4 General Management and Security Issues

4.1 Windows Shortcut to createASInstance Command Ignores Input

On Windows, if you create a Windows shortcut to the createASInstance command and invoke the command through the shortcut, and you have an existing configuration in the ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME directory, the createASInstance command prompts for the user input. However, your response, y or n, is ignored.

To work around this problem, you must enter the "Enter" key first, then respond y for overriding the existing configuration, or n for not overriding the existing configuration.

4.2 Clarification on Output to opmnctl status Command

When you use the createInstance command with the -apacheRoot option to create an additional Application Server instance, the status displayed by opmnctl status -l shows two different ports with the same HTTP protocol.

The port starting with 79** is the Apache listening port. The other port is a diagnostic port. Please check the Apache configuration files, such as ohs/conf/httpd.conf and ohs/conf/dms.conf, in the instance home for more details.

4.3 Starting and Stopping Requires Administrator Privileges (Vista and Windows 2008)

On Microsoft Vista and Windows 2008 systems, you must have Administrator privileges when starting and stopping Oracle Application Server.

• To start and stop from the command line using opmnctl, open a DOS window by running cmd.exe as Administrator (right click on cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator).

• To start and stop using the Oracle Application Server shortcuts on the Start menu, right click on the shortcut and select Run as Administrator.

If you do not have Administrator privileges when starting and stopping, you will get an Access Denied error.

4.4 New Features

This section describes the 10.1.3.4 new features for Oracle Application Server. This section includes the following topics:

• Section 4.4.1, "Multiple Application Server Instances"