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Oracle® Application Server Release Notes
10g Release 2 (10.1.2) for hp-ux Itanium and Linux Itanium
B15871-05
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1 Introduction

This chapter provides an introduction to Oracle Application Server Release Notes, 10g Release 2 (10.1.2). It includes the following topics:

1.1 Latest Release Information

This document is accurate at the time of publication. Oracle will update the release notes periodically after the software release. You can access the latest information and additions to these release notes on Oracle Technology Network at:


http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/

1.2 Purpose of this Document

This document contains the release information for Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2). It describes issues associated with Oracle HTTP Server, Configuration, OC4J, Oracle Application Server TopLink (OracleAS TopLink), Oracle Application Server Web Cache (OracleAS Web Cache), and Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Oracle recommends that you review contents of this document before installing, or working with the product.

1.3 Operating System Requirements

Oracle Application Server installation and configuration will not be successful unless you meet the hardware and software prerequisites before installation. Refer to Oracle Application Server 10g Installation Guide for a complete list of operating system requirements.

1.4 Certification Information

The latest certification information for Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) is available at


http://metalink.oracle.com

1.5 Licensing Information

Licensing information for Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) is available at


http://oraclestore.oracle.com



Detailed information regarding license compliance for Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) is available at


http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/index.html

1.6 Installation Issues

This section describes issues with installation of Oracle Application Server. It includes the following topics:

1.6.1 The lsnodes Command Fails on Non-RAC HP-UX Systems

After completing the installation, the install*.err files in the oraInventory/logs directory may contain errors similar to following line and with java exception stack details:


lsnodes: cannot get local node number



This error is harmless and can be safely ignored. It does not affect any functionality.Similar errors may also happen when applying bug fixes using the OPatch utility. However, the patch succeeds and the error can be safely ignored.

1.6.2 Installation Guide Errata

The Oracle Application Server Installation Guide for hp HP-UX Itanium, and Linux Itanium states that the oraInst.loc file is located in the /etc directory on Linux Itanium systems. This is incorrect. The oraInst.loc file is located in the /var/opt/oracle/ directory on Linux Itanium systems. This mistake occurs in the following sections of the Installation Guide:

  • "Section 2.5.1 - Create a Group for the Inventory Directory"

  • "Section 2.6 - Operating System User"

  • "Appending A.3 - Pre-Installation"

1.7 General Management Issues

This section describes Management issues. It includes the following topic:

1.7.1 Cloning and Recovery Performance Issue on HP-UX Itanium

On HP-UX, the Distributed Configuration Management importArchive, cloning and recovery operation can be very slow if the archive file you are using is large. For example a 70 MB archive could take many hours to import.

To resolve this problem, download patch 4122657 from OracleMetaLink:


http://metalink.oracle.com



Refer to Readme file provided with the patch for full instructions describing how to resolve this issue.

1.7.2 Incorrect Archivelog Mode Instructions

In Section 19.2.2, "Enabling ARCHIVELOG Mode" of the Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator's Guide, in Step 1. of "To enable ARCHIVELOG mode:", the following command example:


alter system set log_archive_dest='xxx' scope=spfile;



should be:


alter system set log_archive_dest_n = "location=<your_desired_backup_directory>"  scope=spfile;



where n is a number between 1 and 10 and location is your backup directory location.

1.8 Version Compatibility

This release of Oracle Application Server operates with other versions of Oracle Application Server and with Oracle Application Server on other platforms. Refer to the compatibility matrix for the other platform in the Oracle Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide for further information on version compatibility. For example, if you want to use the middle tier on Linux Itanium with an infrastructure on Linux x86, see the Oracle Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide for UNIX that is supplied with Oracle Application Server for Linux x86 for more information on version compatibility.