login to the webservice url with the above configured users and group.
Example URL: http://<Hostname>:<Portno>/RMSService/services/private/PurchaseOrders/
This is RMS 14.1.2.1 Patch installation on the existing RMS 14.1.1 installation. Part II of this guide details the steps needed to perform a patch installation of RMS.
Part II contains the following chapters:
§ Database Installation Tasks – Patch
§ Batch Installation Tasks – Patch
§ Application Server Installation Tasks – Patch
§ Reports Installation Tasks – Patch
For information about a full installation, see Part I.
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The RMS 14.1.2.1 installer may be used to apply the RMS patch. Before you apply the RMS 14.1.2.1 patch:
§ Make a backup of all your objects and database schema.
§ Review the enclosed RMS 14.1.2.1 Release Notes (rms-14121-rn.pdf).
§ Review each of the enclosed defect documents.
§ Make sure any applications that connect to the RMS schema are shut down. This includes RMS, RPM, ReIM, Allocation, RIB, and anything else that could be using the schema.
To create the staging directory for RMS installer, complete the following steps.
Note: The same installer can be used to patch multiple RMS components. If you are installing any of the RMS components (Database, Batch, or Application) on the same server, they can use the same installer and this step does not need to be repeated.
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1. Log into
the database server as a user that can connect to the RMS database.
2. Create a staging directory for the RMS installation software.
3. Copy the rms14installer.zip file from the RMS 14.1.2.1 release to the staging directory. This is referred to as STAGING_DIR when installing database software.
4. Change directories to STAGING_DIR and extract the rms14installer.zip file. This creates an rms/installer/ subdirectory under STAGING_DIR.
Note: See Appendix: RMS Analyze Tool for details and instructions to run the RMS Analyze Tool. This appendix also contains screens and fields in the tool.
To run the RMS database schema patch, complete the following steps.
Note: See Appendix: RMS Database Schema and Batch Installation Screens for details on the RMS Database Schema installation screens and fields in the installer.
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1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer.
2. Source the oraenv script to set up the Oracle environment variables (ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID, PATH, etc)
Example: prompt$ . oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [] ? mydb
Verify the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID variables after running this script.
Example: prompt$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u00/oracle/product/mydbversion
prompt$ echo $ORACLE_SID
mydb
3. Set and export the following environment variables. These variables are needed in addition to the environment variables set by the oraenv script above.
Variable |
Description |
Example |
JAVA_HOME |
Java home needed to run the GUI. Java 1.7 is required |
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_17.64bit export JAVA_HOME |
ANT_HOME |
Optional. If not set, the installer will default to using the Ant instance packaged with the installer. Ant 1.9.6.x is required. |
ANT_HOME=/usr/ant/ant1.9.6/ export ANT_HOME |
NLS_LANG |
Locale setting for Oracle database client |
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8 export NLS_LANG |
DISPLAY |
Address and port of X server on desktop system of user running install. Optional for dbschema installation |
DISPLAY=<IP address>:0 export DISPLAY |
Note: Unset NLS_DATE_FORMAT before running the installer. If NLS_DATE_FORMAT is set as YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS, the installer will fail.
4. If you are going to run the installer in GUI mode using an X server, you need to have the XTEST extension enabled. This setting is not always enabled by default in your X server. See Appendix: Common Installation Errors for more details.
5. Run the install.sh script to start the installer.
Note: Below are the usage details for install.sh. The typical usage for GUI mode is no arguments.
./install.sh [text | silent]
6. Verify that the installer reports “SUCCESS” for the Database Preinstall Check. If it reports “FAILED,” check for errors in the output under the “Checking environment for Database installation” section, and verify that your environment variables are set properly.
7. Select the “Patch” option on the Full Install or Patch screen.
8. Check the Install DB Objects checkbox and continue with installer. If the Batch and Database objects reside on the same RETAIL_HOME then click on the Batch also.
9. On the RETAIL_HOME screen, select the RETAIL_HOME of your previous installation.
10. On the Wallet password screen, enter the wallet password you used in the previous installation.
11. After the installer is complete, you can check its log file: rms-install.<timestamp>.log.
12. The installer leaves behind the ant.install.properties file for future reference and repeat installations. This file contains inputs you provided. As a security precaution, make sure that the file has restrictive permissions.
Example: chmod 600 ant.install.properties
If the installer encounters any errors, it halts execution immediately and prints to the screen which SQL script it was running when the error occurred. Please view the log files in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs. Additional error information for invalid objects can be found in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_logs/dbsql_{schema}/invalids. The {schema} refers to rms, rmsasync, reim, rpm, alloc, or alcrms.
See Appendix: Common Installation Errors in this document for a list of common installation errors.
Subsequent executions of the installer skip the SQL scripts which have already been executed in previous installer runs. This is possible because the installer maintains entries in a table called DBMANIFEST of the scripts that have been run. It also maintains an orpatch_restart.state file when the install restarts.
In case if you decided to drop the schemas and start the install from scratch, then make sure the RETAIL_HOME is also removed.
The RMS 14.1.2.1 installer may be used to apply the RMS patch. Before you apply the RMS 14.1.2.1 batch patch:
§ Review the enclosed RMS 14.1.2.1 Patch Release Notes (rms-14121-rn.pdf).
To create the staging directory for RMS installer, complete the following steps.
Note: The same installer can be used to install multiple RMS components. If you are installing any of the RMS components (Database, Batch, or Application) on the same server, they can use the same installer and this step does not need to be repeated.
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1. Log into
the database server as a user that can connect to the RMS database.
2. Create a staging directory for the RMS installation software.
3. Copy the rms14installer.zip file from the RMS 14.1.2.1 release to the staging directory. This is referred to as STAGING_DIR when installing batch software.
4. Change directories to STAGING_DIR and extract the rms14installer.zip file. This creates an rms/installer/ subdirectory under STAGING_DIR.
Note: See Appendix: RMS Analyze Tool for details and instructions to run the RMS Analyze Tool. This appendix also contains screens and fields in the tool.
To run the RMS Installer, complete the following steps:
Note: If Batch is installed along with Database installation then this step can be skipped.
Note: See Appendix: RMS Database Schema and Batch Installation Screens for details about the RMS Batch installation screens and fields in the installer.
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1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer.
2. Source the oraenv script to set up the Oracle environment variables (ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID, PATH, etc).
Example: prompt$ . oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [] ? mydb
prompt$
3. Verify the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID variables after running this script.
Example: prompt$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u00/oracle/product/mydbversion
prompt$ echo $ORACLE_SID
mydb
4. Verify that the following executables are available from PATH: make, makedepend, cc, ar.
Example: Here are some locations where makedepend is commonly found:
Linux: /usr/bin
SUN: /usr/bin
AIX: /usr/bin/X11
HP-UX: /opt/imake/bin
Set and export the following environment variables. These variables are needed in addition to the environment variables set by the oraenv script above.
Variable |
Description |
Example |
JAVA_HOME |
Java home needed to run the GUI. Java 1.7 is required |
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7 export JAVA_HOME |
ANT_HOME |
Optional. If not set, the installer will default to using the Ant instance packaged with the installer. Ant 1.9.6.x is required. |
ANT_HOME=/usr/ant/ant1.9.6/ export ANT_HOME |
NLS_LANG |
Locale setting for Oracle database client |
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8 export NLS_LANG |
DISPLAY |
Address and port of X server on desktop system of user running install. Optional for batch installation |
DISPLAY=<IP address>:0 export DISPLAY |
5. If you are going to run the installer in GUI mode using an X server, you need to have the XTEST extension enabled. This setting is not always enabled by default in your X server. See Appendix: Common Installation Errors for more details.
6. Run the install.sh script to start the installer.
Note: Below are the usage details for install.sh. The typical usage for GUI mode is no arguments.
./install.sh [text | silent]
7. Verify that the installer reports “SUCCESS” for the Batch preinstall check. If it reports “FAILED,” check for errors in the output under the “Checking environment for Batch installation” section, and verify that your environment variables are set properly.
8. Select the “Patch” option on the Full Install or Patch screen.
9. Check the Install Batch checkbox and continue with installer.
10. On the RETAIL_HOME screen, select the RETAIL_HOME of your previous installation.
11. On the Wallet password screen, enter the wallet password you used in the previous installation.
12. Depending on system resources, a typical RMS batch installation takes around 30 minutes. After the installer is complete, you can check its log file in the “logs” directory: rms-install.<timestamp>.log.
13. The installer leaves behind the ant.install.properties file for future reference and repeat installations. This file contains inputs you provided. As a security precaution, make sure that the file has restrictive permissions.
Example: chmod 600 ant.install.properties
The RMS batch installation is a full install that starts from the beginning each time it is run. If you encounter errors in your environment, after resolving the issue you can safely run the batch installation again to attempt another installation. Log files for the batch compilation can be found in the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/rmsbatch/{lib,proc}.
The RMS 14.1.2.1 installer may be used to apply the RMS patch. Before you apply the RMS 14.1.2.1 application patch:
§ Review the enclosed RMS 14.1.2.1 Patch Release Notes (rms-14121-rn.pdf).
To create the staging directory for the RMS Installer, complete the following steps.
Note: The same installer can be used to install multiple RMS components. If you are installing any of the RMS components (Database, Batch, or Application) on the same server, they can use the same installer and this step does not need to be repeated.
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1. Log into
the application server as a user with read and write access to the WebLogic
files.
2. Create a staging directory for the RMS installation software.
3. Copy the file rms14installer.zip from the RMS 14.1.2.1 release to the staging directory. This will be referred to as STAGING_DIR when installing application software and reports.
4. Change directories to STAGING_DIR and extract the file rms14installer.zip. This will create an rms/installer subdirectory under STAGING_DIR.
Note: See Appendix: RMS Analyze Tool for details and instructions to run the RMS Analyze Tool. This appendix also contains screens and fields in the tool.
Note: See Appendix: RMS Application Installer Screens for details about the RMS application screens and fields in the installer.
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1. Log on to your application server as a user with read and write access to the WebLogic files.
2. Change directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer.
3. Set and export the following environment variables.
Variable |
Description |
Example |
JAVA_HOME |
Location of a Java 1.7_21 64Bit JDK. |
JAVA_HOME= /u00/webadmin/java/jdk1.7.0_21 export JAVA_HOME |
ANT_HOME |
Optional. If not set, the installer will default to using the Ant instance packaged with the installer. Ant 1.9.6.x is required. |
ANT_HOME=/usr/ant/ant1.9.6/ export ANT_HOME |
NLS_LANG |
Locale setting for Oracle database client. |
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8 export NLS_LANG |
DOMAIN_HOME |
The location where Forms 11.1.2.1 domain has been installed. |
DOMAIN_HOME= /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.6/WLS_Forms/user_projects/domains/ClassicDomain/ export DOMAIN_HOME |
WLS_INSTANCE |
The name of the managed server that contains Oracle Forms. |
WLS_INSTANCE=WLS_FORMS export WLS_INSTANCE |
ORACLE_HOME |
Point to your Weblogic installation |
ORACLE_HOME= /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.6/WLS/Oracle_FRHome1 export ORACLE_HOME |
ORACLE_SID |
The database/SID where the RMS schema resides. |
ORACLE_SID=mydb export ORACLE_SID |
DISPLAY |
Address and port of X server on desktop system of user running install. Required for forms application installation. |
DISPLAY=<IP address>:0 export DISPLAY |
4. To install the RMS application you must use an X server (such as Exceed) and have set the DISPLAY environment variable. The installer does not continue otherwise.
5. Run the install.sh script to start the installer.
Note: Below are the usage details for install.sh. The typical usage for GUI mode is no arguments.
./install.sh [text | silent]
Verify that these environment variables are correct. If any of them are incorrect, you need to verify that the WebLogic shell scripts that set them are configured properly. Check the following scripts:
$WEBLOGIC_DOMAIN_HOME/bin/setDomainEnv.sh
$WEBLOGIC_HOME/wlserver_10.3/common/bin/commEnv.sh
6. Verify that the installer reports “SUCCESS” for the Application preinstall check. If it reports “FAILED,” check for errors in the output under the “Checking environment for Application installation” section, and verify that your environment variables are set properly.
7. Select the “Patch” option on the Full Install or Patch screen.
8. Check the Install Application checkbox and proceed with the installation.
9. On the RETAIL_HOME screen, select the RETAIL_HOME of your previous installation.
10. On the Wallet password screen, enter the wallet password you used in the previous installation.
11. Depending on system resources, a typical installation can take an hour or more.
Note: You may see the following warning repeated during installation:
[exec] Warning! One or more of your selected locales are not available.
[exec] Please invoke the commands "locale" and "locale -a" to verify your
[exec] selections and the available locales.
[exec]
[exec] Continuing processing using the "C" locale.
Or
[exec] couldn't set locale correctly
This warning can be ignored.
12. After the installer is complete, you can check its log file in the “logs” directory: STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/logs/rms-install.<timestamp>.log. RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_log/{forms/oraforms_rms}
13. The installer leaves behind the ant.install.properties file for future reference and repeat installations. This file contains inputs you provided. As a security precaution, make sure that the file has restrictive permissions.
Example: chmod 600 ant.install.properties
RMS Reports are copied to RETAIL_HOME/reports during the application installation.
In this section we will outline how the RMS report templates are installed into the appropriate BI server repositories.
Example: /u00/webadmin/product/WLS/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository
Report files are placed by the application installation in the directory - "RETAIL_HOME/reports" and have to be copied into the newly created directory within BI Publisher repository Guest Reports directory.
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1. Locate the
directory that holds the reports under <BI_REPOSITORY>
Example: <BI_REPOSITORY>/Reports/Guest/RMS
2. Change directory to the RETAIL_HOME /reports/RMS created during the application install. This directory contains subdirectories whose names reflect the names of report templates provided with RMS.
3. Copy each report directory into the directory created above
For example,
cp -R * <BI_REPOSITORY>/Reports/Guest/RMS
Some Oracle Retail applications; <app> (for example, RMS) use Oracle Objects for the PL/SQL API’s. The tool generates a Web Service Provider layer between the external clients and the <app> API’s to provide the Web Service functionality, such as faults, logging, and security, as well as the conversion from xml payloads to Oracle Objects. The Retail Service Enabler (RSE) tool creates the appropriate Provider web service endpoints as well as templates for the PL/SQL APIs.
Note: Depending on your business needs, you may not need to install web services.
To set up the environment, do the following:
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1. Source the oraenv script to set up the Oracle environment variables (ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID, PATH, etc).
Example: prompt$ . oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [] ? mydb
prompt$
2. Verify the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID variables after running this script.
Example: prompt$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u00/oracle/product/mydbversion
prompt$ echo $ORACLE_SID
mydb
3. export TNS_ADMIN=/path/to/wallet/files/dir/
4. export UP=/@<Schema Owner Wallet Alias>
Note: See “Appendix: Setting Up Password Stores with wallets/credential stores” for how to set up database wallet.
5. Verify that TNS is set up correctly by using the UP variable to successfully log in to the RMS 14 schema.
Example: /u00/oracle> sqlplus $UP
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1. Change directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/webservice_objects/consumer/sql
2. Change the contents of the following files to your RMS schema owner name when seeing the value <USER>.
§ DrillBackForwardUrlServiceConsumer_grant.sql
§ GlAccountValidationServiceConsumer_grant.sql
Example: Change all occurrence of <USER> to RMS schema owner RMS14DEV in the files:
dbms_java.grant_permission( '<USER>', 'SYS:java.lang.RuntimePermission', 'setFactory', '' )
to
dbms_java.grant_permission( 'RMS14DEV', 'SYS:java.lang.RuntimePermission', 'setFactory', '' )
Note: For Multitenant databases comment the line CONN / AS SYSDBA)
3. Run the above files as the database SYS user.
4. You do NOT create synonyms to each java object loaded as the synonyms were created in packages previously loaded pointing to the exposed java objects.
Create a managed server for the RMS Web services app to be deployed per the WebLogic Installation Guide.
Create a datasource for RMS Webservices to point to the RMS schema as follows.
§ Name can be anything you want.
§ JNDI Name must be jdbc/RetailWebServiceDs.
§ Set database type and driver for your environment (use non-XA jdbc driver).
§ Set connection properties for the database using the rms user (RMS14DEV). Be sure to test the configuration before moving on.
§ Point the data source to the server created in the Create a Managed Server section above.
To deploy the RMS Service .ear file, do the following.
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1. Make sure
that the managed server created in Step 2, where this application will be
deployed, is up and running.
2. In the left Domain Structure window, click Environment > Deployments.
3. Click Lock and Edit in the change center to install the ear file. It will enable the install button on the deployments screen.
4. Click Install.
5. Click the upload your file(s) link.
6. Click the Deployment Archive browse button.
7. Select the rms-service.ear file from local machine This file can be found in: STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/webservice_objects/provider/ear.
8. Click Next. Make sure that the radio button for rms-services.ear is selected.
9. Click Next again. Make sure that Install this deployment as an application is selected.
10. Click Next again and select the server created in Step 2.
11. Click Next. Click Finish to return to the deployments page. You should see rms-service in the list of deployments.
12. Click Activate Changes in the change center. The state of the application may be shown as prepared. If so, select the check box next to rms-service to will enable the Start button. Click Start. Select servicing all requests.
13. To test the deployment, click on the application. Click the Testing tab.
14. Expand one of the four web services. Click the ?WSDL and Test Client links to test. For the test client you should see a screen similar to the following:
Note: If Webservice ear is being deployed in a managed server which is running on HTTPS port, the Test Point WSDL links may not be visible. In order to view the WSDL links, you need to temporary enable the HTTP (non-secured) ports of Administration and the webservice managed server and login and navigate to deployments of webservice to view the WSDL links.
Configuring the web service deployment to use the WS-Security Username Profile involves forcing all incoming requests to contain WS Security headers to authenticate the requestor based on a user name and password elements. The use of this profile does not provide any confidentiality protection on web service requests: data contained within the Web service messages will not be encrypted. However, using a secure message transport, such as SSL/TLS, will provide confidentiality for the message as it traverses the network. For more information on using SSL/TLS see the section, “Configuring SSL” found in the WebLogic document, “Securing the WebLogic Server, 10g Release 3 (10.3)”.
Additional WS Security policies may also be available depending on the configuration of the WebLogic server. Using these policies will require appropriate changes to web service requests created by applications consuming the web service. Many of these policies also require additional steps for correct keystore and truststore file configuration.
When a web service uses the WS-Security Username profile, all web service consumers must specify a user name configured within the current WebLogic domain. This user name must also have the appropriate role(s) associated with it. Using this profile is thus a two-step process:
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1. Attach the
WS-Security Username policy to the web service
2. Create roles and users who can access the web services
Refer to Oracle Retail Merchandising Security Guide along with Oracle Retail Service Backbone Security Guide for more details.
Set up the environment as above mentioned in Web Services Installation and configure managed server for deploying the mobile services for RMS. Create a managed server for the RMS Web services app to be deployed per the WebLogic Installation Guide.
Note: While configuring the managed server it should be extended with ADF libraries.
Create a datasource for RMS Webservices to point to the RMS schema as follows.
§ Name can be anything you want.
§ JNDI Name must be jdbc/RMSDBDS.
§ Set database type and driver for your environment (use non-XA jdbc driver).
§ Set connection properties for the database using the rms user (RMS14DEV). Be sure to test the configuration before moving on.
§ Point the data source to the server created in the Create a Managed Server section above.
Perform the following procedure to deploy the EarRMSService.ear file:
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1. Make sure
that the managed server created in Step 2, where this application will be
deployed, is up and running.
2. In the left Domain Structure window, click Environment > Deployments.
3. Click Lock and Edit in the change center to install the ear file. It will enable the install button on the deployments screen.
4. Click Install.
5. Click the upload your file(s) link.
6. Click the Deployment Archive browse button.
7. Select the EarRMSService.ear file from local machine. This file can be found in: STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/webservices/
8. Click Next. Make sure that the radio button for EarRMSService.ear is selected.
9. Click Next again. Make sure that Install this deployment as an application is selected.
10. Click Next again and select the server created in Step 2.
11. Click Next. Click Finish to return to the deployments page. You should see EarRMSService in the list of deployments.
12. Click Activate Changes in the change center.
13. To test the deployment, click on the application. Click the testing tab and test the deployed url.
14. Example URL: htpps://<hostname>:<Managed port>/RMSService
For external Security, the role must be created in the LDAP and sourced to the WebLogic Security Realm
§ Go to admin console where RMS Mobile or REST service is deployed.
§ Go to security realm -> myrealm ->Users and Groups -> Groups, then click the New button and add a group called DATA_STEWARD_MANAGER_JOB.
§ Then add users and add the above configured group to this user. The users should have the DATA_STEWARD_MANAGER_JOB group.
You can now login to the application and the REST WSDL with the users which are under the DATA_STEWARD_MANAGER_JOB Group
Note: Login to the webservice url with the above configured users and group.
Example URL: http://<Hostname>:<Portno>/RMSService/services/private/PurchaseOrders/
The patching process for many Oracle Retail products has been substantially revised from prior releases. Automated tools are available to reduce the amount of manual steps when applying patches. To support and complement this automation, more information about the environment is now tracked and retained between patches. This information is used to allow subsequent patches to identify and skip changes which have already been made to the environment. For example, the patching process uses a database manifest table to skip database change scripts which have already been executed.
The enhanced product patching process incorporates the following:
§ Utilities to automate the application of Oracle Retail patches to environments.
§ Unified patches so that a single patch can be applied against Database, Forms, Java applications, Batch, etc. installations.
§ Database and Environment manifests track versions of files at a module level.
§ Centralized configuration distinguishes installation types (Database, Forms, Java, Batch, etc.).
§ Patch inventory tracks the patches applied to an environment.
These enhancements make installing and updating Oracle Retail product installations easier and reduce opportunities for mistakes. Some of these changes add additional considerations to patching and maintaining Oracle Retail product environments. Additional details on these considerations are found in later sections.
With version 14.1.2.1, several additional products and technologies are supported by the enhanced patching process. The utilities, processes and procedures described here are supported with the following products and listed technologies:
Product |
Supported Technology |
Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS) |
§ Database scripts § Batch scripts § RETL scripts § Data Conversion Scripts § Forms § BI Publisher Reports |
Oracle Retail Warehouse Management System (RWMS) |
§ Database scripts § Batch scripts § Forms § BI Publisher Reports |
Oracle Retail Price Management (RPM)
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§ Database scripts (included with RMS) § Java Application § Batch scripts |
Oracle Retail Invoice Matching (ReIM)
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§ Database scripts (included with RMS) § Java Application § Batch scripts |
Oracle Retail Allocation
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§ Database scripts (included with RMS) § Java Application § Batch scripts |
Oracle Retail Sales Audit (ReSA) |
§ Database scripts (included with RMS) § Java Application |
Oracle Retail Analytics (RA) |
§ Database scripts |
Oracle Retail Advanced Science Engine (ORASE) |
§ Database scripts § Batch scripts |
Oracle Retail Application Security Role Manager (RASRM) |
§ Java Application |
During the lifecycle of an Oracle Retail environment, patches are applied to maintain your system. This maintenance may be necessary to resolve a specific issue, add new functionality, update to the latest patch level, add support for new technologies, or other reasons.
A patch refers to a collection of files to apply to an environment. Patches could be cumulative, such as the 14.1.0 or 14.1.2.1 release, or incremental, such as a hot fix for just a few modules. Patches may contain updates for some or all components of a product installation including database, application code, forms, and batch. In a distributed architecture the same patch may need to be applied to multiple systems in order to patch all of the components. For example, if a patch contains both database and application changes, the patch would need to be applied to both the database server and the application server.
The top-level directory for the installation of an Oracle Retail product is referred to as the RETAIL_HOME. Underneath RETAIL_HOME are all of the files related to that product installation, as well as configuration and metadata necessary for the Oracle Retail Patch Assistant to maintain those files. In some cases the runtime application files also exist under RETAIL_HOME. For example, the compiled RMS forms, compiled RMS batch files, or Java Application batch scripts.
Patches are applied and tracked using utilities that are specifically designed for this purpose. The primary utility is described briefly below and additional information is available in later sections.
ORPatch is the utility used to apply patches to an Oracle Retail product installation. It is used in the background by the installer when creating a new installation or applying a cumulative patch. It is used directly to apply an incremental patch to an environment.
ORMerge is a utility to allow multiple patches to be combined into a single patch. Applying patches individually may require some steps to be repeated. Merging multiple patches together allows these steps to be run only once. For example, applying several incremental patches to database packages will recompile invalid objects with each patch. Merging the patches into a single patch before applying them will allow invalid objects to be recompiled only once.
ORCompile is a utility to compile components of Oracle Retail products outside of a patch. It allows RMS Forms, RMS Batch, and RWMS Forms to be fully recompiled even if no patch has been applied. It also contains functionality to recompile invalid database objects in product schemas.
ORDeploy is a utility to deploy components of Oracle Retail Java products outside of a patch. It allows RPM, ReIM, Allocation and ReSA java applications to be redeployed to WebLogic even if a patch has not been applied. It contains functionality to optionally include or not include Java customizations when redeploying.
Many products and technologies are supported by the enhanced patching process for the first time in 14.1. In those cases all of the content in this chapter is new with 14.1.
For RMS and RWMS, which were previously supported in 14.0, there is a change when using ORPatch and related tools. Previously the MMHOME environment variable was used to refer to the RMS and RWMS installation area. Starting with 14.1, RETAIL_HOME is now used to refer to the installation area. So where previously it was necessary to set MMHOME before executing ORPatch, you must now set RETAIL_HOME.
Note: RMS Batch continues to use MMHOME to refer to the area where batch is installed, and requires it to be set when executing batches. The change to using RETAIL_HOME relates only to ORPatch and related utilities.
For Java products with batch scripts, starting with 14.1 the location of batch scripts has been changed to $RETAIL_HOME/<app>-batch. Previously batch scripts were stored within the WebLogic domain in the retail directory. Credential store files continue to be stored within the WebLogic domain.
Oracle Retail produces two types of patches for their products: cumulative and incremental.
A cumulative patch includes all of the files necessary to patch an environment to a specific level or build a new environment at that level. Examples of cumulative patches would be 14.1.1, 14.1.2.1, and so on. Cumulative patches come with a standard Oracle Retail installer and so can be applied to an environment with the installer rather than with ORPatch or other utilities.
An incremental patch includes only selected files necessary to address a specific issue or add a feature. Examples of incremental patches would be a hot fix for a specific defect. Incremental patches do not include an installer and must be applied with ORPatch.
An Oracle Retail incremental patch generally contains several files and one or more subdirectories. The subdirectories contain the contents of the patch, while the individual files contain information about the patch and metadata necessary for patching utilities to correctly apply the patch. The most important files in the top-level directory are the README.txt, the manifest files.
The README.txt file contains information about the incremental patch and how to apply it. This may include manual steps that are necessary before, after or while applying the patch. It will also contain instructions on applying the patch with ORPatch.
Each patch contains manifest files which contain metadata about the contents of a patch and are used by ORPatch to determine the actions necessary to apply a patch. Patches should generally be run against all installations a product in an environment, and ORPatch will only apply the changes from the patch that are relevant to that installation.
Note: Cumulative patches use a different patch structure because they include a full installer which will run ORPatch automatically.
The patching infrastructure for 14.1 tracks version information for all files involved with a product installation. The RETAIL_HOME now contains files which track the revision of all files within the RETAIL_HOME including batch, forms, database, Java archives and other files. In addition, records of database scripts that have been applied to the product database objects are kept within each database schema.
In order to ensure that environment metadata is accurate all patches must be applied to the Oracle Retail product installation using patching utilities. For cumulative patches this is done automatically by the installer. For incremental patches ORPatch must be used directly. This is especially important if database changes are being applied, in order to ensure that the database-related metadata is kept up-to-date.
A configuration file in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/env_info.cfg is used to define the details of a specific Oracle Retail environment. This file defines:
§ The location of critical infrastructure components such as the ORACLE_HOME on a database or middleware server.
§ The location of Oracle Wallets to support connecting to the database users.
§ The type of file processing which is relevant to a particular host. For example, if this is a host where database work should be done, or a host where batch compilation should be done, a host where Java applications should be deployed, etc. This allows a single database, forms and batch patch to be run against all types of hosts, applying only the relevant pieces on each server.
§ Other configuration necessary to determine proper behavior in an environment.
The RETAIL_HOME location of an Oracle Retail product installation contains all of the files associated with that installation. This can include database scripts, Java files, Forms, Batch, RETL and Data Conversion files as with previous versions and also includes all database scripts. This allows objects to be reloaded during patching, including any necessary dependencies.
In order to ensure that database contents and generated files exactly match patched versions, when applying cumulative patches some content is regenerated even if it does not appear to have changed.
On a cumulative patch this includes:
§ All re-runnable database content will be reloaded
– Packages and Procedures
– Database Types (excluding RIB objects)
– Control scripts
– Triggers
– WebService jars and packages
– Form Elements
§ All RMS and RWMS forms files will be recompiled
§ All RMS batch files will be recompiled
When applying incremental patches, only changed files will be reloaded. However this does not apply to RMS batch, which is fully recompiled with any change.
When applying cumulative patches to Java applications components with ORPatch, all hotfixes related to base product ear files included with the patch will be rolled back. This increases the likelihood of a successful deployment because hotfixes may not be compatible with updated product ear files, or may already be included with the ear. Before applying a cumulative patch to Java applications, check the patch documentation to determine which hotfixes are not included in the ear. Then work with Oracle Support to obtain compatible versions of the fixes for the updated ear version. In some cases this may be the same hotfix, in which case it can be re-applied to the environment. In other cases a new hotfix may be required.
Before applying a patch to an environment, it is extremely important to take a full backup of both the RETAIL_HOME file system and the Oracle Retail database. Although ORPatch makes backups of files modified during patching, any database changes cannot be reversed. If a patch fails which contains database changes, and cannot be completed, the environment must be restored from backup.
When patches are applied to an environment, the old version of files which are updated or deleted are backed up to $RETAIL_HOME/backups/backup-<timestamp>. When applying large patches, ensure there is sufficient disk space on the system where you unzip the patch or the patching process may fail. Up to twice as much disk space as the unzipped patch may be required during patching.
In addition to backups of source files, the existing compiled RMS or RWMS Forms and RMS Batch files are saved before recompilation. These backups may be created during patches:
§ Batch ‘lib’ directory in $RETAIL_HOME/oracle/lib/bin-<timestamp>
§ Batch ‘proc’ directory in $RETAIL_HOME/oracle/proc/bin-<timestamp>
§ Forms ‘toolset’ directory in $RETAIL_HOME/base/toolset/bin-<timestamp>
§ Forms ‘forms’ directory in $RETAIL_HOME/base/forms/bin-<timestamp>
Periodically both types of backup files can be removed to preserve disk space.
ORPatch is used to apply patches to an Oracle Retail product installation. When applying a patch which includes an installer, ORPatch does not need to be executed manually as the installer will run it automatically as part of the installation process. When applying a patch that does not include an installer, ORPatch is run directly.
ORPatch performs the tasks necessary to apply the patch:
§ Inspects the patch metadata to determine the patch contents and patch type.
§ Reads the environment configuration file to determine which product components exist in this installation.
§ Assembles a list of patch actions which will be run on this host to process the patch.
§ Executes pre-checks to validate that all patch actions have the necessary configuration to proceed.
§ Compares version numbers of files from the patch against the files in the environment.
§ Backs up files which will be updated.
§ Copies updated files into the installation.
§ Loads updated files into database schemas, if applicable.
§ Recompiles RMS batch, if applicable.
§ Recompiles RMS forms, if applicable.
§ Constructs updated Java archives and deploys them to WebLogic, if applicable
§ Updates Java batch files and libraries, if applicable
§ Records the patch in the patch inventory.
If a patch does not contain updated files for the database or system, no action may be taken. If a previously failed ORPatch session is discovered, it will be restarted.
Before applying a patch to your system, it is important to properly prepare the environment.
It is extremely important that only a single ORPatch session is active against a product installation at a time. If multiple patches need to be applied, you can optionally merge them into a single patch and apply one patch to the environment. Never apply multiple patches at the same time.
If a patch updates database objects, it is important that all applications are shutdown to ensure no database objects are locked or in use. This is especially important when applying changes to Oracle Retail Integration Bus (RIB) objects as types in use will not be correctly replaced, leading to “ORA-21700: object does not exist or marked for delete” errors when restarting the RIB.
Before applying a patch to an environment, it is important to take a full backup of both the RETAIL_HOME file system and the retail database. Although ORPatch makes backups of files modified during patching, any database changes cannot be reversed. If a patch which contains database changes fails and cannot be completed, the environment must be restored from backup.
When applying a patch, ORPatch will create a number of log files which contain important information about the actions taken during a patch and may contain more information in the event of problems. Log files are created in the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs directory. Logs should always be reviewed after a patch is applied.
After a patch session the log directory will contain at a minimum an ORPatch log file and may also contain other logs depending on the actions taken. The following table describes logs that may exist.
Log File |
Used For |
orpatch-<date>-<time>.log |
Primary ORPatch log file |
detail_logs/dbsql_<component>/invalids/* |
Details on the errors causing a database object to be invalid |
detail_logs/analyze/details |
Detail logs of files that will be created/updated/removed when a patch is applied |
detail_logs/compare/details |
Detail logs of the differences between two sets of environment metadata |
orpatch_forms_<pid>_child_<num>.log |
Temporary logs from a child process spawned to compile forms in parallel. After the child process completes, the contents are append to the primary orpatch log file |
detail_logs/forms/rms_frm_toolset/* |
Detail logs of the compilation of each RMS Toolset file |
detail_logs/forms/rms_frm_forms/* |
Detail logs of the compilation of each RMS Forms file |
detail_logs/rmsbatch/lib/* |
Detail logs of the compilation of RMS Batch libraries |
detail_logs/rmsbatch/proc/* |
Detail logs of the compilation of RMS Batch programs |
detail_logs/dbsql_rms/rms_db_ws_consumer_jars/* |
Detail logs of the loadjava command to install RMS WebService Consumer objects |
detail_logs/dbsql_rms/rms_db_ws_consumer_libs/* |
Detail logs of the loadjava command to install RMS WebService Consumer libraries |
detail_logs/forms/rwms_frm_forms/* |
Detail logs of the compilation of each RWMS Forms file |
detail_logs/dbsql_rwms/rwms_db_sp _jars/* |
Detail logs of the loadjava command to install RWMS SP jars |
detail_logs/javaapp_<product>/deploy/* |
Detail logs of the deploy of a Java product |
Before executing ORPatch, the patch files must be unzipped into a directory. This directory will be passed to ORPatch as the “-s <source directory>” argument on the command-line when applying or analyzing a patch.
The ORPatch script will be located in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin.
ORPatch behavior is controlled by several command-line arguments. These arguments may be actions or options. Command and option names can be specified in upper or lower case, and will be converted to upper-case automatically. Arguments to options, for example the source directory patch, will not be modified.
ORPatch command-line actions:
Action |
Description |
apply |
Tells ORPatch to apply a patch, requires the –s option Example: orpatch apply -s $RETAIL_HOME/stage/patch123456 |
analyze |
Tells ORPatch to analyze a patch, requires the –s option Example: orpatch analyze -s $RETAIL_HOME/stage/patch123456 |
lsinventory |
Tells ORPatch to list the inventory of patches that have been applied to this installation |
exportmetadata |
Tells ORPatch to extract all metadata information from the environment and create a $RETAIL_HOME/support directory to contain it. Requires the –expname option. |
diffmetadata |
Tells ORPatch to compare all metadata from the current environment with metadata exported from some other environment. Requires the –expname and –srcname options. |
revert |
Tells ORPatch to revert the files related to a patch, requires the –s option Example: orpatch revert –s $RETAIL_HOME/backups/backup-09302013-153010 |
Note: An action is required and only one action can be specified at a time.
ORPatch command-line arguments:
Argument |
Valid For Actions |
Description |
-s <source dir> |
apply |
Specifies where to find the top-level directory of the patch to apply or analyze. The source directory should contain the manifest.csv and patch_info.cfg files. |
-new |
apply |
Forces ORPatch to not attempt to restart a failed ORPatch session |
-expname |
exportmetadata diffmetadata |
Defines the top-level name to be used for the export or comparison of environment metadata. When used with lsinventory, it allows an exported inventory to be printed. |
-srcname |
diffmetadata |
Defines the ‘name’ to use when referring to the current environment during metadata comparisons. |
-dbmodules |
diffmetadata |
When comparing metadata at a module-level, compare the dbmanifest information rather than the environment manifest. This method of comparing metadata is less accurate as it does not include non-database files. |
-jarmodules |
analyze diffmetadata |
When used with analyze, requests a full comparison of the metadata of Java archives included in the patch versus the metadata of the Java archives in the environment. This behavior is automatically enabled when Java customizations are detected in the environment. Analyzing the contents of Java archives allows for detailed investigation of the potential impacts of installing a new Java ear to an environment with customizations. When used with diffmetadata, causes metadata to be compared using jarmanifest information rather than the environment manifest. This provides more detailed information on the exact differences of the content of Java archives, but does not include non-Java files. |
-selfonly |
apply |
Only apply or analyze changes in a patch that relate to orpatch itself. This is useful for applying updates to orpatch without applying the entire patch to an environment. |
-s <backup dir> |
revert |
Specifies the backup from a patch that should be reverted to the environment. This restores only the files modified during the patch, the database must be restored separately or the environment will be out-of-sync and likely unusable. |
In some cases, it may be desirable to see a list of the files that will be updated by a patch, particularly if files in the environment have been customized. ORPatch has an ‘analyze’ mode that will evaluate all files in the patch against the environment and report on the files that will be updated based on the patch.
To run ORPatch in analyze mode, include ‘analyze’ on the command line. It performs the following actions:
§ Identifies files in the environment which the patch would remove.
§ Compares version numbers of files in the patch to version numbers of files in the environment.
§ Prints a summary of the number of files which would be created, updated or removed.
§ Prints an additional list of any files that would be updated which are registered as being customized.
§ Prints an additional list of any files which are in the environment and newer than the files included in the patch. These files are considered possible conflicts as the modules in the patch may not be compatible with the newer versions already installed. If you choose to apply the patch the newer versions of modules in the environment will NOT be overwritten.
§ If a Java custom file tree is detected, prints a detailed analysis of the modules within Java ear files that differ from the current ear file on the system.
§ Saves details of the files that will be impacted in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_logs/analyze/details.
This list of files can then be used to assess the impact of a patch on your environment.
To analyze a patch, perform the following steps:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable if the patch contains Java application files.
export JAVA_HOME=/u00/oretail/java_jdk
Note: If the JAVA_HOME environment variable is not specified, the value from RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/env_info.cfg will be used.
5. Create a staging directory to contain the patch, if it does not already exist.
mkdir –p $RETAIL_HOME/stage
6. Download the patch to the staging directory and unzip it.
7. Execute orpatch to analyze the patch.
orpatch analyze -s $RETAIL_HOME/stage/patch123456
8. Repeat the patch analysis on all servers with installations for this product environment.
9. Evaluate the list(s) of impacted files.
For more information on registering and analyzing customizations, please see the Customization section later in this document.
Once the system is prepared for patching, ORPatch can be executed to apply the patch to the environment. The patch may need to be applied to multiple systems if it updates components that are installed on distributed servers.
To apply a patch, perform the following steps:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Set the DISPLAY environment variable if the patch contains Forms.
export DISPLAY=localhost:10.0
Note: If the DISPLAY environment variable is not specified, the value from RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/env_info.cfg will be used.
5. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable if the patch contains Java application files.
export JAVA_HOME=/u00/oretail/java_jdk
Note: If the JAVA_HOME environment variable is not specified, the value from RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/env_info.cfg will be used.
6. Create a staging directory to contain the patch, if it does not already exist.
mkdir –p $RETAIL_HOME/stage
7. Download the patch to the staging directory and unzip it.
8. Review the README.txt included with the patch. If manual steps are specified in the patch, execute those steps at the appropriate time.
9. Shutdown applications.
10. Execute ORPatch to apply the patch.
orpatch apply -s $RETAIL_HOME/stage/patch123456
11. After ORPatch completes, review the log files in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs.
12. Repeat the patch application on all servers with installations for this product environment.
13. Restart applications.
If ORPatch is interrupted while applying a patch, or exits with an error, it saves a record of completed work in a restart state file in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs. Investigate and resolve the problem that caused the failure, then restart ORPatch.
By default when ORPatch is started again, it will restart the patch process close to where it left off. If the patch process should not be restarted, add ‘-new’ to the command-line of ORPatch.
Please note that starting a new patch session without completing the prior patch may have serious impacts that result in a patch not being applied correctly. For example, if a patch contains database updates and batch file changes and ORPatch is aborted during the load of database objects, abandoning the patch session will leave batch without the latest changes compiled in the installation.
After a patch is successfully applied by ORPatch the patch inventory in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/inventory is updated with a record that the patch was applied. This inventory contains a record of the patches applied, the dates they were applied, the patch type and products impacted.
To list the patch inventory, perform the following steps:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Execute orpatch to list the inventory.
orpatch lsinventory
ORPatch functionality is driven based on additional metadata that is stored in the environment to define what version of files are applied to the environment, and which database scripts have been applied to database schemas. This environment metadata is used to analyze the impact of patches to environments and controls what actions are taken during a patch. The metadata is stored in several locations depending on the type of information it tracks and in some cases it may be desirable to extract the metadata for analysis outside of ORPatch. For example, Oracle Support could ask for the metadata to be uploaded to assist them in triaging an application problem.
ORPatch provides a capability to export all of the metadata in an environment into a single directory and to automatically create a zip file of that content for upload or transfer to another system. The exact metadata collected from the environment depends on the products installed in the RETAIL_HOME.
ORPatch metadata exported:
Installed Product Component |
Exported Metadata |
Description |
Any |
orpatch/config/env_info.cfg orpatch/config/custom_hooks.cfg ORPatch inventory files |
ORPatch configuration and settings |
Any |
All env_manifest.csv and deleted_env_manifest.csv files |
Environment manifest files detailing product files installed, versions, customized flags and which patch provided the file |
Database Schemas |
DBMANIFEST table contents |
Database manifest information detailing which database scripts were run, what version and when they were executed |
Java Applications |
All files from javaapp_<product>/config except jar files |
Environment-specific product configuration files generated during installation |
Java Applications |
Combined export of all META-INF/env_manifest.csv files from all product ear files |
Jar manifest information detailing files, versions, customized flags and which patch provided the file |
Java Applications |
orpatch/config/javaapp_<product>/ant.deploy.properties |
Environment properties file created during product installation and used during application deployment |
Java Applications |
<weblogic_home>/server/lib/weblogic.policy |
WebLogic server java security manager policy file |
Java Applications |
<weblogic_home>/common/nodemanager/nodemanager.properties |
Weblogic nodemanager configuration file |
Java Applications |
<domain_home>/config/fmwconfig/jps-config.xml |
JPS configuration file for the Weblogic application domain. |
RMS Batch |
orpatch/config/rmsbatch_profile |
Batch compilation shell profile |
RMS Forms |
orpatch/config/rmsforms_profile |
Forms compilation shell profile |
RWMS Forms |
orpatch/cofngi/rwsmforms_profile |
Forms compilation shell profile |
Exports of environment metadata are always done to the $RETAIL_HOME/support directory. When exporting metadata, you must specify the –expname argument and define the name that should be given to the export. The name is used for the directory within $RETAIL_HOME/support and for the name of the zip file.
To extract an environment’s metadata, perform the following steps:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Execute orpatch to export the metadata.
orpatch exportmetadata –expname test_env
This example would export all metadata from the environment to the $RETAIL_HOME/support/test_env directory. A zip file of the metadata would be created in $RETAIL_HOME/support/test_env.zip.
Note: The $RETAIL_HOME/support/<name> directory should be empty or not exist prior to running exportmetadata in order to ensure accurate results.
Once metadata has been exported from an environment, it can be used to compare the environment manifest metadata of two environments. ORPatch provides a capability to compare metadata of the current environment with the exported metadata of another environment. Note that even though there are many types of metadata exported by ORPatch, only environment manifest metadata is evaluated during comparisons. Metadata comparison happens in four phases: product comparison, patch comparison, ORPatch action comparison, and module-level comparison.
Product comparison compares the products installed in one environment with the products installed in another environment. Patch comparison compares the patches applied in one environment with the patches applied in another environment, for common products. This provides the most summarized view of how environments differ. Patches which only apply to products on one environment are not included in the comparison.
Since each patch may impact many files, the comparison then moves on to more detailed analysis. The third phase of comparison is to compare the enabled ORPatch actions between environments. These actions roughly correspond to the installed ‘components’ of a product. For example, one environment may have database and forms components installed while another has only forms. Action comparison identifies components that are different between environments. The final phase of comparison is at the module level for actions that are common between environments. Modules which exist only on one environment, or exist on both environments with different revisions, or which are flagged as customized are reported during the comparison.
Differences between environment metadata are reported in a summarized fashion during the ORPatch execution. Details of the comparison results are saved in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_logs/compare/details. One CSV file is created for each phase of comparison: product_details.csv, patch_details.csv, action_details.csv and module_details.csv.
In order to be compared by ORPatch, exported metadata must be placed in the $RETAIL_HOME/support directory. The metadata should exist in the same structure that it was originally exported in. For example, if the metadata was exported to $RETAIL_HOME/support/test_env on another system, it should be placed in $RETAIL_HOME/support/test_env on this system.
When reporting differences between two environments, ORPatch uses
names to refer to the environments. These names are defined as part of the
diffmetadata command. The
–expname parameter, which defines the directory containing the metadata, is
also used as the name when referring to the exported metadata. The –srcname
parameter defines the name to use when referring to the current environment.
As an example, if you had exported the ‘test’ environment’s metadata and copied
it to the ‘dev’ environment’s $RETAIL_HOME/support/test_env directory, you
could run “orpatch diffmetadata -expname test_env -srcname dev_env”. The
detail and summary output would then refer to things that exist on dev but not
test, revisions in the test environment versus revisions in the dev
environment, etc.
ORPatch will automatically export the environment’s current metadata to $RETAIL_HOME/support/compare prior to starting the metadata comparison.
To compare two environment’s metadata, perform the following steps:
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1. Export the metadata from another environment using orpatch exportmetadata.
2. Transfer the metadata zip from the other system to $RETAIL_HOME/support.
3. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
4. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/dev
5. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
6. Unzip the metadata zip file.
unzip test_env.zip
7. Execute orpatch to compare the metadata
orpatch diffmetadata –expname test_env –srcname dev_env
This example would compare the current environment against the metadata extracted in $RETAIL_HOME/support/test_env directory.
Note: The $RETAIL_HOME/support/compare directory will be automatically removed before environment metadata is exported at the start of the comparison.
In general it is best to either completely apply a patch, or restore the entire environment from the backup taken before starting the patch. It is important to test patches in test or staging environments before applying to production. In the event of problems, Oracle Retail recommends restoring the environment from backup if a patch is not successful.
Note: Reverting patches in an integrated environment can be extremely complex and there is no fully automated way to revert all changes made by a patch. Restoring the environment from a backup is the recommended method to remove patches.
It is, however, possible to revert small patches using the backups taken by ORPatch during a patch. This will restore only the files modified, and it is still necessary to restore the database if any changes were made to it.
Note: Reverting a patch reverts only the files modified by the patch, and does not modify the database, or recompile forms or batch files after the change.
When multiple patches have been applied to an environment, reverting any patches other than the most recently applied patch is strongly discouraged as this will lead to incompatible or inconsistent versions of modules applied to the environment. If multiple patches are going to be applied sequentially it is recommended to first merge the patches into a single patch that can be applied or reverted in a single operation.
To revert a patch, perform the following steps:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Identify the backup directory in $RETAIL_HOME/backups that contains the backup from the patch you want to restore.
§ The backup directory will contain a patch_info.cfg file which contains the name of the patch the backup is from.
§ It is possible to have two directories for the same patch, if ORPatch was updated during the patch. It is not possible to revert the updates to ORPatch. Select the backup directory that does not contain orpatch files.
§ If it is not clear which backup directory to use, restore the environment from backup
5. Execute orpatch to revert the environment using the contents of the backup directory
orpatch revert –s $RETAIL_HOME/backups/backup-11232013-152059
6. Restore the database from backup if the patch made database changes
7. Use the orcompile script to recompile forms if the patch included RMS or RWMS forms files
orcompile –a RMS –t FORMS
orcompile –a RWMS –t FORMS
8. Use the orcompile script to recompile batch if the patch included RMS batch files
orcompile –a RMS –t BATCH
9. Use the ordeploy script to redeploy the appropriate Java applications if the patch included Java files
ordeploy –a RPM –t JAVA
ordeploy –a REIM –t JAVA
ordeploy –a ALLOC –t JAVA
ordeploy –a RESA –t JAVA
When patches are applied individually some ORPatch tasks such as compiling forms and batch files or deploying Java archives are performed separately for each patch. This can be time-consuming. An alternative is to use the ORMerge utility to combine several patches into a single patch, reducing application downtime by eliminating tasks that would otherwise be performed multiple times. Patches merged with ORMerge are applied with ORPatch after the merge patch is created.
ORMerge uses source and destination areas in order to merge patch files. The source area is a single directory that contains the extracted patches to merge. The destination area is the location where the merged patch will be created. If a file exists in one or more source patches, only the highest revision will be copied to the merged patch.
The source and destination directories should exist under the same parent directory. That is, both the source and destination directories should be subdirectories of a single top-level directory.
The source directory must have all patches to be merged as immediate child directories. For example if three patches need to be merged the directory structure would look like this:
In the example above, the manifest.csv and patch_info.cfg files for each patch to be merged must exist in source/patch1, source/patch2, and source/patch3.
ORMerge Command-line Arguments
Argument |
Required |
Description |
-s |
Yes |
Path to source directory containing patches to merge |
-d |
Yes |
Path to destination directory that will contain merged patch |
-name |
No |
The name to give the merged patch. If not specified, a name will be generated. When the merged patch is applied to a system, this name will appear in the Oracle Retail patch inventory. |
-inplace |
No |
Used only when applying a patch to installation files prior to the first installation. See “Patching prior to the first install” in the Troubleshooting section later, for more information. |
To merge patches, perform the following steps:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Create a staging directory to contain the patches.
mkdir –p $RETAIL_HOME/stage/merge/src
5. Download the patches to the staging directory and unzip them so that each patch is in a separate subdirectory.
6. Review the README.txt included with each patch to identify additional manual steps that may be required. If manual steps are specified in any patch, execute them at the appropriate time when applying the merged patch.
7. Create a destination directory to contain the merged patches.
mkdir -p $RETAIL_HOME/stage/merge/dest
8. Execute ORMerge to merge the patches.
ormerge -s $RETAIL_HOME/stage/merge/src –d $RETAIL_HOME/stage/merge/dest –name merged_patch
The merged patch can now be applied as a single patch to the product installation using ORPatch.
In some cases it may be desirable to recompile RMS Forms, RWMS Forms or RMS Batch outside of a product patch. The ORCompile utility is designed to make this easy and remove the need to manually execute ‘make’ or ‘frmcmp’ commands which can be error-prone. ORCompile leverages ORPatch functions to ensure that it compiles forms and batch exactly the same way as ORPatch. In addition ORCompile offers an option to compile invalid database objects using ORPatch logic.
ORCompile takes two required command line arguments each of which take an option. Arguments and options can be specified in upper or lower case.
ORCompile Command Line Arguments
Argument |
Description |
-a <app> |
The application to compile. |
-t <type> |
The type of application objects to compile |
ORCompile Argument Options
Application |
Type |
Description |
RMS |
BATCH |
Compile RMS Batch programs |
RMS |
FORMS |
Compile RMS Forms |
RWMS |
FORMS |
Compile RWMS Forms |
RMS |
DB |
Compile invalid database objects in the primary RMS schema |
RMS |
DB-ASYNC |
Compile invalid database objects in the RMS_ASYNC_USER schema |
ALLOC |
DB-ALC |
Compile invalid database objects in the Allocations user schema |
ALLOC |
DB-RMS |
Compile invalid database objects in the RMS schema |
REIM |
DB |
Compile invalid database objects in the RMS schema |
RME |
DB |
Compile invalid database objects in the RME schema |
ASO |
DB |
Compile invalid database objects in the ASO schema |
RA |
DB-DM |
Compile invalid database objects in the RA DM schema |
RA |
DB-RABATCH |
Compile invalid database objects in the RA batch schema |
RA |
DB-RMSBATCH |
Compile invalid database objects in the RA RMS batch schema |
RA |
DB-FEDM |
Compile invalid database objects in the RA front-end schema |
Note: Compiling RMS type DB, ReIM type DB, and Allocation type DB-RMS, are all identical as they attempt to compile all invalid objects residing in the RMS schema.
To compile files, perform the following steps:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Execute orcompile to compile the desired type of files.
orcompile –a <app> -t <type>
Compile RMS Batch.
orcompile -a RMS -t BATCH
Compile RWMS Forms.
orcompile -a RWMS -t FORMS
Compile invalid objects in the RA DM schema.
orcompile -a RA -t DB-DM
Compile invalid objects in the RMS owning schema.
orcompile -a RMS -t DB
In some cases it may be desirable to redeploy Java applications outside of a product patch. For example, when troubleshooting a problem, or verifying the operation of the application with different WebLogic settings. Another situation might include wanting to deploy the application using the same settings, but without customizations to isolate behavior that could be related to customized functionality.
The ordeploy utility is designed to make this easy and remove the need to re-execute the entire product installer when no configuration needs to change. ORDeploy leverages Oracle Retail Patch Assistant functions to ensure that it deploys applications exactly the same way as ORPatch. In addition ORDeploy offers an option to include or not include custom Java files, to ease troubleshooting.
ORDeploy takes two required command line arguments each of which take an option. Arguments and options can be specified in upper or lower case.
ORDeploy Command Line Arguments
Argument |
Description |
-a <app> |
The application to deploy. |
-t <type> |
The type of application objects to deploy |
ORDeploy Argument Options
Application |
Type |
Description |
ALLOC |
JAVA |
Deploy the Allocations Java application and Java batch files, including any custom Java files. |
ALLOC |
JAVANOCUSTOM |
Deploy the Allocations Java application and Java batch files, NOT including any custom Java files. |
REIM |
JAVA |
Deploy the REIM Java application and Java batch files, including any custom Java files. |
REIM |
JAVANOCUSTOM |
Deploy the REIM Java application and Java batch files, NOT including any custom Java files. |
RESA |
JAVA |
Deploy the RESA Java application, including any custom Java files. |
RESA |
JAVANOCUSTOM |
Deploy the RESA Java application, NOT including any custom Java files. |
RPM |
JAVA |
Deploy the RPM Java application and Java batch files, including any custom Java files. |
RPM |
JAVANOCUSTOM |
Deploy the RPM Java application and Java batch files, NOT including any custom Java files. |
To deploy Java applications, perform the following steps:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Execute ORDeploy to deploy the desired Java application.
ordeploy –a <app> -t <type>
Deploy RPM.
ordeploy -a RPM -t JAVA
Deploy ReIM without including Java customizations.
ordeploy -a REIM -t JAVANOCUSTOM
The additional information stored within the RETAIL_HOME and within database schemas adds some considerations when performing maintenance on your environment.
Oracle wallets are used to protect the password credentials for connecting to database schemas. This includes all database schemas used during an install. If the password for any of these users is changed the wallet’s entry must be updated.
The wallet location is configurable but by default is in the following locations:
Location |
Installation Type |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/rms_wallet |
RMS Database RMS Batch |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/rms_wallet_app |
RMS Forms |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/rwms_wallet |
RWMS Database |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/rwms_wallet_app |
RWMS Forms |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/oraso_wallet |
ASO Database |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/orme_wallet |
RME Database |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/ra_wallet |
RA Database |
The wallet alias for each schema will be <username>_<dbname>. Standard mkstore commands can be used to update the password.
For example:
mkstore -wrl $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/rms_wallet –modifyCredential rms_rmsdb rms01 rmspassword
This command will update the password for the RMS01 user to ‘rmspassword’ in the alias ‘rms_rmsdb’.
The Oracle wallets are required to be present when executing ORPatch. Removing them will prevent you from being able to run ORPatch successfully. In addition the Oracle wallet location is referenced in the RMS batch.profile, and in the default RMS and RWMS Forms URL configuration, so removing them will require reconfiguration of batch and forms. If batch and forms were reconfigured after installation to use other wallet files, it is possible to backup and remove the wallets, then restore them when running ORPatch.
Java wallets are used to protect the password credentials used when deploying Java products. This includes the WebLogic administrator credentials, LDAP connection credentials, batch user credentials and any other credentials used during an install. If the password for any of these users is changed the wallet’s entry must be updated, or the Java product installation can be run again.
The wallet location is in the following locations:
Location |
Installation Type |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/javapp_rpm |
RPM Java |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/javapp_reim |
ReIM Java |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/javapp_alloc |
Allocation Java |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/javapp_resa |
RESA Java |
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/javaapp_rasrm |
RASRM Java |
The wallet aliases will be stored in the retail_installer partition. The names of the aliases will vary depending on what was entered during initial product installation.
The dump_credentials.sh script can be used to list the aliases in the wallet.
For example:
cd $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/deploy/retail-public-security-api/bin
./dump_credentials.sh $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/javapp_alloc
Apapplication level key partition name:retail_installer
User Name Alias:dsallocAlias User Name:rms01app
User Name Alias:BATCH-ALIAS User Name:SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR
User Name Alias:wlsAlias User Name:weblogic
The easiest way to update the credential information is to re-run the Java product installer. If you need to manually update the password for a credential, the save_credential.sh script can be used.
For example:
cd $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/deploy/retail-public-security-api/bin
./save_credential.sh –l $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/javapp_alloc –p retail_installer –a wlsAlias –u weblogic
This command will prompt for the new password twice and update the aslias wlsAlias, username weblogic with the new password.
The RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/env_info.cfg file contains the path to the database ORACLE_HOME on database or RMS Batch installations, to the WebLogic Forms and Reports ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_INSTANCE on RMS or RWMS Forms installations, and to the WEBLOGIC_DOMAIN_HOME, WL_HOME and MW_HOME on Java product installations. If these paths change, the related configuration variables in the env_info.cfg file must be updated.
The table dbmanifest within Oracle Retail database schemas is used to track the database scripts which have been applied to the schema. It is critical not to drop or truncate this table. Without it, ORPatch will attempt to re-run scripts against the database which have already been applied which can destroy a working environment. Similarly, if copying a schema from one database to another database, ensure that the dbmanifest table is preserved during the copy.
The RETAIL_HOME associated with an Oracle Retail product installation is critical due to the additional metadata and historical information contained within it. If a database or application installation is moved or copied, the RETAIL_HOME related to it should be copied or moved at the same time.
The RPM product installation includes an option to configure a code signing certificate so that jar files modified during installation or patching are automatically re-signed. This configuration is optional, but recommended. If it is configured, the code signing keystore is copied during installation to $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/jarsign/orpkeystore.jks. The keystore password and private key password are stored in a Java wallet in the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/jarsign directory. The credentials are stored in a wallet partition called orpatch:
Alias |
Username |
Description |
storepass |
discard |
Password for the keystore |
keypass |
discard |
Password for the private key |
The keystore file and passwords can be updated using the product installer. This is the recommended way to update the signing configuration.
If only the credentials need to be updated, the sign_jar.sh script can be used.
5. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
6. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
7. Change
directories to the location of sign_jar.sh
cd
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/deploy/bin
8. Execute sign_jar.sh
sign_jar.sh changepwd
9. When prompted, enter the new keystore password
10. When prompted, enter the new private key password
In general, the additional capabilities provided by the ORPatch should make it easier to evaluate the potential impacts of patches to your customizations of Oracle Retail products. However, the additional metadata maintained by the Oracle Retail patching utilities does add some considerations when making customizations.
It is always preferred to customize applications by extension rather than by direct modification. For example, adding new database objects and forms rather than modifying existing Oracle Retail objects and forms. You can also leverage built-in extension points such as User Defined Attributes, the Custom Flexible Attribute Solution, or seeded customization points in ADF Applications.
It is strongly discouraged to directly modify Oracle Retail database objects, especially tables, as your changes may be lost during patching or may conflict with future updates. When adding or modifying database objects, Oracle Retail recommends that all objects be added with scripts to ensure that they can be rebuilt if necessary after a patch.
When you create new database objects, Oracle Retail recommends placing them in an Oracle database schema specifically for your customizations. You must use synonyms and grants to allow the Oracle Retail product schema owner and other users to access your objects, and use synonyms and grants to allow your customizations to access Oracle Retail objects. A separate schema will ensure that your customizations are segregated from base Oracle Retail code.
ORPatch expects that there will be no invalid objects in the database schemas it manages after a patch is applied. For this reason adding extra objects to the product schema could result in failures to apply patches as changes to base objects may cause custom objects to go invalid until they are updated. In this situation, manually update the custom objects so that they compile, and restart the patch.
When creating new custom forms, Oracle Retail recommends placing them in a separate directory specifically for your customizations. This directory should be added to the FORMS_PATH of your RMS or RWMS Forms URL configuration to allow the forms to be found by the Forms Server. This will ensure that your customizations are segregated from base Oracle Retail code. If you choose to place customizations in the Forms bin directory, then your custom forms will need to be recopied each time Forms are fully recompiled.
Oracle Retail ADF-based applications such as Allocation and ReSA can be customized using a process called ‘seeded customization’. The customization process involves using JDeveloper in Customizer mode to create changes to product configurations, and then building a MAR archive containing the changes. The generated MAR is deployed to the MDS repository used by the application and applied to the application at runtime. These types of customizations are handled outside of ORPatch and are not reported during patch analysis or tracked by the custom file registration utility. More information can be found in the respective product customization guides.
When customizing Oracle Retail Java-based products such as RPM and ReIM via product source code, ORPatch supports automatically adding compiled customizations into the application ear file prior to deployment. This allows customizations to be applied to the application without directly modifying the base product ear, enabling customizations and defect hotfixes to co-exist when they do not change the same file or a dependent file. See the later “Custom Compiled Java Code” section for additional information and considerations.
Whenever you have customized a product by directly modifying Oracle Retail files or database objects, it is important to ensure you analyze each the files that will be updated by a patch before applying the patch. This will allow you to identify any customized files which may be overwritten by the patch and either merge your customization with the new version of the file, or re-apply the customization after applying the patch.
If you choose to customize Oracle Retail files directly, it is extremely important not to update the revision number contained in the env_manifest.csv. This could cause future updates to the file to be skipped, invalidating later patch applications as only a partial patch would be applied. The customized revision number for modified files will need to be tracked separately.
The ORPatch contains utilities and functionality to allow tracking of files that have been customized through direct modification. This process is referred to as ‘registering’ a customized file. Registration only works for files which are shipped by Oracle Retail. It is not possible to register new files created in the environment as part of extensions or customizations.
When patches are analyzed with ORPatch, special reporting is provided if any registered files would be updated or deleted by the patch. Customized files impacted by the patch are listed at the end of the analysis report from ORPatch. The detail files generated during the analyze will contain a column called ‘customized’ which will have a Y for any files which were registered as customized. This allows easier identification of customizations which will be overwritten by a patch.
All files delivered by Oracle Retail are considered ‘base’ and so when they are applied to an environment any registrations of those files as customized will revert back to un-customized. Each time a patch overwrites customized files, you must re-register the files as customized once you have applied customizations.
To register customized files, use the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin/orcustomreg script.
The orcustomerg script operates in one of two modes: registration and list.
§ Registration mode registers or unregisters one or more files as customized.
§ List mode lists all files in the environment that are registered as customized.
Argument |
Description |
-f <file> |
Adds <file> to the list of files that will be registered. Can be specified more than once. |
-bulk <file> |
Specifies a file to read, containing one filename per line. All filenames listed inside <file> will be registered. |
-register |
Files specified with -f or -bulk will be registered as ‘customized’ |
-unregister |
Files specified with -f or -bulk will be registered as ‘base’ |
Notes:
§ At least one of -f or -bulk is required.
§ If neither -register nor -unregister is specified, the default is ‘-register’.
§ File names specified with -f must either be fully-qualified or be relative to RETAIL_HOME. The same is true for filenames specified within a -bulk file.
Argument |
Description |
-list |
List all files in the environment registered as customized |
Perform the following procedure to run the orcustomreg script:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Execute orcustomreg script to register the desired file(s).
orcustomreg –register –f <file>
Register $RETAIL_HOME/dbsql_rms/Cross_Pillar/control_scripts/source/oga.sql as customized.
orcustomreg -f dbsql_rms/Cross_Pillar/control_scripts/source/oga.sql
Unregister customizations for $RETAIL_HOME/dbsql_rwms/Triggers/Source/TR_WAVE.trg
orcustomreg –unregister –f $RETAIL_HOME/dbsql_rwms/Triggers/Source/TR_WAVE.trg
Bulk register several files as customized.
echo “$RETAIL_HOME/oracle/proc/src/mrt.pc” > custom.txt
echo “$RETAIL_HOME/oracle/proc/src/saldly.pc” >> custom.txt
echo “$RETAIL_HOME/oracle/proc/src/ccprg.pc” >> custom.txt
orcustomreg –bulk custom.txt
List all files registered as customized.
orcustomreg –list
When customizing Oracle Retail Java-based products such as RPM and ReIM via product source code, ORPatch supports automatically adding compiled customizations into the application ear file prior to deployment. This allows customizations to be applied to the application without directly modifying the base product ear, enabling customizations and defect hotfixes to co-exist when they do not change the same file or a dependent file
This functionality is enabled by creating a directory called $RETAIL_HOME/javaapp_<app>/custom, where <app> is the application the customizations apply to. Files stored within this directory will be combined with the base product ear files before the application is deployed to WebLogic. ORPatch will attempt to consider customizations stored within the ‘custom’ directory during patch analysis by triggering more detailed ear file change analysis to assist with identifying which customizations might be impacted by changes in the patches.
Note: It is not possible, nor necessary, to register compiled Java customizations with the orcustomreg tool.
As with other customization techniques for other technologies, Oracle Retail recommends making Java customizations in new files as much as possible, versus overwriting base product or configuration files. In the past it was necessary to build complete replacement product ear files, but this method of customization is no longer required nor recommended. Replacement ear and jar files will not contain the META-INF/env_manifest.csv files which are required in order to be able to apply incremental patches. Instead, compile the specific Java classes being customized and place them along with any custom configuration files in $RETAIL_HOME/javaapp_<app>/custom.
When constructing the product ear file to deploy to WebLogic, ORPatch applies changes to the ear file in a specific order, with files from later steps overwriting files in earlier steps. The resulting ear is stored in $RETAIL_HOME/javaapp_<app>/deploy, and then deployed to WebLogic.
Sequence for ORPatch Java Product ear file updates
Order |
File Type |
Location |
1 |
Base product ear |
$RETAIL_HOME/javaapp_<app>/base |
2 |
Updated configuration files |
$RETAIL_HOME/javaapp_<app>/config |
3 |
Oracle Retail-supplied hotfixes |
$RETAIL_HOME/javaapp_<app>/internal |
4 |
Compiled customizations |
$RETAIL_HOME/javaapp_<app>/custom |
When merging files from the custom directory with the product ear, ORPatch uses the directory path of the files within custom to calculate where the file should be stored within the ear. This allows arbitrary nesting of files, even when placing files within jars stored in jars, stored within the ear. The following examples below use RPM, but apply to adding compiled customizations to any Java-based product.
Custom directory location and product ear location Examples
File path within javaapp_<app>/custom/ |
Final Ear File Location |
rpm14.ear/company/ui/MyCustom.class |
In rpm14.ear: /company/ui/MyCustom.class |
rpm14.ear/rpm14.jar/company/bc/MyCustom2.class |
In rpm14.ear: In rpm14.jar: /company/bc/MyCustom2.class |
rpm14.ear/lib/ourcustomlibs.jar |
In rpm14.ear /lib/ourcustomlibs.jar |
rpm14.ear/WebLaunchServlet.war/lib/ |
In rpm14.ear: |
When analyzing a patch which contains a base product ear and the custom directory contains files, ORPatch will automatically trigger a more detailed analysis of the changes coming in a patch. This includes calculating what files inside the product ear have been added, removed or updated and which files appear to be customized based on the contents of the ‘custom’ directory. The detailed results of the ear file comparison during patch analysis will be saved in javaapp_<app>_archive_compare_details.csv. Any custom files which appeared to be impacted by the patch are saved in javapp_<app>_archive_custom_impacts.csv. Both files will be in the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_logs/analyze/details directory.
Note: This detailed analysis is not available when analyzing individual hotfixes, so special care must be taken when applying hotfixes to a customized product installation, to ensure there are no conflicts between customizations and hotfix changes.
By default, when applying a cumulative patch, ORPatch will not include customizations in the deployed product ear, even if they are present in the appropriate directory. This allows verification that the application is functioning properly using base code, before applying customizations. After verifying the initial deployment, use ORDeploy with the “-t JAVA” option to construct and deploy the product ear including customizations.
If customizations need to be removed outside of a patch, use ORDeploy with the “-t JAVANOCUSTOM” option to create and deploy an ear containing only Oracle Retail code. To force ORPatch to include customizations in the deployed ear even when applying a cumulative patch, set JAVAAPP_<app>_INCLUDE_CUSTOM=Y in the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/env_info.cfg file.
It is possible to directly change product configuration files in $RETAIL_HOME/javaapp_<app>/config. These updates can be deployed to the environment using the ORDeploy utility. However, the ‘config’ directory is completely recreated each time the product installer is used. This means that modifications will be lost and must be manually reapplied after each installer run. It is recommended to make configuration changes via the installer where possible, and retain the ant.install.properties file for use in later installer sessions.
The default ORPatch actions and processing logic is sufficient to install and patch the base Oracle Retail product code. However there may be situations where custom processing is desired during patching activities such as executing a shell script prior to the start of patching, or running a SQL script at the end of the patch.
ORPatch supports extensions in the form of custom hooks. These hooks allow external scripts to be run at specific points during ORPatch processing.
ORPatch supports a variety of ‘actions’ which define the steps necessary to apply updates to a particular area of the Oracle Retail application. Each action is generally specific to updates to a single technology or logical component of the environment. For example, one action might handle making updates to the RMS database schema, while a separate action is responsible for compiling RWMS forms, and a different action deploys the RPM Java application. These actions are enabled and disabled within the environment configuration file, allowing ORPatch to determine what types of changes to apply to each product installation.
ORPatch Actions
Order |
Action Name |
Description |
1 |
DBSQL_RMS |
Loads RMS and RPM database objects into the primary RMS schema |
2 |
DBSQL_RMSASYNC |
Loads database objects into the RMS_ASYNC_USER schema |
3 |
DBSQL_REIM |
Loads ReIM database objects into the RMS schema |
4 |
DBSQL_RAF |
Loads Retail Application Framework database objects into the RMS schema |
5 |
DBSQL_ALCRMS |
Loads Allocation database objects into the RMS schema |
6 |
DBSQL_ALLOC |
Loads Allocation database objects into the Allocation user schema |
7 |
DBSQL_RMSDEMO |
Used to create demo data in the RMS schema if demo data was selected during initial installation |
8 |
DBSQL_RMSDAS |
Loads database objects into the RMS Data Access Schema |
9 |
RMSBATCH |
Compiles RMS Batch |
10 |
ORAFORMS_RMS |
Compiles RMS Forms, copies RMS reports to $RETAIL_HOME |
11 |
RMSRETLSCRIPTS |
Copies Oracle Retail Extract and Load scripts for RMS |
12 |
RMSDCSCRIPTS |
Copies Oracle Retail Merchandising System data conversion scripts |
13 |
DBSQL_RWMS |
Loads database objects into the primary RWMS schema |
14 |
DBSQL_RWMSADF |
Loads database objects into the RWMS ADF user schema |
15 |
DBSQL_RWMSUSER |
Loads database objects into the RWMS user schema |
16 |
ORAFORMS_RWMS |
Compiles RWMS Forms, copies RWMS batch scripts and reports to $RETAIL_HOME |
17 |
JAVAAPP_RPM |
Deploys the RPM Java application and batch scripts |
18 |
JAVAAPP_REIM |
Deploys the REIM Java application and batch scripts |
19 |
JAVAAPP_ALLOC |
Deploys the Allocation Java application and batch scripts |
20 |
JAVAAPP_RESA |
Deploys the ReSA Java application |
21 |
JAVAAPP_RASRM |
Deploys the RASRM Java application |
22 |
DBSQL_RARMSBATCH |
Loads database objects into the RMS Batch schema for RA |
23 |
DBSQL_RADM |
Loads database objects into the RA Data Mart schema |
24 |
DBSQL_RAFEDM |
Loads database objects into the RA Front-end schema |
25 |
DBSQL_RABATCH |
Loads database objects into the RA Batch schema |
26 |
DBSQL_RASECORE |
Loads core database objects into the ORASE schema |
27 |
DBSQL_RASEASO |
Loads ASO database objects into the ORASE schema |
28 |
DBSQL_RASECDT |
Loads CDT database objects into the ORASE schema |
29 |
DBSQL_RASECIS |
Loads CIS database objects into the ORASE schema |
30 |
DBSQL_RASEDT |
Loads DT database objects into the ORASE schema |
31 |
DBSQL_RASEMBA |
Loads MBA database objects into the ORASE schema |
32 |
RASECOREBATCH |
Copies ORASE core batch scripts and libraries |
33 |
RASEASOBATCH |
Copies ORASE ASO batch scripts and libraries |
34 |
RASECDTBATCH |
Copies ORASE CDT batch scripts and libraries |
35 |
RASECISBATCH |
Copies ORASE CIS batch scripts and libraries |
36 |
RASEDTBATCH |
Copies ORASE DT batch scripts and libraries |
37 |
RASEMBABATCH |
Copies ORASE MBA batch scripts and libraries |
ORPatch processes patches in phases. Each action relevant to a patch and host is provided an opportunity to process the patch for each phase. The standard phases which allow hooks are:
Restart Phase Number |
Phase Name |
Description |
N/A |
PRECHECK |
Actions verify that their configuration appears complete and correct. This phase and the associated hooks will be run every time orpatch is executed, even if processing will be restarted in a later phase. |
10 |
PREACTION |
Actions do processing prior to when files are copied to the environment. Files are deleted during this phase. |
20 |
COPYPATCH |
Actions copy files included in a patch into the destination environment and the environment manifest is updated. |
30 |
PATCHACTION |
Actions take the more detailed steps necessary to apply the new files to the environment. For database actions in particular, this is the phase when new and updated sql files are loaded into the database. |
40 |
POSTACTION |
Actions do processing after files have been copied and PatchActions are completed. The Forms actions, for example, use this phase to compile the forms files as this must happen after database packages are loaded. |
50 |
CLEANUP |
Actions do any additional processing. Currently no actions implement activities in this phase. |
Custom hooks are configured in a configuration file RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/custom_hooks.cfg. The configuration file is a simple text file where blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored and all other lines should define a custom hook.
To define a custom hook, a line is added to the file in the form:
<hook name>=<fully qualified script>
The hook name must be in upper case and is in the form:
<action name>_<phase name>_<sequence>
The action name is any action name understood by ORPatch. The phase name is one of the five phase names from the table above. The sequence is either ‘START’ or ‘END’. Hooks defined with a sequence of ‘START’ are run before the action’s phase is invoked. Hooks defined with a sequence of ‘END’ are run after the action’s phase is invoked.
Multiple scripts can be associated with a single hook by separating the script names with a comma. If a hook name appears in the configuration file multiple times only the last entry will be used.
The script defined as a custom hook must be an executable shell script that does not take any arguments or inputs. The only environment variable that is guaranteed to be passed to the custom hook is RETAIL_HOME. The script must return 0 on success and non-zero on failure.
If an action is a DBSQL action (i.e. has a name like DBSQL_), the custom hook can optionally be a .sql file. In this case the SQL script will be run against the database schema that the DBSQL action normally executes against. The SQL script must not generate any ORA- or SP2- errors on success. In order to be treated as a database script, the extension of the file defined as the custom hook must be .sql in lower-case. Any other extension will be treated as if it is a shell script. If you have database scripts with different extensions, they must be renamed or wrapped in a .sql script.
When using the PRECHECK phase and START sequence, please note that the custom hook will be executed prior to any verification of the configuration. Invalid configuration, such as invalid database username/password or a non-existent ORACLE_HOME, may cause the custom hook to fail depending on the actions it tries to take. However in these cases, the normal orpatch PRECHECK activities would likely have failed as well. All that is lost is the additional context that orpatch would have provided about what was incorrect about the configuration.
If a custom hook fails, for example a shell script hook returns non-zero or a sql script generates an ORA- error in its output, the custom hook will be treated as failing. A failing custom hook causes ORPatch to immediately stop the patching session.
When ORPatch is restarted it always restarts with the same phase and action, including any START sequence custom hooks. If the START sequence custom hook fails, the action’s phase is never executed. With an END sequence custom hook, the action’s phase is re-executed when ORPatch is restarted and then the custom hook is re-executed. When an action’s phase is costly, for example the DBSQL_RMS action which does a lot of work, this can mean a lot of duplicate processing.
For this reason it is preferred to use START sequence custom hooks whenever possible. If necessary, use a START sequence hook on a later phase or a later action, rather than an END sequence custom hook.
In addition to action-specific hooks, there are two patch-level hook points available. These hooks allow scripts to be run before any patching activities start and after all patching activities are completed. The hooks are defined in the same configuration file, with a special hook name.
To run a script before patching, define:
ORPATCH_PATCH_START=<fully qualified script>
To run a script after patching, define:
ORPATCH_PATCH_END=<fully qualified script>
These hooks only support executing shell scripts, database scripts must be wrapped in a shell script. It is also important to note that these hooks are run on every execution of ORPatch to apply a patch, even when restarting a patch application. If the START sequence patch-level hook returns a failure, patching is aborted. If the END sequence patch-level hook returns a failure, it is logged but ignored as all patching activities have already completed.
Please note that the ORPATCH_PATCH_START hook is executed prior to any verification of the configuration. Invalid configuration may cause the custom hook to fail depending on the actions it tries to take. However in these cases, the normal ORPatchactivities would likely fail as well.
A shell script that is executed prior to the Pre-Action phase of RMS Batch:
RMSBATCH_PREACTION_START=/u00/oretail/prepare_custom_header.sh
A shell script that is executed after RETL script files are copied into the RETAIL_HOME:
RETLSCRIPTS_COPYPATCH_END=/u00/oretail/copy_custom_files.sh
A SQL script that is executed against the RWMS owning schema at the start of the Clean-up Phase:
DBSQL_RWMS_CLEANUP_START=/dba/sql/recompile_synonyms.sql
There is not a general method for determining the cause of a patching failure. It is important to ensure that patches are thoroughly tested in a test or staging system several times prior to attempting to apply the patch to a production system, particularly if the patch is a large cumulative patch. After the test application is successful, apply the patch to the production system.
ORPatch records extensive information about the activities during a patch to the log files in RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs. This includes a summary of the actions that are planned for a patch, information about all files that were updated by the patch, and detailed information about subsequent processing of those files. The ORPatch log files also contain timestamps to assist in correlating log entries with other logs.
Even more detailed logs are available in RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs/detail_logs for some activities such as forms compilation, invalid database object errors, and output from custom hooks. If the standard ORPatch log information is not sufficient, it might be helpful to check the detailed log if it exists.
The restart mechanism in ORPatch is designed to be safe in nearly any situation. In some cases to ensure this, a portion of work may be redone. If the failure was caused by an intermittent issue that has been resolved, restarting ORPatch may be sufficient to allow the patch to proceed.
A possible cause for database change script failures is that a database change was already made manually to the database. In this event, you may need to update the dbmanifest table to record that a specific script does not need to be run. Before doing this, it is extremely important to ensure that all statements contained in the script have been completed.
Use the $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin/ordbmreg script to register database scripts in the dbmanifest table.
Argument |
Description |
-f <file> |
Adds <file> to the list of files that will be registered. Can be specified more than once. |
-bulk <file> |
Specifies a file to read, containing one filename per line. All filenames listed inside <file> will be registered. |
-register |
Files specified with -f or -bulk will be registered in the dbmanifest table |
-unregister |
Files specified with -f or -bulk will be removed from the dbmanifest table |
Notes:
§ At least one of -f or -bulk is required.
§ If neither -register nor -unregister is specified, the default is ‘-register’.
§ File names specified with -f must either be fully-qualified or be relative to RETAIL_HOME. The same is true for filenames specified within a -bulk file.
§ Registering a file in the dbmanifest table will cause it to be completely skipped. Before doing so, ensure that all commands contained in it have been completed.
§ Removing a file from the dbmanifest table will cause it to be run again. This will fail if the commands in the script cannot be re-run. For example if they create a table that already exists.
Perform the following procedure to run the ordbmreg script:
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1. Log in as the UNIX user that owns the product installation.
2. Set the RETAIL_HOME environment variable to the top-level directory of your product installation.
export RETAIL_HOME=/u00/oretail/14.1/tst
3. Set
the PATH environment variable to include the orpatch/bin directory
export
PATH=$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin:$PATH
4. Execute ordbmreg script to register the desired file(s).
ordbmreg –register –f <file>
Register $RETAIL_HOME/dbsql_rms/Cross_Pillar/db_change_scripts/source/000593_system_options.sql with the dbmanifest table.
ordbmreg -f dbsql_rms/Cross_Pillar/db_change_scripts/source/000593_system_options.sql
Remove the dbmanifest row for $RETAIL_HOME/dbsql_radm/ra_db/radm/database_change_scripts/000035_s12733240_w_party_per_d.sql.
ordbmreg –unregister –f $RETAIL_HOME/dbsql_radm/ra_db/radm/database_change_scripts/000035_s12733240_w_party_per_d.sql
Bulk register several files in the dbmanifest table.
echo “$RETAIL_HOME/dbsql_rwms/DBCs/Source/000294_container.sql” > dbcs.txt
echo “$RETAIL_HOME/dbsql_rwms/DBCs/Source/000457_drop_object.sql” >> dbcs.txt
ordbmreg –bulk dbcs.txt
Once the row has been added to the dbmanifest table, restart ORPatch and the script will be skipped. If the file is not skipped there are several possibilities:
§ The script registered is not the failing script.
§ The file type is not a type that is filtered by the dbmanifest. The only file types that skip files listed in the dbmanifest are:
– Initial install DDL Files
– Installation scripts that cannot be rerun
– Database Change Scripts
Oracle Retail strongly discourages manually updating the ORPatch restart state files. Updating the file improperly could cause necessary steps in the patching process to be skipped or patches to be incorrectly recorded as applied.
When compiling RMS or RWMS forms, it is necessary to have a valid X-Windows Display. ORPatch allows this setting to come from one of two places:
§ DISPLAY environment variable set before executing ORPatch
or
§ DISPLAY setting in RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/env_info.cfg
The DISPLAY variable in the environment overrides the env_info.cfg, if both are set. The destination X-Windows display must be accessible to the user running ORPatch, and for best compilation performance it should be on the network ‘close’ to the server where RMS Forms are installed and compiled. Using a local display or VNC display is preferred. Compiling forms across a Wide-Area Network will greatly increase the time required to apply patches to environments.
When working with Java application jar, ear or war files, it is necessary to have a valid JAVA_HOME setting. ORPatch allows this setting to come from one of two places:
§ JAVA_HOME environment variable set before executing ORPatch
or
§ JAVA_HOME setting in RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/config/env_info.cfg
The JAVA_HOME variable in the environment overrides the env_info.cfg, if both are set. The specified Java home location must be accessible to the user running ORPatch and be a full Java Development Kit (JDK) installation. The JAVA_HOME must contain the jar utility and if automatic Jar file signing is configured, must also contain the keytool and jarsigner utilities.
In some situations, it may be necessary to apply a patch to product installation files before the initial install. For example, if there is a defect with a script that would be run during the install and prevent proper installation. In this rare situation, it may be necessary to apply a patch to the installation files prior to starting installation.
Note: These steps should only be undertaken at the direction of Oracle Support.
Perform the following steps to patch installation files prior to starting an installation. The steps assume an RMS installation, but apply to any product supported by ORPatch:
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1. Unzip the installation files to a staging area.
Note: The following steps assume the files are in /media/oretail14.1
2. Locate the patch_info.cfg within the product media. The directory it resides in will be used for later steps.
find /media/oretail14.1/rms/installer –name patch_info.cfg
Output Example:
/media/oretail14.1/rms/installer/mom14/patch_info.cfg
3. Get the PATCH_NAME for the standard product installation. The patch name to use in subsequent steps will be the portion following the “=” sign.
grep “PATCH_NAME=” /media/oretail14.1/rms/installer/mom14/patch_info.cfg
Output Example:
PATCH_NAME=MOM_14_1_0_0
4. Create a directory that will contain the patch that must be applied, next to the directory with the product installation files.
Note: The following steps assume this directory is in /media/patch.
5. Unzip the patch into the directory created in step 2.
Note: This should place the patch contents in /media/patch/<patch num>.
6. Export RETAIL_HOME to point within the installation staging area.
export RETAIL_HOME=/media/oretail14.1/rms/installer/mom14/Build
7. Create a logs directory within the installation staging area
mkdir $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/logs
8. Ensure the ORMerge shell script is executable.
chmod u+x $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin/ormerge
9. Run ORMerge to apply the patch to the installation media, using a –name argument that is the same as what was found in step 3.
$RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin/ormerge -s /media/patch -d /media/oretail14.1/rms/installer/mom14 –name MOM_14_1_0_0 –inplace
Note: The –inplace argument is critical to ensure that the patching replaces files in the mom14 directory.
10. Unset the RETAIL_HOME environment variable.
unset RETAIL_HOME
At this point, the installation files will have been updated with the newer versions of files contained within the patch. Log files for the merge will be in /media/oretail14.1/rms/installer/mom14/Build/orpatch/logs.
In some situations, it may be necessary to provide details of the metadata from an environment to Oracle support in order to assist with investigating a patching or application problem. ORPatch provides built-in functionality through the ‘exportmetadata’ action to extract and consolidate metadata information for uploading to Oracle Support or for external analysis. For more information, see the ORPatch ‘Exporting Environment Metadata’ section.
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# Copyright (c) 2014 by Oracle Corporation
# Oracle 12.1.0.x Parameter file
# NOTES: Before using this script:
# 1. Change <datafile_path>, <admin_path>, <utl_file_path>, <diag_path> and <hostname>
# values as appropriate.
# 2. Replace the word SID with the database name.
# 3. Size parameters as necessary for development, test, and production environments.
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*.audit_trail='db'
*.compatible='12.1.0.2'
*.control_files='full_path_of_controlfile_1','full_path_of_controlfile_2'
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# Memory Settings:
# xxxM = Some reasonable starting value for your environment.
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*.db_block_size=xxxM
*.db_cache_size=xxxM
*.java_pool_size=xxxM
*.memory_target=xxxM
*.pga_aggregate_target=xxxM
*.shared_pool_size=xxxM
*.streams_pool_size=xxxM
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*.db_domain=''
*.db_name='dbName'
*.diagnostic_dest='full_path_of_diag_dir'
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*.fast_start_mttr_target=900
*.nls_calendar='GREGORIAN'
*.nls_date_format='DD-MON-RR'
*.nls_language='AMERICAN'
*.nls_numeric_characters='.,'
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LISTENER =
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(PRESENTATION = TTC)
(SESSION = NS))
(ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL = tcp)
(HOST = <hostname>)
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(ADDRESS =
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(SID_LIST =
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(ENVS='EXTPROC_DLLS=ANY')
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#################################################################
# File: tnsnames.ora
# Desc: Net Services configuration file.
# Note: Change these values: <service_name>, <oracle_sid>, <hostname>,
# <global_name>
#################################################################
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(Key = extproc_key)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = extproc_agent)))
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA.world =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(Key = extproc_key)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = extproc_agent)))
< Connect_string> =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp)(host = <hostname>)(Port = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (Service_Name = <Service_Name>) (GLOBAL_NAME = <global_name>)))
<Connect_String>.world =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp)(host = <hostname>)(Port = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (Service_Name = <Service_Name> >) (GLOBAL_NAME = <global_name>)))
Example:
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(Key = extproc_key)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = extproc_agent)))
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA.world =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(Key = extproc_key)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = extproc_agent)))
prod_db1 =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp)(host = server_01)(Port = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (Service_Name = prod_db1) (GLOBAL_NAME = prod_db1.world)))
prod_db1.world =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp)(host = server_01)(Port = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (Service_Name = prod_db1) (GLOBAL_NAME = prod_db1.world)))
Standard RMS tablespaces are created using the create_rms_tablespaces.sql script located in STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db.
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1. Modify STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db/create_rms_tablespaces.sql. The table below shows the default initial sizes.
TABLESPACE_NAME |
Size |
ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_INDEX |
12G |
ENCRYPTED_RETAIL_DATA |
10G |
RETAIL_INDEX |
10G |
RETAIL_DATA |
8G |
LOB_DATA |
2G |
USERS |
2G |
2. Once this script has been modified, execute it in SQL*Plus as sys.
3. Review create_rms_tablespaces.log for errors and correct as needed.
If you do not have an Advanced Security Option license, create the encrypted_retail_data and encrypted_retail_index tablespaces as normal tablespaces.
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1. Modify STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db/create_encrypted_tablespaces_no_TDE.sql
2. Run the script using SQL*Plus as sys
3. Review Create_encrypted_retail_tablespaces_no_TDE.log for errors and correct as needed
With an Advanced Security license, tablespaces can be created in an encrypted format. The steps are:
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1. Create a sqlnet.ora in $TNS_ADMIN directory of the database server similar to the below entry:
ENCRYPTION_WALLET_LOCATION =
(SOURCE = (METHOD = FILE)
(METHOD_DATA =
(DIRECTORY = /u00/oracle/admin/ORACLE_SID/wallet)))
2. Create the wallet directory:
mkdir –p
/u00/oracle/admin/<ORACLE_SID>/wallet
3. As a user with the ‘alter system’ privilege, create the wallet as follows:
Non-container databases:
a. ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT CREATE KEYSTORE '/u00/oracle/admin/dbName/wallet' IDENTIFIED BY "pwd#";
b. KEY MANAGEMENT SET KEYSTORE OPEN IDENTIFIED BY "pwd#";
c. KEY MANAGEMENT SET KEY IDENTIFIED BY "pwd#" WITH BACKUP;
d. ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT CREATE AUTO_LOGIN KEYSTORE FROM KEYSTORE '/u00/oracle/admin/dbName/wallet' identified by pwd#;
a. Container databases:
b. ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT CREATE KEYSTORE '/u00/oracle/admin/dbName/wallet' IDENTIFIED BY "pwd#";
c. ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT CREATE AUTO_LOGIN KEYSTORE FROM KEYSTORE '/u00/oracle/admin/dbName/wallet' identified by "pwd#";
d. ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT SET KEYSTORE OPEN IDENTIFIED BY "pwd#" Container=ALL;
e. ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT SET KEY IDENTIFIED BY "pwd#" WITH BACKUP USING 'TDE_ENCRYPTION' Container=all;
4. Confirm if the wallet is created and open (the TDE master encryption key has been created and inserted automatically):
SQL>
select substr(wrl_type, 1, 10) wrl_type, substr(wrl_parameter, 1, 45) param, substr(status, 1, 10) status, substr(wallet_type, 1, 15) w_type
from v$encryption_wallet;
WRL_TYPE PARAM STATUS W_TYPE
---------- ------------------------------------- ---------- ---------------
FILE /u00/oracle/admin/ORACLE_SID/wallet OPEN AUTOLOGIN
An auto-open wallet is created. You are ready to create the encrypted tablespaces as shown in the following section.
Once the wallet is configured, determine an encryption algorithm to be used for the encrypted tablespace and then create them. The sample scripts use the default algorithm AES128:
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1. Modify
STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/create_db/create_encrypted_
tablespaces_TDE.sql.
2. Run the script using SQL*Plus as sys.
3. Review Create_encrypted_retail_tablespaces_TDE.log for errors and correct as needed.
Once the tablespaces have been created, the RMS schema installation can be run.
Note: After encryption at the tablespace level, it is absolutely crucial to backup the contents in the wallet directory; otherwise, if they are lost you will not be able to access the tablespaces.
This appendix summarizes the RETL program features utilized in the RMS Extractions (RMS ETL). More information about the RETL tool is available in the Oracle Retail Extract, Transform, and Load Programmer’s Guide. More information about RMS ETL is available in the Oracle Retail Merchandising System Operations Guide.
Before trying to configure and run RMS ETL, install RETL (version 13.2.8.0.1), which is required to run RMS ETL. For installation instructions, see Chapter 2 of the Oracle Retail Extract, Transform, and Load Programmer’s Guide. Run the verify_retl script (included as part of the RETL installation) to ensure that RETL is working properly before proceeding.
RETL 13.2.8.0.1 creates a wallet under $RFX_HOME/etc/security, with the following files:
§ cwallet.sso
§ jazn-data.xml
§ jps-config.xml
§ README.txt
To set up RETL wallets, complete the following steps:
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1. Set the following environment variables:
§ ORACLE_SID=retaildb
§ RFX_HOME=/u00/rfx/rfx-14.1
§ RFX_TMP=/u00/rfx/rfx-14.1/tmp
§ JAVA_HOME=/usr/jdk1.7.0_45.64bit
§ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
§ PATH=$RFX_HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
2. Change directory to $RFX_HOME/bin.
3. Run setup-security-credential.sh as follows.
a. Enter 1 to add a new database credential.
b. Enter the dbuseralias (for example, retl_java_rms01user).
c. Enter the database user name (for example, rms01user).
d. Enter the database password.
e. Re-enter the database password.
f. Enter D to exit the setup script.
4. Update your RETL environment variable script to reflect the names of both the Oracle Networking wallet and the Java wallet.
For example, to configure RETLforRPAS, modify the
following entries in
$RETAIL_HOME/RETLforRPAS/rfx/etc/rmse_rpas_config.env.
§ The RETL_WALLET_ALIAS should point to the Java wallet entry:
export RETL_WALLET_ALIAS="retl_java_rms01"
§ The ORACLE_WALLET_ALIAS should point to the Oracle network wallet entry in $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/rms_wallet:
export ORACLE_WALLET_ALIAS="retaildb rms01"
Note: See the section, Setting Up Wallets for Database User Accounts.
§ The SQLPLUS_LOGON should use the ORACLE_WALLET_ALIAS:
export
SQLPLUS_LOGON="/@${ORACLE_WALLET_ALIAS}"
Note: When connecting to a pluggable database, the JDBCCONN property in the .env file needs to be properly set. This requires <port>/<service_name> instead of <port>:<sid>. Below is an example:
export JDBCCONN="<PROPERTY name=\"jdbcconnectionstring\" value=\"jdbc:oracle:thin:@msp28165.us.oracle.com:1521/retaildb\"/>"
5. To change a password later, run setup-security-credential.sh as follows.
a. Enter 2 to update a database credential.
b. Select the credential to update.
c. Enter the database user to update or change.
d. Enter the password of the database user.
6. Re-enter the password.
7. Note the following, which is how the setup-security-credential.sh script looks as it runs.
/u00/rfx/rfx-14.1/bin> ./setup-security-credential.sh
===================================================
RETL Database Credentials Configuration Utility.
===================================================
Please select one of the below option:
1) Add a new database credentials
2) Modify/Update existing database credentials
3) Delete existing database credentials
([1], [2], [3], [D]one): 1
Please enter the dbuseralias (This has to be unique for each database): <oracle_sid>_<database user name>, i.e., retl_java_rms01
Please enter the database username: <database user name>, i.e., rms01
Please enter the database password (password text will not be displayed as it is entered) :
Verify database password :
Created the credentials for dbuseralias ”retl_java_rms01” successfully
Please select one of the below option:
1) Add a new database credentials
2) Modify/Update existing database credentials
3) Delete existing database credentials
([1], [2], [3], [D]one): /u00/rfx/rfx-14.1/bin>
To run the RETL wallet, the /RETLforRPAS/rfx/etc/rmse_rpas_config.env file needs to be edited with the following entries included:
##The folloiwng setting is for dbuseralias being replaced for connectstring and dbuserid
export RETL_WALLET_ALIAS=" retl_java_rms01”
Note: The following is an example of how to run a sample RETL script.
§ To run a RETL script, set up your environment with the following run-time variables.
export RFX_HOME = i.e., /u00/rfx/rfx-14.1
export RFX_TMP = i.e., /u00/rfx/rfx-14.1/tmp
export TNS_ADMIN = i.e., $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/rms_wallet
export
ALCHOME = i.e., /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.6/WLS/user_projects/domains/APPDomain/alloc14/rpas-interfaces
export
RETAIL_HOME = i.e., /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.6/WLS/user_projects/domains/APPDomain/alloc14/rpas-interfaces
export ORACLE_HOME = i.e., /u00/oracle/product/12.0.1
export JAVA_HOME = i.e., /usr/jdk1.7.0_45.64bit
export PATH =$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$RFX_HOME/bin:$PATH
export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = i.e., $RFX_HOME/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$RETAIL_HOME/oracle/lib/bin:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib
export TEMP_DIR = i.e., /home/alcbatch/rpas/tmp
export PATH = i.e., ${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
Go to $ALCHOME/log and $ALCHOME/error and delete all existing files.
Go to $ALCHOME/rfx/src and run the following command:
>alcl_plan.ksh plan_01.dat
To check for errors, run echo $?. If a 1 is returned, there are errors. If a 0 is returned, there were no errors.
This appendix describes the items expected by the Oracle Trade Management System.
This script is for the RTM product only. This needs to be applied only after all static install scripts have been run, oga, tariff_treatment, quota_category, country_tariff_treatment and hts_headings scripts have all been run followed by running the htsupld.pc program. The last step is running this script. This script inserts the Expense and Assessment Cost Components. This script needs to be run once for each country of import that the client is using.
Note: This script is expecting two parameters to be passed in (the user will be prompted for the parameters). The first parameter is country ID, this is the Import Country. The second parameter is Currency Code, this is the code of the currency that corresponds to the entered Import Country. Most likely this script will be run using the Base Country and the Primary Currency as defined in the System Variables form.
The inserted components include:
§ MPFXX (Merchandise Processing Fee XX) – This component is used to store Merchandise Processing Fee. In place of the XX is the country code that is passed into the script. So if the Country is US, then there is one component created, MPFUS, with a description of Merchandise Processing Fee US. This leaves the client with the ability to create additional MPF components for each of the countries that they intend to import into. This component is inserted with a Component Rate of 100 percent. This rate should be modified to be the appropriate rate for the Import Country. This component is also set up as an Always Default which means that it is defaulted to every Item/HTS combination.
§ HMFXX (Harbor Maintenance Fee XX) – This component is used to store Harbor Maintenance Fee. In place of the XX will be the country code that is passed into the script. So if the Country is US, then there is one component created, HMFUS, with a description of Harbor Maintenance Fee US. This leaves the client with the ability to create additional HMF components for each of the countries that they intend to import into. This component is inserted with a Component Rate of 100 percent. This rate should be modified to be the appropriate rate for the Import Country.
§ TDTYXX (Total Duty XX) – This component is used to store the total of the duty for each Item/HTS or Order/Item/HTS combination. It totals all duties, taxes, and fees within the Ordering dialog. This total is added together with the Total Expense and the Item’s Cost to come up with the Total Estimated Landed Cost of the Item or Order/Item combination. This component should not be modified.
§ VFDXX (Value For Duty XX) – This Computation Value Base (CVB) is used to store the value that duty should be calculated from. In place of the XX is the country code that is passed into the script. So if the Country is US, then there is one CVB created, VFDUS, with a description of Value for Duty US. This leaves the client with the ability to create additional VFD CVBs for each of the countries that they intend to import into. Upon insert here, this CVB will only have one detail, which is ORDCST (Order Cost). If the client needs additional expenses (we are making the assumption that only Expense components will make up Value for Duty) to be used in the Value For Duty, they need to be added to VFDXX through SQL Plus. All automatically inserted Assessment components with a Calculation Basis of Value will have VFDXX as the CVB.
§ VFDXXXX (XX% of Value For Duty XX) – This component is used to store a percent of the CVB, Value For Duty. This is used in the case when you have an Item that is classified with multiple HTS codes. For example, a button-down shirt may have one HTS code for the cotton material that is 75 percent of the cost, and a second HTS code for the buttons that make up the other 25 percent. The duty components associated with the first HTS code would be need to be calculated from 75 percent of the entire Value for Duty. To accomplish this, the associated components would use VFD75XX as their CVB instead of VFDXX. The detail component would be ‘VFD75XX’ and would have a Component Rate of 75 and a CVB of VFDXX, therefore, the component VFD75XX would be 75% of the Value for Duty. More generically speaking, VFDXXXX will be the only detail in an inserted CVB called VFDXXXX, where the first XX is replaced with the percentage. In place of the second XX will be the country code that is passed into the script. So if the Country is US, then there will be one component created, VFD25US, with a description of 25% of Value for Duty US. This leaves the client with the ability to create additional VFD components for each of the countries that they intend to import into. The script will insert VFD25XX, VFD50XX, and VFD75XX, these are meant to be used as a guide if the client needs additional components with different percentages. These components should not be modified.
§ DTYXXXX (DTYXXXX) – These components are used to calculate duty for each HTS code. In place of the first XX is the HTS code’s Duty Component Code concatenated with an A, B, or C as needed for duty calculation. In place of the second XX is the country code that is passed into the script. So if the Country is US, then there is one component created, DTYXXUS, with a description of DTYXXUS. This leaves the client with the ability to create additional components for each of the countries that they intend to import into. The Import Country for these components is the country code of the Base Country that is defined on the System Options table. This component is inserted with a Component Rate of 100 percent. This rate is overwritten with the appropriate Tariff Treatment rate upon calculation within the Item and Ordering dialogs. These components should not be modified.
§ DUTYXX(DUTYXX) – This component is used as a sub-total. In place of the XX is the country code that is passed into the script. So if the Country is US, then there is one component created, DUTYUS, with a description of DUTYUS. This leaves the client with the ability to create additional components for each of the countries that they intend to import into. It contains the sum of all DTYXXXX components each HTS code. This component has a CVB called DUTYXX that contains every ‘DTYXXXX’ component as its details. This component should not be modified.
§ XXXXXXX (XXXXXXX) – Fees and Taxes are created using a concatenation of information. The Component ID consists of the Fee or Tax Class Code concatenated with the Fee or Tax Component Code, and an A or B as needed for calculation, and then the import country. For example, there is an existing Fee Class Code (also referred to as Fee Type) which is 053, its Fee Component Code is 1, and importing into the US, so there is a component created that has an ID of 0531AUS. The descriptions are the same as the Component ID and can/should be modified to be clearer. Other than the description, these components should not be modified.
§ ADXX (Anti-Dumping XX) – This component contains the Anti-Dumping charge for each Item/HTS code. In place of the XX is the country code that is passed into the script. So if the Country is US, then there is one component created, ADUS, with a description of Anti-Dumping US. This leaves the client with the ability to create additional components for each of the countries that they intend to import into. This component should not be modified.
§ CVDXX (Countervailing Duty XX) – This component contains the Countervailing Duty charge for each Item/HTS code. In place of the XX will be the country code that is passed into the script. So if the Country is US, then there is one component created, CVDUS, with a description of Countervailing Duty US. This component should not be modified.
There are several installation scripts that must be run prior to HTS Upload to populate the following tables. These are one-time installations upon implementation of the product and must be maintained by the client.
§ ELC_COMP
§ QUOTA_CATEGORY (through the quota_category.sql script)
§ OGA (through the oga.sql script)
§ COUNTRY_TARIFF_TREATMENT (via the country_tariff_treatment.sql script)
§ HTS_CHAPTER (via the hts_headings.sql script)
§ TARIFF_TREATMENT (through the tariff_treatment.sql script)
After the initial load of the HTS data from executing the HTS Upload program. One additional install script must be run to populate the following tables with additional information:
§ ELC_COMP, CVB_HEAD, CVB_DETAIL (through the elc_comp_post_htsupld.sql script)
The initial load of HTS information using a Customs provided tape and subsequent execution of the HTS Upload program will populate and update the following tables:
§ HTS
§ HTS_TARIFF_TREATMENT
§ HTS_OGA
§ HTS_FEE
§ HTS_TAX
§ HTS_TT_EXCLUSIONS
The following tables need to be populated by the client, but will be updated through the HTS Upload program.
§ HTS_AD
§ HTS_CVD
§ HTS_REFERENCE
The following tables need to be populated and maintained by the client:
§ HTS_CHAPTER_RESTRAINTS
This particular cost component is the only Cost Component that is calculated with a Min/Max Range for each Customs Entry. This range is defined on the MPF_MIN_MAX table (note: this table does not have a corresponding form and needs to be populated by the client via SQL Plus. In order to process MPF the MPF_MIN_MAX table must be populated for the import country or else the calculation function errors out during processing.). If a client does not use Merchandise Processing Fee, but has a similar component, they can use the MPF_MIN_MAX table and the MPFXX component to accomplish the same result. They simply need to change the Component Description and Rate. Within the Customs Entry dialog, MPFXX is defaulted in along with all other assessments that are associated with each Order/Item combination. Once associated with the Entry, MPF is recalculated and checked to see if the value falls within the Min/Max Range. If not, the value is modified to be within the range and then allocated across all of the items on the Entry. Because this value is being calculated by the system, the user is not allowed to modify the rate or value of any MPF components within the Customs Entry dialog.
The internal process that calculates and distributes MPF charges on-line requires Unit of Measure (UOM) conversions in multiple instances. If a particular UOM conversion is missing the processing stops and a message will be displayed indicating that there is insufficient UOM information to continue. If this should occur, you must exit the dialog that generated the error add the missing conversion information and re-enter the dialog for the MPF charges to be processed.
There are 4 possible CE Ref. Statuses for each Customs Entry. They are Worksheet, Send, Downloaded, and Confirmed. In general when an Entry is created it is in Worksheet status. Once all of the necessary information has been added, the user is set the Status to Send, indicating that the Entry is ready to be sent to the Broker. That night in the nightly batch run, the Entry is downloaded to the Broker (cednld.pc). Once the download process is complete, the Status is automatically set to Downloade; a user can never set the Status to this value manually. At that point once the user receives confirmation from the Broker, makes any necessary changes, and is sure that the information is correct, they can set the CE Ref. Status to ‘Confirmed’. From that point on the Status cannot be changed, however most of the fields on the CE Header form remain editable. All information on the CE Shipment form is view only. Also, all information on the CE Order/Item form is view only except for the Cleared Quantity, Cleared Quantity UOM, Apply button, and Comments fields. And finally all information in the CE Charges form will be view only as well.
Since some clients may prefer not to download their Entries to a Broker, the user will have the ability to set the CE Ref. Status from Worksheet directly to Confirmed.
The following describes customs entry totals.
§ Total Duty contains the sum of the duty charges (any component beginning with DTY) for each item times the associated item’s Manifest Item quantity, summed together for all items on the entry.
§ Total Taxes contains the sum of the tax charges (any component beginning with a tax type (see attached document for a description of taxes)) for each item times the associated item’s Manifest Item quantity, summed together for all items on the entry.
§ Total Other contains the sum of all other charges (including fees) for each item times the associated item’s Manifest Item quantity, summed together for all items on the entry.
§ Total VFD contains the Value for Duty (which can be made up of order cost plus other dutiable expenses such as selling commission, royalties, etc.) times the associated item’s Manifest Item quantity, summed together for all items on the entry.
§ Total Est. Assessments contains the sum of the estimated duty/fees/taxes for each item, calculated from the Purchase Order/Item HTS Assessments, times the associated item’s Manifest Item quantity, summed together for all items on the entry.
§ Total Act. Assessments contain the sum of the Total Duty, Total Taxes, and Total Other values.
You need the following details about your environment for the installer to successfully create the RMS database schema and install the RMS batch programs. Depending on the options you select, you may not see some screens or fields.
The RMS database schema installation also includes the option to install the database schema objects for the ReIM and Allocation products. The RPM database schema objects will be included with RMS.
Field Title |
Component Selection |
Field Description |
Select the RMS component(s) you would like to install. Multiple components may be selected. You will not be able to install a component if the preinstall check for that component has failed. Subsequent screens may or may not be displayed based on this choice. |
Field Title |
Database Component Selection |
Field Description |
By default, the RMS database schema installer creates database objects for RMS/ReSA/RTM and RPM. Optionally, the database objects for ReIM, Allocation and/or RMS DAS Schema may be installed at the same time or later. Subsequent screens may or may not be displayed based on this choice. |
Note |
RMS DAS Schema is applicable if setting up DAS. |
Field Title |
Install ORFM |
Field Description |
Customers who are willing to opt for Localization can select the ORFM component in the installer screen. |
Field Title |
Full Install or Patch |
Field Description |
The installer can create either the full baseline schema or patch an existing installation. To install a new instance of RMS 14.1.2.1 release, select Full. If upgrading from 14.1.1, please select Patch. Subsequent screens may or may not be displayed based on this choice. |
Example |
Full |
Field Title |
Hostname |
Field Description |
Provide the hostname of the Oracle Database Server |
Example |
dbhostname |
Field Title |
RMS schema |
Field Description |
Provide the RMS database user here. The installer logs into the database as this user to create the RMS schema and uses it to compile RMS batch. This user must already exist in the database when the RMS database schema installer is run. |
Example |
rms01 |
Field Title |
RMS schema password |
Field Description |
Database password for the RMS Schema Owner. |
Field Title |
RMS Oracle SID |
Field Description |
Oracle system identifier for the database where RMS will be installed |
Example |
mydb |
The database settings provided are validated by the installer when you advance to the next screen.
Field Title |
RMS Async schema password |
Field Description |
Database password for the RMS Async schema – RMS_ASYNC_USER. This user must already exist in the database when the RMS database schema installer is run. |
The database settings provided are validated by the installer when you advance to the next screen.
Field Title |
Alloc schema |
Field Description |
Provide the Allocation database user here. The installer logs into the database as this user to create the Allocation schema objects. This user must already exist in the database when the database schema installer is run. |
Example |
alloc01 |
Field Title |
Alloc schema password |
Field Description |
Database password for the Allocation database user.
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The database settings provided are validated by the installer when you advance to the next screen.
Field Title |
RMS DAS schema |
Field Description |
Provide the RMS DAS database user here. The installer logs into the database as this user to create the DAS schema objects. This user must already exist in the database when the database schema installer is run. |
Example |
rms01das |
Field Title |
RMS DAS schema password |
Field Description |
Database password for the RMS DAS schema. |
Field Title |
RMS DAS schema Oracle SID |
Field Description |
Oracle system identifier for the database where RMS DAS schema will be installed. |
Example |
mydasdb |
Note |
The DAS Schema must be created in a different database instance than that of RMS schema. |
The database settings provided are validated by the installer when you advance to the next screen.
Note: The next 18 screens are only shown for a FULL installation, and not for PATCH installation.
Field Title |
Primary Country |
Field Description |
Choose your primary country from the dropdown list provided. |
Example |
UNITED STATES (US) |
Note |
The RMS Primary Country screen is not shown if you have selected to install ORFM. The installer will default to “BRAZIL (BR)” |
Field Title |
Primary Currency |
Field Description |
Choose your primary currency from the dropdown list provided. |
Example |
US Dollar (USD) |
Note |
The RMS Primary Currency screen is not shown if you have selected to install ORFM. The installer will default to “Brazil Real (BRL)” |
Field Title |
Primary Language |
Field Description |
Choose your primary language from the dropdown list provided. If English is chosen, by default, all secondary languages will be installed. If you choose a non-English primary language, no secondary languages will be installed. |
Example |
English (en) + Secondary Languages |
Field Title |
Default Tax type |
Field Description |
Select the tax type that will be used with the system. If VAT is enabled, then select SVAT. For a configuration with only Sales Tax, Select SALES. |
Note |
The RMS Default Tax Type screen is not shown if you have selected to install ORFM. Default tax type will default to “GTAX” |
Field Title |
Enable Class-Level VAT |
Field Description |
Check the box to allow tax rates to be maintained at the class level. Leave the box unchecked to restrict tax rates. |
Note |
The RMS Class level VAT screen is only shown if SVAT is selected on the Default Tax Type. If you have selected ORFM, this screen will not be shown because the Default Tax Type will default to “GTAX” |
Field Title |
Enable Supplier Sites |
Field Description |
Indicates if a supplier hierarchy is being utilized in the system. |
Field Title |
Load this data |
Field Description |
Terms data is provided with the RMS release. Select this option to insert it into the schema. If data will be pulled from another system such as EBS financials then do not select this option. |
Field Title |
Select Calendar Type |
Field Description |
Choose the type of calendar to use. |
Field Title |
Select Week Start-End |
Field Description |
Select the range that defines the first and last days of the week. |
Field Title |
VDate |
Field Description |
Enter the first date the RMS System will be in operation. The format dd-MMM-yyyy must be used. |
Example |
04-May-2015 |
Field Title |
HTS Tracking Level |
Field Description |
Select the basis for HTS tariffs and fees. The options are either the item’s country of manufacturer or the item’s country of sourcing. |
Field Title |
XML Schema Base URL |
Field Description |
URL for the RIB object schema definition. |
Example |
http://myhost:7777/rib-func-artifact/ Note: Here, the host and ports must be from RIB that is probably installed later. |
Field Title |
XML Namespace URL |
Field Description |
URL for the RIB object namespace. |
Example |
http://www.oracle.com/retail/integration/base/bo |
Field Title |
XML XSI URL |
Field Description |
URL for the XML schema instance. |
Example |
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance |
Field Title |
Insert Demo Data |
Field Description |
The Installer by default loads seed data for RMS. Check the box to insert RMS demo data in addition to seed data. |
Note |
Demo data should not be installed in production environments. See the warning screen below for more details. If you have selected ORFM, this screen will not be shown. Demo data is not compatible with ORFM environments. |
Field Title |
Insert ReIM Demo Data |
Field Description |
Check the box to insert ReIM demo data. |
Note |
Demo data should not be installed in production environments. See the warning screen below for more details. The Load ReIM Demo Data screen is only shown if ReIM is selected in the beginning of the installation and if RMS demo data is selected. If you have selected ORFM, this screen will not be shown. Demo data is not compatible with ORFM environments. |
Note: This screen is shown only if a Demo Data option is selected in the previous screens. Please read the Warning carefully.
Field Title |
Demo Data schema |
Field Description |
Schema that will be used to insert demo data into the RMS database. |
Example |
rms01demo |
Note |
The RMS Demo Data Schema Details screen is only shown if RMS demo data is selected. If you have selected ORFM, this screen will not be shown. Demo data is not compatible with ORFM environments. |
Field Title |
Demo Data schema password |
Field Description |
Password for the demo data schema. |
Field Title |
Number of demo items |
Field Description |
The number of demo data items to create. |
Example |
15 |
Note |
The RMS Demo Data Schema Details screen is only shown if RMS demo data is selected. If you have selected ORFM, this screen will not be shown. Demo data is not compatible with ORFM environments. |
Field Title |
Transaction Level |
Field Description |
Value to use for the transaction level of the demo items being created. |
Example |
1 (Line) |
Note |
The RMS Demo Data Schema Details screen is only shown if RMS demo data is selected. If you have selected ORFM, this screen will not be shown. Demo data is not compatible with ORFM environments. |
Field Title |
RMS DB RETAIL_HOME |
Field Description |
The location where the RMS Database Files are stored by the installer. This location will be used during the subsequent patching of RMS, and will contain the ORPatch utility. |
Example |
/path/to/retail_home |
Note |
If you have selected an existing RETAIL_HOME, and it has been configured to run other components than the ones you have selected for this installation, those components will also be installed regardless of what you selected on the Component Selection screen. |
Field Title |
RMS Batch RETAIL_HOME |
Field Description |
This is the Batch Installation Directory, the location where RMS Batch Files will be installed along with the ORPATCH utility. This can be the same RETAIL_HOME that was used for another component. |
Example |
/path/to/retail_home |
Note |
If you have selected an existing RETAIL_HOME, and it has been configured to run other components than the ones you have selected for this installation, those components will also be installed regardless of what you selected on the Component Selection screen. |
Field Title |
Oracle Wallet |
Oracle Wallet Password |
This is the password for the wallet that will store the credentials used during the RMS installation. If you have selected an existing RETAIL_HOME in the previous screens, you will need to enter the password that was used for the wallet in that RETAIL_HOME. |
Note |
Make sure this password is kept as it will be needed for future patches. |
Field Title |
Component Selection |
Field Description |
Select the RMS component(s) you would like to install. Multiple components may be selected. You will not be able to install a component if the preinstall check for that component has failed. Subsequent screens may or may not be displayed based on this choice. |
Field Title |
Install ORFM |
Field Description |
Customers who are willing to opt for Localization can select the ORFM component in the installer screen. |
Field Title |
Full Install or Patch |
Field Description |
The option selected on this page has no impact on the RMS forms installation. All Application installations will be full installations. |
Example |
Full |
Field Title |
Hostname |
Field Description |
Provide the hostname where the RMS Application is being installed. |
Example |
apphostname |
Field Title |
RMS schema |
Field Description |
Provide the RMS database user here. This is the same username that was used during the RMS Database Schema Installation. |
Example |
rms01 |
Field Title |
RMS schema password |
Field Description |
Database password for the RMS Schema Owner. This is the same password that was used during the RMS Database Schema Installation. |
Field Title |
RMS Oracle SID |
Field Description |
Oracle system identifier for the database the RMS application will be installed against. This is the same Oracle SID that was used during the RMS Database Schema Installation. |
Example |
Mydb |
The database settings provided are validated by the installer when you advance to the next screen.
Field Title |
Application Installation Name |
Field Description |
The value used to configure and identify a specific forms installation. The Forms URLs for this installation will contain this value. |
Example |
rms14inst |
Field Title |
WebLogic Admin Port |
Field Description |
Listen port for the WebLogic Admin server. |
Example |
7001 |
Field Title |
WebLogic Admin User |
Field Description |
Username of the admin user for the WebLogic instance to which the Oracle Forms application is already deployed. |
Example |
weblogic |
Field Title |
WebLogic Admin Password |
Field Description |
Password for the WebLogic admin user. You chose this password when you created the WebLogic instance. |
Field Title |
Enable SSL for RMS? |
Field Description |
Choose Yes to install RMS Forms using a Weblogic environment configured to use SSL. In this case, SSL must be configured and the ports must be enabled for the AdminServer and Oracle Forms managed servers. Choose No to install using a Weblogic environment configured without SSL. In this case the non-SSL ports must be enabled for the AdminServer and for the Oracle Forms managed servers. |
Field Title |
RMS Help Server |
Field Description |
The WebLogic managed server that was created for the RMS Webhelp application. |
Example |
rms_help_instance |
Field Title |
Configure WebLogic |
Field Description |
Make the necessary configurations to the WebLogic server to be able to run RMS forms. If you choose no, the configured WebLogic files will be generated by the installer, but should be applied to WebLogic manually. |
Field Title |
RMS Application RETAIL_HOME |
Field Description |
The location where the RMS Application (toolset, forms and reports) will be installed along with the ORPATCH utility. The RMS Forms will be installed in a subdirectory of this directory, named base. |
Example |
/path/to/retail_home |
Note |
If you have selected an existing RETAIL_HOME, and it has been configured to run other components than the ones you have selected for this installation, those components will also be installed regardless of what you selected on the Component Selection screen. |
Field Title |
Oracle Wallet password |
Field Description |
This is the password for the wallet that will store the credentials used during the RMS installation. If you have selected an existing RETAIL_HOME in the previous screens, you will need to enter the password that was used for the wallet in that RETAIL_HOME. |
Note |
Make sure this password is kept as it will be needed for future patches. |
It may be desirable to see a list of the files that will be updated by a patch, particularly if files in the environment have been customized. The installer has an ‘analyze’ mode that will evaluate all files in the patch against the environment and report on the files that will be updated based on the patch. See the section “Analyzing the Impact of a Patch” in the chapter “RMS Patching Procedures” for more details.
1. Log onto the
server as a user with access to the RETAIL_HOME for the installation you want
to analyze.
2. Change directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer. STAGING_DIR is the location where you extracted the installer.
3. Set and export the following environment variables.
Variable |
Description |
Example |
JAVA_HOME |
Location of a Java 1.7_21 64Bit JDK. |
JAVA_HOME= /u00/webadmin/java/jdk1.7.0_21 export JAVA_HOME |
DISPLAY |
Address and port of X server on desktop system of user running install. Optional when running the Analyze tool |
DISPLAY=<IP address>:0.0 export DISPLAY |
4. If you are going to run the installer in GUI mode using an X server, you need to have the XTEST extension enabled. This setting is not always enabled by default in your X server. See Appendix: Common Installation Errors for more details.
5. Run the analyze.sh script to start the analyze tool.
Note: Below are the usage details for analyze.sh. The typical usage for GUI mode is no arguments.
./analyze.sh [text | silent]
Field Title |
RETAIL_HOME |
Field Description |
The pre-existing location where RMS (database, batch, and/or application) was installed along with the ORPATCH utility. This location should contain directories with your installed files as well as the “orpatch” directory. |
Example |
/path/to/retail_home |
Note |
The ORPatch files in this RETAIL_HOME may need to be updated in order to be able to run the analysis. The Analyze tool will take care of this automatically. |
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1. After
clicking “install”, the Analyze tool will generate a report of the files that
will be patched if you apply this patch to the selected RETAIL_HOME. A high
level report can be found in the log file:
STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/logs/rms-analyze.<timestamp>.log.
The detailed list of patch files can be found in RETAIL_HOME/ orpatch/logs/detail_logs/analyze/details/
This appendix provides URL reference information.
Used by the Java application and by the installer to connect to the database.
Thick Client Syntax: jdbc:oracle:oci:@<sid>
<sid>: system identifier for the database
Example: jdbc:oracle:oci:@mysid
Thin Client Syntax: jdbc:oracle:thin:@<host>:<port>:<sid>
<host>: hostname of the database server
<port>: database listener port
<sid>: system identifier for the database
Example: jdbc:oracle:thin:@myhost:1521:mysid
This section provides some common errors encountered during installation of RMS.
RMS installer throws error after clicking Next on the installer screen providing database credentials. This happens inspite of the fact that pre-requisite steps for database pre-install check showing status as SUCCESS as below.
***************************
Final preinstall status
***************************
Database Preinstall Check: SUCCESS
Observe that install console also shows error message like below:
MW_HOME=/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail
ORACLE_HOME=/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/as_1
ORACLE_INSTANCE=/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/asinst_1
DOMAIN_HOME=/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/user_projects/domains/ClassicDomain
FORMSAPP_HOME=/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/user_projects/domains/ClassicDomain/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS_FORMS/applications/formsapp_11.1.2
WLS_INSTANCE=WLS_FORMS
ORACLE_SID=dvols64
JAVA_HOME=/u00/webadmin/product/jdk_java
Application environment check successful
./install.sh[77]: .[162]: call_child_preinstall_scripts[94]: source_preinstall_profile[57]: .[19]: export: 2.0.4.v201112161009.jar:/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/modules/com.oracle.jpa2support_1.0.0.0_2-1.jar:/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/modules/eclipselink.jar:/u00/webadmin/product/wls_retail/patch_wls1036/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar:/u00/webadmin/product/jdk_java/lib/tools.jar:…
Backup <Middleware_home>/wlserver_10.3/common/bin/commEnv.sh and update the file removing new line entry at below 3 entries as single entry.
Example:
From:
PRE_CLASSPATH="${MODULES_DIR}/javax.persistence_
2.0.4.v201112161009.jar:${MODULES_DIR}/com.oracle.jpa2support_1.0.0.0_
2-1.jar:${MODULES_DIR}/eclipselink.jar"
To:
PRE_CLASSPATH="${MODULES_DIR}/javax.persistence_2.0.4.v201112161009.jar:${MODULES_DIR}/com.oracle.jpa2support_1.0.0.0_2-1.jar:${MODULES_DIR}/eclipselink.jar"
Restart installer after making the above change.
When the database schema installer is run, the following is written to the console and the installer hangs indefinitely:
Running pre-install checks
Running tnsping to get listener port
The installer startup script is waiting for control to return from the tnsping command, but tnsping is hanging. Type Control+C to cancel the installer, and investigate and solve the problem that is causing the tnsping <sid> command to hang. This can be caused by duplicate database listeners running.
The following text appears in the console window during execution of
the installer in GUI mode:
Couldn't find X Input Context
This message is harmless and can be ignored.
In GUI mode, when you click on the drop-down list selection for the primary country or currency, the list does not appear, and this message appears in the console window:
XTEST extension not installed on this X server: Error 0
To run the RMS installer in GUI mode you must have the XTEST extension enabled in your X server.
To Enabling XTEST in Exceed, do the following.
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1. Open Xconfig
to edit Exceed configuration.
2. Go to the X Server Protocol settings.
3. Click on the Extensions tab.
4. Make sure that the XTEST extension is selected, as shown.
5. Restart the X Server and re-run the RMS installer.
When opening a drop-down list in GUI mode of the RMS installer, the installer freezes up and displays the following message in the console:
Couldn't execl robot child process: Permission denied
As the owner of the database ORACLE_HOME (i.e. oracle), grant execute permissions to the awt_robot* files under $ORACLE_HOME/jdk/jre/lib. The database schema installer uses $ORACLE_HOME/jdk for its JAVA_HOME.
Example (using SUN Solaris):
chmod a+x $ORACLE_HOME/jdk/jre/lib/sparc/awt_robot
chmod a+x $ORACLE_HOME/jdk/jre/lib/sparcv9/awt_robot
In GUI mode, the errors tab shows the following error:
java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
at java.util.AbstractList$Itr.checkForComodification(AbstractList.java:448)
at java.util.AbstractList$Itr.next(AbstractList.java:419)
… etc
You can ignore this error. It is related to third-party Java Swing code for rendering of the installer GUI and does not affect the retail product installation.
When running the application installer you get the following error:
FRM-30064: Unable to parse statement select vu.uda_desc, vu.uda_id from v_uda vu where get_primary_lang = get_user_lang and vu.display_type = 'LV' union all select nvl(t.translated_value, vu.uda_desc), vu.uda_id from tl_shadow t, v_uda vu where get_primary_lang != get_user_lang and upper(vu.uda_desc) = t.key(+) and get_user_lang = t.lang(+) and vu.display_type = 'LV' order by 1.
ORA-28112: failed to execute policy function
Record Group RG_UDA_LOV
Form: FM_ITUDALST
FRM-30085: Unable to adjust form for output.
Form not created
Disable the database filter policies by running drop_filter_policy.sql, run the application installer again and then run add_filter_policy.sql. Both files can be located with the database installer.
When running the database schema installer you get the following error one or more times:
[ora:sqlplus] alter package
[ora:sqlplus] *
[ora:sqlplus] ERROR at line 1:
[ora:sqlplus] ORA-04031: unable to allocate 92120 bytes of shared memory ("shared
[ora:sqlplus] pool","unknown object","PL/SQL MPCODE","BAMIMA: Bam Buffer")
There was not enough available memory in the shared pool on the database at the time of compilation. There are several choices to get past this error:
§ Log into the database and attempt to recompile invalid objects in the database schema. Subsequent attempts to compile the same object(s) can be successful.
§ Have a DBA increase the shared pool size on the database and re-run the installer from scratch on a new schema user.
When compiling forms during the application installation you receive this error one or more times:
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Resource id in failed request: 0x1800002
Serial number of failed request: 432
Current serial number in output stream: 437
This error occurs when there are too many requests made to the X server. If this error occurs manually recompile the form.
For example,
frmpcmp.sh userid=$UP module_type=form module=FORM_OR_MENU
At random times, the RIB will get certain errors such as GETNXT(?,?,?,?,?,?,?) and/or ORA-21700 object does not exist or is marked for delete. This is very confusing because you may research and find that the object exists and is valid.
You must re-initialize the reference to reference an existing object as follows.
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1. Bring down
the RIB in question.
2. Run /RIB_INSTALL_DIR>/InstallAndCompileAllRibOracleObjects.sql.
3. Run another object validate script (ex: inv_obj_comp.sql) to make sure objects are valid. (Some may have deal locked in the end of the previous step.)
4. Bring up the RIB in question.
After entering database credentials in the installer screens and hitting next, a message pops up with an error like this:
Error connecting to database URL <url> as user <user>
details...
The message prevents you from moving on to the next screen to continue the installation.
This error occurs when the installer fails to validate the user credentials you have entered on the screen. Make sure that you have entered the credentials properly. If you receive a message similar to this:
Error connecting to database URL <url> as user <user>
java.lang.Exception: UnsatisfiedLinkError encountered when using the Oracle driver.
Please check that the library path is set up properly or switch to the JDBC thin client.
It may mean that the installer is using the incorrect library path variables for the platform you are installing on. Open the file <STAGING_DIR>/rms/installer/common/preinstall.sh and make sure the variable use32bit is set to True if you are on a 32 bit platform, and False if you are on a 64 bit platform.
If a multi-threaded Oracle client process that uses OCI to connect to a remote database loses connectivity with the database, it tries to reconnect and the client program continues to run. The program then dumps the core with the following stack trace, when Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR) is enabled.
skgfqio sdbgrfbibf_io_block_file dbgrfrbf_read_block_file
dbgrmflrp_read_page
dbgrmblgmp_get_many_pages dbgrmmdrrmd_read_relation_meta_data
dbgrmmdora_open_record_access_full
dbgriporc_openrel_wcreate dbgrip_open_relation_access dbgrip_start_iterator
dbgrip_relation_iterator dbgruprac_read_adrctl...
Oracle Retail recommended you disable ADR (diag_adr_enabled=OFF, a sqlnet.ora parameter) while using multi-threaded OCI/OCCI application. diag_adr_enabled was introduced in Oracle 11g as a new method of tracing ADR. This will dump additional trace details.
Disabling 'diag_adr_enabled' does not disturb any functionality. Therefore, it can safely be unset by doing diag_adr_enabled=off in sqlnet.ora. However, if you still want tracing, you can have following parameters/variables set in sqlnet.ora:
trace_level_server=16 -- for server side NET tracing
trace_level_client=16 -- for client side NET tracing
For how to set traditional tracing, see the My Oracle Support document, “SQL*Net, Net8, Oracle Net Services - Tracing and Logging at a Glance” (ID 219968.1).
Errors occur during Forms installer screens when run on HP-UX. When you click Next on the installer screen “Data Source Details” you get an error message on the screen saying “"no ocijdbc11 in java.library.path" that prevents you from moving to the next screen.
This error message can be ignored. Verify that the data source details you entered are correct, and uncheck the box labeled Test Data Source? The installer screens will not attempt to validate the data source when you click Next. The installer will attempt to validate once again when installation starts, and the installer will fail if the credentials are incorrect.
When launching multiple applications in a SSO environmnent RMS forms can fail with:
You need to change the default JSESSIONID cookie name for the forms process. There are two articles from Oracle Support that document this process:
§ How to Change the Default JSESSIONID Cookie Name for Forms (Doc ID 1578506.1)
§ How To Redeploy the Forms Application after Modification of Forms J2EE Application Deployment Descriptors (Doc ID 1063045.1)
When re-running the installer in the same database, the installer may fail with the below error:
The error means that the context RETAIL_CTX already exists. Since the context is a sys object, even if you drop and re-create the RMS schema, the context will remain. This needs to be explicitly dropped from sys login with the below statement.
Sql>drop context RETAIL_CTX;
After this, the installation may be resumed.
When compiling forms, compilation fails with the error FRM-30085: Unable to adjust form for output. The forms log has either nothing showing in the output as an error, or it fails with cannot load library unit PM_RETAIL_API_SQL (referenced by INTERNAL_VARIABLES).
PM_RETAIL_API could be a variety of different packages.
Run the below query as sys and compile the output until no rows are returned
SQL> set heading off
SQL> select 'alter '||do.object_type||' ' || owner ||
'.'||do.object_name||' compile;'
2 from dba_objects do,diana_version$ dv
3 where dv.obj#=do.object_id
4 and do.timestamp <>
to_char(dv.stime,'YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS')
5 /
alter PACKAGE RMS141MOCK.CURRENCY_SQL compile;
alter PACKAGE RMS141MOCK.PM_RETAIL_API_SQL compile;
SQL> alter PACKAGE RMS141MOCK.CURRENCY_SQL compile;
Package altered.
SQL> alter PACKAGE RMS141MOCK. PM_RETAIL_API_SQL
compile;
Package altered.
SQL> select 'alter '||do.object_type||' ' || owner || '.'||do.object_name||'
compile;'
2 from dba_objects do,diana_version$ dv
3 where dv.obj#=do.object_id
4 and do.timestamp <>
to_char(dv.stime,'YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS')
5 /
no rows selected
SQL>
When no rows are returned, rerun the installer.
Single Sign-On (SSO) is a term for the ability to sign onto multiple Web applications via a single user ID/Password. There are many implementations of SSO. Oracle provides an implementation with Oracle Access Manager.
Most, if not all, SSO technologies use a session cookie to hold encrypted data passed to each application. The SSO infrastructure has the responsibility to validate these cookies and, possibly, update this information. The user is directed to log on only if the cookie is not present or has become invalid. These session cookies are restricted to a single browser session and are never written to a file.
Another facet of SSO is how these technologies redirect a user’s Web browser to various servlets. The SSO implementation determines when and where these redirects occur and what the final screen shown to the user is.
Most SSO implementations are performed in an application’s infrastructure and not in the application logic itself. Applications that leverage infrastructure managed authentication (such as deployment specifying Basic or Form authentication) typically have little or no code changes when adapted to work in an SSO environment.
A Single Sign-On system involves the integration of several components, including Oracle Identity Management and Oracle Access Management. This includes the following components:
§ An Oracle Internet Directory (OID) LDAP server, used to store user, role, security, and other information. OID uses an Oracle database as the back-end storage of this information.
§ An Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11g Release 2 server and administrative console for implementing and configuring policies for single sign-on.
§ A Policy Enforcement Agent such as Oracle Access Manager 11g Agent (WebGate), used to authenticate the user and create the Single Sign-On cookies.
§ Oracle Directory Services Manager (ODSM) application in OIM11g, used to administer users and group information. This information may also be loaded or modified via standard LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) scripts.
§ Additional administrative scripts for configuring the OAM system and registering HTTP servers.
Additional WebLogic managed servers will be needed to deploy the business applications leveraging the Single Sign-On technology.
Yes, Oracle Access Manager has the ability to interoperate with many other SSO implementations, but some restrictions exist.
The following terms apply to single sign-on.
Authentication is the process of establishing a user’s identity. There are many types of authentication. The most common authentication process involves a user ID and password.
A Dynamically Protected URL is a URL whose implementing application is aware of the Oracle Access Manager environment. The application may allow a user limited access when the user has not been authenticated. Applications that implement dynamic protection typically display a Login link to provide user authentication and gain greater access to the application’s resources.
Oracle Identity Management (OIM) 11g includes Oracle Internet Directory and ODSM. Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11g R2 should be used for SSO using WebGate. Oracle Forms 11g contains Oracle HTTP server and other Retail Applications will use Oracle WebTier11g for HTTP Server.
mod_WebLogic operates as a module within the HTTP server that allows requests to be proxied from the OracleHTTP server to the Oracle WebLogic server.
Oracle WebGates are policy enforcement agents which reside with relying parties and delegate authentication and authorization tasks to OAM servers.
Oracle Internet Directory (OID) is an LDAP-compliant directory service. It contains user ids, passwords, group membership, privileges, and other attributes for users who are authenticated using Oracle Access Manager.
A partner application is an application that delegates authentication to the Oracle Identity Management Infrastructure. One such partner application is the Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) supplied with Oracle Forms Server or WebTier11g Server if using other Retail Applications other than Oracle Forms Applications.
All partner applications must be registered with Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11g. An output product of this registration is a configuration file the partner application uses to verify a user has been previously authenticated.
A URL is considered to be Statically Protected when an Oracle HTTP server is configured to limit access to this URL to only SSO authenticated users. Any unauthenticated attempt to access a Statically Protected URL results in the display of a login page or an error page to the user.
Servlets, static HTML pages, and JSP pages may be statically protected.
Single Sign-On is NOT a user ID/password mapping technology.
However, some applications can store and retrieve user IDs and passwords for non-SSO applications within an OID LDAP server. An example of this is the Oracle Forms Web Application framework, which maps Single Sign-On user IDs to a database logins on a per-application basis.
Oracle Access Manager involves several different components. These are:
§ The Oracle Access Manager (OAM) server, which is responsible for the back-end authentication of the user.
§ The Oracle Internet Directory LDAP server, which stores user IDs, passwords, and group (role) membership.
§ The Oracle Access Manager Agent associated with the Web application, which verifies and controls browser redirection to the Oracle Access Manager server.
§ If the Web application implements dynamic protection, then the Web application itself is involved with the OAM system.
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1. The user requests a resource.
2. Webgate forwards the request to OAM for policy evaluation
3. OAM:
a. Checks for the existence of an SSO cookie.
b. Checks policies to determine if the resource is protected and if so, how?
4. OAM Server logs and returns the decision
5. Webgate responds as follows:
§ Unprotected Resource: Resource is served to the user
§ Protected
Resource:
Resource is redirected to the credential collector.
The login form is served based on the authentication policy.
Authentication processing begins
6. User sends credentials
7. OAM verifies credentials
8. OAM starts the session and creates the following host-based cookies:
§ One per partner: OAMAuthnCookie
set by 11g WebGates using authentication token received from the OAM Server
after successful authentication.
Note: A valid cookie is required for a session.
§ One for OAM Server: OAM_ID
9. OAM logs Success of Failure.
10. Credential collector redirects to WebGate and authorization processing begins.
11. WebGate prompts OAM to look up policies, compare them to the user's identity, and determine the user's level of authorization.
12. OAM logs policy decision and checks the session cookie.
13. OAM Server evaluates authorization policies and cache the result.
14. OAM Server logs and returns decisions
15. WebGate responds as follows:
§ If the authorization policy allows access, the desired content or applications are served to the user.
§ If the authorization policy denies access, the user is redirected to another URL determined by the administrator.
Installing an Oracle Retail supported Single Sign-On installation using OAM11g requires installation of the following:
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1. Oracle
Internet Directory (OID) LDAP server and the Oracle Directory Services Manager.
They are typically installed using the Installer of Oracle Identity Management . The ODSM application can be used for user and realm
management within OID.
2. Oracle
Access Manager 11gR2 has to be
installed and configured.
3. Additional midtier instances (such as Oracle Forms 11gr2) for Oracle Retail applications based on Oracle Forms technologies (such as RMS). These instances must be registered with the OAM installed in step 2.
4. Additional application servers to deploy other Oracle Retail applications and performing application specific initialization and deployment activities must be registered with OAM installed in step 2.
The Infrastructure installation for Oracle Access Manager (OAM) is dependent on the environment and requirements for its use. Deploying Oracle Access Manager (OAM) to be used in a test environment does not have the same availability requirements as for a production environment. Similarly, the Oracle Internet Directory (OID) LDAP server can be deployed in a variety of different configurations. See the Oracle Identity Management Installation Guide11g.
Oracle Internet Directory is an LDAP v3 compliant directory server. It provides standards-based user definitions out of the box.
Customers with existing corporate LDAP implementations may need to synchronize user information between their existing LDAP directory servers and OID. OID supports standard LDIF file formats and provides a JNDI compliant set of Java classes as well. Moreover, OID provides additional synchronization and replication facilities to integrate with other corporate LDAP implementations.
Each user ID stored in OID has a specific record containing user specific information. For role-based access, groups of users can be defined and managed within OID. Applications can thus grant access based on group (role) membership saving administration time and providing a more secure implementation.
User Management consists of displaying, creating, updating or removing user information. There are many methods of managing an LDAP directory including LDIF scripts or Oracle Directory Services Manager (ODSM) available for OID11g.
ODSM
Oracle Directory Services Manager (ODSM) is a Web-based application used in OID11g is designed for both administrators and users which enables you to configure the structure of the directory, define objects in the directory, add and configure users, groups, and other entries. ODSM is the interface you use to manage entries, schema, security, adapters, extensions, and other directory features.
Script based user management can be used to synchronize data between multiple LDAP servers. The standard format for these scripts is the LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF). OID supports LDIF script for importing and exporting user information. LDIF scripts may also be used for bulk user load operations.
The user store for Oracle Access Manager resides within the Oracle Internet Directory (OID) LDAP server. Oracle Retail applications may require additional information attached to a user name for application-specific purposes and may be stored in an application-specific database. Currently, there are no Oracle Retail tools for synchronizing changes in OID stored information with application-specific user stores. Implementers should plan appropriate time and resources for this process. Oracle Retail strongly suggests that you configure any Oracle Retail application using an LDAP for its user store to point to the same OID server used with Oracle Access Manager.
Oracle Forms applications such as RMS use database connections for authentication and authorization purposes. Oracle Single Sign-On, however, uses the Oracle Internet Directory (OID) user ID and password for this purpose. The Forms framework maps OID user IDs to database connections via information stored in Resource Access Descriptors (RADs). A user will have one RAD for each application accessed. RADs may be created by an administrator or by an LDIF script. Depending on the Oracle Internet Directory and/or the formsweb.cfg configuration, RADs may also be created by the user.
A user is prompted for the database connection information whenever formsweb.cfg file specifies ssoMode = true and createDynamicResources = true for an application and no valid RAD exists. RADs may become invalid when passwords have expired or have been changed.
RADs may be created by administrators or users via the Delegated Administration Services application.
Note: Users can create new RADs only if one or more RADs already exist.
RADs may be created and via LDIF scripts as well. See My Oracle Support document 244526.1.
The env_rdbms.mk file for Oracle 11g has Bug #2143531. This bug was not fixed because there is a workaround. For the workaround, the following changes in bold/italic need to be made to the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib/env_rdbms.mk file. Notice that changes are made in both the BUILD_WITH_CONTEXT and BUILD_WITH_NO_CONTEXT functions.
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BUILDLIB_WITH_CONTEXT=generate_export_list() \
{ \
/bin/nm -X32_64 -B -h -g "$$1" | grep -v ' U ' | awk '{print $$3}' | \
egrep -v '^\.|^TOC' | sort | uniq ; \
}; \
generate_import_list() { \
LIB_NAME=$$1; \
IMP_FILE=$$2; \
\
cat ${ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/lib/xa.imp | head -1 | awk '{print $$0, "." }' >
$${IMP_FILE}; \
/bin/nm -X32_64 -C -B -h -g $${LIB_NAME} | grep ' U ' | grep -v "::" | grep -v "("
| grep -v "\.cc" | awk '{print $$3}' | sed -e "s/\.//g
" | grep -v "^_" >> $${IMP_FILE}; \
}; \
\
generate_import_list "$(OBJS)" $(SHARED_LIBNAME).imp; \
generate_export_list $(OBJS) > $(SHARED_LIBNAME).exp; \
$(LD) -bnoentry -bM:SRE -bE:$(SHARED_LIBNAME).exp -bI:$(SHARED_LIBNAME).imp \
-o $(SHARED_LIBNAME) $(OBJS) -L$(ORACLE_HOME)/lib -lc_r -lm $(LLIBCLNTSH)
$(MATHLIB)
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BUILDLIB_NO_CONTEXT=generate_export_list() \
{ \
/bin/nm -X32_64 -B -h -g "$$1" | grep -v ' U ' | awk '{print $$3}' | \
egrep -v '^\.|^TOC' | sort | uniq ; \
}; \
generate_import_list() { \
LIB_NAME=$$1; \
IMP_FILE=$$2; \
\
cat ${ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/lib/xa.imp | head -1 | awk '{print $$0, "." }' >
$${IMP_FILE}; \
/bin/nm -X32_64 -C -B -h -g $${LIB_NAME} | grep ' U ' | grep -v "::" | grep -v "("
| grep -v "\.cc" | awk '{print $$3}' | sed -e "s/\.//g
" | grep -v "^_" >> $${IMP_FILE}; \
}; \
\
generate_import_list "$(OBJS)" $(SHARED_LIBNAME).imp; \
generate_export_list $(OBJS) > $(SHARED_LIBNAME).exp; \
$(LD) -bnoentry -bM:SRE -bE:$(SHARED_LIBNAME).exp -bI:$(SHARED_LIBNAME).imp \
-o $(SHARED_LIBNAME) $(OBJS) -L$(ORACLE_HOME)/lib -lc_r -lm $(LLIBCLNTSH)
As the RMS database installation does not support inserting new languages that have not already been installed, this section documents how to manually insert new languages as either primary or secondary languages. In this section <lang> represents the two or three-letter code for the language you wish to insert. This is the list of supported codes and the languages they represent:
§ de - German
§ es – Spanish
§ el - Greek
§ fr – French
§ hu – Hungarian
§ hr – Croatian
§ it – Italian
§ ja – Japanese
§ ko – Korean
§ nl – Dutch
§ pl - Polish
§ ptb – Brazilian Portuguese
§ ru – Russian
§ sv – Swedish
§ tr - Turkish
§ zhs – Simplified Chinese
§ zht – Traditional Chinese
To change the primary language data, complete the following steps.
Note: These scripts are only for customers who wish to have a primary language of one of the non-English supported languages. Once you run one of these primary scripts, you will not be able to revert back to English as your primary language. The scripts are AL32UTF8 encoded. We recommend installing them into a database that has been set to AL32UTF8.
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1. Change
directories to STAGING_DIR/rms/installer/mom14/Cross_Pillar/languages
2. Set the sqlplus session so that the encoding component of the NLS_LANG is AL32UTF8. For example AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8.
3. Log into sqlplus with the RMS schema and run the following command:
SQL> @rms_primary_<lang>.sql
4. Check the log file rms_primary_<lang>. log for any errors.
Note: Only one language can be set as the primary language for the system.
As part of an application installation, administrators must set up password stores for user accounts using wallets/credential stores. Some password stores must be installed on the application database side. While the installer handles much of this process, the administrators must perform some additional steps.
Password stores for the application and application server user accounts must also be installed; however, the installer takes care of this entire process.
ORACLE Retail Merchandising applications now have 3 different types of password stores. They are database wallets, java wallets, and database credential stores. Background and how to administer them below are explained in this appendix
Oracle databases have allowed other users on the server to see passwords in case database connect strings (username/password@db) were passed to programs. In the past, users could navigate to ps –ef|grep <username> to see the password if the password was supplied in the command line when calling a program.
To make passwords more secure, Oracle Retail has implemented the Oracle Software Security Assurance (OSSA) program. Sensitive information such as user credentials now must be encrypted and stored in a secure location. This location is called password stores or wallets. These password stores are secure software containers that store the encrypted user credentials.
Users can retrieve the credentials using aliases that were set up when encrypting and storing the user credentials in the password store. For example, if username/password@db is entered in the command line argument and the alias is called db_username, the argument to a program is as follows:
sqlplus /@db_username
This would connect to the database as it did previously, but it would hide the password from any system user.
After this is configured, as in the example above, the application installation and the other relevant scripts are no longer needed to use embedded usernames and passwords. This reduces any security risks that may exist because usernames and passwords are no longer exposed.
When the installation starts, all the necessary user credentials are retrieved from the Oracle Wallet based on the alias name associated with the user credentials.
There are three different types of password stores. One type explain in the next section is for database connect strings used in program arguments (such as sqlplus /@db_username). The others are for Java application installation and application use.
After the database is installed and the default database user accounts are set up, administrators must set up a password store using the Oracle wallet. This involves assigning an alias for the username and associated password for each database user account. The alias is used later during the application installation. This password store must be created on the system where the application server and database client are installed.
This section describes the steps you must take to set up a wallet and the aliases for the database user accounts. For more information on configuring authentication and password stores, see the Oracle Database Security Guide.
Note: In this section, <wallet_location> is a placeholder text for illustration purposes. Before running the command, ensure that you specify the path to the location where you want to create and store the wallet.
To set up a password store for the database user accounts, perform the following steps:
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1. Create a wallet using the following command:
mkstore -wrl <wallet_location> -create
After you run the command, a prompt appears. Enter a password for the Oracle Wallet in the prompt.
Note: The mkstore utility is included in the Oracle Database Client installation.
The wallet is created with the auto-login feature enabled. This feature enables the database client to access the wallet contents without using the password. For more information, refer to the Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide.
2. Create the database connection credentials in the wallet using the following command:
mkstore -wrl <wallet_location> -createCredential <alias-name> <database-user-name>
After you run the command, a prompt appears. Enter the password associated with the database user account in the prompt.
3. Repeat Step 2 for all the database user accounts.
4. Update the sqlnet.ora file to include the following statements:
WALLET_LOCATION = (SOURCE = (METHOD = FILE) (METHOD_DATA = (DIRECTORY = <wallet_location>)))
SQLNET.WALLET_OVERRIDE = TRUE
SSL_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION = FALSE
5. Update the tnsnames.ora file to include the following entry for each alias name to be set up.
<alias-name> =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (HOST = <host>) (PORT = <port>))
)
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = <service>)
)
)
In the previous example, <alias-name>, <host>, <port>, and <service> are placeholder text for illustration purposes. Ensure that you replace these with the relevant values.
The following examples show how to set up wallets for database user accounts for the following applications:
§ For RMS, RWMS, RPM Batch using sqlplus or sqlldr, RETL, RMS, RWMS, and ARI
To set up wallets for database user accounts, do the following.
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1. Create a new directory called wallet under your folder
structure.
cd /projects/rms14/dev/
mkdir .wallet
Note: The default permissions of the wallet allow only the owner to use it, ensuring the connection information is protected. If you want other users to be able to use the connection, you must adjust permissions appropriately to ensure only authorized users have access to the wallet.
2. Create a sqlnet.ora in the wallet directory with the following content.
WALLET_LOCATION = (SOURCE = (METHOD = FILE) (METHOD_DATA = (DIRECTORY = /projects/rms14/dev/.wallet)) )
SQLNET.WALLET_OVERRIDE=TRUE
SSL_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION=FALSE
Note: WALLET_LOCATION must be on line 1 in the file.
3. Setup a tnsnames.ora in the wallet directory. This tnsnames.ora includes the standard tnsnames.ora file. Then, add two custom tns_alias entries that are only for use with the wallet. For example, sqlplus /@dvols29_rms01user.
ifile = /u00/oracle/product/11.2.0.1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
Examples for a NON pluggable db:
dvols29_rms01user =
(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp)
(host = xxxxxx.us.oracle.com) (Port = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = <sid_name> (GLOBAL_NAME = <sid_name>)))
dvols29_rms01user.world =
(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp)
(host = xxxxxx.us.oracle.com) (Port = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = <sid_name>) (GLOBAL_NAME = <sid_name>)))
Examples for a pluggable db:
dvols29_rms01user =
(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp)
(host = xxxxxx.us.oracle.com) (Port = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SERVICE_NAME = <pluggable db name>)))
dvols29_rms01user.world =
(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp)
(host = xxxxxx.us.oracle.com) (Port = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA
= (SERVICE_NAME = <pluggable db name>)))
Note: It is important to not just copy the tnsnames.ora file because it can quickly become out of date. The ifile clause (shown above) is key.
4. Create the wallet files. These are empty initially.
a. Ensure you are in the intended location.
$ pwd
/projects/rms14/dev/.wallet
b. Create the wallet files.
$ mkstore -wrl . –create
c. Enter the wallet password you want to use. It is recommended that you use the same password as the UNIX user you are creating the wallet on.
d. Enter the password again.
Two wallet files are created from the above command:
– ewallet.p12
– cwallet.sso
5. Create the wallet entry that associates the user name and password to the custom tns alias that was setup in the wallet’s tnsnames.ora file.
mkstore –wrl . –createCredential <tns_alias> <username> <password>
Example: mkstore –wrl . –createCredential dvols29_rms01user rms01user passwd
6. Test the connectivity. The ORACLE_HOME used with the wallet must be the same version or higher than what the wallet was created with.
$ export TNS_ADMIN=/projects/rms14/dev/.wallet /* This is very import to use wallet to point at the alternate tnsnames.ora created in this example */
$ sqlplus /@dvols29_rms01user
SQL*Plus: Release 12
Connected to:
Oracle Database 12g
SQL> show user
USER is “rms01user”
Running batch programs or shell scripts would be similar:
Ex: dtesys /@dvols29_rms01user
script.sh /@dvols29_rms01user
Set the UP unix variable to help with some compiles :
export UP=/@dvols29_rms01user
for use in RMS batch compiles, and RMS, RWMS, and ARI forms compiles.
As shown in the example above, users can ensure that passwords remain invisible.
The following is a list of additional database wallet commands.
§ Delete a credential on wallet
mkstore –wrl . –deleteCredential dvols29_rms01user
§ Change the password for a credential on wallet
mkstore –wrl . –modifyCredential dvols29_rms01user rms01user passwd
§ List the wallet credential entries
mkstore –wrl . –list
This command returns values such as the following.
oracle.security.client.connect_string1
oracle.security.client.user1
oracle.security.client.password1
§ View the details of a wallet entry
mkstore –wrl . –viewEntry oracle.security.client.connect_string1
Returns the value of the entry:
dvols29_rms01user
mkstore –wrl . –viewEntry oracle.security.client.user1
Returns the value of the entry:
rms01user
mkstore –wrl . –viewEntry oracle.security.client.password1
Returns the value of the entry:
Passwd
RETL creates a wallet under $RFX_HOME/etc/security, with the following files:
§ cwallet.sso
§ jazn-data.xml
§ jps-config.xml
§ README.txt
To set up RETL wallets, perform the following steps:
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1. Set the following environment variables:
§ ORACLE_SID=<retaildb>
§ RFX_HOME=/u00/rfx/rfx-13
§ RFX_TMP=/u00/rfx/rfx-13/tmp
§ JAVA_HOME=/usr/jdk1.6.0_12.64bit
§ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME
§ PATH=$RFX_HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
2. Change directory to $RFX_HOME/bin.
3. Run setup-security-credential.sh.
§ Enter 1 to add a new database credential.
§ Enter the dbuseralias. For example, retl_java_rms01user.
§ Enter the database user name. For example, rms01user.
§ Enter the database password.
§ Re-enter the database password.
§ Enter D to exit the setup script.
4. Update your RETL environment variable script to reflect the names of both the Oracle Networking wallet and the Java wallet.
For example, to configure RETLforRPAS, modify the following
entries in
$RETAIL_HOME/RETLforRPAS/rfx/etc/rmse_rpas_config.env.
§ The RETL_WALLET_ALIAS should point to the Java wallet entry:
– export RETL_WALLET_ALIAS="retl_java_rms01user"
§ The ORACLE_WALLET_ALIAS should point to the Oracle network wallet entry:
– export ORACLE_WALLET_ALIAS="dvols29_rms01user"
§ The SQLPLUS_LOGON should use the ORACLE_WALLET_ALIAS:
– export SQLPLUS_LOGON="/@${ORACLE_WALLET_ALIAS}"
5. To change a password later, run setup-security-credential.sh.
§ Enter 2 to update a database credential.
§ Select the credential to update.
§ Enter the database user to update or change.
§ Enter the password of the database user.
§ Re-enter the password.
For Java applications, consider the following:
§ For database user accounts, ensure that you set up the same alias names between the password stores (database wallet and Java wallet). You can provide the alias name during the installer process.
§ Document all aliases that you have set up. During the application installation, you must enter the alias names for the application installer to connect to the database and application server.
§ Passwords are
not used to update entries in Java wallets. Entries in Java wallets are stored
in partitions, or application-level keys. In each retail application that has
been installed, the wallet is located in
<WEBLOGIC_DOMAIN_HOME>/retail/<appname>/config Example:
/u00/webadmin/product/10.3.6/WLS/user_projects/domains/14_mck_soa_domain/retail/reim14/config
§ Application installers should create the Java wallets for you, but it is good to know how this works for future use and understanding.
§ Scripts are located in <WEBLOGIC_DOMAIN_HOME>/retail/<appname>/retail-public-security-api/bin for administering wallet entries.
§ Example:
§ /u00/webadmin/product/10.3.6/WLS/user_projects/domains/REIMDomain/retail/reim14/retail-public-security-api/bin
§ In this directory is a script to help you update each alias entry without having to remember the wallet details. For example, if you set the RPM database alias to rms01user, you will find a script called update-RMS01USER.sh.
Note: These scripts are available only with applications installed by way of an installer.
§ Two main scripts are related to this script in the folder for more generic wallet operations: dump_credentials.sh and save_credential.sh.
§ If you have not installed the application yet, you can unzip the application zip file and view these scripts in <app>/application/retail-public-security-api/bin.
§ Example:
§ /u00/webadmin/reim14/application/retail-public-security-api/bin
update-<ALIAS>.sh updates the wallet entry for this alias. You can use this script to change the user name and password for this alias. Because the application refers only to the alias, no changes are needed in application properties files.
Usage:
update-<username>.sh <myuser>
Example:
/u00/webadmin/product/10.3.x/WLS/user_projects/domains/RPMDomain/retail/rpm14/retail-public-security-api/bin> ./update-RMS01USER.sh
usage: update-RMS01USER.sh <username>
<username>: the username to update into this alias.
Example: update-RMS01USER.sh myuser
Note: this script will ask you for the password for the username that you pass in.
/u00/webadmin/product/10.3.x/WLS/user_projects/domains/RPMDomain/retail/rpm14/retail-public-security-api/bin>
dump_credentials.sh is used to retrieve information from wallet. For each entry found in the wallet, the wallet partition, the alias, and the user name are displayed. Note that the password is not displayed. If the value of an entry is uncertain, run save_credential.sh to resave the entry with a known password.
dump_credentials.sh <wallet location>
Example:
dump_credentials.sh location:/u00/webadmin/product/10.3.x/WLS/user_projects/domains/REIMDomain/retail/reim14/config
Retail Public Security API Utility
=============================================
Below are the credentials found in the wallet at the location:/u00/webadmin/product/10.3.x/WLS/user_projects/domains/REIMDomain/retail/reim14/config
=============================================
Application level key partition name:reim14
User Name Alias:WLS-ALIAS User Name:weblogic
User Name Alias:RETAIL-ALIAS User Name:retail.user
User Name Alias:LDAP-ALIAS User Name:RETAIL.USER
User Name Alias:RMS-ALIAS User Name:rms14mock
User Name Alias:REIMBAT-ALIAS User Name:reimbat
save_credential.sh is used to update the information in wallet. If you are unsure about the information that is currently in the wallet, use dump_credentials.sh as indicated above.
save_credential.sh -a <alias> -u <user> -p <partition name> –l <path of the wallet file location where credentials are stored>
Example:
/u00/webadmin/mock14_testing/rtil/rtil/application/retail-public-security-api/bin> save_credential.sh -l wallet_test -a myalias -p mypartition -u myuser
=============================================
Retail Public Security API Utility
=============================================
Enter password:
Verify password:
Note: -p in the above command is for partition name. You must specify the proper partition name used in application code for each Java application.
save_credential.sh and dump_credentials.sh scripts are the same for all applications. If using save_credential.sh to add a wallet entry or to update a wallet entry, bounce the application/managed server so that your changes are visible to the application. Also, save a backup copy of your cwallet.sso file in a location outside of the deployment path, because redeployment or reinstallation of the application will wipe the wallet entries you made after installation of the application. To restore your wallet entries after a redeployment/reinstallation, copy the backed up cwallet.sso file over the cwallet.sso file. Then bounce the application/managed server.
=============================================
Retail Public Security API Utility
=============================================
usage: save_credential.sh -au[plh]
E.g. save_credential.sh -a rms-alias -u rms_user -p rib-rms -l ./
-a,--userNameAlias <arg> alias for which the credentials
needs to be stored
-h,--help usage information
-l,--locationofWalletDir <arg> location where the wallet file is
created.If not specified, it creates the wallet under secure-credential-wallet directory which is already present under the retail-public-security-api/ directory.
-p,--appLevelKeyPartitionName <arg> application level key partition name
-u,--userName <arg> username to be stored in secure
credential wallet for specified alias*
The ORACLE Retail Java applications have the wallet alias information you create in an <app-name>.properties file. Below is the reim.properties file. Note the database information and the user are presented as well. The property called datasource.credential.alias=RMS-ALIAS uses the ORACLE wallet with the argument of RMS-ALIAS at the csm.wallet.path and csm.wallet.partition.name = reim14 to retrieve the password for application use.
Reim.properties code sample:
datasource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@xxxxxxx.us.oracle.com:1521:pkols07
datasource.schema.owner=rms14mock
datasource.credential.alias=RMS-ALIAS
# =================================================================
# ossa related Configuration
#
# These settings are for ossa configuration to store credentials.
# =================================================================
csm.wallet.path=/u00/webadmin/product/10.3.x/WLS/user_projects/domains/REIMDomain/retail/reim14/config
csm.wallet.partition.name=reim14
Some of the ORACLE Retail Java batch applications have an alias to use when running Java batch programs. For example, alias REIMBAT-ALIAS maps through the wallet to dbuser RMS01APP, already on the database. To run a ReIM batch program the format would be: reimbatchpgmname REIMBAT-ALIAS <other arguments as needed by the program in question>
The following section describes a domain level database credential store. This is used in RPM login processing, SIM login processing, RWMS login processing, RESA login processing and Allocation login processing and policy information for application permission. Setting up the database credential store is addressed in the RPM, SIM, ReSA, RWMS, and Alloc 14.1 install guides.
The following sections show an example of how to administer the password stores thru ORACLE Enterprise Manger Fusion Middleware Control, a later section will show how to do this thru WLST scripts.
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1. The first step is to use your link to Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control for the domain in question. Locate your domain on the left side of the screen and do a right mouse click on the domain and select Security > Credentials
2. Click on Credentials and you will get a screen similar to the following. The following screen is expanded to make it make more sense. From here you can administer credentials.
The Create Map add above is to create a new map with keys under it. A map would
usually be an application such as rpm14. The keys will usually represent alias
to various users (database user, WebLogic user, LDAP user, etc). The
application installer should add the maps so you should not often have to add a
map.
Creation of the main keys for an application will also be built by the application installer. You will not be adding keys often as the installer puts the keys out and the keys talk to the application. You may be using EDIT on a key to see what user the key/alias points to and possibly change/reset its password. To edit a key/alias, highlight the key/alias in question and push the edit icon nearer the top of the page. You will then get a screen as follows:
The screen above shows the map (rpm14) that came from the application installer, the key (DB-ALIAS) that came from the application installer (some of the keys/alias are selected by the person who did the application install, some are hard coded by the application installer in question), the type (in this case password), and the user name and password. This is where you would check to see that the user name is correct and reset the password if needed. REMEMBER, a change to an item like a database password WILL make you come into this and also change the password. Otherwise your application will NOT work correctly.
This procedure is optional as you can administer the credential store through the Oracle enterprise manager associated with the domain of your application install for RPM, SIM, RESA, or Allocation.
An Oracle Platform Security Scripts (OPSS) script is a WLST script, in the context of the Oracle WebLogic Server. An online script is a script that requires a connection to a running server. Unless otherwise stated, scripts listed in this section are online scripts and operate on a database credential store. There are a few scripts that are offline, that is, they do not require a server to be running to operate.
Read-only scripts can be performed only by users in the following WebLogic groups: Monitor, Operator, Configurator, or Admin. Read-write scripts can be performed only by users in the following WebLogic groups: Admin or Configurator. All WLST scripts are available out-of-the-box with the installation of the Oracle WebLogic Server.
WLST scripts can be run in interactive mode or in script mode. In interactive mode, you enter the script at a command-line prompt and view the response immediately after. In script mode, you write scripts in a text file (with a py file name extension) and run it without requiring input, much like the directives in a shell script.
For platform-specific requirements to run an OPSS script, see http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21764_01/core.1111/e10043/managepols.htm#CIHIBBDJ
The weakness with the WLST/OPSS scripts is that you have to already know your map name and key name. In many cases, you do not know or remember that. The database credential store way through enterprise manager is a better way to find your map and key names easily when you do not already know them. A way in a command line mode to find the map name and alias is to run orapki. An example of orapki is as follows:
/u00/webadmin/product/wls_apps/oracle_common/bin> ./orapki wallet display –wallet /u00/webadmin/product/wls_apps/user_projects/domains/APPDomain/config/fmwconfig
(where the path above is the domain location of the wallet)
Output of orapki is below. This shows map name of rpm14 and each alias in the wallet:
Oracle PKI Tool: Version 11.1.1.7.0
Requested Certificates:
User Certificates:
Oracle Secret Store entries:
rpm14@#3#@DB-ALIAS
rpm14@#3#@LDAP-ALIAS
rpm14@#3#@RETAIL.USER
rpm14@#3#@user.signature.salt
rpm14@#3#@user.signature.secretkey
rpm14@#3#@WEBLOGIC-ALIAS
rpm14@#3#@WLS-ALIAS
Trusted Certificates:
Subject: OU=Class 1 Public Primary Certification Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US
OPSS provides the following scripts on all supported platforms to administer credentials (all scripts are online, unless otherwise stated. You need the map name and the key name to run the scripts below
§ listCred
§ updateCred
§ createCred
§ deleteCred
§ modifyBootStrapCredential
§ addBootStrapCredential
The script listCred
returns the list of attribute
values of a credential in the credential store with given map name and key name.
This script lists the data encapsulated in credentials of type password only.
listCred.py -map mapName -key keyName
listCred(map="mapName", key="keyName")
The meanings of the arguments (all required) are as follows:
§
map
specifies a map name (folder).
§
key
specifies a key name.
Examples of Use:
The following invocation returns all the information (such as
user name, password, and description) in the credential with map name myMap
and key name myKey
:
listCred.py -map myMap -key myKey
The following example shows how to run this command and similar credential commands with WLST:
/u00/webadmin/product/wls_apps/oracle_common/common/bin>
sh wlst.sh
Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)...
Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell
wls:/offline> connect('weblogic','password123','xxxxxx.us.oracle.com:17001')
Connecting to t3://xxxxxx.us.oracle.com:17001 with userid weblogic ...
Successfully connected to Admin Server 'AdminServer' that belongs to domain 'APPDomain'.
wls:/APPDomain/serverConfig> listCred(map="rpm14",key="DB-ALIAS")
Already in Domain Runtime Tree
[Name : rms01app, Description : null, expiry Date : null]
PASSWORD:retail
*The above means for map rpm14 in APPDomain, alias DB-ALIAS points to database user rms01app with a password of retail
The script updateCred
modifies the type, user name,
and password of a credential in the credential store with given map name and
key name. This script updates the data encapsulated in credentials of type
password only. Only the interactive mode is supported.
updateCred(map="mapName", key="keyName", user="userName", password="passW", [desc="description"])
The meanings of the arguments (optional arguments are enclosed by square brackets) are as follows:
§
map
specifies a map name (folder) in the credential
store.
§
key
specifies a key name.
§
user
specifies the credential user name.
§
password
specifies the credential password.
§
desc
specifies a string describing the credential.
Example of Use:
The following invocation updates the user name, password, and
description of the password credential with map name myMap
and key
name myKey
:
updateCred(map="myMap", key="myKey", user="myUsr", password="myPassw")
The script createCred
creates a credential in the
credential store with a given map name, key name, user name and password. This
script can create a credential of type password only. Only the interactive mode
is supported.
createCred(map="mapName", key="keyName", user="userName", password="passW", [desc="description"])
The meanings of the arguments (optional arguments are enclosed by square brackets) are as follows:
§
map
specifies the map name (folder) of the
credential.
§
key
specifies the key name of the credential.
§
user
specifies the credential user name.
§
password
specifies the credential password.
§
desc
specifies a string describing the credential.
Example of Use:
The following invocation creates a password credential with the specified data:
createCred(map="myMap", key="myKey", user="myUsr", password="myPassw")
The script deleteCred
removes a credential with
given map name and key name from the credential store.
deleteCred.py -map mapName -key keyName
deleteCred(map="mapName",key="keyName")
The meanings of the arguments (all required) are as follows:
§
map
specifies a map name (folder).
§
key
specifies a key name.
Example of Use:
The following invocation removes the credential with map name myMap
and key name myKey
:
deleteCred.py -map myMap -key myKey
The offline script modifyBootStrapCredential
modifies the bootstrap credentials configured in the default jps context, and
it is typically used in the following scenario: suppose that the policy and
credential stores are LDAP-based, and the credentials to access the LDAP store
(stored in the LDAP server) are changed. Then this script can be used to seed
those changes into the bootstrap credential store.
This script is available in interactive mode only.
modifyBootStrapCredential(jpsConfigFile="pathName", username="usrName", password="usrPass")
The meanings of the arguments (all required) are as follows:
§
jpsConfigFile
specifies the location of the file jps-config.xml
relative to the location where the script is run. Example location: /u00/webadmin/product/wls_apps/user_projects/domains/APPDomain/config/fmwconfig.
Example location of the bootstrap wallet is /u00/webadmin/product/wls_apps/user_projects/domains/APPDomain/config/fmwconfig/bootstrap
§
username
specifies the distinguished name of the
user in the LDAP store.
§
password
specifies the password of the user.
Example of Use:
Suppose that in the LDAP store, the password of the user with
distinguished name cn=orcladmin
has been changed to welcome1
,
and that the configuration file jps-config.xml
is located in the
current directory.Then the following invocation changes the password in the
bootstrap credential store to welcome1
:
modifyBootStrapCredential(jpsConfigFile='./jps-config.xml', username='cn=orcladmin', password='welcome1')
Any output regarding the audit service can be disregarded.
The offline script addBootStrapCredential
adds a
password credential with given map, key, user name, and user password to the
bootstrap credentials configured in the default jps context of a jps
configuration file.
Classloaders contain a hierarchy with parent classloaders and
child classloaders. The relationship between parent and child classloaders is
analogous to the object relationship of super classes and subclasses. The
bootstrap classloader is the root of the Java classloader hierarchy. The Java
virtual machine (JVM) creates the bootstrap classloader, which loads the Java
development kit (JDK) internal classes and java.*
packages
included in the JVM. (For example, the bootstrap classloader loads java.lang.String
.)
This script is available in interactive mode only.
addBootStrapCredential(jpsConfigFile="pathName", map="mapName", key="keyName", username="usrName", password="usrPass")
The meanings of the arguments (all required) are as follows:
§
jpsConfigFile
specifies the location of the file jps-config.xml
relative to the location where the script is run. Example location: /u00/webadmin/product/wls_apps/user_projects/domains/APPDomain/config/fmwconfig
§
map
specifies the map of the credential to add.
§
key
specifies the key of the credential to add.
§
username
specifies the name of the user in the
credential to add.
§
password
specifies the password of the user in the
credential to add.
Example of Use:
The following invocation adds a credential to the bootstrap credential store:
addBootStrapCredential(jpsConfigFile='./jps-config.xml', map='myMapName', key='myKeyName', username='myUser', password =’myPass’)
Retail app |
Wallet type |
Wallet loc |
Wallet partition |
Alias name |
User name |
Use |
Create by |
Alias Example |
Notes |
RMS batch |
DB |
<RMS batch install dir (RETAIL_HOME)>/.wallet |
n/a |
<Database SID>_<Database schema owner> |
<rms schema owner> |
Compile, execution |
Installer |
n/a |
Alias hard-coded by installer |
RMS forms |
DB |
<forms install dir>/base/.wallet |
n/a |
<Database SID>_<Database schema owner> |
<rms schema owner> |
Compile |
Installer |
n/a |
Alias hard-coded by installer |
ARI forms |
DB |
<forms install dir>/base/.wallet |
n/a |
<Db_Ari01> |
<ari schema owner> |
Compile |
Manual |
ari-alias |
|
RMWS forms |
DB |
<forms install dir>/base/.wallet |
n/a |
<Database SID>_<Database schema owner> |
<rwms schema owner> |
Compile forms, execute batch |
Installer |
n/a |
Alias hard-coded by installer |
RPM batch plsql and sqlldr |
DB |
<RPM batch install dir>/.wallet |
n/a |
<rms schema owner alias> |
<rms schema owner> |
Execute batch |
Manual |
rms-alias |
RPM plsql and sqlldr batches |
RWMS auto-login |
JAVA |
<forms install dir>/base/.javawallet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<RWMS Installation name> |
<RWMS database user alias> |
<RWMS schema owner> |
RWMS forms app to avoid dblogin screen |
Installer |
rwms14inst |
|
|
|
|
<RWMS Installation name> |
BI_ALIAS |
<BI Publisher administrative user> |
RWMS forms app to connect to BI Publisher |
Installer |
n/a |
Alias hard-coded by installer |
AIP app |
JAVA |
<weblogic domain home>/retail/<deployed aip app name>/config
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
aip14 |
<AIP weblogic user alias> |
<AIP weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
aip-weblogic-alias |
|
|
|
|
aip14 |
<AIP database schema user alias> |
<AIP database schema user name> |
App use |
Installer |
aip01user-alias |
|
|
|
|
aip14 |
<rib-aip weblogic user alias> |
<rib-aip weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
rib-aip-weblogic-alias |
|
RPM app |
DB credential store |
|
Map=rpm14 or what you called the app at install time. |
Many for app use |
|
|
|
|
<weblogic domain home>/config/fmwconfig/jps-config.xml has info on the credential store. This directory also has the domain cwallet.sso file.
|
RPM app |
JAVA |
<weblogic domain home>/retail/<deployed rpm app name>/config
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
rpm14 |
<rpm weblogic user alias> |
<rpm weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
rpm-weblogic-alias |
|
|
|
|
rpm14 |
<rpm batch user name> is the alias. Yes, here alias name = user name |
<rpm batch user name> |
App, batch use |
Installer |
RETAIL.USER |
|
|
JAVA |
<retail_home>/orpatch/config/javaapp_rpm |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<rpm weblogic user alias> |
<rpm weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
weblogic-alias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<rms shema user alias> |
<rms shema user name> |
App, batch use |
Installer |
rms01user-alias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<reim batch user alias> |
<reim batch user name> |
App, batch use |
Installer |
reimbat-alias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<LDAP-ALIAS> |
cn=rpm.admin,cn=Users,dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com |
LDAP user use |
Installer |
LDAP_ALIAS |
|
ReIM app |
JAVA |
<weblogic domain home>/retail/<deployed reim app name>/config
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
<installed app name, ex: reim14> |
<reim weblogic user alias> |
<reim weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
weblogic-alias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name, ex: reim14> |
<rms shema user alias> |
<rms shema user name> |
App, batch use |
Installer |
rms01user-alias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name, ex: reim14> |
<reim webservice validation user alias> |
<reim webservice validation user name> |
App use |
Installer |
reimwebservice-alias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name, ex: reim14> |
<reim batch user alias> |
<reim batch user name> |
App, batch use |
Installer |
reimbat-alias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name, ex: reim14> |
<LDAP-ALIAS> |
cn=REIM.ADMIN,cn=Users,dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com |
LDAP user use |
Installer |
LDAP_ALIAS |
|
|
JAVA |
<retail_home>/orpatch/config/javaapp_reim |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<reim weblogic user alias> |
<reim weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
weblogic-alias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<rms shema user alias> |
<rms shema user name> |
App, batch use |
Installer |
rms01user-alias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<reim webservice validation user alias> |
<reim webservice validation user name> |
App use |
Installer |
reimwebservice-alias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<reim batch user alias> |
<reim batch user name> |
App, batch use |
Installer |
reimbat-alias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<LDAP-ALIAS> |
cn=REIM.ADMIN,cn=Users,dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com |
LDAP user use |
Installer |
LDAP_ALIAS |
|
RESA app |
DB credential store |
|
Map=resa14 or what you called the app at install time |
Many for login and policies |
|
|
|
|
<weblogic domain home>/config/fmwconfig/jps-config.xml has info on the credential store. This directory also has the domain cwallet.sso file. The bootstrap directory under this directory has bootstrap cwallet.sso file.
|
RESA app |
JAVA |
<weblogic domain home>/retail/<deployed resa app name>/config
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
<resa weblogic user alias> |
<resa weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
wlsalias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
<resa schema db user alias> |
<rmsdb shema user name> |
App use |
Installer |
Resadb-alias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
<resa schema user alias> |
<rmsdb shema user name>> |
App use |
Installer |
resa-alias |
|
|
JAVA |
<retail_home>/orpatch/config/javaapp_resa
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<resa weblogic user alias> |
<resa weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
wlsalias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<resa schema db user alias> |
<rmsdb shema user name> |
App use |
Installer |
Resadb-alias |
|
|
JAVA |
<retail_ home>/orpatch/config/javaapp_rasrm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<alloc weblogic user alias> |
<alloc weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
weblogic-alias |
|
Alloc app |
DB credential store |
|
Map=alloc 14 or what you called the app at install time |
Many for login and policies |
|
|
|
|
<weblogic domain home>/config/fmwconfig/jps-config.xml has info on the credential store. This directory also has the domain cwallet.sso file. The bootstrap directory under this directory has bootstrap cwallet.sso file.
|
Alloc app |
JAVA |
<weblogic domain home>/retail/config
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
<alloc weblogic user alias> |
<alloc weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
weblogic-alias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
<rms schema user alias> |
<rms schema user name> |
App use |
Installer |
dsallocAlias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
<alloc batch user alias> |
<SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR> |
Batch use |
Installer |
alloc14 |
|
|
JAVA |
<retail_ home>/orpatch/config/javaapp_alloc
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<alloc weblogic user alias> |
<alloc weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
weblogic-alias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<rms schema user alias> |
<rms schema user name> |
App use |
Installer |
dsallocAlias |
|
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<alloc batch user alias> |
<SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR> |
Batch use |
Installer |
alloc14 |
|
|
JAVA |
<retail_ home>/orpatch/config/javaapp_rasrm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each alias must be unique |
|
|
|
retail_installer |
<alloc weblogic user alias> |
<alloc weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
weblogic-alias |
|
SIM app |
DB credential store |
|
Map=oracle.retail.sim |
Aliases required for SIM app use |
|
|
|
|
<weblogic domain home>/config/fmwconfig/jps-config.xml has info on the credential store. This directory also has the domain cwallet.sso file. |
|
JAVA |
<weblogic domain home>/retail/<deployed sim app name>/batch/resources/conf
|
oracle.retail.sim |
<sim batch user alias> |
<sim batch user name> |
App use |
Installer |
BATCH-ALIAS |
|
|
JAVA |
<weblogic domain home>/retail/<deployed sim app name>/wireless/resources/conf
|
oracle.retail.sim |
<sim wireless user alias> |
<sim wireless user name> |
App use |
Installer |
WIRELESS-ALIAS |
|
RETL |
JAVA |
<RETL home>/etc/security |
n/a |
<target application user alias> |
<target application db userid> |
App use |
Manual |
retl_java_rms01user |
User may vary depending on RETL flow’s target application |
RETL |
DB |
<RETL home>/.wallet |
n/a |
<target application user alias> |
<target application db userid> |
App use |
Manual |
<db>_<user> |
User may vary depending on RETL flow’s target application |
RIB |
JAVA |
<RIBHOME DIR>/deployment-home/conf/security |
|
|
|
|
|
|
<app> is one of aip, rfm, rms, rpm, sim, rwms, tafr |
JMS |
|
|
jms<1-5> |
<jms user alias> for jms<1-5> |
<jms user name> for jms<1-5> |
Integra- |
Installer |
jms-alias |
|
WebLogic |
|
|
rib-<app>-app-server-instance |
<rib-app weblogic user alias> |
<rib-app weblogic user name> |
Integra- |
Installer |
weblogic-alias |
|
Admin GUI |
|
|
rib-<app>#web-app-user-alias |
<rib-app admin gui user alias> |
<rib-app admin gui user name> |
Integra- |
Installer |
admin-gui-alias |
|
Application |
|
|
rib-<app>#user-alias |
<app weblogic user alias> |
<app weblogic user name> |
Integra- |
Installer |
app-user-alias |
Valid only for aip, rpm, sim |
DB |
|
|
rib-<app>#app-db-user-alias |
<rib-app database schema user alias> |
<rib-app database schema user name> |
Integra- |
Installer |
db-user-alias |
Valid only for rfm, rms, rwms, tafr |
Error Hospital |
|
|
rib-<app>#hosp-user-alias |
<rib-app error hospital database schema user alias> |
<rib-app error hospital database schema user name> |
Integra- |
Installer |
hosp-user-alias |
|
RFI |
Java |
<RFI-HOME>/retail-financial-integration-solution/service-based-integration/conf/security |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
rfiAppServerAdminServerUserAlias |
<rfi weblogic user name> |
App use |
Installer |
rfiAppServerAdminServerUserAlias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
rfiAdminUiUserAlias |
<ORFI admin user> |
App use |
Installer |
rfiAdminUiUserAlias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
rfiDataSourceUserAlias |
<ORFI schema user name> |
App use |
Installer |
rfiDataSourceUserAlias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
ebsDataSourceUserAlias |
<EBS schema user name> |
App use |
Installer |
ebsDataSourceUserAlias |
|
|
|
|
<installed app name> |
smtpMailFromAddressAlias |
<From email address> |
App use |
Installer |
smtpMailFromAddressAlias |
|
Please refer to $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/utilities/create_synonyms_one_user.sql.
-- ------------------------------------------
-- Copyright (C) 2013,2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
-- ------------------------------------------
-- This script creates synonyms in one schema (the synonym schema) to all objects
-- in another schema (the owning schema)
-- Arguments: synonym_schema owning_schema
set serveroutput on size unlimited
set escape on
declare
synonym_schema varchar2(30);
owning_schema varchar2(30);
run_schema varchar2(30);
missing_object varchar2(130);
prefix1 varchar2(128);
prefix2 varchar2(128);
cursor c_get_missing_object (ownerschema in varchar2,synschema in varchar2) is
(select object_name
from dba_objects
where owner = upper(ownerschema)
and object_type in ('TABLE', 'VIEW', 'CLUSTER', 'FUNCTION', 'PACKAGE', 'PROCEDURE', 'SEQUENCE', 'TYPE')
and object_name not like 'DBC_%'
and object_name not like 'BIN$%'
union
select synonym_name from dba_synonyms
where
owner = ownerschema
and table_name in ('ARI_INTERFACE_SQL','RMS_NOTIFICATION_REC') and synonym_name in ('ARI_INTERFACE_SQL','RMS_NOTIFICATION_REC'))
MINUS
select object_name
from dba_objects
where owner = upper(synschema)
order by 1;
begin
synonym_schema := sys.dbms_assert.schema_name(upper('&1'));
owning_schema := sys.dbms_assert.schema_name(upper('&2'));
run_schema := sys.dbms_assert.schema_name('&_USER');
IF synonym_schema <> run_schema THEN
prefix1:=sys.dbms_assert.enquote_name(synonym_schema,FALSE)||'.';
ELSE
prefix1:='';
END IF;
IF owning_schema <> run_schema THEN
prefix2:=sys.dbms_assert.enquote_name(owning_schema,FALSE)||'.';
ELSE
prefix2:='';
END IF;
open c_get_missing_object(owning_schema,synonym_schema);
LOOP
fetch c_get_missing_object into missing_object;
--When at end of objects, exit
if c_get_missing_object%NOTFOUND then
exit;
end if;
missing_object:=sys.dbms_assert.enquote_name(missing_object,FALSE);
BEGIN
execute immediate 'CREATE SYNONYM '||prefix1||missing_object||' FOR '||prefix2||missing_object;
dbms_output.put_line('Created synonym '||prefix1||missing_object||' pointing to '||prefix2||missing_object);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
dbms_output.put_line('Create synonym FAILED '||missing_object||' '||SQLCODE||' - '||SQLERRM);
END;
END LOOP;
close c_get_missing_object;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
raise;
end;
/
To manually recompile forms, please use the ORCompile utility
This is only possible after installer has been run and configured Oracle Retail Patch Assistant.
§ Set RETAIL_HOME environment variable
§ $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin/orcompile –a RMS –t FORMS
Usage:
orcompile -a <app> -t <type>
Potential Apps and Types:
ALLOC => DB-ALC,DB-RMS
REIM => DB
RMS => BATCH,DB,DB-ASYNC,DB-DEMO,FORMS
To manually recompile batch, please use the ORCompile utility.
This is only possible after installer has been run and configured Oracle Retail Patch Assistant.
§ Set RETAIL_HOME environment variable
§ $RETAIL_HOME/orpatch/bin/orcompile –a RMS –t BATCH
Usage:
orcompile -a <app> -t <type>
Potential Apps and Types:
ALLOC => DB-ALC,DB-RMS
REIM => DB
RMS => BATCH,DB,DB-ASYNC,DB-DEMO,FORMS
This section provides a guideline as to the order in which the Oracle Retail applications should be installed. If a retailer has chosen to use some, but not all, of the applications the order is still valid less the applications not being installed.
Note: The installation order is not meant to imply integration between products.
1. Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS), Oracle Retail Trade Management (RTM)
2. Oracle Retail Sales Audit (ReSA)
3. Oracle Retail Extract, Transform, Load (RETL)
4. Oracle Retail Active Retail Intelligence (ARI)
5. Oracle Retail Warehouse Management System (RWMS)
6. Oracle Retail Invoice Matching (ReIM)
7. Oracle Retail Price Management (RPM)
Note: During installation of RPM, you are asked for the RIBforRPM provider URL. Because RIB is installed after RPM, make a note of the URL you enter. To change the RIBforRPM provider URL after you install RIB, edit the remote_service_locator_info_ribserver.xml file.
8. Oracle Retail Allocation
9. Oracle Retail Mobile Merchandising (ORMM)
10. Oracle Retail Central Office (ORCO)
11. Oracle Retail Returns Management (ORRM)
12. Oracle Retail Back Office (ORBO)
13. Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management (SIM)
14. Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS)
15. Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF)
16. Oracle Retail Category Management (RCM)
17. Oracle Retail Replenishment Optimization (RO)
18. Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator Replenishment Optimization (APC RO)
19. Oracle Retail Regular Price Optimization (RPO)
20. Oracle Retail Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP)
21. Oracle Retail Size Profile Optimization (SPO)
22. Oracle Retail Assortment Planning (AP)
23. Oracle Retail Item Planning (IP)
24. Oracle Retail Item Planning Configured for COE (IP COE)
25. Oracle Retail Advanced Inventory Planning (AIP)
26. Oracle Retail Analytics
27. Oracle Retail Advanced Science Engine (ORASE)
28. Oracle Retail Integration Bus (RIB)
29. Oracle Retail Service Backbone (RSB)
30. Oracle Retail Financial Integration (ORFI)
31. Oracle Retail Point-of-Service (ORPOS)
§ Oracle Retail Mobile Point-of-Service (ORMPOS) (requires ORPOS)
32. Oracle Retail Markdown Optimization (MDO)
33. Oracle Retail Clearance Optimization Engine (COE)
34. Oracle
Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Markdown Optimization
(APC-MDO)
35. Oracle
Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization
(APC-RPO)
36. Oracle Retail Macro Space Planning (MSP)
The Oracle Retail Enterprise suite includes Macro Space Planning. This can be installed independently of and does not affect the installation order of the other applications in the suite. If Macro Space Planning is installed, the installation order for its component parts is:
§ Oracle Retail Macro Space Management (MSM)
§ Oracle Retail In-Store Space Collaboration (ISSC) (requires MSM)
§ Oracle Retail Mobile In-Store Space Collaboration (requires MSM and ISSC)