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Oracle® Application Server Administrator's Guide
10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
Part No. B13995-01
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Preface

Audience
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Related Documentation
Conventions

What's New in Oracle Application Server Administration?

Part I Getting Started

1 Getting Started After Installing Oracle Application Server

1.1 Task 1: Set Up Your Operating System User Account
1.2 Task 2: Use the Oracle Application Server Welcome Page
1.3 Task 3: Check Your Port Numbers
1.4 Task 4: Get Started with Managing Components
1.4.1 Getting Started with Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server (OPMN)
1.4.2 Getting Started with Distributed Configuration Management (DCM)
1.4.3 Getting Started with Oracle HTTP Server
1.4.4 Getting Started with Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
1.4.5 Getting Started with OracleAS Web Cache
1.4.6 Getting Started with OracleAS Portal
1.4.7 Getting Started with OracleAS Wireless
1.4.8 Getting Started with OracleBI Discoverer
1.5 Task 5: Enable SSL (Optional)

2 Introduction to Administration Tools

2.1 Overview of Oracle Application Server Administration Tools
2.1.1 Managing Oracle Application Server with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
2.1.1.1 Using Application Server Control to Manage Oracle Application Server
2.1.1.2 Using Grid Control to Manage Your Enterprise
2.1.1.3 Using Database Control to Manage an OracleAS Metadata Repository Database
2.1.2 Managing Oracle Application Server from the Command Line
2.1.3 Using Other Tools to Monitor the Built-In Performance Metrics
2.2 About Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control
2.2.1 Introducing the Enterprise Manager Home Pages
2.2.2 About the Underlying Technologies
2.2.3 Managing Previous Versions of Oracle Application Server
2.2.4 Using the Application Server Control Console Online Help
2.3 Getting Started with the Application Server Control Console
2.3.1 Displaying the Application Server Control Console
2.3.1.1 Using the Application Server Control Console URL
2.3.1.2 Displaying the Application Server Control Console from the Welcome Page
2.3.2 Understanding the Initial Application Server Control Console Home Page
2.3.3 Using the Application Server Home Page
2.3.4 Using the Oracle Application Server Farm Page
2.3.5 Using an Oracle Application Server Component Home Page
2.4 Monitoring and Diagnosing with the Application Server Control Console
2.4.1 Reviewing the Application Server Component Topology
2.4.2 Reviewing General Information and Resource Usage
2.4.3 Reviewing the Resources of the Application Server Host
2.4.4 Monitoring Application Server Components
2.4.5 Displaying the All Metrics Page for the Application Server or an Application Server Component
2.4.6 Monitoring J2EE Applications
2.4.7 Obtaining More Information about Monitoring Oracle Application Server
2.5 Managing the OracleAS Metadata Repository Database with Database Control
2.6 About Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
2.6.1 About the Components of Grid Control
2.6.2 Installing the Grid Control Components
2.6.3 Logging In to the Grid Control Console
2.6.4 Viewing a List of Application Servers in the Grid Control Console
2.6.5 Overview of Grid Control Monitoring Tasks
2.6.6 Obtaining More Information About Grid Control

3 Starting and Stopping

3.1 Overview of Starting and Stopping Procedures
3.2 Starting and Stopping Application Server Instances
3.2.1 Starting OracleAS Infrastructure
3.2.2 Stopping OracleAS Infrastructure
3.2.3 Starting a Middle-Tier Instance
3.2.4 Stopping a Middle-Tier Instance
3.3 Starting and Stopping Components
3.3.1 Starting and Stopping Using opmnctl
3.3.2 Starting and Stopping Using Application Server Control Console
3.4 Enabling and Disabling Components
3.5 Starting and Stopping an Oracle Application Server Environment
3.5.1 Starting an Oracle Application Server Environment
3.5.2 Stopping an Oracle Application Server Environment
3.6 Starting and Stopping: Special Topics
3.6.1 Starting and Stopping Log Loader
3.6.2 Starting and Stopping in High Availability Environments
3.6.3 Resolving OC4J Errors When Starting Multiple Instances
3.6.4 Shutting Down OracleAS Metadata Repository with the IMMEDIATE Option

Part II Basic Administration

4 Managing Ports

4.1 About Managing Ports
4.2 Viewing Port Numbers
4.3 Changing Middle-Tier Ports
4.3.1 Changing Oracle Enterprise Manager Ports
4.3.2 Changing OC4J Ports
4.3.3 Changing the Oracle HTTP Server Listen Port
4.3.3.1 Enabling Oracle HTTP Server to Run as Root for Ports Set to Less Than 1024 on UNIX Systems
4.3.3.2 Using the portconfig Command to Change the Oracle HTTP Server Listen Port
4.3.4 Changing the OracleAS Web Cache Listen Port
4.3.5 Changing the OracleAS Web Cache Administration Port
4.3.6 Changing the OracleAS Web Cache Invalidation Port
4.3.7 Changing the OracleAS Web Cache Statistics Port
4.3.8 Changing the DCM Discovery Port
4.3.9 Changing the Java Object Cache Port
4.3.10 Changing the Log Loader Port
4.3.11 Changing OPMN Ports (ONS Local, Request, and Remote)
4.3.12 Changing the Oracle HTTP Server Diagnostic Port
4.3.13 Changing the Port Tunneling Port
4.3.14 Changing OracleAS Portal Ports
4.3.15 Changing OracleAS Wireless Ports
4.3.16 Changing OracleBI Discoverer Ports
4.4 Changing Infrastructure Ports
4.4.1 Changing the OracleAS Metadata Repository Net Listener Port
4.4.1.1 Changing the KEY value for an IPC Listener
4.4.2 Changing Oracle Internet Directory Ports
4.4.3 Changing the HTTP Server Port on Identity Management
4.4.4 Changing OracleAS Certificate Authority Ports
4.5 Changing OracleAS Developer Kit Ports
4.6 Changing Oracle Content Management Software Development Kit Ports

5 Managing Log Files

5.1 Introduction to Oracle Application Server Logging
5.1.1 Understanding Log File Data and Naming
5.1.1.1 ODL Message Formatting and ODL Log File Naming
5.1.1.2 Log File Messages by Component
5.1.2 Using a Log Repository
5.1.3 Configuring Component Logging Options
5.2 Listing and Viewing Log Files with Application Server Control
5.2.1 Listing Log Files for Components
5.2.2 Listing Log Files from Oracle Application Server Components Pages
5.2.3 Using Log Files Advanced Search
5.3 Searching Diagnostic Messages in a Log Repository
5.3.1 Getting Started with Log Repository
5.3.2 Searching Log Repository with Simple Search
5.3.3 Searching Log Repository with Advanced Search
5.3.4 Viewing Repository Log Entry Details
5.3.5 Using Regular Expressions With Log Repository Search
5.4 Diagnosing Problems and Correlating Messages
5.4.1 Correlating Messages Across Log Files and Components
5.4.2 Diagnosing Component Problems
5.5 Using Oracle Application Server Log Loader
5.5.1 Starting and Stopping Log Loader
5.5.2 Enabling and Disabling Log Loader
5.5.3 Updating the Log Configuration
5.5.4 Setting Log Loader Properties
5.5.5 Understanding Log Loader Diagnostic Messages
5.6 Advanced Logging Topics
5.6.1 Using the printlogs Tool to View Log Messages
5.6.2 Understanding ODL Messages and ODL Log Files
5.6.2.1 ODL Message Contents
5.6.2.2 ODL Log File Naming
5.6.3 Understanding Log Loader Log File Format Conversion
5.6.4 Component Diagnostic Log File Registration
5.6.5 Configuring Components to Produce ODL Messages and ECIDs
5.6.5.1 Configuring Oracle HTTP Server to Produce ODL Messages
5.6.5.2 Configuring OC4J to Produce ODL Messages
5.6.5.3 Configuring OC4J to Produce ECIDs
5.6.6 Creating and Managing a Diagnostic Message Database Repository
5.6.7 Limitations and Configuration

6 Managing an OracleAS Metadata Repository

6.1 Frequently Asked Questions About OracleAS Metadata Repository
6.2 Postinstallation Status of Metadata Repository Schemas
6.3 Viewing OracleAS Metadata Repository Schema Passwords
6.3.1 Viewing OracleAS Metadata Repository Schema Passwords using Oracle Directory Manager
6.3.2 Viewing OracleAS Metadata Repository Schema Passwords using ldapsearch
6.4 Changing Oracle Metadata Repository Schema Passwords
6.4.1 Changing Schema Passwords Using the Application Server Control Console
6.4.2 Changing Schema Passwords Using SQL*Plus
6.4.3 Changing Schema Passwords in Oracle Internet Directory
6.5 Changing the Character Set of Oracle Metadata Repository
6.6 Renaming and Relocating Oracle Metadata Repository Datafiles

Part III Advanced Administration

7 Reconfiguring Application Server Instances

7.1 Expanding a Middle-Tier Installation
7.2 Configuring Additional Components After Installation
7.2.1 Configuring OracleAS Web Cache After Installation
7.2.1.1 Things to Know Before You Start
7.2.1.2 Configuring OracleAS Web Cache
7.2.1.3 Post-Configuration Tasks
7.2.2 Configuring OracleAS Portal After Installation
7.2.2.1 Configuring OracleAS Portal
7.2.2.2 Post-Configuration Tasks
7.2.3 Configuring OracleAS Wireless After Installation
7.2.3.1 Configuring OracleAS Wireless
7.2.3.2 Post-Configuration Tasks
7.2.4 Configuring OracleAS Single Sign-On After Installation
7.2.4.1 Configuring OracleAS Single Sign-On
7.2.4.2 Post-Configuration Tasks
7.2.5 Configuring Oracle Delegated Administration Services After Installation
7.2.5.1 Things to Know Before You Start
7.2.5.2 Configuring mod_osso for Oracle Delegated Administration Services
7.2.5.3 Configuring Delegated Administration Service
7.2.5.4 Post-Configuration Tasks
7.2.6 Configuring Directory Integration and Provisioning After Installation
7.3 Deconfiguring Components
7.4 Deleting OC4J Instances
7.5 Configuring J2EE and Web Cache to Use Infrastructure Services
7.5.1 Configuring Instances to Use Oracle Identity Management
7.5.2 Configuring Instances with Oracle Identity Management to Use OracleAS Metadata Repository
7.5.3 Configuring Instances to Use an Existing Database as a Repository
7.5.4 Configuring Instances Without Oracle Identity Management to Use OracleAS Metadata Repository
7.5.5 Configuring Instances to Use an Existing File-Based Repository
7.5.6 Configuring Instances to Use a New File-Based Repository

8 Changing Network Configurations

8.1 Overview of Procedures for Changing Network Configurations
8.2 Changing Your Hostname, Domain Name, or IP Address
8.2.1 Changing the Hostname or Domain Name of a Middle-tier Installation
8.2.2 Changing the Hostname, Domain Name, or IP Address of an Identity Management Installation
8.2.3 Changing the Hostname or Domain Name of an OracleAS Certificate Authority Installation
8.2.4 Changing the IP Address of an Infrastructure Containing a Metadata Repository
8.2.5 Special Topics for Changing Your Hostname or Domain Name
8.2.5.1 Setting the Log Level for chgiphost
8.2.5.2 Customizing the chgiphost Script
8.2.5.3 Changing your Hostname after Upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003
8.2.5.4 Recovering from Errors When Changing Your Hostname
8.3 Moving Between Off-network and On-network
8.3.1 Moving from Off-network to On-network (Static IP Address)
8.3.2 Moving from Off-network to On-network (DHCP)
8.3.3 Moving from On-network to Off-network (Static IP Address)
8.3.4 Moving from On-network to Off-network (DHCP)
8.4 Changing Between a Static IP Address and DHCP
8.4.1 Changing from a Static IP Address to DHCP
8.4.2 Changing from DHCP to a Static IP Address

9 Changing Infrastructure Services

9.1 Overview of Procedures for Changing Infrastructure Services
9.2 Changing the Oracle Internet Directory or Oracle HTTP Server Ports on Identity Management
9.3 Changing Oracle Internet Directory from Dual Mode to SSL Mode
9.3.1 Procedure
9.4 Moving Identity Management to a New Host
9.4.1 Sample Uses for this Procedure
9.4.2 Assumptions and Restrictions
9.4.3 Procedure
9.4.4 Strategy for Performing Failover with this Procedure
9.5 Changing the Metadata Repository Used by a Middle-Tier Instance
9.5.1 Sample Uses for this Procedure
9.5.2 Assumptions and Restrictions
9.5.3 Overview
9.5.4 Procedure
9.6 Changing the Metadata Repository Used by Identity Management
9.6.1 Sample Uses for this Procedure
9.6.2 Assumptions and Restrictions
9.6.3 Procedure

10 Cloning Application Server Instances

10.1 Introduction to Cloning
10.2 What Installation Types Can You Clone?
10.3 Understanding the Cloning Process
10.3.1 Source Preparation Phase
10.3.2 Cloning Phases
10.4 Cloning Oracle Application Server Instances
10.4.1 Preparing the Source
10.4.2 Cloning the Instance
10.4.3 Locating and Viewing Log Files
10.4.4 Cloning Instances That Are Members of a Farm or OracleAS Cluster
10.5 Considerations and Limitations for Cloning
10.5.1 General Considerations and Limitations for Cloning
10.5.2 Considerations for Cloning Oracle HTTP Server
10.5.3 Considerations for Cloning Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
10.5.4 Considerations for Cloning OracleAS Web Cache
10.5.5 Considerations for Cloning Application Server Control
10.5.6 Considerations for Cloning Instances Connected to Oracle Identity Management
10.5.7 Considerations for Cloning OracleAS Portal
10.5.8 Considerations for Cloning OracleAS Wireless
10.5.9 Considerations for Cloning Business Intelligence
10.6 Customizing the Cloning Process
10.6.1 Specifying Oracle Universal Installer Parameters
10.6.2 Assigning Custom Ports
10.6.3 Updating Custom Data
10.7 Examples of Cloning Application Server Instances
10.7.1 Using Cloning to Expand an OracleAS Cluster
10.7.2 Cloning a Portal and Wireless Instance Front-Ended by a Load Balancing Router
10.7.3 Cloning a Business Intelligence Instance

11 Changing from a Test to a Production Environment

11.1 Understanding the Options for Creating a Production Middle Tier
11.2 Case 1: Moving J2EE Applications to a Production Environment
11.2.1 Scenario 1: Redeploying J2EE Applications to an Existing Production Environment with a Middle-Tier Instance
11.2.1.1 Preexisting Configuration Assumptions
11.2.1.2 Procedure
11.2.2 Scenario 2: Moving J2EE Applications from a Test Middle Tier without Identity Management to a New Production Environment
11.2.2.1 Preexisting Configuration Assumptions
11.2.2.2 Procedure
11.2.3 Scenario 3: Moving J2EE Applications from a Test Middle Tier with Identity Management to a New Production Environment
11.2.3.1 Preexisting Configuration Assumptions
11.2.3.2 Procedure
11.3 Case 2: Moving Non-J2EE Applications to a Production Environment
11.3.1 Scenario 1: Moving Applications from a Test Middle Tier with Identity Management to a Production Environment with a Preexisting Identity Management
11.3.1.1 Configuration Assumptions
11.3.1.2 Procedure
11.3.1.3 Creating a Second Middle-Tier Instance in the Production Environment
11.3.2 Scenario 2: Moving Applications from a Test Middle Tier with Identity Management and a Product Metadata Repository to an Existing Production Environment with Identity Management
11.3.2.1 Configuration Assumptions
11.3.2.2 Procedure
11.3.3 Scenario 3: Moving Applications from Multiple Test Middle Tiers with Dedicated Identity Management Metadata Repositories
11.3.3.1 Configuration Assumptions
11.3.3.2 Procedure
11.3.4 Common Procedures for Scenarios in Use Case 2
11.4 Case 3: Moving Product-Specific Metadata from Test Metadata Repository to Production Metadata Repository
11.4.1 OracleAS Portal
11.4.1.1 Configuration Assumptions
11.4.1.2 Procedure
11.4.2 OracleBI Discoverer
11.4.2.1 Configuration Assumptions
11.4.2.2 Procedure

Part IV Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

12 Overview of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) in Oracle Application Server

12.1 What SSL Provides
12.2 About Private and Public Key Cryptography
12.3 How an SSL Session Is Set Up (the "SSL Handshake")
12.4 Requirements for Using SSL in Oracle Application Server
12.5 Certificates and Oracle Wallets
12.5.1 How to Get a Certificate
12.5.2 Oracle Wallet
12.5.3 Client Certificates
12.6 SSL Configuration Overview
12.6.1 Default SSL Configuration
12.6.2 Partial SSL Configuration
12.7 Integration with Hardware Security Modules
12.7.1 Protocol Converters
12.7.2 Mathematics Accelerators (PKCS #11 Integration)

13 Managing Wallets and Certificates

13.1 Using Oracle Wallet Manager
13.1.1 Oracle Wallet Manager Overview
13.1.1.1 Wallet Password Management
13.1.1.2 Strong Wallet Encryption
13.1.1.3 Microsoft Windows Registry Wallet Storage
13.1.1.4 Backward Compatibility
13.1.1.5 Third-Party Wallet Support
13.1.1.6 LDAP Directory Support
13.1.2 Starting Oracle Wallet Manager
13.1.3 How To Create a Complete Wallet: Process Overview
13.1.4 Managing Wallets
13.1.4.1 Required Guidelines for Creating Wallet Passwords
13.1.4.2 Creating a New Wallet
13.1.4.3 Opening an Existing Wallet
13.1.4.4 Closing a Wallet
13.1.4.5 Exporting Oracle Wallets to Third-Party Environments
13.1.4.6 Exporting Oracle Wallets to Tools that Do Not Support PKCS #12
13.1.4.7 Uploading a Wallet to an LDAP Directory
13.1.4.8 Downloading a Wallet from an LDAP Directory
13.1.4.9 Saving Changes
13.1.4.10 Saving the Open Wallet to a New Location
13.1.4.11 Saving in System Default
13.1.4.12 Deleting the Wallet
13.1.4.13 Changing the Password
13.1.4.14 Using Auto Login
13.1.5 Managing Certificates
13.1.5.1 Managing User Certificates
13.1.5.2 Managing Trusted Certificates
13.2 Performing Certificate Validation and CRL Management with the orapki Utility
13.2.1 orapki Overview
13.2.1.1 orapki Utility Syntax
13.2.2 Displaying orapki Help
13.2.3 Creating Signed Certificates for Testing Purposes
13.2.4 Managing Oracle Wallets with the orapki Utility
13.2.4.1 Creating and Viewing Oracle Wallets with orapki
13.2.4.2 Adding Certificates and Certificate Requests to Oracle Wallets with orapki
13.2.4.3 Exporting Certificates and Certificate Requests from Oracle Wallets with orapki
13.2.5 Managing Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) with orapki Utility
13.2.5.1 About Certificate Validation with Certificate Revocation Lists
13.2.5.2 Certificate Revocation List Management
13.2.6 orapki Utility Commands Summary
13.2.6.1 orapki cert create
13.2.6.2 orapki cert display
13.2.6.3 orapki crl delete
13.2.6.4 orapki crl display
13.2.6.5 orapki crl hash
13.2.6.6 orapki crl list
13.2.6.7 orapki crl upload
13.2.6.8 orapki wallet add
13.2.6.9 orapki wallet create
13.2.6.10 orapki wallet display
13.2.6.11 orapki wallet export
13.3 Interoperability With X.509 Certificates
13.3.1 Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) Support
13.3.2 Multiple Certificate Support

14 Enabling SSL in the Infrastructure

14.1 SSL Communication Paths in the Infrastructure
14.2 Recommended SSL Configurations
14.3 Common SSL Configuration Tasks
14.3.1 Configuring SSL for OracleAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services
14.3.2 Configuring SSL for Oracle Internet Directory
14.3.3 Configuring SSL for Oracle Internet Directory Replication Server and Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning
14.3.4 Configuring SSL in the Identity Management Database
14.3.5 Additional SSL Configuration in the OC4J_SECURITY Instance
14.3.5.1 Configuring SSL from mod_oc4j to OC4J_SECURITY
14.3.5.2 Using Port Tunneling from mod_oc4j to the OC4J_SECURITY Instance
14.3.5.3 Configuring JDBC/SSL (ASO support)
14.3.6 SSL in Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority
14.3.7 Configuring SSL for Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
14.3.7.1 Configuring Security for the Grid Control
14.3.7.2 Configuring Security for the Application Server Control Console

15 Enabling SSL in the Middle Tier

15.1 SSL Communication Paths in the Middle Tier
15.2 Recommended SSL Configurations
15.3 Common SSL Configuration Tasks for the Middle Tier
15.3.1 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Web Cache
15.3.2 Enabling SSL in the Oracle HTTP Server
15.3.3 Enabling SSL in OC4J
15.3.3.1 Configuring SSL from Oracle HTTP Server to OC4J
15.3.3.2 Using Port Tunneling (iaspt) from Oracle HTTP Server to OC4J
15.3.3.3 Configuring ORMI/HTTP SSL
15.3.3.4 Configuring the Oracle Application Server Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Provider for SSL with Oracle Internet Directory
15.3.3.5 Configuring SSL in Standalone OC4J Installations
15.3.4 Enabling SSL in J2EE and Web Cache Installations
15.3.5 Enabling SSL in Virtual Hosts
15.3.6 Enabling SSL in OracleBI Discoverer
15.3.7 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Wireless
15.3.8 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Portal
15.3.9 Configuring SSL for Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g

16 Troubleshooting SSL

16.1 Name-Based Virtual Hosting and SSL
16.2 Common ORA Errors Related to SSL

Part V Backup and Recovery

17 Introduction to Backup and Recovery

17.1 Philosophy of Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery
17.2 Overview of the Backup Strategy
17.2.1 Types of Backups
17.2.2 Recommended Backup Strategy
17.3 Overview of Recovery Strategies
17.4 What is the Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery Tool?
17.5 Assumptions and Restrictions
17.6 Roadmap for Getting Started with Backup and Recovery

18 Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery Tool

18.1 Using the Oracle Application Server Backup and Recovery Tool
18.2 How to Obtain the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool
18.2.1 Manually Installing the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool
18.3 How to Configure the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool
18.4 Customizing the Tool for Your Configuration Files
18.4.1 How the Tool Works When Backing Up Configuration Files
18.4.2 How to Customize the Tool
18.5 OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool Usage Summary
18.5.1 Prerequisites for Running the Tool
18.5.2 Syntax
18.5.3 Usage Examples

19 Backup Strategy and Procedures

19.1 Recommended Backup Strategy
19.2 Backup Procedures
19.2.1 Enabling Block Change Tracking
19.2.2 Enabling ARCHIVELOG Mode
19.2.3 Creating a Record of Your Oracle Application Server Configuration
19.2.4 Performing a Complete Oracle Application Server Environment Backup
19.2.5 Performing a Configuration and Metadata Backup

20 Recovery Strategies and Procedures

20.1 Recovery Strategies
20.1.1 Recovery Strategies for Data Loss, Host Failure, or Media Failure (Critical)
20.1.2 Recovery Strategies for Process Crashes and System Outages (Non-Critical)
20.2 Recovery Procedures
20.2.1 Restoring an Infrastructure to the Same Host
20.2.2 Restoring an Infrastructure to a New Host
20.2.3 Restoring an Identity Management Instance to a New Host
20.2.4 Restoring and Recovering the Metadata Repository
20.2.4.1 Restoring and Recovering the Metadata Repository to the Same Host
20.2.4.2 Restoring and Recovering the Metadata Repository to a New Host
20.2.5 Restoring Infrastructure Configuration Files
20.2.6 Restoring a Middle-tier Installation to the Same Host
20.2.7 Restoring a Middle-tier Installation to a New Host
20.2.8 Restoring Middle-tier Configuration Files
20.2.9 Restoring a File-Based Repository to a New Host

21 Troubleshooting the Backup and Recovery Tool

21.1 Problems and Solutions
21.1.1 Receiving restore_config Operations Fails Error
21.1.2 File-based Repository Restoration Fails
21.1.3 Cannot Run a Cold Backup on Identity Manager or J2EE Instance
21.1.4 Failure Due to Loss or Corruption of OPMN.XML File
21.1.5 A restore_config Operation Fails

Part VI Appendixes

A Managing and Configuring Application Server Control

A.1 Starting and Stopping the Application Server Control
A.1.1 Starting and Stopping the Application Server Control Console on UNIX
A.1.2 Starting and Stopping the Application Server Control Console on Windows
A.2 Understanding Application Server Control Console Processes on UNIX
A.3 Changing the ias_admin Password
A.3.1 Changing the Password Using the Application Server Control Console
A.3.2 Changing the Password Using the emctl Command-Line Tool
A.4 Configuring Security for Enterprise Manager Application Server Control Console
A.5 Using the EM_OC4J_OPTS Environment Variable to Set Additional Application Server Control Options
A.5.1 Summary of the Options You Can Set with the EM_OC4J_OPTS Environment Variable
A.5.2 Setting the EM_OC4J_OPTS Environment Variable
A.6 Enabling ODL for the Application Server Control Log File
A.6.1 Modifying the Application Server Control Logging Properties
A.6.2 More About the Application Server Control Console Log File Properties
A.7 Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Mode
A.7.1 Making HTML Pages More Accessible
A.7.2 Providing Textual Descriptions of Enterprise Manager Charts
A.7.3 Modifying the uix-config.xml File to Enable Accessibility Mode
A.8 Managing Multiple Oracle Application Server Instances on a Single Host
A.8.1 Restrictions and Supported Configurations
A.8.1.1 General Restrictions
A.8.1.2 Supported Installation Types
A.8.1.3 Support for Separately Installed Components
A.8.2 Creating a New targets.xml for the Active Application Server Control
A.8.3 Updating the StandaloneConsoleURL Property in the Inactive targets.xml File
A.8.4 Updating the opmn.xml File to Refer to the Active Application Server Control
A.8.5 Restarting the Active Application Server Control and Verifying the Results
A.8.5.1 Verifying the Procedure for Infrastructure Installations
A.8.5.2 Verifying the Procedure for Middle-Tier Installations
A.8.6 Deinstallation Procedures
A.8.6.1 Deinstalling the Oracle Home with the Active Application Server Control
A.8.6.2 Deinstalling the Oracle Home with the Inactive Application Server Control

B Oracle Application Server Command-Line Tools

C URLs for Components

D Oracle Application Server Port Numbers

D.1 Port Numbers and How They Are Assigned (Sorted by Installation Type)
D.1.1 J2EE and OracleAS Web Cache Ports
D.1.2 Portal and Wireless Ports
D.1.3 Business Intelligence Ports
D.1.4 Infrastructure Ports
D.1.5 OracleAS Integration InterConnect Ports
D.1.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Ports
D.1.7 Oracle Content Management Software Development Kit Ports
D.1.8 OracleAS Developer Kits
D.2 Port Numbers (Sorted by Port Number)
D.3 Guidelines for Changing Port Numbers (Sorted by Installation Type)
D.3.1 J2EE and Web Cache Ports
D.3.2 Portal and Wireless Ports
D.3.3 Business Intelligence Ports
D.3.4 Infrastructure Ports
D.3.5 OracleAS Integration InterConnect Ports
D.3.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Ports
D.3.7 Oracle Content Management Software Development Kit Ports

E Metadata Repository Schemas

E.1 Metadata Repository Schema Descriptions
E.1.1 Identity Management Schemas
E.1.2 Product Metadata Schemas
E.1.3 Management Schemas
E.2 Metadata Repository Schemas, Tablespaces, and Default Datafiles

F printlogs Tool Syntax and Usage

F.1 Introduction
F.2 Basic Syntax
F.3 Detailed Option Descriptions
F.3.1 Input Options
F.3.2 Filter Options
F.3.3 Output Options
F.3.4 General Options
F.4 Log Record Fields
F.5 Environment Variable
F.6 Examples

G Examples of Administrative Changes

G.1 How to Use This Appendix
G.2 Examples of Administrative Changes (by Component)

H Supplementary Procedures for Configuring LDAP-Based Replicas

H.1 About LDAP-based Replicas
H.1.1 What is an LDAP-based Replica?
H.1.2 How is the LDAP-based Replica Used for Changing Infrastructure Services?
H.2 Installing and Setting Up an LDAP-Based Replica
H.2.1 Things to Know Before You Start
H.2.2 Procedure

I Viewing Oracle Application Server Release Numbers

I.1 Release Number Format
I.2 Viewing Oracle Application Server Installation Release Numbers
I.3 Viewing Component Release Numbers
I.4 Viewing Oracle Internet Directory Release Numbers
I.5 Viewing Metadata Repository Release Numbers
I.6 Using the OPatch Utility
I.6.1 Requirements
I.6.2 Running the OPatch Utility
I.6.2.1 apply Option
I.6.2.2 lsinventory Option
I.6.2.3 query Option
I.6.2.4 rollback Option
I.6.2.5 version Option

J Troubleshooting Oracle Application Server

J.1 Diagnosing Oracle Application Server Problems
J.2 Common Problems and Solutions
J.2.1 Oracle Application Server Infrastructure Instance Will Not Start
J.2.2 OracleAS Web Cache Fails to Initialize or Restart a Managed Process
J.2.3 Cannot Reset Administrator (ias_admin) Password
J.2.4 Cannot Restore Backup to a Different Host
J.2.5 Application Performance Impacted by Garbage Collection Pauses
J.3 Troubleshooting Application Server Control
J.3.1 General Problems and Solutions
J.3.1.1 Resetting the Administrator (ias_admin) Password
J.3.1.2 Unavailable Component Metrics in the Application Server Control Console
J.3.1.3 Performance Charts Show "Not Yet Available" Message
J.3.1.4 Application Server Status Is Down When Server Components are Up
J.3.1.5 Errors When Starting the Application Server Control
J.3.1.6 Problems Connecting to an Application Server Instance From the Farm Page or Cluster Page
J.3.1.7 Application Server Home Page Indicates that the Farm is Unavailable
J.3.1.8 Error Connecting to the Directory Server
J.3.1.9 Browser Displays "SMISession has been invalidated" Error
J.3.1.10 Memory Errors Generated by the Oracle Management Agent
J.3.1.11 Administration Tasks Performed Using the Command Line Are Not Reflected in Application Server Control Console
J.3.1.12 SSL Timeout Issues with Microsoft Internet Explorer Browsers
J.3.1.13 Session Has Expired Message When Using Multiple Browser Windows
J.3.1.14 Topology Viewer Applet Not Loading
J.3.1.15 No Propagation Between Grid Control and Application Server Control When Creating a New OC4J Instance
J.3.2 OC4J Management Problems and Solutions
J.3.2.1 Problems Using the OC4J Security Page
J.3.2.2 Lookup Error When Deploying an OC4J Application
J.3.2.3 Redeploying WAR Applications With Application Server Control
J.3.2.4 Deployment Performance in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator 7.0
J.3.2.5 Problems Deploying Large OC4J Applications
J.4 Need More Help?

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