Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in This Guide

• New and Changed Features for 11g Release 7 Refresh 3 (11.1.7)
• Other Significant Changes in this Document for 11g Release 7 Refresh 3 (11.1.7)

Part I Understanding Oracle Fusion Applications

1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications for Systems Administrators

• 1.1 Architecture of Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 1.1.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Product Families
  • 1.1.2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure Components
  • 1.1.3 Oracle Fusion Middleware Components
  • 1.1.4 Oracle Database
  • 1.1.5 Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Applications Control
  • 1.1.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 1.1.7 Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
• 1.2 Key Oracle Fusion Applications Concepts
  • 1.2.1 Provisioning and the Installation Process
    • 1.2.1.1 Installation Options
    • 1.2.1.2 Installing an Oracle Database and Loading Content
  • 1.2.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Domains Configuration
  • 1.2.3 Provisioned Oracle Fusion Applications Home Directories
• 1.3 Roadmap for Administering Oracle Fusion Applications

Part II Basic Administration

2 Getting Started with Administering Oracle Fusion Applications

• 2.1 Introduction to the Tools Used to Administer Oracle Fusion Applications
• 2.2 Key Differences Between Fusion Applications Control and Cloud Control
• 2.3 When to Use Fusion Applications Control Tool, When to Use Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
• 2.4 Finding the Administration Server Port and Other Administrative URLs for Domains
• 2.5 Using Fusion Applications Control
  • 2.5.1 Understanding How Fusion Applications Control Compares with Fusion Middleware Control
  • 2.5.2 Accessing Fusion Applications Control
  • 2.5.3 Using Fusion Applications Control Help
  • 2.5.4 Navigating within Fusion Applications Control
  • 2.5.5 Understanding the Targets in the Target Navigation Pane
  • 2.5.6 Navigating to the Product Family and Product Administration Pages
  • 2.5.7 Viewing the Performance of Targets
  • 2.5.8 Understanding Users and Roles for Fusion Applications Control
• 2.6 Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 2.6.1 Starting Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 2.6.2 Locking the WebLogic Server Configuration
• 2.7 Using Cloud Control
  • 2.7.1 Starting to Use Cloud Control and Discovering Targets
  • 2.7.2 Rediscovering Oracle Fusion Applications Targets
  • 2.7.3 Removing Oracle Fusion Applications Targets
  • 2.7.4 Navigating the Fusion Applications Target Home Page in Cloud Control
  • 2.7.5 Using Cloud Control Help
• 2.8 Using Oracle Fusion Functional Setup Manager
• 2.9 Caution Against Using Database Tools to Modify Oracle Fusion Applications Data

3 Installing and Maintaining Oracle Fusion Applications Languages

• 3.1 Installing and Upgrading Languages
  • 3.1.1 Language Packs
  • 3.1.2 Language Pack Installer
  • 3.1.3 Language in the Policy Store
  • 3.1.4 Language Pack Installer Configuration Assistants
• 3.2 Pre-Installation Steps - Before Down Time
  • 3.2.1 Before You Begin
  • 3.2.2 Download the Language Pack Repository
  • 3.2.3 Download Mandatory Post-Installation NLS Patches
  • 3.2.4 Confirm Oracle Fusion Applications Installation is Complete
  • 3.2.5 Confirm Database Settings
  • 3.2.6 Maintain Versions of Customized BI Publisher Reports
  • 3.2.7 Run Health Checker for Pre-Down Time Checks
• 3.3 Pre-Installation Steps - During Down Time
  • 3.3.1 Verify the Status of Servers and Processes
    • 3.3.1.1 Confirm All Servers Are Running
    • 3.3.1.2 Confirm the OPMN Control Process and Node Manager Are Running
    • 3.3.1.3 Start The OPSS Security Store
  • 3.3.2 Back Up Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 3.3.2.1 Back Up Steps for Windows Platforms
  • 3.3.3 Set Environment Variables
  • 3.3.4 Apply Mandatory Prerequisite Patches
• 3.4 Install a Language
  • 3.4.1 Run Language Pack Installer in GUI Mode
  • 3.4.2 Run Language Pack Installer in Silent Mode
• 3.5 Complete the Post-Installation Tasks
  • 3.5.1 Confirm Database Artifact Deployments Were Successful
  • 3.5.2 Review Log Files for Errors or Exceptions
  • 3.5.3 Run Health Checker for Post Installation Checks
  • 3.5.4 Bounce All Servers and Verify the Status of Deployed Applications
  • 3.5.5 Reload Custom Templates for BI Publisher Reports
  • 3.5.6 Perform Steps in NLS Release Notes
• 3.6 Troubleshoot Language Pack Installer Sessions
  • 3.6.1 Resolve JAZN Conflicts Found by Health Checker
• 3.7 Maintaining Language Content

4 Performing Routine Administrative Tasks

• 4.1 Introduction to Performing Routine Administrative Tasks
• 4.2 Running Administration Servers and Managed Servers from Shared and Local Disks
• 4.3 Viewing and Managing Targets Across Domains (Optional)
• 4.4 Starting and Stopping
  • 4.4.1 Starting and Stopping Components in the Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
  • 4.4.2 Understanding Starting and Stopping with the fastartstop Utility
    • 4.4.2.1 fastartstop Syntax
    • 4.4.2.2 fastartstop Examples
  • 4.4.3 Starting and Stopping the Entire Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
    • 4.4.3.1 Starting an Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
    • 4.4.3.2 Stopping an Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
  • 4.4.4 Starting and Stopping the Administration Servers and Managed Servers
    • 4.4.4.1 Starting the Administration Servers and Managed Servers
    • 4.4.4.2 Stopping the Administration Servers and Managed Servers
  • 4.4.5 Starting and Stopping Oracle HTTP Server
    • 4.4.5.1 Starting the Oracle HTTP Server
    • 4.4.5.2 Stopping the Oracle HTTP Server
  • 4.4.6 Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence
    • 4.4.6.1 Starting Oracle Business Intelligence
    • 4.4.6.2 Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence
  • 4.4.7 Starting and Stopping a Product Family Oracle WebLogic Server Domain
    • 4.4.7.1 Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Domain for a Product Family
    • 4.4.7.2 Starting an Oracle WebLogic Server Domain for a Product Family
  • 4.4.8 Starting and Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster in a Product Family for a Configuration Change
    • 4.4.8.1 Starting and Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster Using fastartstop
    • 4.4.8.2 Starting and Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster Using Fusion Applications Control
    • 4.4.8.3 Starting and Stopping an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster Using WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 4.4.9 Starting and Stopping Specific Applications
    • 4.4.9.1 Starting and Stopping Java EE Applications Using WLST
    • 4.4.9.2 Starting and Stopping an Individual Application Instance for a Cluster Using Fusion Applications Control or Cloud Control
    • 4.4.9.3 Starting and Stopping All Application Instances for a Cluster Using Fusion Applications Control or Cloud Control
• 4.5 Viewing and Changing Ports for Components
• 4.6 Changing Passwords
  • 4.6.1 Changing Oracle Fusion Applications Passwords in the Oracle Database
    • 4.6.1.1 Step 1: Start/Stop the Oracle Fusion Applications Environment
    • 4.6.1.2 Step 2: Create a template input file using the templateGen utility
    • 4.6.1.3 Step 3: Create an input file using the iniGen utility
    • 4.6.1.4 Step 4: Use Password Change Utility with DB Target
    • 4.6.1.5 Step 5: Use Password Change Utility in STANDARD Mode
    • 4.6.1.6 Step 6: Use Password Change Utility with RESET_PROF Target
• 4.7 Managing the Oracle Database
  • 4.7.1 Viewing and Modifying Initialization Parameters
  • 4.7.2 Managing Database Storage Structures
  • 4.7.3 Managing Memory
  • 4.7.4 Administering User Accounts
• 4.8 Patching
• 4.9 Managing Oracle Fusion Applications-Specific Labels in the Oracle Metadata Repository
• 4.10 Modifying Oracle Application Development Framework Connections in Oracle Fusion Applications
• 4.11 Modifying Oracle Data Integrator Configuration
  • 4.11.1 Editing the Oracle Data Integrator Topology for Database Endpoint Changes
  • 4.11.2 Modifying ODI Agent Host and Port Configuration
• 4.12 Bulk Updating General User Preferences

5 Managing Oracle Fusion Applications Configuration and Compliance

• 5.1 Introduction: What Is Compliance?
  • 5.1.1 Understanding Rules, Standards, and Frameworks
    • 5.1.1.1 What are Real-Time Monitoring Facets?
  • 5.1.2 Prerequisites and Related Documentation
• 5.2 Implement Compliance
  • 5.2.1 Understand the Rules, Standards, and Framework in the Compliance Library
    • 5.2.1.1 Access the Compliance Library
    • 5.2.1.2 View the Pre-seeded Rules for Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 5.2.2 Apply Standards to Targets in Your Fusion Instance
    • 5.2.2.1 Optional: Create, Edit, or Delete Compliance Details
    • 5.2.2.2 Optional: Create Real-Time Monitoring Facets
• 5.3 Monitor and Manage Compliance Activity
  • 5.3.1 Use the Compliance Results Interface

6 Securing Oracle Fusion Applications

• 6.1 Introduction to Security
• 6.2 About the Enterprise Identity Store
  • 6.2.1 Supported LDAP Identity Providers
  • 6.2.2 Configuring the Identity Store
• 6.3 Provisioning Identities
  • 6.3.1 Identity Provisioning Concepts
    • 6.3.1.1 Administrators For Fusion Applications
    • 6.3.1.2 Two Types of Users During Provisioning
  • 6.3.2 WebLogic Authenticators and the Primary Identity Store
  • 6.3.3 Provisioning Steps
  • 6.3.4 Best Practices for the Administrator Groups
  • 6.3.5 Managing Identities after Deployment
• 6.4 Managing Authorization Policies
  • 6.4.1 Managing Oracle Fusion Application Policies
  • 6.4.2 Managing System Policies
  • 6.4.3 Reconciling GUIDs
    • 6.4.3.1 Prerequisites to Running DSDataMigrator
    • 6.4.3.2 DSDataMigrator Syntax
    • 6.4.3.3 Examples of Use
  • 6.4.4 Managing Data Security
• 6.5 Configuring Roles
  • 6.5.1 Configuring Oracle Fusion Application Roles
  • 6.5.2 Configuring Enterprise Roles
• 6.6 Configuring Audit Trail
• 6.7 Configuring SSL for Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 6.7.1 SSL Configuration in Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • 6.7.1.1 SSL and Infrastructure Hardening
    • 6.7.1.2 Communication in the Three-Tier Model
  • 6.7.2 SSL Configuration for Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 6.7.2.1 Basic Network Topology
    • 6.7.2.2 Provisioned SSL Connections
  • 6.7.3 End-to-End SSL for Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 6.7.3.1 Background and Scope
    • 6.7.3.2 Enabling SSL on Oracle Fusion Applications Domains and Apps OHS
    • 6.7.3.3 Enabling SSL between Oracle Fusion Applications Domains and IdM Components
    • 6.7.3.4 Known Issues
  • 6.7.4 Checklist of SSL Connections for IdM Components
  • 6.7.5 Additional SSL Configuration
    • 6.7.5.1 SSL-enable Oracle Business Intelligence
    • 6.7.5.2 SSL-enable Oracle WebCenter Content
    • 6.7.5.3 SSL to External Web Services
  • 6.7.6 Enabling Secure Sockets Layer on ECSF
• 6.8 Managing Wallets, Keystores, Credentials, and Certificates
  • 6.8.1 Wallets and Keystores
    • 6.8.1.1 JKS Keystore and Truststore
    • 6.8.1.2 Oracle Wallet
    • 6.8.1.3 OPSS Keystore and Truststore
    • 6.8.1.4 Keystore Types Used by Products
  • 6.8.2 Management Tools
  • 6.8.3 Managing Wallets and their Contents
    • 6.8.3.1 Wallet Lifecycle
    • 6.8.3.2 Wallet Operations
    • 6.8.3.3 Certificate Lifecycle
    • 6.8.3.4 Certificate Operations
  • 6.8.4 Managing Keystores and their Contents
    • 6.8.4.1 Keystore Lifecycle
    • 6.8.4.2 Keystore Operations
    • 6.8.4.3 Certificate Lifecycle
    • 6.8.4.4 Certificate Operations
  • 6.8.5 Managing Credentials
    • 6.8.5.1 Changing App ID Passwords
    • 6.8.5.2 Changing the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrative User Password
    • 6.8.5.3 Changing Oracle Identity Management Passwords
  • 6.8.6 Updating Certificates with the Certificate Renewal Utility
    • 6.8.6.1 About the Certificate Renewal Utility
    • 6.8.6.2 Location of the Certificate Renewal Utility
    • 6.8.6.3 Before Using the Certificate Renewal Utility
    • 6.8.6.4 Using the Certificate Renewal Utility
    • 6.8.6.5 After Using the Certificate Renewal Utility
• 6.9 Data Masking
  • 6.9.1 Introduction to Data Masking
  • 6.9.2 Data Masking in Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 6.9.2.1 Requirements for Data Masking
    • 6.9.2.2 Sensitive Data in Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 6.9.2.3 Masking Definitions
  • 6.9.3 Managing the Masking Definitions
    • 6.9.3.1 Viewing and Modifying Data Masking Definitions
    • 6.9.3.2 Generating the Masking Script
    • 6.9.3.3 Customizing Mask Formats
  • 6.9.4 Data Masking in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
    • 6.9.4.1 Importing the Masking Templates
    • 6.9.4.2 Submitting the Masking Script
  • 6.9.5 Best Practices when Masking Test Databases
  • 6.9.6 References
• 6.10 Securing Web Services
  • 6.10.1 Local Policy Attachment
  • 6.10.2 Global Policy Attachment
  • 6.10.3 Web Services Security Profiles
  • 6.10.4 Key Exchange with the Domain Hosting Oracle Identity Manager
  • 6.10.5 Web Services Security Hardening
• 6.11 Securing Oracle Fusion Middleware Products
  • 6.11.1 Administrative Tasks and Features Specific to the IDCCS Stripe
    • 6.11.1.1 Grants Supported by Oracle WebCenter Content
    • 6.11.1.2 Security Groups and Accounts Associated with Documents
• 6.12 Extracting Data from an LDAP- Based Store to a File
• 6.13 Customizing Security from Installation to Deployment
  • 6.13.1 Installing a New Oracle Fusion Application
  • 6.13.2 Customizing and Testing Security with Oracle JDeveloper
  • 6.13.3 Migrating to a Staging Environment
  • 6.13.4 Migrating to a Production Environment

7 Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Service and Jobs

• 7.1 Introduction to Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
• 7.2 Viewing the Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Administration Pages
• 7.3 The Scheduling Service Home Page
  • 7.3.1 Top 10 Long Running Requests and Top 10 Ready Job Requests Regions
  • 7.3.2 Scheduler Components Region
  • 7.3.3 Completed Requests Region
  • 7.3.4 Response and Load Region
  • 7.3.5 Performance Region
• 7.4 Configuring Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
• 7.5 Searching for Configuration Changes to Oracle Enterprise Scheduler in Cloud Control
• 7.6 Viewing General Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Instance Information
• 7.7 Starting and Stopping Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Service Components
• 7.8 Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Requests
  • 7.8.1 Submitting an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Job Request
    • 7.8.1.1 Creating a Job Request
    • 7.8.1.2 Specifying a Job Request Schedule
  • 7.8.2 Searching for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Job Requests
    • 7.8.2.1 Searching for a Job Request Using Simple Search
    • 7.8.2.2 Searching for a Job Request Using the Advanced Search Feature
    • 7.8.2.3 Configuring the Display of Columns in the Search Results Table
• 7.9 Monitoring Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Service Activity
  • 7.9.1 Viewing Top 10 Long Running Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Requests
  • 7.9.2 Viewing Top 10 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Jobs Ready to Be Executed
• 7.10 Managing Purge Policies in Fusion Applications Control
• 7.11 Managing Job Metadata
  • 7.11.1 Managing Job Definitions
    • 7.11.1.1 Viewing Job Definitions
    • 7.11.1.2 Creating Job Definitions
    • 7.11.1.3 Duplicating Job Definitions with their Parameters
  • 7.11.2 Managing Job Sets
    • 7.11.2.1 Viewing Job Sets
    • 7.11.2.2 Creating or Editing Job Sets
    • 7.11.2.3 Deleting Job Sets
  • 7.11.3 Managing Incompatibilities
    • 7.11.3.1 Viewing Incompatibilities
    • 7.11.3.2 Creating or Editing an Incompatibility
    • 7.11.3.3 Deleting an Incompatibility
• 7.12 Managing Work Assignments and Workshifts
• 7.13 Managing Oracle ADF Connections
• 7.14 Managing Application Properties
• 7.15 Managing Application and Role Policies
• 7.16 Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Web Services
• 7.17 Managing Logging for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
  • 7.17.1 Finding Log Information for a Job Request
  • 7.17.2 Setting Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Log Levels
  • 7.17.3 Saving Job Request Logs
• 7.18 Managing Alerts for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler in Cloud Control
  • 7.18.1 Configuring Metric Alerts for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler in Cloud Control
  • 7.18.2 Viewing Alerts for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler in Cloud Control
• 7.19 Managing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Using Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool Commands

8 Managing Report Delivery Servers

• 8.1 Introduction to Managing Report Delivery Servers
• 8.2 Navigating to the Oracle BI Publisher Administration Page
• 8.3 Configuring Report Delivery Servers
• 8.4 Understanding the Report and Delivery Processors
• 8.5 Managing Report Processing and Delivery Server Load
• 8.6 Scaling Out Report Processors
• 8.7 Diagnosing Report Processing Issues
  • 8.7.1 Using the Scheduler Diagnostics Page
  • 8.7.2 Using Fusion Applications Control
• 8.8 Configuring System Properties for Reporting

9 Managing Search with Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework

• 9.1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications Search
  • 9.1.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Search Use Case Example
  • 9.1.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Search UI
  • 9.1.3 Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework
    • 9.1.3.1 ECSF Management Features
    • 9.1.3.2 Key ECSF Features
    • 9.1.3.3 ECSF Process Flow
  • 9.1.4 Item Business Object and Data Level Security
• 9.2 Validating the Environment for ECSF
• 9.3 Getting Started with Managing ECSF with Fusion Applications Control
  • 9.3.1 Navigating to the ECSF Administration Pages
  • 9.3.2 Understanding the Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework Configuration Settings Page
• 9.4 Administering Search
  • 9.4.1 Making Seeded Searchable Objects Available for Search
  • 9.4.2 Managing Index Schedules
    • 9.4.2.1 Creating the Index Schedules
    • 9.4.2.2 Associating the Searchable Objects with Index Schedules
    • 9.4.2.3 Deploying the Index Schedules
    • 9.4.2.4 Starting the Index Schedules
    • 9.4.2.5 Stopping Index Schedules
    • 9.4.2.6 Disassociating Searchable Objects from Index Schedules
    • 9.4.2.7 Starting Full Indexing
    • 9.4.2.8 Undeploying Index Schedules
    • 9.4.2.9 Deleting Index Schedules
  • 9.4.3 Changing the Association of Searchable Objects with Search Categories
  • 9.4.4 Renaming Search Categories
  • 9.4.5 Deleting Search Categories
  • 9.4.6 Making External Search Categories Available for Federated Search
  • 9.4.7 Deleting External Search Categories
  • 9.4.8 Modifying the Display Name of Deployed Searchable Objects
  • 9.4.9 Undeploying Searchable Objects
  • 9.4.10 Unregistering Searchable Objects from the Oracle Fusion Applications Database
  • 9.4.11 Modifying Search Application Service Component Instance Parameters
• 9.5 Performing Advanced Administration Tasks
  • 9.5.1 Modifying the Title, Body, Keyword, and Action Title of Searchable Objects
  • 9.5.2 Making New Searchable Objects Available for Search
  • 9.5.3 Defining Search Engine Instances
    • 9.5.3.1 Creating Search Engine Instances
    • 9.5.3.2 Configuring Search Engine Instance Parameters
    • 9.5.3.3 Modifying Search Engine Instances
    • 9.5.3.4 Modifying Search Engine Instance Parameters
    • 9.5.3.5 Deleting Search Engine Instances
  • 9.5.4 Enabling Search on External Data Sources
  • 9.5.5 Adding Product Families for Federated Search

10 Managing Oracle WebLogic Communication Services for Click-to-Dial Functionality

• 10.1 Introduction to Third Party Call Web Service
• 10.2 Modifying Third Party Call Web Service Default Settings Using the System MBean Browser
• 10.3 Call Routing Through a Session Border Controller
  • 10.3.1 Setting Up an Outbound Proxy Server
  • 10.3.2 Configuring the PreLoadedRouteUri Attribute

Part III Monitoring

11 Monitoring Oracle Fusion Applications

• 11.1 Introduction to Monitoring Oracle Fusion Applications
• 11.2 The Product Family Home Page and Sections in Fusion Applications Control
  • 11.2.1 Applications and Infrastructure Section
  • 11.2.2 Key Performance Indicators Section
  • 11.2.3 Topology Section
  • 11.2.4 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Sections
  • 11.2.5 SOA Composite Section
• 11.3 The Product Home Page and Sections in Fusion Applications Control
  • 11.3.1 Fusion Applications Section
  • 11.3.2 Servers Section
• 11.4 The Fusion Instance Overview Page and Sections in Cloud Control
  • 11.4.1 Summary Section
    • 11.4.1.1 Monitoring and Diagnostics Region
    • 11.4.1.2 Database System Region
  • 11.4.2 Member Target Summary Section
  • 11.4.3 Status Section
  • 11.4.4 Top Long Running Job Requests
• 11.5 The Product Family Home Page and Sections in Cloud Control
• 11.6 The Product Home Page and Sections in Cloud Control
• 11.7 Monitoring Product Families and Products
• 11.8 Monitoring the Detailed Status of Oracle Fusion Applications
• 11.9 Monitoring Business Performance Metrics for a Product Family
• 11.10 Monitoring Business Performance Metrics for a Product
• 11.11 Viewing the Routing Topology of an Oracle Fusion Applications Instance, Product Family, or Product
• 11.12 Viewing the Configuration Topology of an Oracle Fusion Applications Instance, Product Family, or Product

12 Monitoring the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier

• 12.1 Introduction to Monitoring the Middle Tier
• 12.2 Monitoring and Viewing Performance Status of Oracle Fusion Middleware
  • 12.2.1 Viewing the General Status of Oracle Fusion Middleware Components for a Product Family
  • 12.2.2 Viewing the Detailed Status of Oracle Fusion Middleware Components for a Product Family
  • 12.2.3 Viewing the Routing Topology of Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • 12.2.3.1 Viewing the Routing Topology of Oracle Fusion Middleware Using Fusion Applications Control
    • 12.2.3.2 Viewing the Routing Topology of Oracle Fusion Middleware Using Cloud Control
  • 12.2.4 Viewing the Performance of an Oracle WebLogic Server
  • 12.2.5 Monitoring the System Performance of Oracle Fusion Applications Deployed to a Cluster
    • 12.2.5.1 Monitoring the Performance of Oracle Fusion Applications Cluster Applications Using Fusion Applications Control
    • 12.2.5.2 Monitoring the Performance of Oracle Fusion Applications Cluster Applications Using Cloud Control
    • 12.2.5.3 Monitoring the Performance of Oracle Fusion Application Instances Using Fusion Applications Control
    • 12.2.5.4 Monitoring the Performance of Oracle Fusion Application Instances Using Cloud Control
• 12.3 Monitoring System Performance Metrics for a Fusion Instance, Product Family, or a Product
  • 12.3.1 Monitoring System Performance Metrics for a Product Family or a Product with Fusion Applications Control
  • 12.3.2 Monitoring System Performance Metrics for a Fusion Instance, Product Family, or a Product with Cloud Control
• 12.4 Monitoring Performance for Key Oracle Fusion Middleware Components with Fusion Applications Control
  • 12.4.1 Monitoring Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework
  • 12.4.2 Monitoring the Performance of a Single Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Instance
    • 12.4.2.1 Viewing a Summary of Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Activity
    • 12.4.2.2 Viewing Current Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Activity
    • 12.4.2.3 Viewing Historical Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Reports
    • 12.4.2.4 Viewing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Metrics
    • 12.4.2.5 Managing Chart Sets
    • 12.4.2.6 Selecting the Performance Time Period
  • 12.4.3 Monitoring Oracle Identity Manager Performance Metrics
  • 12.4.4 Locating Key Performance Metrics for Specific Components
    • 12.4.4.1 Monitoring Key Performance Metrics for Oracle WebLogic Server
    • 12.4.4.2 Monitoring Key Performance Metrics for Oracle SOA Suite
    • 12.4.4.3 Monitoring Key Performance Metrics for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
• 12.5 Performing Proactive Performance Monitoring with Cloud Control
  • 12.5.1 Monitoring Middle Tier Targets
  • 12.5.2 Creating Monitoring Templates
  • 12.5.3 Creating Blackouts
  • 12.5.4 Setting Up Notifications
• 12.6 Tuning Middle Tiers for Oracle Fusion Applications

13 Diagnosing the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier Performance

• 13.1 Introduction to Java Diagnostics in the Middle Tier
• 13.2 Diagnosing the Oracle Fusion Applications Middle Tier
  • 13.2.1 Viewing JVM Pool Summary Information on a Domain
  • 13.2.2 Viewing JVM Summary Information on a Managed Server
  • 13.2.3 Viewing JVM Pool Summary Information on a JVM
  • 13.2.4 Finding the Top Java Methods
  • 13.2.5 Finding the Top SQL Queries
  • 13.2.6 Analyzing Live Stuck Threads
  • 13.2.7 Analyzing Stuck Threads from Specific Time Periods
  • 13.2.8 Drilling Down from JVM Diagnostics to SQL Instances
  • 13.2.9 Analyzing Potential Memory Leaks
• 13.3 Working with Class Histograms
  • 13.3.1 Viewing Class Histogram
  • 13.3.2 Saving Class Histogram
  • 13.3.3 Scheduling Histogram Jobs
  • 13.3.4 Comparing Class Histograms
  • 13.3.5 Deleting Class Histograms
• 13.4 Deploying/Upgrading Bulk Diagnostics Agents
• 13.5 Upgrading/Redeploying ADP and JVMD Engines
• 13.6 Working with Pool Threshold Violations
  • 13.6.1 Viewing Threshold Violations
  • 13.6.2 Loading the Heaps

14 Monitoring and Tuning Oracle Database for Oracle Fusion Applications

• 14.1 Monitoring Oracle Database
  • 14.1.1 Database Statistics
  • 14.1.2 Monitoring Database Alerts
    • 14.1.2.1 Configuring Database Alerts
    • 14.1.2.2 Responding to Database Alerts
  • 14.1.3 Monitoring User and Session Activity
  • 14.1.4 Monitoring the Database Instance
  • 14.1.5 Monitoring the Host System
• 14.2 Tuning Oracle Database
  • 14.2.1 Creating a Baseline of the Database
  • 14.2.2 Diagnosing and Tuning Database Performance Problems Using ADDM
  • 14.2.3 Diagnosing and Tuning Database Performance Problems Reactively
    • 14.2.3.1 Comparing Database Performance Over Time Using AWR Reports
    • 14.2.3.2 Identifying Transient Performance Problems Using ASH Reports
    • 14.2.3.3 Identifying Wait Time Using Wait Events
  • 14.2.4 Tuning SQL Statements
    • 14.2.4.1 Collecting Optimizer Statistics
    • 14.2.4.2 SQL Tuning Sets
    • 14.2.4.3 SQL Profiles
    • 14.2.4.4 Using SQL Tuning Advisor
    • 14.2.4.5 Using SQL Access Advisor
    • 14.2.4.6 Using SQL Tracing
• 14.3 Testing Oracle Database Changes
  • 14.3.1 Testing SQL Changes
  • 14.3.2 Testing Database Changes

15 Managing Oracle Fusion Applications Log Files

• 15.1 Overview of Oracle Fusion Applications Incidents, Logging, and QuickTrace
• 15.2 Understanding Oracle Fusion Applications Log Files and Log Messages
  • 15.2.1 Standard Log File Administration Tasks and Tools
  • 15.2.2 Log Files and Settings
  • 15.2.3 Log Message Structure
    • 15.2.3.1 Log Message Attributes Supplied by the Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database Layers
    • 15.2.3.2 Log Message Attributes Supplied by Logging APIs for Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 15.2.3.3 Log Message Attributes Supplied by the Application Session
    • 15.2.3.4 Log Message Attributes Supplied by Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Job Requests
    • 15.2.3.5 Log Message Attributes Supplied by SOA
• 15.3 Viewing and Searching Log Files During Normal Operation
  • 15.3.1 Viewing Logs from Fusion Applications Control
  • 15.3.2 Searching for Specific Information in Log Files within a Single Domain
  • 15.3.3 Searching for Specific Information in Log Files Across Multiple Domains
  • 15.3.4 Saving Log Search Criteria for Reuse
  • 15.3.5 Reusing Saved Log Search Criteria
  • 15.3.6 Typical Log File Locations
  • 15.3.7 Location of Logged Information When Using Multiple Managed Servers
• 15.4 Configuring Settings for Log Files During Normal Operation
  • 15.4.1 Default System Log Settings
  • 15.4.2 When Changes to Log File Configuration Settings Take Effect
  • 15.4.3 Standard Logging Levels
  • 15.4.4 Managing Log File Size and Disk Space Usage
    • 15.4.4.1 Managing Rotating Log File Space Usage for Java and SOA Applications
    • 15.4.4.2 Managing Rotating Log File Space Usage for PL/SQL Applications
    • 15.4.4.3 Managing Log File Space Usage for C Applications
  • 15.4.5 Using Profile Options to Configure Standard Log Settings
  • 15.4.6 Using Additional Settings to Configure Logs for Selected Components
    • 15.4.6.1 Configuring Additional Log Settings for Oracle Fusion Global Payroll
    • 15.4.6.2 Configuring Additional Log Settings for Oracle Fusion Incentive Compensation Batch Jobs
    • 15.4.6.3 Configuring Additional Log Settings for Oracle Fusion General Ledger
    • 15.4.6.4 Configuring Additional Log Settings for Oracle Fusion Receivables AutoInvoice
  • 15.4.7 Configuring Access to Logs for Fusion Applications Control

16 Managing Oracle Fusion Applications Diagnostic Tests

• 16.1 Understanding Oracle Fusion Applications Diagnostic Tests and the Diagnostic Framework
  • 16.1.1 Relationships Between Diagnostic Tests, Incidents, and Log Messages
  • 16.1.2 Standard Diagnostic Testing Administration Tasks and Tools
• 16.2 Configuring the Diagnostic Testing Framework for Normal Operation
  • 16.2.1 Controlling Access to Diagnostic Testing Functionality
  • 16.2.2 Navigating to the Diagnostic Dashboard Application
    • 16.2.2.1 Navigating to the Diagnostic Dashboard Application from an Oracle Fusion Application
    • 16.2.2.2 Navigating to the Diagnostic Dashboard Application from Cloud Control
  • 16.2.3 Configuring Required Variables for the diagctl Command Line Interface
• 16.3 Using Diagnostic Tests to Monitor Normal System Health
  • 16.3.1 Running Diagnostic Tests
    • 16.3.1.1 Using Diagnostic Dashboard to Run Diagnostic Tests
    • 16.3.1.2 Using the diagctl Command-Line Interface to Run Diagnostic Tests
  • 16.3.2 Searching for Diagnostic Tests by Name, Categorization Tag, or Module
  • 16.3.3 Checking Diagnostic Test Availability
  • 16.3.4 Providing Input Parameters for Diagnostic Tests
  • 16.3.5 Running Diagnostic Tests Immediately
  • 16.3.6 Scheduling Diagnostic Tests to Run Later
  • 16.3.7 Checking the Status of a Diagnostic Test
    • 16.3.7.1 Using the Diagnostic Dashboard Application to Check the Status of a Diagnostic Test
    • 16.3.7.2 Using the diagctl Command-Line Interface to Check the Status of a Diagnostic Test
  • 16.3.8 Canceling Diagnostic Test Runs
  • 16.3.9 Viewing the Results of Diagnostic Tests
    • 16.3.9.1 Using the Diagnostic Dashboard Application to View the Results of Diagnostic Tests
    • 16.3.9.2 Using the diagctl Command-Line Interface to View the Results of Diagnostic Tests
  • 16.3.10 Identifying Diagnostic Test Start Methods from Test Run Names
  • 16.3.11 Purging the Results of Selected Diagnostic Test Runs

Part IV Advanced Administration

17 Backing Up and Recovering Oracle Fusion Applications

• 17.1 Introduction to Backup and Recovery
• 17.2 Overview of Backing Up Your Environment
  • 17.2.1 Tools to Use to Back Up Your Environment
  • 17.2.2 Modes of Backup
  • 17.2.3 Types of Backups
  • 17.2.4 Recommended Backup Strategy
• 17.3 Overview of Recovering Your Environment
  • 17.3.1 Tools to Use to Recover Your Environment
  • 17.3.2 Types of Recovery
  • 17.3.3 Recommended Recovery Strategies
• 17.4 Prerequisites for Using Cloud Control to Back Up or Restore Your Environment
• 17.5 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 17.5.1 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management
  • 17.5.2 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Financials
  • 17.5.3 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management
  • 17.5.4 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Supply Chain Management
  • 17.5.5 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Project
  • 17.5.6 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Procurement
  • 17.5.7 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Incentive Compensation
  • 17.5.8 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Applications Technology
  • 17.5.9 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Fusion Setup
  • 17.5.10 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
  • 17.5.11 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework
  • 17.5.12 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Authorization Policy Manager
  • 17.5.13 Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Java Servers for Oracle E-Mail and Web Marketing
• 17.6 Performing a Backup
  • 17.6.1 Performing a Backup Using Cloud Control
    • 17.6.1.1 Configuring Cloud Control Backups
    • 17.6.1.2 Backing Up Oracle Fusion Applications Using Cloud Control
  • 17.6.2 Performing a Full Offline Backup Using the Command Line
  • 17.6.3 Performing an Online Backup of Configuration Files Using the Command Line
• 17.7 Creating a Record of Your Oracle Fusion Applications Configuration
• 17.8 Recovering Using Cloud Control
• 17.9 Recovering After Data Loss, Corruption, or Media Failure
  • 17.9.1 Recovering the Applications Base Directory
  • 17.9.2 Recovering a Middleware Home
  • 17.9.3 Recovering an Oracle WebLogic Server Domain
  • 17.9.4 Recovering an Oracle Home
  • 17.9.5 Recovering an Oracle Instance Home
    • 17.9.5.1 Recovering After Oracle Instance Home Deleted from File System
    • 17.9.5.2 Recovering After Oracle Instance Home Deregistered
  • 17.9.6 Recovering the Administration Server Configuration
  • 17.9.7 Recovering a Managed Server
  • 17.9.8 Recovering the Databases
  • 17.9.9 Reconciling the Data
    • 17.9.9.1 Recovering the Oracle Identity Manager Database and Reconciling It with the LDAP Database
    • 17.9.9.2 Recovering the Oracle Fusion Applications Database and Reconciling It with the LDAP Database
    • 17.9.9.3 Recovering the LDAP Database Using Multimaster Replication
  • 17.9.10 Recovering Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 17.9.10.1 Recovering Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management
    • 17.9.10.2 Recovering Oracle Fusion Procurement
  • 17.9.11 Recovering Components Related to Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 17.9.11.1 Recovering Oracle HTTP Server
    • 17.9.11.2 Recovering Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
    • 17.9.11.3 Recovering Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework
    • 17.9.11.4 Recovering Oracle Authorization Policy Manager
    • 17.9.11.5 Recovering Oracle E-Mail and Web Marketing
• 17.10 Recovering After Loss of Host
  • 17.10.1 Recovering the Applications Base Directory After Loss of Host
  • 17.10.2 Recovering After Loss of Administration Server Host
    • 17.10.2.1 Recovering the Administration Server to the Same Host
    • 17.10.2.2 Recovering the Administration Server to a Different Host
  • 17.10.3 Recovering After Loss of Managed Server Host
    • 17.10.3.1 Recovering a Managed Server to the Same Host
    • 17.10.3.2 Recovering a Managed Server to a Different Host
  • 17.10.4 Recovering the Databases After Loss of Host
  • 17.10.5 Additional Actions for Recovering Entities After Loss of Host
    • 17.10.5.1 Changing the Host Name in the targets.xml File for Fusion Middleware Control
    • 17.10.5.2 Modifying the FusionVirtualHost_x.conf File
    • 17.10.5.3 Creating a New Machine for the New Host Name
    • 17.10.5.4 Updating Oracle Inventory
  • 17.10.6 Recovering Oracle Fusion Applications After Loss of Host
    • 17.10.6.1 Recovering Oracle Fusion Supply Chain Management After Loss of Host
    • 17.10.6.2 Recovering Oracle Fusion Procurement After Loss of Host
  • 17.10.7 Recovering Components Related to Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 17.10.7.1 Recovering Oracle HTTP Server After Loss of Host
    • 17.10.7.2 Recovering Oracle Enterprise Scheduler After Loss of Host
    • 17.10.7.3 Recovering Oracle Enterprise Crawl and Search Framework After Loss of Host
    • 17.10.7.4 Recovering Oracle Authorization Policy Manager After Loss of Host
    • 17.10.7.5 Recovering Oracle E-Mail and Web Marketing After Loss of Host
    • 17.10.7.6 Recovering Oracle Essbase In Clustered Environment After Loss of Host
• 17.11 A Case Study: Recovering Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management
  • 17.11.1 The Recovery Case Study Scenario
  • 17.11.2 Recovering the Middleware Home Containing Java EE Components
  • 17.11.3 Recovering the Web Tier Middleware Home
  • 17.11.4 Recovering the Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management Domain
  • 17.11.5 Recovering Servers When the Installation Directory Is Shared Between Hosts
  • 17.11.6 Recovering Servers When the Managed Server Configuration Is Local
  • 17.11.7 Recovering an Oracle Instance in an Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management Installation
  • 17.11.8 Recovering an Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management Cluster
  • 17.11.9 Recovering Databases for Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management

18 Configuring High Availability and Scaling Out Oracle Fusion Applications

• 18.1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications High Availability Architecture
• 18.2 Oracle WebLogic Cluster Configuration for Oracle Fusion Applications
• 18.3 Oracle Fusion Applications High Availability
  • 18.3.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Single Instance Architecture
    • 18.3.1.1 Oracle Fusion Applications External Dependencies
    • 18.3.1.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Run-Time Processes
    • 18.3.1.3 Oracle Fusion Applications Request Flow
    • 18.3.1.4 Oracle Fusion Applications Configuration Artifacts
    • 18.3.1.5 Oracle Fusion Applications Deployment Artifacts
    • 18.3.1.6 Oracle Fusion Applications Log File Location
  • 18.3.2 Oracle Fusion Applications High Availability Architecture and Failover Considerations
    • 18.3.2.1 Starting and Stopping the Oracle Fusion Applications Cluster
    • 18.3.2.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Cluster-Wide Configuration Changes
    • 18.3.2.3 Oracle Fusion Applications Failures and Expected Behaviors
• 18.4 Oracle RAC Database Configuration for Oracle Fusion Applications Repositories
  • 18.4.1 Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • 18.4.2 Providing High Availability for Oracle Fusion Applications Repositories
    • 18.4.2.1 Preparing the System to Use Oracle RAC
    • 18.4.2.2 Providing High Availability Through Multi Data Sources
    • 18.4.2.3 Failover Processing and Recovery for Oracle RAC Node or Instance Failures
    • 18.4.2.4 Load Balancing Across Oracle RAC Nodes
    • 18.4.2.5 Retry Logic to Protect Read-Only Operations
  • 18.4.3 Best Practices for Deploying JDBC Multi Data Sources on Servers and Clusters
• 18.5 Scaling Out Oracle Fusion Applications
  • 18.5.1 Scaling Up the Topology (Adding Managed Servers to Existing Machines)
    • 18.5.1.1 Testing the Routing from Oracle HTTP Server to the New Managed Server
  • 18.5.2 Scaling Out the Topology (Adding Managed Servers to New Machines)
  • 18.5.3 Scaling Out Oracle RAC Databases
    • 18.5.3.1 Cloning Oracle RAC Nodes to Scale Out Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 18.5.3.2 Configuring the Multi Data Source to Include New Oracle RAC Nodes

Part V Appendixes

A High Availability for Oracle Fusion Middleware Extensions for Applications

• A.1 How Oracle Fusion Middleware Extensions Components Use Fusion Middleware Components for High Availability and Failover
  • A.1.1 Oracle Metadata Repository
  • A.1.2 Oracle Application Development Framework
  • A.1.3 WebLogic Server Failover for Session Content

B High Availability for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler

• B.1 Introduction to High Availability for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
• B.2 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Concepts
• B.3 Configuring High Availability for Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
  • B.3.1 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Configuration and Deployment Artifacts
  • B.3.2 Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Logging
  • B.3.3 Backup and Recovery
• B.4 Managing an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Cluster

C Seeded Searchable Objects, Search Categories, Index Schedules, and Facets

• C.1 Searchable Objects by Product Family
• C.2 Search Categories by Product Family
• C.3 Index Schedules by Product Family
• C.4 Facets by Product Family

D Language Pack Installer Screens

• D.1 Welcome
• D.2 Install Software Updates
• D.3 Installation Location
• D.4 Installation Summary
• D.5 Installation Progress
• D.6 Policy Store Analysis
• D.7 Configuration Progress
• D.8 Installation Complete

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