29 Managing Oracle User Messaging Service

This chapter describes how to manage Oracle User Messaging Service.

This chapter includes the following topic:

29.1 Deploying Drivers

When you install Oracle UMS, pre-installed drivers are included (Email, XMPP, SMPP, and VoiceXML). Of these, only the Email driver is deployed to the WebLogic Server. To deploy the others, target that driver to the WebLogic Server (using WebLogic Administration Console, or you can target the drivers when creating or extending the domain using the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard).

The Worklist driver must be deployed to a SOA Server if you want to make use of the UMS integration with Worklist. Because this integration involves multiple JEE applications and a SOA composite, there is a special extension template you must use to enable this feature in one step. See Install the Worklist Driver for more information.

You can deploy additional drivers in a variety of ways using: WLST commands (recommended), Oracle Enterprise Manager, and through the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard.

Note:

To deploy two or more driver instances of a particular driver EAR, you must use the custom deployment plan templates available at $ORACLE_HOME/communications/plans. Deploying drivers using WLST commands is recommended because these commands automatically modify your Deployment Plans for you; using other methods requires you to manually modify your Deployment Plans.

29.1.1 Deploy Drivers Using WLST Commands

You can deploy drivers using the WLST command deployUserMessagingDriver.

29.1.1.1 deployUserMessagingDriver

Command Category: UMS

Use with WLST: Online

29.1.1.1.1 Description

deployUserMessagingDriver is used to deploy additional instances of user messaging drivers.Specify a base driver type (for example: email, xmpp, voicexml, and others) and a short name for the new driver deployment. The string usermessagingdriver- is prepended to the specified application name. Any valid parameters for the deploy command can be specified, and is passed through when the driver is deployed.

29.1.1.1.2 Syntax
deployUserMessagingDriver(baseDriver, appName, [targets], [stageMode], [options])
Argument Definition
baseDriver Specifies the base messaging driver type.

Must be a known driver type, such as 'email', 'proxy', 'smpp', 'voicexml', or 'xmpp'.
appName A short descriptive name for the new deployment. The specified value is prepended with the string usermessagingdriver-
targets

stageMode

options

 Optional. Additional arguments that are valid for the deploy command can be specified and is passed through when the new driver is deployed.

29.1.1.1.3 Examples

To deploy a second instance of an email driver with name myEmail.

wls:/base_domain/serverConfig> deployUserMessagingDriver(baseDriver='email', appName='myEmail')

To deploy a second instance of an email driver, specifying deployment targets.

wls:/base_domain/serverConfig> deployUserMessagingDriver(baseDriver='email', appName='email2', targets='server1,server2')

29.1.2 Deploy Drivers Using Oracle Enterprise Manager

Follow these steps to deploy drivers using Oracle Enterprise Manager.

  1. Retrieve a deployment template (for example: ORACLE_HOME/communications/plans)

  2. Copy the plan to a location of your choice (to the same directory or any other directory).

  3. Edit the plan:

    Replace DriverDeploymentName with whichever name you want to use (ensure you replace all instances of the name).

    Replace DriverShortName with any name you like.

  4. Start Oracle Enterprise Manager.

  5. Enter the location of the .ear file (Figure 29-1).

  6. Enter the location of the Deployment Plan (Figure 29-1).

    Figure 29-1 Deploying UMS Drivers using Oracle Enterprise Manager

    Deploying UMS Drivers using EM
    Description of "Figure 29-1 Deploying UMS Drivers using Oracle Enterprise Manager"

    The Select Target screen appears.

    Figure 29-2 Select Target screen

    Select Target screen
    Description of "Figure 29-2 Select Target screen"

  7. Select the SOA target.

  8. Enter an application name in the Application Attributes screen. The application name must exactly match the string used for DriverDeploymentName (in Step 3 above) which is provided in the Deployment Plan. If it does not, the deployment and activation fails. The Deployment Setting screen appears.

    Figure 29-3 Deployment Settings screen

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    Description of "Figure 29-3 Deployment Settings screen"

  9. Click Deploy. The Deployment Completed screen appears.

    Figure 29-4 Deployment Completed screen

    Deployment Complete screen
    Description of "Figure 29-4 Deployment Completed screen"

  10. To see the result (driver deployed), start the SOA Server.

29.1.3 Deploy Drivers Using the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard

To install the SMPP, XMPP and VoiceXML drivers, extend the domain using the extension template available at $ORACLE_HOME/common/templates/applications/oracle.ums.drivers_template_11.1.1.jar.To extend a domain using Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard:

  1. Launch Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard ($ORACLE_HOME/common/bin/config.sh or %ORACLE_HOME%\common\bin\config.cmd).

  2. Select the Extend an existing WebLogic domain option.

  3. Select the desired domain directory containing UMS.

  4. Select the Extend my domain using an existing extension template option.

  5. Click Browse, and navigate to $ORACLE_HOME/common/templates/applications

  6. Select oracle.ums.drivers_template_11.1.1.jar

  7. Complete the remaining steps of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard, and remember to target the required drivers to the desired WebLogic servers and/or clusters.

  8. Restart the appropriate WebLogic servers.

29.2 Undeploying and Unregistering Drivers

Since Messaging Drivers are standard JEE applications, they can be undeployed from the Oracle WebLogic Server using standard Oracle WebLogic tools such as the Admin Console or WLST.

However, since the UMS server keeps track of the messaging drivers that have been registered with it in a persistent store (database), this registration must be cleaned in a separate step using a run time MBean exposed by the UMS server. The procedure to do this from Oracle Enterprise Manager is as follows:

  1. Ensure the UMS server is available.

  2. In Oracle Enterprise Manager, select any usermessagingserver target in the domain.

  3. From the target's menu, select System MBean Browser.

  4. In System MBean Browser, locate the ComponentAdministration MBean of usermessagingserver:

    Expand the folder com.oracle.sdp.messaging > Server (such as Server: soa_server1) > SDPMessagingrun time > ComponentAdministration.

  5. Invoke the operation listDriverInstances.

    1. Click the Operations tab.

    2. Click the operation listDriverInstances.

    3. Click Invoke.

    4. Identify and copy the name of the driver you want to unregister. (for example: /Farm_soa_bam_domain/soa_bam_domain/soa_server1/usermessagingdriver-email:oracle_sdpmessagingdriver_email#Email-Driver)

    Figure 29-5 Listing Driver Instances

    list driver in EM
    Description of "Figure 29-5 Listing Driver Instances"

  6. Click Return.

  7. Invoke the operation unregisterDriverInstance with the desired driver name.

    1. Click the operation unregisterDriverInstance.

    2. Paste the driver name in the Value field (for example: /Farm_soa_bam_domain/soa_bam_domain/soa_server1/usermessagingdriver-email:oracle_sdpmessagingdriver_email#Email-Driver).

    3. Click Invoke.

    Figure 29-6 Unregistering a Driver Instance

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    Description of "Figure 29-6 Unregistering a Driver Instance"

  8. Check the confirmation dialog for success.

This completes the unregistration of the specified driver from the UMS server and it is no longer used in future message delivery.