Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documentation
• Conventions

1 Overview of Oracle BPEL Process Manager

• 1.1 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Components Overview
• 1.2 Installation Scenarios for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 1.2.1 Scenario 1: Oracle BPEL Process Manager with Oracle SOA Suite
  • 1.2.2 Scenario 2: Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier
    • 1.2.2.1 Installing on an Upgraded OracleAS Middle Tier
  • 1.2.3 About the Dehydration Store Database
• 1.3 System Requirements for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 1.3.1 Platform Requirements for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 1.3.2 Databases for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 1.3.3 Supported Web Browsers for Oracle BPEL Control
• 1.4 Oracle Application Server Portal and Oracle BPEL Portlets
• 1.5 Oracle BPEL Process Manager and Oracle Application Server Integration B2B

2 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Installation

• 2.1 Installation Overview for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
• 2.2 Preinstallation Tasks for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 2.2.1 Details of Preinstallation Steps
    • 2.2.1.1 Step 1: Install the Oracle Database - If Not Already Installed
    • 2.2.1.2 Step 2: Run the Integration Repository Creation Assistant on the Database
    • 2.2.1.3 Step 3: Install or Upgrade Oracle Application Server
    • 2.2.1.4 Step 4: If Installing on a Cold Failover Cluster (CFC) Middle Tier
    • 2.2.1.5 Step 5: Disable IPv6 if it Is Enabled
• 2.3 Installation Tasks for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 2.3.1 Configuring Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier in Disaster Recovery Environments
• 2.4 Silent Installation of Oracle BPEL Process Manager
• 2.5 Postinstallation Tasks for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 2.5.1 Step 1: Recommended - Change Default Passwords
  • 2.5.2 Step 2: Recommended - Configure Notification and Workflow for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 2.5.3 Step 3: Recommended - Update the Path on UNIXLinux
  • 2.5.4 Step 4: May Be Needed - Re-enable IPv6
  • 2.5.5 Step 5: May Be Needed - Install Oracle JDeveloper
  • 2.5.6 Step 6: Recommended - Add Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier Memory Settings
• 2.6 Postinstallation Verification Tasks for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
• 2.7 Globalization for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 2.7.1 Oracle BPEL Control and BPEL Server Locales
  • 2.7.2 XSLT Mapper Parsing
• 2.8 Determining the Version of Oracle BPEL Process Manager
• 2.9 Directory Structure of Oracle BPEL Process Manager
• 2.10 Deinstallation Tasks for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
  • 2.10.1 Preparing for Deinstallation
  • 2.10.2 Deinstallation Tasks
• 2.11 Troubleshooting Oracle BPEL Process Manager Installation and Configuration
  • 2.11.1 Optimizing Transaction Timeout for Oracle BPEL Server
  • 2.11.2 Finding Metrics in Application Server Control Console
  • 2.11.3 Oracle BPEL Server Processes Not Starting
  • 2.11.4 Dehydration Store Maintenance
  • 2.11.5 Developer Prompt on Windows 2000
  • 2.11.6 Multiple Basic Installations on the Same Host
  • 2.11.7 Multiple Oracle BPEL Process Manager Versions on the Same Database
  • 2.11.8 Notes about Mozilla and Firefox Security
  • 2.11.9 OutOfMemory Error

3 Installing Oracle BPEL Process Manager with the BEA WebLogic Server

• 3.1 Overview
• 3.2 System and Database Requirements
• 3.3 Installation and Configuration
  • 3.3.1 Step 1: Configure the Oracle Database
  • 3.3.2 Step 2: Create the Oracle BPEL Process Manager Schema in the Oracle Database
  • 3.3.3 Step 3: Install Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10.1.3.1 for OC4J
  • 3.3.4 Step 4: Apply SOA Suite Patchset 10.1.3.3 on BPELPM Standalone 10.1.3.1
  • 3.3.5 Step 5: Install BEA WebLogic Server Version 9.2 and Configure BPELPM Standalone for WebLogic
• 3.4 Design-time Deployment Support for BPELPM 10.1.3.3 on WebLogic 9.2
  • 3.4.1 From the BPELPM Developer Prompt Using Ant
    • 3.4.1.1 Prerequisite Checks
    • 3.4.1.2 Steps to Deploy Using the BPELPM Prompt
  • 3.4.2 From JDeveloper
    • 3.4.2.1 Prerequisite Checks
    • 3.4.2.2 Steps to Deploy Using JDeveloper
• 3.5 Additional Configuration Steps of the BEA WebLogic Server
  • 3.5.1 Using Application Security
  • 3.5.2 Using High Availability Setup
    • 3.5.2.1 Prerequisite Checks
    • 3.5.2.2 Steps to Configure HA for BPELPM
• 3.6 Postinstallation Verification Tasks
  • 3.6.1 Verifying Installation from the BEA WebLogic Server Console
  • 3.6.2 Verifying Oracle BPEL Process Manager Console
  • 3.6.3 Verifying the SelectAllByTitle Sample for the Database Adapter
  • 3.6.4 Running Adapter Samples
    • 3.6.4.1 Configuring Outbound Connection Pool for Adapters in Weblogic
  • 3.6.5 Deploying Samples Using Ant
• 3.7 Limitations, Known Issues, Troubleshooting Tips
  • 3.7.1 Limitations
  • 3.7.2 Known Issues
  • 3.7.3 Troubleshooting Tips
    • 3.7.3.1 Using Server Start Up Options

4 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Migration

• 4.1 Understanding What is Meant By Oracle BPEL Process Manager Migration
  • 4.1.1 Oracle BPEL Process Manager and Oracle JDeveloper
• 4.2 Migration Information for Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier
• 4.3 Opening Oracle JDeveloper 10.1.2.0.2 Projects in 10.1.3.1.0
• 4.4 Component Migration
  • 4.4.1 Migrating Projects That Use BPEL Services
  • 4.4.2 Migrating Adapters
• 4.5 Additional Migration Topics
  • 4.5.1 Best Practices for Project Migration
  • 4.5.2 language Attribute in bpel:exec Element

5 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Clustering

• 5.1 Clustering Scenario and Architecture
• 5.2 Creating an Oracle BPEL Process Manager Cluster
  • 5.2.1 Task 1: Installing the Required Components
  • 5.2.2 Task 2: Editing Configuration Files
  • 5.2.3 Task 3: Restarting the Hosts
  • 5.2.4 Task 4: Compiling and Deploying the BPEL Process
• 5.3 Summary

A Integration Repository Creation Assistant

• A.1 About the Integration Repository Creation Assistant
• A.2 System Requirements
• A.3 Running the Integration Repository Creation Assistant

B Auto Loan Demo

• B.1 Prerequisites on JDeveloper Studio 10.1.3.3
• B.2 Auto Loan Demo Sample
• B.3 Modelling Auto Loan Flow Process Using JDeveloper Studio
• B.4 Known Issues on non-Oracle Platforms
• B.5 Deploying J2EE Applications on WebLogic
• B.6 Running the Sample

Index