Oracle® Access Manager Upgrade Guide 10g (10.1.4.2.0) Part Number B32416-01 |
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The following sections describe the new features in Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1) that are described in this manual:
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For a comprehensive list of new features and functions in Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1), and a description of where each is documented, see the chapter on What's New in Oracle Access Manager in the Oracle Access Manager Introduction.The original product name, Oblix NetPoint, has changed to Oracle Access Manager. Most component names remain the same. However, there are several important changes that you should know about, as shown in the following table:
All legacy references in the product or documentation should be understood to connote the new names.
Planning details for typical deployment scenarios have been added to this book to assist you and your team. This chapter includes a methodology that you can follow based on the two deployment scenarios. Downtime assessment considerations are included to help you establish a time frame for the upgrade in your environment.
Planning summaries can be used as a guide as you gather information about your existing deployments and begin planning for the upgrade. Tracking summaries are included so that you and your team can quickly follow the progession of activities that must be performed during any upgrade process.
This book provides upgrade concepts and methods, as well as strategies for back up and recovery and for proceeding with an upgrade when certain support has been deprecated.
Get a quick tour of the automated processes and manual tasks involved in the upgrade. Discussions include information about what is preserved during automated processing and what must be handled manually
Changes in supported platforms and versions are discussed in this book.
A new chapter has been added that describes system behavior changes between earlier Oracle Access Manager releases and 10g (10.1.4.0.1). For example, Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1) has undergone a process to provide globalization support for 29 languages through the use of Unicode. This support is discussed in detail. Some file formats have changed form the proprietary .lst format to .xml as you can see in all guides. Other system changes have also occurred and are summarized in a centralized overview.
Tasks that you must complete to prepare your earlier installation for the upgrade have been expanded and divided according to upgrade type for your convenience.
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A new methodology has been developed to assist administrators who are responsible for the schema and data to perform a schema and data upgrade and ensure that it is successful before the rest of the installation is upgraded.
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A new section in this book is devoted to upgrading components following a successful schema and data upgrade.
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This information has been expanded and divided according to customization types: Identity System customizations and Access System customizations.
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The definitions of oblix_audit_events, oblix_rpt_as_reports, oblix_rpt_as_resources, and oblix_rpt_as_users tables have changed in Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1) to support internationalized characters. The steps you need to take to process internationalized characters depend on the type of database you are using.
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In earlier releases, the challenge phrase and response attributes were allowed on different panels of the Profile page of the User Manager, Group Manager, and Organization Manager. In 10g (10.1.4.0.1), however, both the challenge phrase and response attributes must be on the same panel.
A new chapter has been added to help you validate the upgraded environment.
Using Release 10.1.4 Patch Set 1 (10.1.4.2.0) tools and details in Chapter 15, you can upgrade your deployment while ensuring there is little or no downtime for your customers (zero downtime upgrade method). The resulting deployment will be Release 10.1.4 Patch Set 1 (10.1.4.2.0).
Oracle Access Manager provides a way to upgrade an existing deployment to 10g (10.1.4.0.1) on a Solaris platform while switching to a supported Linux platform. The resulting deployment will be release 10g (10.1.4.0.1).
A new troubleshooting appendix includes information to help you during all upgrades tasks and processes.