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Preface

Audience

Notation Conventions

Documentation Accessibility

Skills Required to Administer Oracle Internet File System

Structure of this Guide

Related Documentation

Oracle Services and Support

Oracle Support Services

Products and Documentation

Customer Service

Education and Training

Oracle Technology Network

1 Getting Started with Oracle Internet File System

Oracle Internet File System Overview

Oracle 9iFS Components

Administration Tools Overview

Oracle 9iFS Manager

Oracle 9i Enterprise Manager Console

Oracle 9iFS Configuration Assistant

The Web Interface

The Command Line Utilities.

XML Configuration Files

Import/Export Utility

Dashboard

An Object-oriented File System

The Oracle 9iFS Java API

The Oracle 9iFS Schema

Objects in Oracle 9iFS

Security in Oracle 9iFS

Other Security Features

2 Administering an Oracle 9iFS Domain

The Oracle 9iFS Domain

Services and Servers

Locators

Guarded and Unguarded Nodes

HTTP Nodes

Starting the Oracle9i Enterprise Manager Console

Starting Oracle 9iFS Manager

Launching Oracle 9iFS Manager from the Oracle9i Enterprise Manager Console

Launching Oracle 9iFS Manager in Standalone Mode

Managing an Oracle 9iFS Domain with the Oracle9i Enterprise Manager Console

Start a Domain

Stop a Domain

Refresh a Domain

Start and Stop Nodes

Start and Stop Services

Start and Stop Servers

The Oracle 9iFS DAV Servlet and Oracle HTTP Server

Starting and Stopping a Domain from the Command Line

Monitoring the Performance of an Oracle 9iFS Domain

Monitoring Node Performance

View the Status of Services and Servers

Log Files

3 Setting Up Oracle Internet File System

Overview

Step 1: Plan Your System and the Folder Hierarchy

Folders in Oracle 9iFS

Guidelines for Structuring the Folder Hierarchy

Planning Access Requirements

Step 2: Create Users and Groups

User and System Administrator Privileges

User Profiles

Credential Manager Users

Creating Users

Creating Groups

Step 3: Set Up the Folder Hierarchy and Load Files into Oracle 9iFS

Create the Folder Hierarchy

Set the Mount Points

Migrating Data from Your Legacy Systems

Step 4: Set Up Security

System Access Control Lists (ACLs)

Access Control Entries (ACEs)

Users and Groups as Grantees

Primary User Profiles and Default ACLs

Using Oracle 9iFS Manager to Create an ACL

Using the Web Interface to Create an ACL

Using the Windows Interface to Create an ACL

Using XML to Create an ACL

Using the Oracle 9iFS Manager to Apply ACLs

Using the Web Interface to Apply ACLs

Using the Windows Interface to Apply an ACL

4 Service and Server Configuration

Configuration Settings Are Stored as Objects in the Repository

Service Configurations

How Service Configuration Properties Are Obtained

Service Configuration Files versus Objects

Changing a Service Configuration

Server Configurations

Working with Server Configurations

Changing Server Configuration Settings

Node Configurations

Viewing Information about a Node

Changing a Node Configuration

5 Managing Objects Used by Developers with Oracle 9iFS Manager

The Developer's Section of Oracle 9iFS Manager

Managing Class Objects

Class Hierarchy

Creating Class Objects

Modifying Class Objects

Class Domains

Why Use a Class Domain?

Creating a Class Domain

Modifying Class Domains

Deleting Class Domains

Value Domains

Creating New Value Domains

Modifying Value Domains

Value Defaults

Creating a New Value Default

Example

Modifying Value Defaults

Using Java Server Pages

JSP Execution

Registering JSPs

Parsers

Associating the Parser with a File Extension

XML Parsing Framework

Registering Parsers

Renderers

Registering Renderers

Formats (Mimetypes)

Creating a Format/Mimetype

Modifying Formats/Mimetypes

Deleting Formats/Mimetypes

Working with Categories

Subclassing a Category Class

InterMedia Annotator Overview

6 Oracle 9iFS Repository SQL Views

Viewing Your Setup with Repository Views

The Views

View: ifs_versioned_documents

View: ifs_all_documents

View: ifs_folders

View: ifs_folder_items

View: ifs_users

View: ifs_groups

View: ifs_group_members

View: ifs_acls

Example: Selecting Attributes of a Document

7 Migrating, Backing Up, and Restoring Data

Migrating Legacy Data to Oracle 9iFS

Migration Checklist

Migrate the Users

Recreate the Groups

Migrate the Content

Migrate Your Applications

Migrating Data and Users from One Instance of Oracle 9iFS to Another

Creating the Export Set

Importing the ExportSet

Exporting and Importing Users

Backing Up and Restoring Data

Performing Backups with the Import/Export Utility

8 Oracle Internet File System E-mail Functionality

Oracle 9iFS E-mail Servers

Users and E-mail Addresses

How E-mail Is Stored

E-mail Setup

Server Setup

Configuring Sendmail

Quick Setup Steps

Client Setup

Make Sure that the Oracle 9iFS E-mail Server Is Running

Security Features

Encrypted E-mail

Signed E-mail

IMAP Server SSL Configuration

9 Oracle 9iFS Troubleshooting and Performance Information

Troubleshooting General Problems and Performance Issues

Use Analyze to Optimize Performance

Troubleshooting E-mail Problems

Troubleshooting Oracle Text Problems with Internet File System

Using the Configuration Log Files

IfsConfigOut.log

IfsConfigSql.log

Common Errors Found in the IfsConfigOut.log and IfsConfigSql.log Files

The WCP Server Log File

General Notes About the WCP Server Log

Mapping Oracle 9iFS to Network Drives

Instructions for End Users

Instructions for System Administrators

The Oracle 9iFS Windows Utilities Log Files

Globalization Support Troubleshooting

Possible Problem: FTP Client

Possible Problem: Filenames Truncated or Corrupted

Possible Problem: Unable to Drag and Drop Files Through the Web Interface

Possible Problem: Unable to Insert Files Through FTP

Possible Problem: Unable to Perform Context Searches on Multilingual Content

A Command Line Utilities Reference

Command Line Utilities Overview

Setting Environment Variables to Run the Command Line Utilities

Running the Command Line Utilities

Starting the Command Line Utilities

Navigation Commands

File Manipulation Commands

Miscellaneous Commands

Globalization Support Commands

B Service Configuration Properties

The Service Configuration Properties

Oracle9i Database/JDBC

Service

Service Data Cache

Writeable Connection Pool

Read-Only Connection Pool

Directory Service

Session

Session Object Cache

Tracing

NLS

C Server Configuration Objects

Overview of Server Configuration

InterMedia Annotator Agent

Service Warmup Agent

Expiration Agent

Garbage Collection Agent

Content Garbage Collection Agent

Dangling Object AV Cleanup Agent

Event Exchanger Agent

Service Watchdog Agent

Quota Agent

Outbox Agent

Windows Client Protocol (WCP) Server

Windows NT File System Protocol Server (for Windows NT Only)

NFS Protocol Server

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Server

Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol Server

NbServer

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Server

Command Line Utilities Protocol (CUP) Server

Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) Server

FolderIndexAnalyzerAgent

D Process Configuration Files

DomainController.def

Node.def

HttpNode.def

E Working with Oracle Text

The Oracle Text Index

SQL Scripts for Creating IFS_TEXT Index

Maintaining the IFS_TEXT Index

Index Maintenance

Using SQL ALTER INDEX

Using the PL/SQL Package

Using Oracle 9iFS Manager to Designate Indexing

Additional Features of Oracle Text

Document Services

XML Indexing

Theme Indexing

See Also

F FTP Quote Commands

"DELIM"

"ACL"

"NOACL"

"SETLANGUAGE"

"SHOWLANGUAGE"

"SETCHARENCODING"

"SHOWCHARENCODING"

"PARSEMODEON"

"PARSEMODEOFF"

"CASCADEON"

"CASCADEOFF"

"ADMIN"

"NOADMIN"

G Administration and Operation Scripts

Index