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Oracle® Fusion Applications Administrator's Guide
11g Release 1 (11.1.4)

Part Number E14496-06
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What's New in This Guide

This preface introduces the new and changed administrative features of Oracle Fusion Applications that are described in this guide, and provides pointers to additional information.

New and Changed Features for Release 11.1.4

For Release 1 (11.1.4), this guide has been updated in several ways. The following table lists the chapters or sections that have been added or changed.

Chapter/Section Change Description

Chapter 3, "Performing Routine Administrative Tasks"

 

Section 3.3.3, "Starting and Stopping the Entire Oracle Fusion Applications Environment"

Section 3.3.2.1, "fastartstop Syntax"

Revised these sections to add support for starting and stopping Managed Servers with the fastartstop utility using the -domains option with the server suboption.

Section 3.3.2.2, "fastartstop Examples"

Added this section to provide common start, stop, and restart examples.

Chapter 13, "Managing Oracle Fusion Applications Log Files and Diagnostic Tests"

 

Section 13.7.5, "Using Profile Options to Configure Standard Log Settings"

Modified this section to correct detailed instructions for configuring log profile settings.

Section 13.10.1.2, "Using the diagctl Command Line Interface to Run Diagnostic Tests"

Modified this section to add a command to set the DIAGJPSCONFIGFILE environment variable.

Chapter 14, "Troubleshooting Oracle Fusion Applications Using Incidents, Logs, QuickTrace, and Diagnostic Tests"

 

Section 14.2.9, "Adjusting ApplSession Log Levels for Troubleshooting"

Added this section to describe how to adjust the amount of information logged by the ApplSession component and how to view the results.

Chapter 17, "Moving Components for Oracle Fusion Applications Across Environments"

 

Section 17.1 through Section 17.3

Introductory material was rewritten and restructured for greater clarity.

Section 17.4, "Moving the Transaction Database Schemas and Seed Data"

Added section to clarify full process of creating transaction database in target environment.

Section 17.5.4, "Moving Oracle Access Manager Artifacts"

Revised section to explain Webgate movement is performed automatically as part of the Oracle Middleware home binary file movement. Subsequent references to Webgate movement in the chapter were also updated to reflect the automation.

Section 17.5, "Moving the Oracle Identity Management Domain Component Artifacts"

Added information on how to upgrade a non-Fusion Applications edition of Oracle Identity Management to work with Oracle Fusion Applications.

Section 17.7.2, "Setting the JVM System Variable on Windows"

Added this section to prevent pasteConfig errors due to insufficient memory space.

Section 17.7.7.5, "Moving Oracle WebCenter Portal Data for Discussions (Optional)"

Added this section to enable moving transaction data for the Discussions feature, if Discussions were used in the source environment.

Section 17.8, "Moving Binary and Configuration Files to a Non-Distributed Target Environment"

Commands edited throughout for greater accuracy.


New and Changed Features for Release 11.1.3

For Release 1 (11.1.3), this guide was updated in several ways. The following table lists the chapters or sections that were added or changed.

Chapter/Section Change Description

Chapter 2, "Getting Started with Administering Oracle Fusion Applications"

 

Section 2.7.1, "Starting Cloud Control and Discovering Oracle Fusion Applications Targets"

Revised this section to include information on enabling business metrics in Cloud Control.

Chapter 3, "Performing Routine Administrative Tasks"

 

Section 3.3, "Starting and Stopping"

Revised this section to clarify starting and stopping Node Manager, Administration Servers, and Managed Servers.

Section 3.8, "Managing Oracle Fusion Applications-Specific Labels in the Oracle Metadata Repository"

Added this section to describe how to manage labels for Oracle Fusion Applications in the Oracle Metadata Repository.

Section 3.9, "Modifying Oracle Application Development Framework Connections in Oracle Fusion Applications"

Added this section to describe how to modify the connections for all the applications in an Oracle WebLogic Server domain using Fusion Applications Control.

Chapter 5, "Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Service and Jobs"

Removed redundant information already captured in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler.

Chapter 10, "Monitoring the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier"

Modified this chapter to reflect performing procedures through Cloud Control

Section 10.5.2, "Creating Monitoring Templates"

Removed metric tables already present in the Oracle Fusion Applications Performance and Tuning Guide.

Chapter 11, "Diagnosing the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier Performance"

Modified this chapter to reflect performing procedures through Cloud Control

Chapter 13, "Managing Oracle Fusion Applications Log Files and Diagnostic Tests"

 

Section 13.6.2, "Searching for Specific Information in Log Files within a Single Domain"

Revised section to add details about selected targets within product families or clusters, available search operators, and use of wildcard characters.

Section 13.6.3, "Searching for Specific Information in Log Files Across Multiple Domains"

Added this section to describe how to use Cloud Control to search log files in multiple domains within a single Fusion instance.

Section 13.10.1.1, "Using the Diagnostic Dashboard to Run Diagnostic Tests"

Revised section to correct detailed instructions on how to supply input parameters in the Diagnostic Dashboard.

Section 13.10.1.2, "Using the diagctl Command Line Interface to Run Diagnostic Tests"

Revised this section to add instructions for setting two environment variables that the diagctl command line interface requires.

Section 13.10.2, "Searching for Diagnostic Tests by Name, Categorization Tag, or Module"

Revised this section to clarify the available ways to search for diagnostic tests that have specific characteristics.

Section 13.10.4, "Providing Input Parameters for Diagnostic Tests"

Revised this section to add information about the message that the Diagnostic Dashboard displays when all required inputs for a diagnostic test have been supplied.

Section 13.10.7.2, "Using the diagctl Command Line Interface to Check the Status of a Diagnostic Test"

Revised this section to clarify the location of the diagctl command line interface in UNIX and Windows environments.

Section 13.10.9.2, "Using the diagctl Command Line Interface to View the Results of Diagnostic Tests"

Revised this section to clarify the location of the diagctl command line interface in UNIX and Windows environments.

Section 13.10.10, "Identifying Diagnostic Test Launch Methods from Test Run Names"

Revised this section to clarify the circumstances in which it may be useful to know test run naming conventions.

Chapter 14, "Troubleshooting Oracle Fusion Applications Using Incidents, Logs, QuickTrace, and Diagnostic Tests"

 

Section 14.4.1.1, "Process for Investigating, Reporting, and Solving a Problem Using Cloud Control"

Revised this section to clarify how to work with diagnostic tests during the troubleshooting process in an environment that includes Cloud Control.

Section 14.4.2.1, "Viewing Incidents Using Support Workbench"

Revised this section to add information about locating and using the Support Workbench rollup page to work with problems and incidents.

Section 14.4.2.2, "Viewing Incidents Using the Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (adrci)"

Revised this section to clarify the location of the Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (adrci).

Section 14.4.2.4, "Creating Incidents Manually Using Support Workbench"

Added this section to describe how to create incidents manually in an environment that includes Cloud Control.

Section 14.4.2.5, "Packaging Incidents Using Support Workbench"

Added this section to describe how to package incidents for transmittal to Oracle Support in an environment that includes Cloud Control.

Section 14.4.2.6, "Creating and Packaging Incidents Using the Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (adrci)"

Revised this section to clarify when to use adrci to create and package incidents, rather than using Support Workbench to do so.

Section 14.4.5, "Working with Other Diagnostic Dumps"

Revised this section to clarify the behavior of incidents generated from SOA code.

Chapter 17, "Moving Components for Oracle Fusion Applications Across Environments"

Updated this chapter with inclusion of automated scripts, streamlining the movement process, especially for non-distributed environments.