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Oracle® Application Server Release Notes
10g (9.0.4) for Solaris Operating System (SPARC)
Part No. B10629-15
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5 Core Documentation

This chapter describes issues associated with Oracle Application Server Core Documentation. It includes the following topics:

5.1 General Issues and Workarounds

This section describes the general issues and their workarounds. It includes the following topics:

5.1.1 Recommended Character Set

When choosing component identification names in Oracle Enterprise Manager or for dcmctl, you should choose from the following character set:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-_

5.1.2 Do Not Replace the ORACLE_HOME Value in the httpd.conf File

If you have an Oracle Application Server installation in /home/your_directory/orahome and it contains a link to /private/your_directory, the files in ORACLE_HOME are accessible from either /home/your_directory/orahome or /private/your_directory/orahome. Following installation, the ORACLE_HOME is located in /home/your_directory/orahome and the httpd.conf file contains the following line of code:

include /home/your_directory/orahome/Apache/Apache/conf/dms.conf

Do not replace the ORACLE_HOME indicated with another link or absolute path.

5.2 Documentation Errata

This section describes documentation errata. It includes the following topics:

5.2.1 Incorrect Screen Dialog in Oracle Application Server 10g Installation Guide

In the Oracle Application Server 10g Installation Guide, section 7.16, Table 7-12, row 5, the Run orainstRoot.sh message dialog has the instruction to Click OK while the actual message dialog is Continue.

5.2.2 Procedure Not Supported for Oracle Application Server 10g

Section 4.1.2 of the Oracle Application Server 10g Installation Guide, states that you can consolidate multiple instances of Oracle Enterprise Manager on the same computer to reduce memory usage. This procedure is not supported for this release of Oracle Application Server 10g.

5.2.3 JMS Metrics Listed Incorrectly

The followingDMS metrics listed in Table A-26 of the Oracle Application Server 10g Performance Guide are not available:

  • oc4j.jms.computeMsgsize.value

  • oc4j.jms.doGc.value

  • oc4j.jms.expirationInterval

  • oc4j.jms.intraSession.value

  • oc4j.jms.j2ee14.value

  • oc4j.jms.lazySync.value

  • oc4j.jms.pagingThreshold

  • oc4j.jms.useSockets.value

5.2.4 Incorrect Procedure for Changing JServ Servlet Engine Port

The procedure described in Section 5.3.11, "Changing the JServ Servlet Engine Port" in the Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator's Guide is incorrect. Use the following procedure:

  1. Stop Oracle HTTP Server:

    > opmnctl stopproc ias-component=HTTP_Server
    
    
  2. Edit the following file:

    ORACLE_HOME/Apache/JServ/etc/jserv.properties
    
    
  3. Update the port parameter with the new port number.

  4. Save the file.

  5. Restart Oracle HTTP Server:

    > opmnctl startproc ias-component=HTTP_Server
    
    

5.2.5 Changing the Oracle HTTP Server (SSO) Port on Identity Management

Step 7: Re-register mod_osso in Section 5.6.3.1, "Changing the Oracle HTTP Server Non-SSL Listen Port on Identity Management" of the Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator's Guide is incorrect. The parameters in the command for re-registering mod_osso are incorrect.

The corrected commands are as follows:

When changing the non-SSL Oracle HTTP Server (SSO) port, run the following command in the Identity Management Oracle home to re-register mod_osso:

ORACLE_HOME/jdk/bin/java -jar $ORACLE_HOME/sso/lib/ossoreg.jar
-oracle_home_path identity_management_oracle_home
-site_name identity_management_hostname:new_http_port_number
-config_mod_osso TRUE
-mod_osso_url mod_osso_url
-u user

When changing the SSL Oracle HTTP Server (SSO) port, run the following command in the Identity Management Oracle home to re-register mod_osso:

ORACLE_HOME/jdk/bin/java -jar $ORACLE_HOME/sso/lib/ossoreg.jar 
-oracle_home_path identity_management_oracle_home 
-site_name identity_management_hostname:new_https_port_number
-config_mod_osso TRUE
-mod_osso_url mod_osso_url
-virtualhost
-u user 

5.2.6 Replication Based Identity Management Topology Not Supported

The identity management topology described in the section titled, "Multiple Single Sign-On Middle Tiers, Replicated Oracle Internet Directory" in Chapter 9, "Advanced Configurations" of the Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On Administrator's Guide is not supported.

Refer to the Oracle Application Server 10g High Availability Guide for other identity management topologies that do not use replication.