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1
Introduction to High Availability
1.1
What is High Availability
1.1.1
High Availability Problems
1.1.2
High Availability Solutions
1.2
High Availability Information in Other Documentation
2
Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Framework
2.1
Understanding Key Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts
2.1.1
What is a WebLogic Server Domain?
2.1.1.1
What Is the Administration Server?
2.1.1.2
Understanding Managed Servers and Managed Server Clusters
2.1.1.3
What Is Node Manager?
2.1.2
What Is a System Component Domain?
2.1.3
What Is a Middleware Home?
2.1.4
What Is an Oracle Home?
2.1.4.1
What Is an Oracle Common Home?
2.1.5
What Is a WebLogic Server Home?
2.2
Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Terminology
2.3
Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Solutions
2.3.1
Local High Availability
2.3.2
Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Technologies
2.3.2.1
Server Load Balancing
2.3.3
Active-Passive Deployment
2.3.4
About Active-Active and Active-Passive Solutions
2.3.5
Disaster Recovery
2.4
Protection from Planned and Unplanned Down Time
3
High Availability for WebLogic Server
3.1
What Is a WebLogic Server Cluster?
3.2
WebLogic Server Clusters and WebLogic Server Domains
3.3
Benefits of Clustering
3.4
Key Capabilities of a Cluster
3.4.1
Application Failover
3.4.2
Migration
3.4.3
Load Balancing
3.5
Types of Objects That Can Be Clustered
3.6
Communications in a Cluster
3.7
Cluster-Wide JNDI Naming Service
3.8
Failover and Replication in a Cluster
3.8.1
Session Replication
3.9
Whole Server Migration
3.9.1
Node Manager's Role in Whole Server Migration
3.9.2
Server Migration Processes and Communications
3.9.2.1
Startup Process in a Cluster with Migratable Servers
3.9.2.2
Automatic Whole Server Migration Process
3.9.2.3
Manual Whole Server Migration Process
3.9.2.4
Administration Server's Role in Whole Server Migration
3.9.2.5
Migratable Server Behavior in a Cluster
3.9.2.6
Node Manager's Role in Whole Server Migration
3.9.2.7
Cluster Master's Role in Whole Server Migration
3.10
JMS and JTA High Availability
3.10.1
User-Preferred Servers and Candidate Servers
3.11
Administration Server and Node Manager High Availability
3.11.1
Administration Server Failure
3.11.2
Node Manager Failure
3.12
Load Balancing
3.13
Multi Data Sources
3.14
Cluster Configuration and config.xml
3.15
About Singleton Services
3.16
WebLogic Server and LDAP High Availability
4
Considerations for High Availability Oracle Database Access
4.1
Oracle Real Application Clusters and Fusion Middleware
4.1.1
Java-Based Oracle Fusion Middleware Components Deployed to Oracle WebLogic Server
4.1.2
Using Multi Data Sources with Oracle RAC
4.1.2.1
Configuring Multi Data Sources for MDS Repositories
4.1.2.2
Oracle RAC Configuration Requirements
4.1.2.3
Configuring Schemas for Transactional Recovery Privileges
4.1.3
Configuring Multi Data Sources with Oracle RAC
4.1.4
Oracle RAC Failover with WebLogic Server
4.1.5
JDBC Clients
4.1.6
System Clients
4.1.6.1
Oracle Internet Directory
4.1.6.2
Oracle Forms
4.1.6.3
Oracle Portal
4.1.6.4
Oracle Reports and Oracle Discoverer
4.2
Protecting Idle Connections from Firewall Timeouts
4.3
Troubleshooting Real Application Clusters
4.4
Oracle Fusion Middleware Products are Certified to be used with 11.2 RDBMS Oracle RAC
5
Configuring High Availability for Oracle Fusion Middleware SOA Suite
5.1
Introduction to Oracle Fusion Middleware SOA Suite
5.2
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure High Availability
5.2.1
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Single-Instance Characteristics
5.2.1.1
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Application Characteristics
5.2.1.2
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Startup and Shutdown Lifecyle
5.2.1.3
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure External Dependencies
5.2.1.4
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Startup and Shut Down of Processes
5.2.1.5
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Configuration Artifacts
5.2.1.6
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Log File Locations
5.2.2
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.2.2.1
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
5.2.2.1.1
WebLogic Server Crash
5.2.2.1.2
Node Failure
5.2.2.1.3
Database Failure
5.2.2.2
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Cluster-Wide Deployment
5.2.2.3
Online Redeployment of Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Composites in Cluster
5.2.2.4
Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
5.3
Oracle BPEL Process Manager and High Availability Concepts
5.3.1
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Single-Instance Characteristics
5.3.1.1
BPEL Process Manager Component Characteristics
5.3.1.2
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Startup and Shutdown Lifecycle
5.3.1.3
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Request Flow and Recovery
5.3.1.4
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Configuration Artifacts
5.3.2
Oracle BPEL Process Manager High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.3.2.1
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
5.3.2.1.1
Recovering Failed BPEL and Mediator Instances
5.3.2.2
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
5.4
Oracle Mediator and High Availability Concepts
5.4.1
Oracle Mediator Single-Instance Characteristics
5.4.1.1
Oracle Mediator Component Characteristics
5.4.1.2
Oracle Mediator Startup and Shutdown Lifecycle
5.4.1.3
Oracle Mediator Request Flow
5.4.1.4
Oracle Mediator Configuration Artifacts
5.4.2
Oracle Mediator High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.4.2.1
Oracle Mediator Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
5.4.2.1.1
Recovering Failed Mediator Instances
5.4.2.2
Troubleshooting Oracle Mediator High Availability
5.5
Oracle Human Workflow and High Availability Concepts
5.5.1
Oracle Human Workflow Single-Instance Characteristics
5.5.1.1
Oracle Human Workflow Startup and Shutdown Lifecycle
5.5.1.2
Oracle Human Workflow Request Processing
5.5.1.3
Oracle Human Workflow Configuration Artifacts
5.5.1.3.1
Managing the URI of the Human Task Service Component Task Details Application
5.5.2
Oracle Human Workflow High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.5.2.1
Oracle Human Workflow Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
5.5.2.2
Manual Recovery Required for Human Workflow Task in Rejected MSG Table
5.5.3
Troubleshooting Oracle Human Workflow High Availability
5.6
Oracle B2B and High Availability Concepts
5.6.1
Oracle B2B Single-Instance Characteristics
5.6.1.1
Oracle B2B Component Characteristics
5.6.1.2
Oracle B2B Startup and Shutdown Lifecycle
5.6.1.3
Oracle B2B Request Flow
5.6.1.4
Oracle B2B Configuration Artifacts
5.6.2
Oracle B2B High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.6.2.1
Oracle B2B Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
5.6.2.2
Oracle B2B Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
5.6.2.3
Oracle B2B deployments in a Cluster
5.6.2.4
Troubleshooting Oracle B2B Active-Active Configuration
5.6.2.4.1
Purge, Import, or Deployment of B2B Metadata
5.6.2.4.2
Error While Retrieving Oracle B2B Document Definitions
5.7
Oracle Web Service Manager and High Availability Concepts
5.7.1
Oracle WSM Single-Instance Characteristics
5.7.1.1
Oracle WSM Component Characteristics
5.7.1.2
Oracle WSM Startup and Shutdown Lifecycle
5.7.1.3
Oracle WSM Request Flow
5.7.1.4
Oracle WSM Configuration Artifacts
5.7.2
Oracle WSM High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.7.2.1
Oracle WSM Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
5.7.2.2
Oracle WSM Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
5.7.2.3
Configuring the Java Object Cache for Oracle WSM
5.8
Oracle User Messaging Service and High Availability Concepts
5.8.1
Oracle User Messaging Service Single-Instance Characteristics
5.8.1.1
Oracle User Messaging Service Component Characteristics
5.8.1.2
Oracle User Messaging Service Startup and Shutdown Lifecycle
5.8.1.3
Oracle User Messaging Service Request Flow
5.8.1.4
Oracle User Messaging Service Configuration Artifacts
5.8.2
Oracle User Messaging Service High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.8.2.1
Oracle User Messaging Service Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
5.8.2.2
Oracle User Messaging Service Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
5.9
Oracle JCA Adapters and High Availability Concepts
5.9.1
Oracle JCA Adapters Single-Instance Characteristics
5.9.1.1
Oracle JCA Adapters Component Lifecycle
5.9.1.2
Oracle JCA Adapters Reliability and Transactional Behavior
5.9.1.3
Oracle JCA Adapters - Rejected Message Handling
5.9.2
Oracle JCA Adapters High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.9.2.1
Oracle JCA Adapters High Availability Error Handling
5.9.2.2
Oracle File and FTP Adapters High Availability
5.9.2.3
Oracle Database Adapters High Availability
5.9.2.4
Oracle JMS Adapters High Availability
5.9.2.5
Oracle JCA Adapters Log File Locations
5.10
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring and High Availability Concepts
5.10.1
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Single-Instance Characteristics
5.10.1.1
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Component Characteristics
5.10.1.2
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Startup/Shutdown Lifecycle
5.10.1.3
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Startup and Shutdown of Processes
5.10.1.4
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Configuration Artifacts
5.10.2
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
5.10.2.1
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
5.10.2.2
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
5.11
Configuring High Availability for Oracle SOA Service Infrastructure and Component Service Engines
5.11.1
Preparing the Environment: Prerequisite Steps Before Setting up a SOA High Availability Configuration
5.11.1.1
Database Prerequisites
5.11.1.2
VIP and IP Prerequisites
5.11.1.3
Shared Storage Prerequisites
5.11.1.4
Installing and Configuring an LDAP Provider
5.11.1.5
Synchronizing System Clocks
5.11.1.6
Terminology for Directories and Directory Environment Variables
5.11.1.7
Installing and Configuring the Database Repository
5.11.1.8
Using Oracle Fusion Middleware Repository Creation Utility to Load the Fusion Middleware Schemas in the Database
5.11.1.8.1
Running RCU
5.11.1.8.2
Configuring SOA Schemas for Transactional Recovery Privileges
5.11.2
Installing Oracle HTTP Server on WebHost1
5.11.2.1
Validating Oracle HTTP Server
5.11.3
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware Home
5.11.3.1
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
5.11.3.2
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware for Oracle SOA
5.11.4
Enabling VIP1 in APPHOST1 and VIP2 APPHOST2
5.11.5
Running Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard on APPHOST1 to Create the SOA Domain
5.11.6
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server on APPHOST1
5.11.7
Starting the System in APPHOST1
5.11.7.1
Starting the Administration Server on APPHOST1
5.11.7.2
Validating the Administration Server
5.11.7.3
Disabling Host Name Verification for the Administration Server and the WLS_SOA1 Managed Server
5.11.7.4
Starting Node Manager on APPHOST1
5.11.7.5
Using Oracle Coherence for Deploying Composites
5.11.7.6
Running the soa-createUDD.py Script
5.11.7.7
Starting and Validating the WLS_SOA1 Managed Server
5.11.8
Install WebLogic Server and Oracle SOA on APPHOST2
5.11.9
Propagating the Domain Configuration to APPHOST2 with pack/unpack Utilities
5.11.10
Extracting XEngine Files in the Second Node
5.11.11
Starting the System in APPHOST2
5.11.11.1
Disabling Host Name Verification for the WLS_SOA2 Managed Server
5.11.11.2
Starting Node Manager on APPHOST2
5.11.11.3
Starting and Validating the WLS_SOA2 Managed Server
5.11.12
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for the Administration Server and the WLS_SOAn Managed Servers
5.11.12.1
Validating Access through Oracle HTTP Server
5.11.12.2
Configuring JMS Persistence Store as Shared Across the Servers
5.11.12.3
Configuring a Default Persistent Store for Transaction Recovery
5.11.13
Setting the Front End HTTP Host and Port
5.11.14
Deploying Applications
5.11.15
Configuring Server Migration for the WLS_SOA Servers
5.11.16
Scaling the Topology
5.11.16.1
Scaling Up the Topology (Adding Managed Servers to Existing Nodes)
5.11.16.2
Scaling Out the Topology (Adding Managed Servers to New Nodes)
5.12
Configuring High Availability for Oracle BAM
5.12.1
Preparing the Environment: Prerequisite Steps Before Setting up a High Availability Configuration for Oracle BAM
5.12.1.1
Database Prerequisites
5.12.1.2
VIP and IPs Prerequisites
5.12.1.3
Installing and Configuring the Database Repository
5.12.1.4
Using Oracle Fusion Middleware Repository Creation Utility to Load Oracle Fusion Middleware schemas
5.12.1.4.1
Running RCU
5.12.2
Installing Oracle HTTP Server on WebHost1
5.12.2.1
Validating Oracle HTTP Server
5.12.3
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware Home
5.12.3.1
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
5.12.3.2
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware for Oracle SOA
5.12.4
Enabling VIP0 and VIP1 on APPHOST1
5.12.5
Running Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard on APPHOST1 to Create the WebLogic Server Oracle BAM Domain
5.12.6
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server and for WLS_BAM1 on APPHOST1
5.12.7
Starting the Administration Server on APPHOST1
5.12.8
Disabling Host Name Verification for the Servers
5.12.9
Configuring a JMS Persistence Store for BAM UMS
5.12.10
Configuring a Default Persistence Store for Transaction Recovery
5.12.11
Untargeting the BAM Server System from APPHOST2
5.12.12
Propagating the Domain Configuration from APPHOST1 with pack/unpack Utilities
5.12.13
Starting Node Manager on APPHOST1 and APPHOST2
5.12.14
Starting the Oracle BAM System
5.12.15
Configuring RAC Failover for the WLS_BAM Servers
5.12.16
Configuring the BAM Web Applications to Use the BAM Server in APPHOST1
5.12.17
Configuring the ADCServer to Use the Appropriate BAMServer Address
5.12.18
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for the Administration Server and the WLS_BAMn Managed Servers
5.12.19
Validating Access through Oracle HTTP Server
5.12.20
Configuring Server Migration for the WLS_BAM Servers
5.12.20.1
Setting Up the User and Tablespace for the Server Migration Leasing Table
5.12.20.2
Creating a Multi-Data Source from the WebLogic Server Administration Console
5.12.20.3
Edit the Node Manager's Properties File
5.12.20.4
Set Environment and Superuser Privileges for the wlsifconfig.sh Script
5.12.20.5
Configure Server Migration Targets
5.12.20.6
Test Server Migration
6
Configuring High Availability for Oracle ADF and WebCenter Applications
6.1
Oracle ADF and High Availability Concepts
6.1.1
Understanding Oracle ADF
6.1.1.1
Oracle ADF Components
6.1.1.1.1
ADF Business Components
6.1.1.1.2
ADF Model Layer
6.1.1.1.3
ADF Controller
6.1.1.1.4
ADF Faces Rich Client
6.1.1.2
Oracle ADF Single Node Architecture
6.1.1.3
Oracle ADF External Dependencies
6.1.1.4
Oracle ADF Log File
6.1.2
Oracle ADF High Availability Considerations
6.1.2.1
Oracle ADF Scope and Session State
6.1.2.2
Oracle ADF Failover and Expected Behavior
6.1.2.3
Oracle ADF Active Data Services
6.1.2.4
Configuring the ADF Application Module for Oracle RAC
6.1.3
Configuring Oracle ADF for High Availability
6.1.3.1
Configuring Application Modules
6.1.3.2
Configuring weblogic.xml
6.1.3.3
Configuring adf-config.xml
6.1.3.4
Configuring org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.CHECK_FILE_MODIFICATION
6.1.4
Troubleshooting Oracle ADF High Availability
6.1.4.1
Troubleshooting Oracle ADF Development Issues
6.1.4.2
Troubleshooting Oracle ADF Deployment Issues
6.1.4.3
Troubleshooting Oracle ADF Replication and Failover Issues
6.2
Configuring an Oracle ADF High Availability Deployment
6.2.1
Terminology for Directories and Directory Environment Variables
6.2.2
Using RCU to Load Fusion Middleware Schemas in the Database
6.2.2.1
Running RCU
6.2.3
Installing Oracle HTTP Server on WEBHOST1
6.2.3.1
Validating Oracle HTTP Server
6.2.4
Installing the Oracle Fusion Middleware Home
6.2.4.1
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
6.2.4.2
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware for Oracle ADF Applications
6.2.5
Administration Server High Availability
6.2.6
Running the Configuration Wizard on APPHOST1 to Create the WebLogic Server ADF Domain
6.2.6.1
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server and Managed Servers on APPHOST1
6.2.7
Starting the System in APPHOST1
6.2.7.1
Starting the Administration Server on APPHOST1
6.2.7.2
Validating the Administration Server
6.2.7.3
Disabling Host Name Verification for the Administration Server and Managed Servers for APPHOST1 and APPHOST2
6.2.7.4
Starting Node Manager on APPHOST1
6.2.8
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle ADF on APPHOST2
6.2.9
Propagating the Domain Configuration to APPHOST2 with pack/unpack Utilities
6.2.9.1
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server and Managed Servers on APPHOST2
6.2.9.2
Starting Node Manager on APPHOST2
6.2.9.3
Configuring the ADF Application for Replication
6.2.9.4
Deploying the ADF Application
6.2.9.5
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for the Administration Server and Oracle WebCenter Managed Servers
6.2.9.6
Validating Access through Oracle HTTP Server
6.3
Oracle WebCenter and High Availability Concepts
6.3.1
Understanding Oracle WebCenter
6.3.1.1
Oracle WebCenter Components
6.3.1.2
Oracle WebCenter Single-node Architecture
6.3.1.3
Oracle WebCenter State and Configuration Persistence
6.3.1.4
Oracle WebCenter External Dependencies
6.3.1.5
Oracle WebCenter Configuration Considerations
6.3.1.6
Oracle WebCenter Log File Locations
6.3.2
WebCenter High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
6.3.2.1
Oracle WebCenter Applications
6.3.2.2
Oracle WebCenter Startup Order
6.3.2.3
Deploying WebCenter Application on a Cluster
6.3.2.4
Oracle WebCenter State Replication
6.3.2.5
Understanding the Distributed Java Object Cache
6.3.2.6
Oracle WebCenter Protection from Failover and Expected Behavior
6.3.2.7
Expected Behavior for Application Failover
6.3.2.8
Monitoring Logging of Application Deployments
6.3.2.9
Oracle WebCenter Cluster-wide Configuration Changes
6.3.2.10
Maintaining Configuration in a Clustered Environment
6.4
Configuring High Availability for Oracle WebCenter
6.4.1
Preparing the Environment: Prerequisite Steps Before Setting up an Oracle WebCenter High Availability Configuration
6.4.1.1
Database Prerequisites
6.4.1.2
VIP and IP Prerequisites
6.4.1.3
Installing and Configuring the Database Repository
6.4.1.4
Installing and Configuring an LDAP Provider
6.4.1.5
Terminology for Directories and Directory Environment Variables
6.4.1.6
Using Oracle Fusion Middleware Repository Creation Utility to Load the Fusion Middleware Schemas in the Database
6.4.1.6.1
Running RCU
6.4.2
Installing Oracle HTTP Server on WebHost1
6.4.2.1
Validating Oracle HTTP Server
6.4.3
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware Home
6.4.3.1
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
6.4.3.2
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware for Oracle WebCenter
6.4.4
Enabling the Administration Server VIP
6.4.5
Running Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard on APPHOST1 to Create the WebLogic Server WebCenter Domain
6.4.6
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server and for Managed Servers on APPHOST1
6.4.7
Starting the System in APPHOST1
6.4.7.1
Starting the Administration Server on APPHOST1
6.4.7.2
Validating the Administration Server
6.4.7.3
Disabling Host name Verification for the Administration Server and the Managed Servers for APPHOST1 and APPHOST2
6.4.7.4
Starting Node Manager on APPHOST1
6.4.8
Install WebLogic Server and Oracle WebCenter on APPHOST2
6.4.9
Propagating the Domain Configuration to APPHOST2 with pack/unpack Utilities
6.4.10
Starting Node Manager on APPHOST2
6.4.11
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for the Administration Server and Oracle WebCenter Managed Servers
6.4.11.1
Validating Access through Oracle HTTP Server
6.4.12
Configuring Manual Failover of the Administration Server to APPHOST2
6.4.13
Configuring the Java Object Cache
6.4.14
Configuring Wiki Server
6.4.15
Configuring Oracle WebCenter for Replication
6.4.16
Configuring Clustering for Discussion Server
6.4.17
Scaling the Topology
6.4.17.1
Scaling Up the Topology (Adding Managed Servers to Existing Nodes)
6.4.17.2
Scaling Out the Topology (Adding Managed Servers to New Nodes)
6.4.18
Troubleshooting Oracle WebCenter High Availability
6.4.18.1
Troubleshooting Oracle WebCenter Deployment Issues
6.4.18.2
Troubleshooting Oracle WebCenter Replication and Failover Issues
6.4.18.3
Troubleshooting Lost Changes to Policies
6.4.18.4
Troubleshooting JOC Configuration
6.4.19
Converting Discussions Forum from Multicast to Unicast
6.5
Configuring High Availability for Custom Oracle ADF and WebCenter Applications
6.5.1
Configuring a Custom Application Cluster
6.5.2
Provisioning the Custom Application Cluster
7
Configuring High Availability for Identity Management Components
7.1
Identity Management Product Components and High Availability Concepts
7.1.1
About the 11
g
Oracle Identity Management Products
7.2
Prerequisites for Oracle Identity Management High Availability Configuration
7.2.1
Oracle Home Requirement
7.2.2
Database Prerequisites
7.2.3
Installing and Configuring the Database Repository
7.2.4
Installing the Repository Creation Utility Software
7.2.5
Configuring the Database for Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Metadata
7.2.5.1
Initialization Parameters
7.2.5.2
Database Examples in This Chapter
7.2.5.3
Database Services
7.2.5.4
Verifying Transparent Application Failover (TAF)
7.2.5.5
Configuring Virtual Server Names and Ports for the Load Balancer
7.2.5.5.1
Load Balancers
7.2.5.5.2
Virtual Server Names
7.3
Oracle Internet Directory High Availability
7.3.1
Oracle Internet Directory Component Architecture
7.3.1.1
Oracle Internet Directory Component Characteristics
7.3.1.1.1
Runtime Processes
7.3.1.1.2
Process Lifecycle
7.3.1.1.3
Request Flow
7.3.1.1.4
Configuration Artifacts
7.3.1.1.5
External Dependencies
7.3.1.1.6
Oracle Internet Directory Log File
7.3.2
Oracle Internet Directory High Availability Concepts
7.3.2.1
Oracle Internet Directory High Availability Architecture
7.3.2.1.1
Starting and Stopping the Cluster
7.3.2.1.2
Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
7.3.2.2
Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
7.3.2.2.1
Oracle Internet Directory Process Failure
7.3.2.2.2
Expected Client Application Behavior When Failure Occurs
7.3.2.2.3
External Dependency Failure
7.3.2.3
Oracle Internet Directory Prerequisites
7.3.2.3.1
Synchronizing the Time on Oracle Internet Directory Nodes
7.3.2.3.2
Using RCU to Create Oracle Internet Directory Schemas in the Repository
7.3.2.3.3
Load Balancer Virtual Server Names for Oracle Internet Directory
7.3.3
Oracle Internet Directory High Availability Configuration Steps
7.3.3.1
Configuring Oracle Internet Directory Without a WebLogic Domain
7.3.3.1.1
Installing Oracle Internet Directory on OIDHOST1
7.3.3.1.2
Oracle Internet Directory Component Names Assigned by Oracle Identity Management Installer
7.3.3.1.3
Installing Oracle Internet Directory on OIDHOST2
7.3.3.1.4
Registering Oracle Internet Directory with a WebLogic Domain
7.3.3.2
Configuring Oracle Internet Directory With a WebLogic Domain
7.3.3.2.1
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
7.3.3.2.2
Installing Oracle Internet Directory on OIDHOST1
7.3.3.2.3
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server on OIDHOST1
7.3.3.2.4
Installing Oracle Internet Directory on OIDHOST2
7.3.4
Validating Oracle Internet Directory High Availability
7.3.5
Oracle Internet Directory Failover and Expected Behavior
7.3.5.1
Performing an Oracle Internet Directory Failover
7.3.5.2
Performing a RAC Failover
7.3.6
Troubleshooting Oracle Internet Directory High Availability
7.3.7
Additional Oracle Internet Directory High Availability Issues
7.3.7.1
Changing the Password of the ODS Schema Used by Oracle Internet Directory
7.4
Oracle Virtual Directory High Availability
7.4.1
Oracle Virtual Directory Component Architecture
7.4.1.1
Oracle Virtual Directory Runtime Considerations
7.4.1.2
Oracle Virtual Directory Component Characteristics
7.4.1.2.1
Oracle Virtual Directory Log File
7.4.2
Oracle Virtual Directory High Availability Concepts
7.4.2.1
Oracle Virtual Directory High Availability Architecture
7.4.2.1.1
Oracle Virtual Directory High Availability Connect Features
7.4.2.2
Oracle Virtual Directory Prerequisites
7.4.2.2.1
Load Balancer Virtual Server Names for Oracle Virtual Directory
7.4.3
Oracle Virtual Directory High Availability Configuration Steps
7.4.3.1
Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory Without a WebLogic Domain
7.4.3.1.1
Installing Oracle Virtual Directory on OVDHOST1
7.4.3.1.2
Installing Oracle Virtual Directory on OVDHOST2
7.4.3.1.3
Registering Oracle Virtual Directory with a WebLogic Domain
7.4.3.2
Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory With a WebLogic Domain
7.4.3.2.1
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
7.4.3.2.2
Installing the First Oracle Virtual Directory
7.4.3.2.3
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server on OVDHOST1
7.4.3.2.4
Installing an Additional Oracle Virtual Directory
7.4.3.3
Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory with Highly Available Data Sources
7.4.3.3.1
Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory with a RAC Database
7.4.3.3.2
Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory with LDAP
7.4.4
Validating Oracle Virtual Directory High Availability
7.4.4.1
Validating Oracle Virtual Directory High Availability Using SSL
7.4.5
Oracle Virtual Directory Failover and Expected Behavior
7.4.5.1
Performing an Oracle Virtual Directory Failover
7.4.5.2
Performing a RAC Failover
7.4.6
Troubleshooting Oracle Virtual Directory High Availability
7.4.6.1
Troubleshooting LDAP Adapter Creation
7.5
Oracle Directory Integration Platform High Availability
7.5.1
Oracle Directory Integration Platform Component Architecture
7.5.1.1
Oracle Directory Integration Platform Component Characteristics
7.5.1.1.1
Runtime Processes
7.5.1.1.2
Process Lifecycle
7.5.1.1.3
Request Flow
7.5.1.1.4
Configuration Artifacts
7.5.1.1.5
External Dependencies
7.5.1.1.6
Oracle Directory Integration Platform Log File
7.5.2
Oracle Directory Integration Platform High Availability Concepts
7.5.2.1
Oracle Directory Integration Platform High Availability Architecture
7.5.2.1.1
Starting and Stopping the Cluster
7.5.2.1.2
Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
7.5.2.2
Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
7.5.2.2.1
Process Failure
7.5.2.2.2
Expected Client Application Behavior When Failure Occurs
7.5.2.2.3
External Dependency Failure
7.5.2.3
Oracle Directory Integration Platform Prerequisites
7.5.3
Oracle Directory Integration Platform and Oracle Directory Services Manager High Availability Configuration Steps
7.5.3.1
Installing the WebLogic Administration Server on IDMHOST1 and IDMHOST2
7.5.3.2
Installing and Configuring Oracle Directory Integration Platform and Oracle Directory Services Manager on IDMHOST1
7.5.3.3
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server on IDMHOST1
7.5.3.4
Installing and Configuring Oracle Directory Integration Platform and Oracle Directory Services Manager on IDMHOST2
7.5.3.5
Post-Installation Steps for Oracle Directory Integration Platform and Oracle Directory Services Manager
7.5.3.5.1
Copy the Oracle Directory Integration Platform Configuration from IDMHOST1 to IDMHOST2
7.5.3.5.2
Start the Managed Server on IDMHOST2 in a Cluster
7.5.3.6
Installing Oracle HTTP Server on WEBHOST1 and WEBHOST2
7.5.3.6.1
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for Oracle Directory Services Manager High Availability
7.5.4
Oracle Directory Integration Platform Failover and Expected Behavior
7.5.5
Troubleshooting Oracle Directory Integration Platform High Availability
7.5.5.1
Managed Server Log File Exceptions Received for Oracle Directory Integration Platform During a RAC Failover
7.5.5.2
Dealing with Error Messages Received After Starting WebLogic Node Manager
7.5.5.3
If WebLogic Node Manager Fails to Start
7.5.5.4
Configuration Changes Do Not Automatically Propagate to All Oracle Directory Integration Platform Instances in a Highly Available Topology
7.5.5.5
Operation Cannot Be Completed for Unknown Errors Message
7.6
Oracle Directory Services Manager High Availability
7.6.1
Oracle Directory Services Manager Component Architecture
7.6.1.1
Oracle Directory Services Manager Component Characteristics
7.6.1.1.1
Lifecycle Management
7.6.1.1.2
Oracle Directory Services Manager Log File
7.6.2
Oracle Directory Services Manager High Availability Concepts
7.6.2.1
Oracle Directory Services Manager High Availability Architecture
7.6.2.1.1
Starting and Stopping the Cluster
7.6.2.2
Protection from Failures and Expected Behaviors
7.6.2.2.1
Process Failure
7.6.2.2.2
Expected Client Application Behavior When Failure Occurs
7.6.2.2.3
Expected Dependency Failure
7.6.2.3
Oracle Directory Services Manager Prerequisites
7.6.3
Oracle Directory Services Manager High Availability Configuration Steps
7.6.4
Validating Oracle Directory Services Manager High Availability
7.6.4.1
Performing a WebLogic Server Instance Failover
7.6.4.2
Performing a RAC Database Failover
7.6.5
Oracle Directory Services Manager Failover and Expected Behavior
7.6.5.1
Using Oracle Directory Services Manager to Validate a Failover of a Managed Server
7.6.5.2
Using Oracle Directory Services Manager to Validate a Failover of an Oracle Internet Directory Instance
7.6.5.3
Using Oracle Directory Services Manager to Validate a RAC Failover
7.6.6
Troubleshooting Oracle Directory Services Manager
7.6.6.1
Dealing with Error Messages Received After Starting WebLogic Node Manager
7.6.6.2
If WebLogic Node Manager Fails to Start
7.6.6.3
Oracle Directory Services Manager Failover Using Oracle HTTP Server is Not Transparent
7.6.6.4
Oracle Directory Services Manager Displays "LDAP Server is down" Message During Oracle Internet Directory Failover
7.6.6.5
Oracle Directory Services Manager Temporarily Loses Its Connection During RAC Failover
7.6.7
Additional Considerations for Oracle Directory Services Manager High Availability
7.7
Oracle Identity Federation High Availability
7.7.1
Oracle Identity Federation Component Architecture
7.7.1.1
Oracle Identity Federation Component Characteristics
7.7.1.1.1
Runtime Processes
7.7.1.1.2
Process Lifecycle
7.7.1.1.3
Request Flow
7.7.1.1.4
Configuration Artifacts
7.7.1.1.5
External Dependencies
7.7.1.1.6
Oracle Identity Federation Log File Location
7.7.2
Oracle Identity Federation High Availability Concepts
7.7.2.1
Oracle Identity Federation High Availability Architecture
7.7.2.1.1
Starting and Stopping the Cluster
7.7.2.1.2
Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
7.7.2.2
High Availability Considerations for Integration with Oracle Access Manager
7.7.2.3
Oracle Identity Federation Prerequisites
7.7.2.3.1
Using RCU to Create Oracle Identity Federation Schemas in the Repository
7.7.3
Oracle Identity Federation High Availability Configuration Steps
7.7.3.1
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
7.7.3.2
Installing Oracle Identity Federation on OIFHOST1
7.7.3.3
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server on OIFHOST1
7.7.3.4
Installing Oracle Identity Federation on OIFHOST2
7.7.3.5
Post-Installation Steps for Oracle Identity Federation
7.7.3.5.1
Copy the Oracle Identity Federation Configuration Directory from OIFHOST1 to OIFHOST2
7.7.3.5.2
Start the Managed Server on OIFHOST2 in a Cluster
7.7.3.5.3
Configure Oracle HTTP Server
7.7.3.6
Configuring the Load Balancer
7.7.3.6.1
Load Balancer Virtual Server Name Setup
7.7.3.6.2
Oracle Identity Federation Configuration
7.7.3.7
Validating Oracle Identity Federation High Availability
7.7.3.8
Enabling Oracle Identity Federation Integration with Highly Available LDAP Servers
7.7.4
Oracle Identity Federation Failover and Expected Behavior
7.7.4.1
Performing an Oracle Identity Federation Failover
7.7.4.2
Performing a RAC Failover
7.7.5
Troubleshooting Oracle Identity Federation High Availability
7.8
Collocated Architecture High Availability
7.8.1
Collocated Architecture Overview
7.8.2
Collocated Architecture High Availability Deployment
7.8.2.1
Collocated Architecture Prerequisites
7.8.2.2
Configuring Collocated Components for High Availability
7.8.3
Validating the Collocated Components High Availability
7.8.3.1
Validation Tests
7.8.3.2
Failures and Expected Behaviors
7.8.4
Troubleshooting Collocated Components Manager High Availability
7.8.5
Additional Considerations for Collocated Components High Availability
8
Configuring Identity Management for Maximum High Availability
8.1
Introduction to the Maximum High Availability Identity Management Deployment
8.2
Overview of Replication
8.3
Setting up Multimaster Replication
8.3.1
Setting Up LDAP Multimaster Replication
8.3.1.1
Adding a Node in LDAP Multimaster Replication
8.3.1.2
Deleting a Node in LDAP Multimaster Replication
8.3.2
Setting Up Oracle Advanced Database Multimaster Replication
8.3.2.1
Adding a Node in Oracle Advanced Database Multimaster Replication
8.3.2.2
Deleting a Node in Oracle Advanced Database Multimaster Replication
9
Configuring High Availability for Web Tier Components
9.1
About the Web Tier
9.2
Oracle HTTP Server and High Availability Concepts
9.2.1
Oracle HTTP Server Single-Instance Characteristics
9.2.1.1
Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle WebLogic Server
9.2.1.2
Oracle HTTP Server External Dependencies
9.2.2
Oracle HTTP Server Startup and Shutdown Lifecycle
9.2.3
Starting and Stopping Oracle HTTP Server
9.2.3.1
Understanding the PID File
9.2.3.2
Starting and Stopping Oracle HTTP Server Using Oracle Fusion Middleware Control
9.2.3.3
Starting and Stopping Oracle HTTP Server Using opmnctl
9.2.4
Oracle HTTP Server Configuration Artifacts
9.2.5
Oracle HTTP Server Log File Locations
9.2.6
Oracle HTTP Server High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
9.2.7
Oracle HTTP Server Protection from Failures and Expected Behaviors
9.2.8
Oracle HTTP Server Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
9.2.9
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for High Availability
9.2.9.1
Prerequisites
9.2.9.1.1
Load Balancer
9.2.9.1.2
Associating Oracle HTTP Server with a WebLogic Domain
9.2.9.2
Install Oracle HTTP Server on Webhost1
9.2.9.2.1
Configure Virtual Host(s)
9.2.9.2.2
Configure mod_wl_ohs
9.2.9.2.3
Restart Oracle HTTP Server
9.2.9.2.4
Validate the Oracle HTTP Server Configuration
9.2.9.3
Install Oracle HTTP Server on Webhost2
9.2.9.3.1
Configure Virtual Host(s)
9.2.9.3.2
Configure mod_wl_ohs
9.2.9.3.3
Restart Oracle HTTP Server
9.2.9.3.4
Validate the Oracle HTTP Server Configuration
9.3
Oracle Web Cache and High Availability Concepts
9.3.1
Oracle Web Cache Single-Node Characteristics
9.3.1.1
Oracle Web Cache Component Characteristics
9.3.1.2
Oracle Web Cache Process Monitoring
9.3.1.3
Oracle Web Cache Startup and Shutdown Lifecycle
9.3.1.4
Oracle Web Cache Request Flow
9.3.1.5
Oracle Web Cache Configuration Artifacts
9.3.1.6
Log File Locations
9.3.2
Oracle Web Cache High Availability Considerations
9.3.2.1
Oracle Web Cache Stateless Load Balancing
9.3.2.2
Oracle Web Cache Backend Failover
9.3.2.3
Oracle Web Cache Session Binding
9.3.2.4
Oracle Web Cache Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
9.3.2.5
Oracle Web Cache as a Software Load Balancer
9.3.3
Configuring Oracle Web Cache High Availability Solutions
9.3.3.1
Configure Oracle Web Cache Session Binding
9.3.3.2
Configuring a Cache Cluster
9.3.3.2.1
Configuration Prerequisites
9.3.3.2.2
Understanding Failover Threshold and Capacity Settings
9.3.3.2.3
Task 1: Add Caches to the Cluster and Configure Properties
9.3.3.2.4
Task 2: Enable Tracking of Session Binding
9.3.3.2.5
Task 3: Synchronize Configuration to Cluster Members
9.3.3.2.6
Removing a Cache Member from a Cluster
9.3.3.2.7
Configuring Administration and Invalidation-Only Clusters
9.3.3.3
Configure Oracle Web Cache as a Software Load Balancer
10
Active-Passive Topologies for Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability
10.1
Oracle Fusion Middleware Cold Failover Cluster Topology Concepts
10.2
Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware for Active-Passive Deployments
10.2.1
General Requirements for Cold Failover Clusters
10.2.1.1
Terminology for Directories and Directory Environment Variables
10.2.2
Transforming Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure Components
10.2.2.1
Administration Server Topology 1
10.2.2.1.1
Topology 1 Installation Procedure
10.2.2.2
Administration Server Topology 2
10.2.2.2.1
Topology 2 Installation Procedure
10.2.2.3
Transforming the Administration Server for Cold Failover Clusters
10.2.2.4
Transforming Oracle WebLogic Managed Servers
10.2.2.4.1
Transforming an Oracle WebLogic Managed Server using the Fusion Middleware Administration Console
10.2.2.4.2
Transforming an Oracle WebLogic Managed Server using the WLST Command Line
10.2.2.5
Transforming Node Manager
10.2.2.6
Transforming Oracle Process Management and Notification Server
10.2.2.7
Transforming Oracle Enterprise Manager for an Oracle Instance
10.2.2.8
Transforming Web Tier Components and Clients
10.2.2.8.1
Transforming Oracle HTTP Server
10.2.2.8.2
Transforming Oracle Web Cache
10.2.2.9
Instance-specific considerations
10.2.2.9.1
UNIX Platforms
10.2.2.9.2
Windows Platform
10.2.3
Transforming Oracle Fusion Middleware Components
10.2.3.1
Transforming Oracle Internet Directory and Its Clients
10.2.3.1.1
Transforming Oracle Internet Directory
10.2.3.1.2
Transforming Oracle Internet Directory Clients
10.2.3.2
Transforming Oracle Virtual Directory and Its Clients
10.2.3.2.1
Transforming Oracle Virtual Directory
10.2.3.2.2
Transforming Oracle Virtual Directory Clients
10.2.3.3
Transforming Oracle Directory Integration Platform and Oracle Directory Services Manager and Their Clients
10.2.3.3.1
Transforming Oracle Directory Integration Platform and Oracle Directory Services Manager
10.2.3.3.2
Transforming Oracle Directory Integration Platform and Oracle Directory Services Manager Clients
10.2.3.4
Transforming Oracle Identity Federation and Its Client
10.2.3.4.1
Transforming Oracle Identity Federation
10.2.3.4.2
Transforming Oracle Identity Federation Clients
10.2.3.5
Transforming an Oracle SOA Suite
10.2.3.6
Transforming an Oracle WebCenter Suite
10.2.3.7
Transforming Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer
10.2.3.7.1
Transforming Oracle Forms for Cold Failover Clusters
10.2.3.7.2
Transforming Oracle Reports for Cold Failover Clusters
10.2.3.7.3
Transforming Oracle Discoverer for Cold Failover Clusters
10.2.3.7.4
Transforming Oracle Portal for Cold Failover Clusters
10.2.3.7.5
Transforming Oracle Business Activity Management (BAM)
10.2.3.7.6
Transforming a Custom ADF Deployment
10.2.3.8
Single Sign-On Re-registration (If required)
10.2.4
Transforming an Oracle Database
10.2.4.1
Database Instance Platform-Specific Considerations
10.3
Oracle Fusion Middleware Cold Failover Cluster Example Topologies
10.3.1
Example Topology 1
10.3.2
Example Topology 2
10.3.3
Example Topology 3
10.4
Transforming the Administration Server in an Existing Domain for Cold Failover Clusters
10.4.1
Destination Topologies
10.4.2
Cold Failover Clusters Transformation Procedure
11
Using Oracle Cluster Ready Services
11.1
Introduction to Oracle Clusterware
11.2
Cluster Ready Services and Oracle Fusion Middleware
11.3
Installing and Configuring Oracle Clusterware with CRS
11.3.1
Installing ASCRS
11.3.2
Configuring ASCRS with Oracle Fusion Middleware
11.4
Using ASCRS to Manage Resources
11.4.1
Creating CRS Managed Resources
11.4.1.1
Creating a Virtual IP Resource
11.4.1.2
Creating a Shared Disk Resource
11.4.1.3
Creating an Oracle Database Listener Resource
11.4.1.4
Creating an Oracle Database Resource
11.4.1.5
Creating a Middleware Resource
11.4.2
Updating Resources
11.4.3
Starting Up Resources
11.4.4
Shutting Down Resources
11.4.5
Resource Switchover
11.4.6
Deleting Resources
11.4.7
Checking Resource Status
11.4.8
Configuring the Oracle WebLogic Environment
11.5
Example Topologies
11.6
Troubleshooting Oracle CRS
12
Configuring High Availability for Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer
12.1
Overview of Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer
12.1.1
Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer Architecture
12.1.2
Common Log Files
12.1.3
Common Component Failures and Expected Behaviors
12.1.3.1
Oracle Web Cache and Oracle HTTP Server Process Failures
12.1.3.2
Common Component Node Failures
12.1.3.3
Common Component WebLogic Managed Server Failures
12.1.3.4
Common Component Database Failures
12.1.4
Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
12.1.5
Common Component Log File Information
12.2
Oracle Portal and High Availability Concepts
12.2.1
Oracle Portal Single-Instance Characteristics
12.2.1.1
Oracle Portal Request Flow
12.2.1.2
Oracle Portal Component Characteristics
12.2.1.3
Oracle Portal Startup and Shutdown of Processes and Lifecycle
12.2.1.4
Oracle Portal Deployment Artifacts
12.2.1.5
Oracle Portal Configuration Information
12.2.1.6
Oracle Portal Logging and Log Configuration
12.2.1.6.1
Oracle Portal Log Files
12.2.1.7
Oracle Portal External Dependencies
12.2.2
Oracle Portal Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
12.2.2.1
Oracle Portal Process Failures
12.2.2.2
Oracle Portal Node Failures
12.2.2.3
Oracle Portal WebLogic Managed Server Failures
12.2.2.4
Oracle Portal Protection from Database Failures
12.3
Oracle Reports and High Availability Concepts
12.3.1
Oracle Reports Single-Instance Characteristics
12.3.1.1
Oracle Reports State Information
12.3.1.2
Oracle Reports External Dependencies
12.3.1.3
Oracle Reports Specific Configuration Files
12.3.1.4
Oracle Reports Connection Retry
12.3.1.5
Oracle Reports Process Flow
12.3.1.6
Oracle Reports Log Files
12.3.2
Oracle Reports Protection from Failure and Expected Behavior
12.3.2.1
Oracle Reports Process Failures
12.3.2.2
Oracle Reports Node Failures
12.3.2.3
Oracle Reports WebLogic Managed Server Failures
12.3.2.4
Oracle Reports Database Failures
12.4
Oracle Forms and High Availability Concepts
12.4.1
Oracle Forms Single-Instance Component Characteristics
12.4.1.1
Oracle Forms State Information
12.4.1.2
Oracle Forms Database Requirements
12.4.1.3
Oracle Forms Request Flow
12.4.1.4
Oracle Forms Configuration Persistence
12.4.1.5
Oracle Forms Runtime Considerations
12.4.1.6
Oracle Forms Process Flow
12.4.1.7
Oracle Forms Configuration Files
12.4.1.8
Oracle Forms External Dependencies
12.4.1.9
Oracle Forms Log Files
12.4.2
Oracle Forms Protection from Failover and Expected Behavior
12.4.2.1
Oracle Forms N+1 Redundancy
12.4.2.2
Oracle Forms N+M Redundancy
12.4.2.3
Oracle Forms Virtual Machines
12.4.2.4
Oracle Forms Configuration Cloning
12.4.2.5
Oracle Forms Process Failures
12.4.2.6
Oracle Forms Node Failures
12.4.2.7
Oracle Forms WebLogic Managed Server Failures
12.4.2.8
Oracle Forms Database Failures
12.5
Oracle Discoverer and High Availability Concepts
12.5.1
Oracle Discoverer Single-Instance Characteristics
12.5.1.1
Oracle Discoverer Runtime Considerations
12.5.1.2
Oracle Discoverer Viewer and Web Cache
12.5.1.3
Oracle Discoverer Configuration Considerations
12.5.1.4
Oracle Discoverer Deployment Considerations
12.5.1.5
Oracle Discoverer Log File Locations
12.5.1.6
Discoverer Log Files
12.5.2
Oracle Discoverer Protection from Failures and Expected Behavior
12.5.2.1
Preference Server Failover
12.5.2.2
Session State Replication and Failover
12.5.2.3
Performance Recommendation
12.5.2.4
Propagation of Configuration Changes Across the Cluster
12.5.2.5
Cluster-Wide Application Deployment
12.5.2.6
Online Application Deployment
12.5.2.7
Oracle Discoverer Process Failures
12.5.2.8
Oracle Discoverer Node Failures
12.5.2.9
Oracle Discoverer WebLogic Managed Server Failures
12.5.2.10
Oracle Discoverer Database Failures
12.6
Configuring Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer for High Availability
12.6.1
Prerequisites
12.6.1.1
Dependencies
12.6.1.2
Network Requirements
12.6.1.2.1
Load Balancer
12.6.1.2.2
Load Balancer Configuration - Virtual Server Names and Ports
12.6.1.3
Databases
12.6.1.4
Shared Directories
12.6.1.5
Managed Port Numbers
12.6.1.6
Site Names
12.6.2
Assumptions
12.6.2.1
Ports
12.6.3
Creating the Metadata Repository
12.6.3.1
Install the Repository Creation Utility (RCU)
12.6.3.2
Run Repository Creation Utility
12.6.4
Install and Configure Application Tier on APPHOST1
12.6.4.1
Install Oracle WebLogic Server
12.6.4.2
Install Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer Software
12.6.4.3
Validation
12.6.4.4
Generic Configuration
12.6.4.4.1
Set Admin Server Listen Address
12.6.4.4.2
Configure Virtual Hosts
12.6.4.4.3
Create boot.properties File
12.6.4.4.4
Configure sqlnet.ora
12.6.4.4.5
Configure Web Cache
12.6.4.4.6
Change the Web Cache Passwords
12.6.4.4.7
Restart Web Tier (Oracle HTTP Server and Web Cache)
12.6.4.4.8
Register with Single Sign On Server
12.6.4.4.9
Change Host Assertion in WebLogic
12.6.4.5
Configure Oracle Portal for High Availability
12.6.4.5.1
Rewire Portal Repository
12.6.4.5.2
Configure Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with Load Balancer
12.6.4.5.3
Database Wallets and Portal
12.6.4.5.4
Restart All Components
12.6.4.5.5
Post-installation Step for Portal Installation with Oracle RAC
12.6.4.5.6
Validate Configuration
12.6.4.6
Configure Oracle Forms for High Availability
12.6.4.6.1
Create TNSNAMES Entries for Customer Databases
12.6.4.6.2
Restart WLS_FORMS
12.6.4.6.3
Validate Configuration
12.6.4.7
Configure Oracle Reports for High Availability
12.6.4.7.1
Create Reports Queue in Database
12.6.4.7.2
Create a TNSNAMES Entry for Reports Queue
12.6.4.7.3
Create a Security Key for the Reports Queue
12.6.4.7.4
Configure the Database Job Repository for In-Process Reports Servers
12.6.4.7.5
Configure the Reports Server to Access Shared Output Directory
12.6.4.7.6
Restart WLS_REPORTS
12.6.4.7.7
Validate Configuration
12.6.4.8
Configure Oracle Discoverer for High Availability
12.6.4.8.1
Create TNSNAMES Entries for Customer Databases
12.6.4.8.2
Update configuration.xml
12.6.4.8.3
Discoverer Viewer and Web Cache
12.6.4.8.4
Enable Single Sign On
12.6.4.8.5
Restart All Components
12.6.4.8.6
Validate Configuration
12.6.5
Install and Configure Application Tier on APPHOST2
12.6.5.1
Install Oracle WebLogic Server
12.6.5.2
Install Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer Software
12.6.5.3
Generic Configuration
12.6.5.3.1
Copy Configuration Information from APPHOST1
12.6.5.3.2
Configure Virtual Hosts
12.6.5.3.3
Update Oracle HTTP Server Configuration to be Cluster Aware
12.6.5.3.4
Change the Web Cache Passwords
12.6.5.3.5
Configure Web Cache
12.6.5.3.6
Restart Web Processes on APPHOST1 and APPHOST2
12.6.5.3.7
Start Oracle Node Manager on APPHOST2
12.6.5.4
Configure Oracle Portal for High Availability
12.6.5.4.1
Copy Configuration Information from APPHOST1
12.6.5.4.2
Create Portal Directories
12.6.5.4.3
Update Instance Paths
12.6.5.4.4
Restart the Web Process
12.6.5.4.5
Start WLS_PORTAL1
12.6.5.4.6
Validate the Configuration
12.6.5.4.7
Best Practices
12.6.5.5
Configure Oracle Forms for High Availability
12.6.5.5.1
Create a TNSNAMES entries for Customer Databases
12.6.5.5.2
Copy Forms Configuration Files
12.6.5.5.3
Update default.env
12.6.5.5.4
Restart WLS_FORMS1
12.6.5.5.5
Validate the Configuration
12.6.5.5.6
Best Practices
12.6.5.6
Configure Oracle Reports for High Availability
12.6.5.6.1
Create a TNSNAMES entries for Customer Databases
12.6.5.6.2
Configure the Reports Server to Access Shared output directory.
12.6.5.6.3
Configure the database job repository for in-process Reports Servers
12.6.5.6.4
Creating an Oracle Reports Server Cluster
12.6.5.6.5
Restart WLS_REPORTS and WLS_REPORTS1
12.6.5.6.6
Validate the Configuration
12.6.5.6.7
Managing Connection Availability for Oracle Reports Services
12.6.5.7
Configure Oracle Discoverer for High Availability
12.6.5.7.1
Create a TNSNAMES entries for Customer Databases
12.6.5.7.2
Copy Discoverer Configuration Files.
12.6.5.7.3
Update configuration.xml
12.6.5.7.4
Changing the Preference Store
12.6.5.7.5
Restart WLS_DISCO and WLS_DISCO1
12.6.5.7.6
Validate the Configuration
12.6.5.7.7
Failover of the Preference Server
12.6.5.7.8
Setting up Discoverer WSRP Portlet Producer in a Clustered Environment
12.6.5.7.9
Best Practices
12.6.6
Scaling Out the Deployment
13
Using HA Power Tools
13.1
Enabling HA Power Tools in the Oracle WebLogic Administration Console
13.2
Creating UDDs for SOA, BAM and JRF WS Async Services Using HA Power Tools
13.3
Configuring Java Object Cache for a Cluster Using HA Power Tools
13.4
Configuring Java Object Cache for a Managed Servers Using HA Power Tools
A
Setting Up Auditing with an Oracle RAC Database Store
A.1
Using WebLogic Server to Configure Audit Data Sources and Multi Data Sources
A.2
Configuring the JDBC String for the Audit Loader
B
Recommended Multi Data Sources
B.1
JDBC Multi Data Source-0
B.2
JDBC Data Source-0 (non-XA)
B.3
JDBC Data Source-0 (XA)
C
Whole Server Migration for Windows
C.1
Using Windows Control Panel
C.2
Using the netsh Command Line
D
Oracle SOA Suite Workbook
D.1
Workbook Tables for Oracle SOA Suite
E
Identity Management Workbook
E.1
Workbook Tables for Oracle Identity Management
F
WebCenter Workbook
F.1
Workbook Tables for Oracle WebCenter
G
Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer Workbook
G.1
Workbook Tables for Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer
H
ascrsctl Online Help
H.1
create/as
H.2
create/db
H.3
create/dnlsnr
H.4
create/disk
H.5
create/vip
H.6
delete
H.7
start
H.8
status
H.9
stop
H.10
switch
H.11
update/as
H.12
update/db
H.13
update/dblsnr
H.14
update/disk
H.15
update/vip
I
Running CacheWatcher to verify Java Object Cache
I.1
Running CacheWatcher
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