1 OSM System Administration Overview

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Communications Order and Service Management (OSM) system administration tasks.

OSM System Administration Tasks

As an OSM system administrator, you can perform the following tasks:

• Install and configure OSM.

• Monitor and manage OSM. See "Monitoring and Managing OSM" for more information.

• Read OSM log messages. See "OSM Log Messages" for more information.

• Troubleshoot OSM. See "Troubleshooting OSM" for more information.

• Configure the task processor. See "Configuring the Task Processor" for more information.

• Partition the OSM Database schema. See "Managing the OSM Database Schema" for more information.

• Import, export, purge, and migrate data and metadata. See "Exporting and Importing OSM Schema Data" for more information.

About OSM System Administration Programs

Use the following programs for OSM system administration:

• Use the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console to monitor system components.

• Use the XML Import/Export application to do the following:

  • Export and import the metadata used for defining the order model

  • Purge orders from the database

  • Validate the OSM data model

  • Create a graphical representation of a data model

  • Purge data from the database

  • Migrate data

Additionally, some operations are available using the tools provided with the OSM cloud native toolkit.