This post covers key changes (important for Apps DBA’s) from Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS/Apps) 12.0/12.1 and 12.2. If you want to see changes between Oracle Apps 11i and R12 then check here , here or Rupesh’s Posts here

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Changes in R12 (12.2)

1. Oracle E-Business Suite R12 (12.2) uses Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 PS3 (11.1.1.4) including WebLogic 10.3.4 as its application server (Note: In previous version of R12 i.e. 12.0.X and 12.1.X this is 10g R3 i.e. 10.1.3.X). Oracle HTTP server in R12 (12.2) is 11.1.1.4 .

If you are new to Oracle WebLogic Server then check our WebLogic Series here

2. Oracle E-Business Suite R12 (12.2) uses Oracle Application Server 10g R3 (10.1.2.3) for Forms & Reports (Note: In previous version of R12 i.e. 12.0.X and 12.1.X, forms are reports are of same version i.e. 10.1.2.3)

3. Default Database for Oracle E-Business Suite R12 (12.2) is 11g R2 (11.2.X) . (Note: In previous version of R12 i.e. 12.0.X, default database is 11.1 and 12.1.X, default database is 11.2)

4. Oracle JSP Compiler (OJSP) 10.1.3.5 (12.0.X and 12.1.X) is replaced by WebLogic JSP Compiler 11.1.1.4 in R12 version 12.2

5.Online Patching (OLP) introduced in Oracle Apps 12.2 , uses Oracle Database edition-based redefinition to reduce patch down time (more on edition-based redefinition coming soon). A secondary file system for application tier (in Apps R12 – 12.2) is introduced to support OnLine Patching (OLP) . (More on secondary file system in Apps R12.2 coming soon during 12.2 installation)

6. Oracle Apps R12.2 cloning will also support Fusion Middleware (11.1.1.4 – discussed in point 1) cloning. For standalone cloning of Fusion Middleware 11gR1 click here

7. Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator (Web ADI) in R12.2 is now certified with Microsoft Office 32-bit and 64-bit.

Step by step installation of Oracle E-Business Suite (Apps) R12.2 coming soon ..
 

During E-Business Suite integration with OID ( Oracle Internet Directory) , a schema with apps role is used for creating the provisioning profile in OID.

OID use this user credentials to establish connection with E-Business Suite Database.

If you wish to learn more about request flow of E-Business Suite Integration with OID, check our book :EBS:R12- OID/OAM Integration eBook  HERE 

Issue:- After updating the APPS user password in the E-Business Suite, updates in OID were not been provisioned in E-Business Suite.

DIP server log files ($DOMAIN_HOME/servers/<ods_managed_server>/logs ) shows the following error:

wls_ods2-diagnostic.log:[2011-12-22T14:04:23.920+00:00] [wls_ods2] [ERROR] [DIP-20050] [oracle.dip.r12ebs_mfltest_E]  [userId: <anonymous>] [ecid: 0000JH_hQrM7m3D_z9k3yW1Ewm0b000002,0] [APP: DIP#11.1.1.2.0] connecting as : URL : jdbc:oracle:thin:@innowave12:1560:r12ebs , User : APPS

wls_ods2-diagnostic.log:[2011-12-22T14:04:23.920+00:00] [wls_ods2] [ERROR] [DIP-20052] [oracle.dip.r12ebs_mfltest_E]  [userId: <anonymous>] [ecid: 0000JH_hQrM7m3D_z9k3yW1Ewm0b000002,0] [APP: DIP#11.1.1.2.0] Exception on connecting to DB.[[

wls_ods2-diagnostic.log:[2011-12-22T14:04:23.921+00:00] [wls_ods2] [ERROR] [DIP-20274] [oracle.dip.r12ebs_mfltest_E] [userId: <anonymous>] [ecid: 0000JH_hQrM7m3D_z9k3yW1Ewm0b000002,0] [APP: DIP#11.1.1.2.0] Error occurs while initializing ProvAppToOIDSync.[[

wls_ods2-diagnostic.log:[2011-12-22T14:04:23.922+00:00] [wls_ods2] [ERROR] [DIP-10509] [oracle.dip.r12ebs_mfltest_E] [userId: <anonymous>] [ecid: 0000JH_hQrM7m3D_z9k3yW1Ewm0b000002,0] [APP: DIP#11.1.1.2.0] Error in executing provisioning profile.[[

The OID provisioning profile used by the E-Business suite contains the APPS username and password. If the APPS user password is changed on the E-Business suite, then it must be also be changed in the OID provisioning profile as well.

Troubleshooting:-

1) Check last update for the respective provisioning profile to ensure the provisioning is not happening because of user password change:-

Login OID Node

set environment

cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin

oidprovtool operation=STATUS \

ldap_host=<OID_Host_name> ldap_port=<OID_PORT> \

ldap_user="cn=orcladmin" \

application_dn="orclApplicationCommonName=<E_Business_apps_name>,cn=EBusiness,cn=Products,cn=OracleContext,dc=<OID_tree_structure>" \

example:-

oidprovtool operation=STATUS \

>ldap_host=innowave12.com ldap_port=3060 \

>ldap_user="cn=orcladmin"  \

> application_dn="orclApplicationCommonName=r12ebs,cn=EBusiness,cn=Products,cn=OracleContext,dc=innowave,dc=com"

You will be prompted for ldap user password and Interface connection information.

Interface Connection information here means --> <Apps_DB_host>:<Apps_DB_Port>:<Apps_SID>:<Apps_schema_user>:<New_apps_password>

Please enter the LDAP password:

Please enter the Interface connection information (Press Enter key for empty value):

orclODIPProfileProcessingStatus: Event Propagation Successful

orclODIPProfileLastProcessingTime: 20111215183417

orclODIPProfileLastSuccessfulProcessingTime: 20111215183417

orclLastAppliedChangeNumber: 707309

orclSubscriberDisable: 0

orclODIPProfileProcessingStatus: Event Propagation Successful

orclODIPProfileLastProcessingTime: 20111215183415

orclODIPProfileLastSuccessfulProcessingTime: 20111215183415

Dates clearly show that last change provisioned was on 15 Dec 2011

Solution:-Update the Oracle Internet Directory provisioning profile with the new APPS password. This can be done by running the Oracle Internet Directory oidprovtool command-line utility (For detail usage click Here )

oidprovtool operation=modify \

ldap_host=<OID Server hostname> ldap_port=<OID Server Port> \

ldap_user_dn="cn=orcladmin" ldap_user_password=<orcladmin Password> \

application_dn="<The LDAP distinguished name of the application>" \

interface_connect_info=<E-Business Suite connect info of the format, host:port:Sid:username:password>

Example Usage:-

oidprovtool operation=modify \

profile_mode=OUTBOUND profile_status=enabled \

ldap_host=innowave12 ldap_port=3060 \

ldap_user_dn="cn=orcladmin" \

application_dn="orclApplicationCommonName=r12ebs,cn=EBusiness,cn=Products,cn=OracleContext,dc=innowave,dc=com" \

interface_connect_info=innowave12:1521:r12ebs:apps:Welcome1

Bounce DIP managed servers from OID console

Again query for provisioning profile status and see the last processing time.

Example:-

[oid11g@innowave12.com bin]$ oidprovtool operation=STATUS \

>    ldap_host=innowave12 ldap_port=3060 \

>    ldap_user=”cn=orcladmin” \

>    application_dn=”orclApplicationCommonName=r12ebs,cn=EBusiness,cn=Products,cn=OracleContext,dc=innowave,dc=com”

Please enter the LDAP password:

Please enter the Interface connection information (Press Enter key for empty value):

Inbound profile status details:

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orclODIPProfileLastAppliedAppEventID: 441081

orclODIPProfileProcessingStatus: Event Propagation Successful

orclODIPProfileLastProcessingTime: 20111222161734

orclODIPProfileLastSuccessfulProcessingTime: 20111222161734

Outbound profile status details:

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orclLastAppliedChangeNumber: 795870

orclSubscriberDisable: 0

orclODIPProfileProcessingStatus: Event Propagation Successful

orclODIPProfileLastProcessingTime: 20111222161725

orclODIPProfileLastSuccessfulProcessingTime: 20111222161725

Check Last processing time should be today’s date timestamp when you performed this action.

To verify, create new user in OID and ensure the user get provisioned in E-Business Suide FND_USER.

Reference Documents:-

• Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 with Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle Single Sign-On [ID 376811.1]
• How to Debug a DIP eBusiness Suite Provisioning Profile [ID 340501.1]

Oracle Identity User Reference 10g (10.1.4.0.1) Part Number B15998-01

This post covers issue encountered during EBS R12 integration with Oracle WebCenter.

Oracle EBS R12 integration with Oracle Webcenter Suite is explained in My Oracle Support Note # 1074345.1

For EBS-WebCenter integration :

1. You must first register WebCenter server in list of allowed servers to access EBS OA_HTML/portlets/*******.

This is done by adding webcenter server name in s_trusted_portal in Context File and run AutoConfig here and here

Note: Running autoconfig adds server name in apps.conf under $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.3/Apache/Apache/conf/apps.conf  (For R12)

2. You must then register EBS Suite Portlet Producer with Oracle WebCenter so that EBS Portlets can be displayed to WebCenter page .

EBS Portlet Producer can be registered with WebCenter either using WebLogic Scripting Tool - WLST : registerWSRPProducer or using FMW Control /em of webcenter (GUI).

If you register Portlet Producer in webcenter and hit error like

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Error occurred while performing mbs.queryNames(objname) for “oracle.webcenter.portlet:name=ProducerManager” None

Error retrieving WSDL at URL “http://innowave12.com:80/OA_HTML/portlets/WSRPBaseService?WSDL”
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Then check following things

a) Check if WebCenter server can telnet to EBS on port 80 (web port) – If not then check if EBS Middle Tier is up and EBS Apache port is open (80 in this case) between WebCenter and EBS

b) Check if you can access URL http://innowave12.com:80/OA_HTML/ portlets/WSRPBaseService?WSDL from webcenter machine . Use tool like wget on Unix

c) If from wget you get error code 500 , then check EBS Suite OC4J logs (Oracle Container 4 Java). For log location in EBS R12, click here

In my case error message was 403 – Access Denied which means EBS Suite has denied access to WebCenter Server for URI /OA_HTML/portlets/WSRPBaseService?WSDL

Output from wget http://innowave12.com:8000/ OA_HTML/portlets/ WSRPBaseService?WSDL  (from webcenter node)

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Connecting to

> innowave12.com[192.168.1.12]:8000… connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 403 Forbidden
> 16:51:49 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
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This message means that WebCenter server can connect to EBS Suite server but access to URI OA_HTML/portlets/WSRPBaseService?WSDL is denied by server (ERROR 403: Forbidden)

If you check EBS Apache Server access_log & error_log (for log location in EBS R12 click here )

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[Mon Jan 30 11:10:20 2012] [error] [client 10.10.1.24] [ecid:1327921819: 172.22.81.141 :6094906:0:1167,0] client denied by server configuration: /OA_HTML/portlets/WSRPBaseService
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Where  IP address of WebCenter machine is 192.168.1.15  (10.10.1.24 is one of IP from NAT pool load balancer and request to EBS goes via load balancer)

Access to URI is controlled by configuration file

$INST_TOP/ora/10.1.3/Apache/Apache/conf/apps.conf with entry like

Default Entry
<Location ~ /OA_HTML/(portlets|providers)/*>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost
</Location>

Above setting allows access to portlet URL only from localhost address of EBS Middle Tier

After adding Webcenter Server hostname/IP in context file (s_trusted_portal) you should see entry like

<Location ~ /OA_HTML/(portlets|providers)/*>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost webcenterhost 192.168.1.15
</Location>

Above configuration means on /OA_HTML/(portlets|providers)/* , access is allowed only from localhost, webcenterhost and 192.168.1.15.

Issue: In my case request from WebCenter host to EBS goes via Load Balancer and though request to portlet originates from WebCenter Host, for EBS client is Load Balancer NAT address.

Fix: Add load balancer NAT address in s_trusted_portal in context file and run Auto Config.

More on EBS R12 Integration with WebCenter later

This post covers high level steps to integrate Oracle Apps (E-Business Suite) R12 with Oracle WebCenter 11g R1 including Oracle Access Manager (SSO solution) and Oracle Internet Directory (LDAP Server)

EBS Suite integration with WebCenter is very well explained in My Oracle Support Note 1074345.1, here are high level steps from this note

1. Install WebCenter 11.1.1.5
2. Install OID/OAM 11.1.1.5
3. Integrate OAM with OID
4. Integrate EBS R12 with OID/OAM for SSO
5. Integrate WebCenter with OID/OAM for SSO
6. Integrate EBS R12 with WebCenter
7. Test EBS, OID, OAM, and WebCenter Integration

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1. Install WebCenter 11.1.1.5

1.1 Install Database for WebCenter

1.2 Create schema for webcenter using Repository Creation Utility (RCU). More on RCU here

1.3 Install JDK (for 64 bit OS and IBM & HP-UX machines only)

1.4 Install WebLogic Server 10.3.5, more on WebLogic installation here and for 64bit WebLogic installation here

1.5 Install WebCenter Suite 11.1.1.5 software (You must install webcenter under MiddleWare Home – MW_HOME created after installing WebLogic Server in previos step). More on MW_HOME, WL_HOME, ORACLE_HOME here

1.6 Configure WebLogic Domain ($MW_HOME/ oracle_common/ common/ bin/config.sh ) and create WebCenter Managed Servers. More on WebLogic Domain, Admin and Managed Server here

1.7 Test WebCenter URLs

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2. Install OID/OAM 11.1.1.5 

You can check our eBook for step by step installation of OAM 11.1.1.5 , OID 11.1.1.5 and integration with Oracle Apps R12

2.1 Install Database for OID/OAM (You can also use database created for WebCenter)

2.2 Create schema for OID/OAM using Repository Creation Utility (RCU)

Note: If OID/OAM/WebCenter are 11.1.1.5 then you can use single Middleware Home and WebLogic Home for all three products i.e. OID, OAM & OIM

2.5 Install OID Suite 11.1.1.2 (This is base software and OID 11.1.1.5 is patchset only)

2.6 Install OID Suite 11.1.1.5 (OID 11.1.1.5 is patch set only and must be installed on top of 11.1.1.2)

2.7 Install OAM Suite 11.1.1.5

2.8 Configure OID by running config.sh from OID ORACLE_HOME/bin (include DIP and ODSM): DIP is used in OID to EBS Integration 

2.9 Configure Oracle Access Manager by running config.sh from $MW_HOME/ oracle_common/ common/ bin

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3. Integrate OAM with OID : OAM by default uses WebLogic’s embedded LDAP server. This step will configure OAM to use OID as identity Store. More on integration of OAM 11g R1 with OID here

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4. Integrate EBS with OID/OAM

4.1 Register EBS with OID

4.2 Install EBS AccessGate on WebLogic Server

4.3 Install OHS Server and configure mod_wl_ohs to forward requests to WebLogic server on which EBS acccessGate is deployed (more on mod_wl_ohs here)

4.4 Configure WebGate instance for webgate on OHS either by RREG or OAMConsole.

4.5 Install WebGate on OHS server. More on RREG and installing WebGate here

4.6 Set EBS Profile options to enable SSO

4.7 Test EBS-OAM/OID integration

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5. Integrate WebCenter with OID/OAM

5.1 Install OHS Server 11.1.1.2 for WebCenter (11.1.1.2 is base OHS software and 11.1.13/4/5 are patchset)

5.2 Apply OHS 11.1.1.5 patchset (11.1.1.5 is latest patchiest as of Feb 2012)

5.3 Configure  mod_wl_ohs to forward request to WebCenter Managed Servers

5.4 Configure OID as Authentication Provider in WewbCenter’s weblogic security realm. More on OID as authentication provider in WebLogic here

5.5 Configure an Instance of webgate for webcenter OHS in OAM (use RREG or OAMconsole) – Create protected & public resource either using RREG (during agent registration) or manually later

5.6 Install WebGate with webcenter OHS server. More on RREG and installing WebGate here

5.7 Configure OAM Identity Asserter as Authentication Provider in WewbCenter’s Weblogic Security realm

5.8 Change login properties of WebCenter using WLST - addOAMSSOProvider

5.9 Configure WebCenter to use SSO by adding java property
-Doracle.webcenter.spaces.osso=true

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6. Integrate WebCenter with EBS

6.1 Allow webcenter host to access /OA_HTML/portlet/* by adding IP address/Hostname of webcenter machine in s_trusted_portals

6.2 Run Autoconfig in EBS

6.3 Register EBS producer with Oracle WebCenter either using WLST (registerWSRPProducer) or FMW enterprise manager /em

6.4 Add EBS Portlet to webcenter page

6.5 Turn off public access to webcenter spaces page using webcenter administration screen

6.6 Optionally set WebCenter Spaces as EBS Homepage by setting profile option Application SSO Type and Application Portal

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7. Test EBS/WebCenter integration

7.1 Try accessing EBS URL

7.2 EBS should redirect to EBS AccessGate login page /ebsauth_/OAMLogin.jsp (where ebsauth_ is context used during EBS-AG deployment)

7.3 After login

a) If profile options Application SSO Type is set to Portal w/SSO and Application Portal is set to Webcenter Spaces page then user should land on webcenter spaces page (without logon prompt to webcenter space)

b) If above two profile option values are NOT set then after logon to EBS, on same browser session try access WebCenter spaces URL. User should be able to logon without second password prompt.

7.4 From WebCenter spaces access page containing EBS portlet, you should be able to see EBS Portlets without password prompt.

References

• WebCenter integration with OAM 11g Documentation
• 1074345.1 WebCenter 11.1.1 with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
• Step by step installation of OAM 11.1.1.5 , OID 11.1.1.5 and integration with Oracle Apps R12

This post covers Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS or Apps) integration with Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) for User Provisioning and Reconciliation. OIM is Identity Management and Identity Provisioning/Reconciliation software from Oracle. OIM 11g Architecture & Administration is also covered in my book Oracle Identity and Access Manager for Administrators.

Here are key things you should know if you are planning to use OIM to provision accounts to EBS or reconcile users from EBS to OIM.
1. There are mainly three type of users in Oracle E-Business Suite

a) EBS Accounts – is an entry in FND_USER that represents an Oracle E-Business Suite Account. To login to E-Business Suite user must have record in FND_USER

b) HRMS / PERSON Record – Some applications in EBS (like iExpense) require user to have HRMS (Person) record. PERSON record can be of different type like Employee, Part-time worker, Contractor, etc. Person records are stored in table PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F

c) Customer/Vendor Record – Some applications in EBS (like iStore or iProcurement) require user to have TCA record (Trading Community Architecture) that are representative or employees of customers and vendors . TCA record is in stored in table HZ_PARTIES

2. OIM uses pre-built connectors to provision accounts or reconcile users with LDAP Servers, Databases, Operating Systems and Business Applications including Oracle E-Business Suite.

3. There are two type of OIM connector for EBS

a) Oracle e-Business Employee Reconciliation (ER) – In this integration Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS acts as an authoritative source (aka trusted source) for OIM. In this configuration (trusted source) of connector, person records are created and modified only on EBS HRMS. Information about these users is then reconciled in to OIM. This connector has a Reconciliation Process.

Note: You can NOT use EBS ER connector to provision accounts from OIM to EBS (FND_USER), if you need to provision accounts in EBS (FND_USER) from OIM then you should use EBS User Management (UM) connector.

b) Oracle e-Business User Management (UM) – In this integration Oracle E-Business Suite acts as managed resource (target resource) for OIM. Users in OIM can be provisioned to EBS. Using this connector, users created or modified directly on Oracle E-Business Suite can also be reconciled in to OIM.  There are two processes in this connector Reconciliation Process and Provisioning Process.

4. There are three versions of EBS-UM Connector
a) User Management (FND_USER)
b) User Management with HR Foundation (FND_USER & HRMS/PER)
c) User Management with TCA Foundation (FND_USER & TCA/HZ_PARTIES)

5. EBS-UM connector can be configured in any one or combination of

a) User Management : Use this to create FND_USER record (in EBS) for OIM User and to grant roles and responsibilities to this EBS Record (FND_USER).

b) User Management with HR Foundation :  Use this connector to create FND_USER record in EBS (same as User Management) but you can also create basic HRMS user in EBS and link record in HRMS with record in FND_USER (EMPLOYEE_ID column in FND_USER table is linked with PERSON_ID column of PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F table). Use this version of connector if you wish to create record in FND_USER (of EBS) and HRMS (of EBS) from OIM.

c) User Management with TCA Foundation : Use this connector to create  FND_USER record in EBS (same as User Management) but you can also create basic TCA person-type party record in EBS and link it with record in FND_USER (PERSON_PARTY_ID column in FND_USER table is linked with PARTY_ID column of HZ_PARTIES table). Use this version of connector if you wish to create record in FND_USER (of EBS) and TCA (of EBS) from OIM.

a) EBS User Management Connector installation & configuration document is available here

b) EBS Employee Reconciliation Connector installation & configuration document is available here

7. It is recommended NOT to configure Oracle e-Business Employee Reconciliation and Oracle e-Business User Management with HRMS (HRF or HR Foundation) both at same time.

To know more about OIM connector for Oracle E-Business Suite , leave comment below !

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Last week for our Order Management training while checking transaction status in Order Management (Responsibility Order Management Super User, Vision Operations (USA) : Navigation : Shipping >> Transaction) trainees faced error APP-WSH-231210 An unexpected Error Occurred for Line .. The Error is ORA-04062 signature of package APPS.WSH_DELIVERY_DETAILS_INV has been changes

Looking at error message it is clear that fix is to compile invalid database objects and recompile form. Fix is well explained in My Oracle Support Note # 1315451.1 Shipping Transactions Form Errors: APP-WSH-231210, ORA-04062 which is to

a) Apply patch 8294645 (For EBS 12.1)
b) Drop package APPS.WSH_DELIVERY_DETAILS_INV
c) Create package spec and body by running  $WSH_TOP/patch/115/sql/@WSHDDICS.pls & @WSHDDICB.pls
d) Finally compile forms WSHSTREF.fmb, WSHFSTRX.fmb, WSHQSSUI.fmb

What this note doesn’t cover is how to compile forms and if you are not familiar with how to compile forms in EBS R12 then compiling forms is task in itself.

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File with fmb extension is source form file where as file with fmx extension is compiled form . fmb’s in Oracle E-Business Suite (11i or R12) are stored in AU_TOP/forms/<US> directory where are fmx’s are stored in <PRODUCT_TOP>/forms/<US> directory (for example compiled forms related to WSH products should be in $WSH_TOP/forms/<US> directory )

To compile form in R12 (to convert fmb to fmx)

• Set environment file on apps tier R12_BASE/ apps/ apps_st/ appl/ APPS<sid>_<hostname>.env
• export FORMS_PATH and add AU_TOP/forms/US in FORMS_PATH like
  export FORMS_PATH=$FORMS_PATH:$AU_TOP/forms/US
• Change to form compilation executable directory (10.1.2 Oracle Home in R12)
  cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin
• Compile three forms using frmcmp_batch.sh|bat as./frmcmp_batch.sh module=$AU_TOP/forms/US/WSHSTREF.fmb userid=APPS/apps output_file=$WSH_TOP/forms/US/WSHSTREF.fmx module_type=form
• Repeat this for WSHQSSUI.fmb and WSHFSTRX.fmb

Note: Ensure that timestamp changes for above three fmx in $WSH_TOP/forms/US/

Note: If you get error like “ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified” during forms compilation, check My Oracle Support Note 431324.1

Note: If you get error like “Compiling package body INVENTORY_CONTROLS…Compilation error on package body INVENTORY_CONTROLS:PL/SQL ERROR 49 at line 867, column 5 bad bind variable ‘parameter.wms_installed‘” make sure that FORMS_PATH includes $AU_TOP/forms/US

References/Related

• R12.1: Shipping Transactions Form Errors: APP-WSH-231210, ORA-04062 [ID 1315451.1]
• 1085928.1 – R12: How to Compile a Form in Release 12
• 431324.1 R12: Manual Forms compilation In R12 fails With: FRM-91500: Unable to start/complete the build

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Our Forte:

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• Certified Oracle Apps Instructors with real-time experience

• Courses designed for the latest Oracle Apps versions

• Study material with presentations & lab exercises designed by industry experts

• Practice at your leisure 24/7 during the training

• Email support post training completion

Mode of Training :

Our trainings are conducted online using an interactive web-conferencing software which also has integrated VoIP. Participants will be able to view trainer’s desktop remotely & communicate with him at the same time. Trainer can also take control of your PC/Laptop in case you get stuck while performing exercises. For Audio, you need to have a headset (earphone & microphone)

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This is basic but very important with respect to working of concurrent requests.
Of late, one of our test instances experienced repeated issue in concurrent processing. Looking into concurrent log, i observed the below error and was clear that there was an issue with APPLPTMP (which was changed before which there wasn’t any issue faced).
ORA-20100: File filename.tmp creation for FND_FILE failed

Often these errors contain additional information appended to the end. For example:
ORA-20100: File l7921858.tmp creation for FND_FILE failed.
You will find more information on the cause of the error in request log. in Package CSI_ITEM_INSTANCE_PVT Procedure UPDATE_ITEM_INSTANCE
From error , It is clear that Concurrent manager is not able to access APPLPTMP Directory.
The error is essentially saying that the file system reported a problem during the write operation to the temporary directory. There can be a number of reasons for this, including:

1.   The directory does not exist
2.   The directory is full
3.   The directory does not have appropriate write permissions
4.   The UTL_FILE_DIR parameter is incorrect and is not pointing to the right directory
5.   The $APPLPTMP parameter does not match the UTL_FILE_DIR parameter

The reason in our case was : we changed the APPLPTMP in context file to “/tmp/TST” and ran autoconfig but directory “/tmp/TST” didn’t exist physically on DB tier. Although UTL_FILE_DIR contained both old and new values, but it is recommended to have $APPLPTMP as first entry in UTL_FILE_DIR list of values.
Now, What is APPLPTMP and its Significance ? “APPLPTMP is a special directory used only for PLSQL temporary files. When a concurrent program uses the FND_FILE package, the concurrent manager uses APPLPTMP as the directory to which it writes temporary files. FND_FILE uses the UTL_FILE package, which can only write to directories specified in init.ora. Thus, APPLPTMP must be one of the directories listed in init.ora in order for FND_FILE to work.

The following steps provide general setup verifications for the temporary directory ::
Verify the temporary directory setup

a) Check the UTL_FILE_DIR settings of your system:
SELECT value FROM v$parameter WHERE name = ‘utl_file_dir’;
The first directory path defined in this parameter should be the temporary directory e.g. /tmp/TST

b) Ensure this directory physically exists and is not full

c) Verify that this directory has write permissions for the application user (applmgr) – change directory file permission to 777
e.g. chmod 777 /tmp/TST

d) Check the APPLPTMP variable value is the same as the first directory path defined in UTL_FILE_DIR
e.g. echo $APPLPTMP

How is APPLTMP different from APPLPTMP ?

APPLTMP does not need a utl_file_dir entry. It is a pointer to the the temporary directory used by the application, and is not referenced by the database. It is generally recommended that the location be the same simply to avoid any confusion that might be caused by multiple temporary file locations, but this is not a requirement, and you may certainly use different and non-shared locations for each host if you wish.

i.e you can have APPLTMP=’/tmp/TST’ (Apps Node) or ‘$INST_TOP/appltmp’ with Full permission.

Autoconfig establishes the “default” value for %s_applptmp% variable to be /tmp/TST”when osd=”UNIX”.
For %s_appltmp% however, the default value is = %s_temp%”…which is defined at context file creation….Usually, this defaults to $INST_TOP/temp.
Stand Alone R12 environments (with no modification to standard paths) define s_applptmp=/tmp/TST and s_appltmp=$INST_TOP/temp.

For more details on troubleshooting such a scenario , look into the below note:

Concurrent Processing – Troubleshooting Concurrent Request ORA-20100 errors in the request logs [ID 261693.1]

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I discussed about availability of  Oracle E-Business Suite (Oracle Apps) version 12.2, in today’s post I am going to cover installation steps.

Installation is more or less similar to previous R12 version (with few additional screens for WebLogic Server).

Document you must read :

• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Installation Guide is available here
• 1320300.1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release Notes, Release 12.2
• 1376487.1  Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA (AD) Release Notes for Release 12.2.2

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Oracle Apps (E-Business Suite) 12.2 installation steps 

1. Download software from eDelivery .

1.1 Download following zip files for Linux

V29764-01.zip V35231-01_4of5.zip V35806-01_1of3.zip V37515-01_1of6.zip V29856-01.zip V35231-01_5of5.zip V35806-01_2of3.zip V37515-01_2of6.zip V35215-01_1of3.zip V35802-01.zip V35806-01_3of3.zip V37515-01_3of6.zip V35215-01_2of3.zip V35803-01_1of3.zip V35807-01.zip V37515-01_4of6.zip V35215-01_3of3.zip V35803-01_2of3.zip V35808-01.zip V37515-01_5of6.zip V35230-01_1of2.zip V35803-01_3of3.zip V35809-01.zip V37515-01_6of6.zip V35230-01_2of2.zip V35804-01_1of2.zip V35810-01.zip V39615-01.zip V35231-01_1of5.zip V35804-01_2of2.zip V35811-01.zip V35231-01_2of5.zip V35805-01_1of2.zip V35812-01.zip V35231-01_3of5.zip V35805-01_2of2.zip V35813-01.zip

2. Setup staging area (You can either unzip all files downloaded earlier or follow below process)

2.1 unzip StratHere DVD (for Linux)

unzip V35215-01_1of3.zip

2.2 Start buildStage script

[R12.2_SOFTWARE]/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin

./buildStage.sh

2.3 select option 1 i.e. Create New Stage

2.3 Select Option 2 Linux x86-64

2.4 Please enter the directory containing the zipped installation media: [Enter directory location where all the zip files are downloaded]

/stage/oracle/r12/12.2/

You should see output like

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Unzipping V35810-01.zip
Unzipping V35803-01_3of3.zip
Unzipping V35231-01_5of5.zip

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.
.

Verifying stage area…

Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/TechInstallMedia is valid
Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/TechPatches/DB is valid
Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/TechPatches/MiddleTier is valid
Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/EBSInstallMedia/AppDB is valid
Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/EBSInstallMedia/Apps is valid
Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/EBSInstallMedia/AS10.1.2 is valid
Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/TechInstallMedia/database is valid
Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/TechInstallMedia/ohs11116 is valid
Directory /stage/oracle/r12/12.2/TechInstallMedia/wls1036_generic is valid

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2.5 Staging Area should look like below

3. Create Operating System User depending on Single User or Multi User Installation :

You can do

a) Single -User  Installation : oracle where both Application Tier and Database Tier are owned by single user

b) Multi-User Installation : oracle & applmgr where Application Tier is owned by one user (applmgr) and Database Tier by another (oracle)

Note: I am doing multi-user installation and using applmgr & oracle both member of group dba

groupadd dba
useradd -g dba applmgr
useradd -g dba oracle

4. Start Installer from root user
cd $R12.2_SOFTWARE/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/
./rapidwiz

5. In Wizard Operation screen select : Install Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0

Remaining steps in next post !!

I discussed about availability of  Oracle E-Business Suite (Oracle Apps) version 12.2, and pre-requisites and installation of Oracle E-Business Suite release 12.2.2

In this post I am going to cover configuration screens while installing/configuring Oracle Applications 12.2. Ensure that you have done all steps as mentioned in Part I

1. Start EBS 12.2.x Installer from root user as

cd $R12.2_SOFTWARE/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/

./rapidwiz

2. Select Port Pool : Select port pool for services as you used to do in previous versions 12.1.x or 11i

Note: Oracle Apps 12.2 uses dual file system . more on dual file system in 12.2 later.

3. Select Database Type

a) Fresh Database : Use this for production or where you don’t need vision environment.

b) Vision Database : Use this option if you need vision data in R12.

Note: Base directory (/d01/oracle/prod) mentioned above should already be created and owned by Database user (oracle:dba) defined above.

4. License Additional Products : If you need any additional products you can license it now .

Note: You can license addtional products after installation as well.

5. If you are planning to use multi-language (language other than american english) then recommendation is to select Databse character set as AL32UTF8

6. Provide Application Tier details

Note: Apps OS user (applmgr:dba) should be able to create directory under Base directory (/d01/oracle/prod) .

Note: I created application tier user applmgr and database tier user oracle using same group i.e. dba

More on dual file system i.e. File System 1 & File System 2 later.

7. Provide Application Tier & database user password .

Note: WLS Admin User is WebLogic Server Administrator user used to login to WebLogic Console . WebLogic Server is newly introduced in Oracle Apps 12.2

8. If you plan to deploy application tier on multiple nodes then click on Add Server button at bottom.

Note: I am doing single node installation i.e. Application Tier and Database Tier on single host/machine.

9. Installer will validate system configuration and if any check fails then click on ! next to check .

Note: In my case Port Availablity and File Space checks failed. After fixing failed check click on Retry button

a) Port Availaibity check : In my case port 8899 was in use

To Identify which process is using port 8899 in linux run “netstat -tulpn | grep [Port_no]“
[atul@innowave21 ~]$ netstat -tulpn | grep 8899
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp 0 0 :::8899 :::* LISTEN 4536/java
In my case Process ID 4536 was using port 8899, stop the process using 8899 or use different port pool in previous screen. 

10. Click Next and then Install when all checks complete successfully.

11. After installation , access Application as http://host:port where port number is 8000+ port pool, as I use port pool 10 URL should be http://host:8010

Last Week I performed Oracle Database Upgrade from 11.2.0.3 to 12c and would like to share Upgrade document. This upgrade document does not include prerequisite and post requisite, which I would try to compile and upload soon.

Document Link is as under: Oracle Database 12c Upgrade with screenshots

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Oracle yesterday (March 7) released version 11.1.8 of Fusion Applications 

• Documentation for Fusion Applications version 11.1.8 is available on OTN here
• Fusion Apps 11.1.8 software is available on eDelivery
• For new or changed features in 11.1.8 installation check here

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This post is from our demo environment to configure Segregation of Duties (SoD) in EBS using GRC/OAACG/OIM. Contact Us if you are interested in demo of GRC/OAACG/OIM/EBS integration for SoD.

I discussed about Oracle EBS (R12/11i) integration with Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) here, and two type of connectors available for EBS integration are

a) EBS UM Connector : User Management to provisioning Accounts in EBS (FND_USER)

b) EBS ER Connector : Employee Reconciliation to create users in OIM from EBS EMployee record (PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F).

In this post I am going to share an issue I encountered in EBS-ER connector during reconciliation of Employee record from EBS to OIM.

For reconciliation of Employee Record from EBS to OIM, you run schedule job eBusiness Suite HRMS Trusted Reconciliation in OIM.

When I run this scheduled job I encountered error like

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<Apr 10, 2014 11:24:03 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSER> <BEA-000000> <================= Start Stack Trace =======================>
<Apr 10, 2014 11:24:03 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSER> <BEA-000000> <oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.hrms.tasks.EmployeeReconciliationTask : execute>
<Apr 10, 2014 11:24:03 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSER> <BEA-000000> <Query execution failed>
<Apr 10, 2014 11:24:03 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSER> <BEA-000000> <Description : Failed to execute the query>
<Apr 10, 2014 11:24:03 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSER> <BEA-000000> <oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.common.TargetOperationException: Failed to execute the query
at oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.common.dao.DBUtil.getFirstPage(Unknown Source)
at oracle.iam.platform.tx.OIMTransaction CallbackWithoutResult.process (OIMTransactionCallbackWithoutResult.java:9)
at oracle.iam.platform.tx.OIMTransactionCallback. doInTransaction(OIMTransactionCallback.java:13)
at org.springframework.transaction.support. TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:128)
at oracle.iam.platform.tx.OIMTransactionManager. execute(OIMTransactionManager.java:22)
ActionExecutorWrapper.execute(AbstractSubjectSecurity.java:228)
at oracle.security.jps.internal.jaas.CascadeActionExecutor$ SubjectPrivilegedAction.run(CascadeActionExecutor.java:68)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)

CascadeActionExecutor.execute(CascadeActionExecutor.java:50)

at oracle.security.jps.internal.jaas.AbstractSubjectSecurity

$ActionExecutorWrapper.execute(AbstractSubjectSecurity.java:228)
at Thor.API.Security.LoginHandler.Assertion

LoginSession.runAs(AssertionLoginSession.java:93)
at oracle.iam.scheduler.impl.quartz.QuartzJob.execute(QuartzJob.java:77)
Caused by: oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.common.TargetOperationException: Failed to get the paged records
at oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.common.dao.DBUtil.getPagedRecords(Unknown Source)
… 32 more
Caused by: oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.common.TargetOperationException: Invalid format of NUMBER value
at oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.common.dao.DBUtil.setNamedParameters(Unknown Source)
… 33 more
Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: “BUSINESS_GROUP_ID”
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65)
… 34 more
>
<Apr 10, 2014 11:24:03 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSER> <BEA-000000> <================= End Stack Trace =======================>

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Import message in the whole error stack was Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: “BUSINESS_GROUP_ID”

When reconciliation Job eBusiness Suite HRMS Trusted Reconciliation is run, it runs SQL query that fetches data from table PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F table of EBS and look for column BUSINESS_GROUP_ID 

Query : Table PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F (search for BUSINESS_GROUP_ID and CURRENT_EMPLOYEE_FLAG, EFFECTIVE_START_DATE)

Fix : Set lookup Lookup.EBS.HRMS.QueryFilters in OIM Design Console

Log into OIM Design Console -> Administration=>Lookup Definition and search for Lookup.EBS.HRMS.QueryFilters

Enter the following Values…

fromDate = 01-Jan-2012|Date|DD-Mon-YYYY
businessGroupID = 202|number
toDate = 12-Apr-2014|Date|DD-Mon-YYYY

Save the Changes

(Here 202 is BUSINESS_GROUP_ID from PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F table)

Run the schedule job eBusiness Suite HRMS Trusted Reconciliation this should now create users in OIM (from EBS Employee)

This post is from our demo environment to configure Segregation of Duties (SoD) in Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12) using GRC/OAACG/OIM. Contact Us if you are interested in demo of GRC/OAACG/OIM/EBS integration for SoD.

I discussed about Oracle EBS (R12/11i) integration with Oracle Identity Manager(OIM) here, and two type of connectors available for EBS integration are

a) EBS UM Connector : User Management to provisioning Accounts in EBS (FND_USER)

b) EBS ER Connector : Employee Reconciliation to create users in OIM from EBS EMployee record (PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F).

Before EBS Responsibility (treated as entitlement in OIM) can be provisioned via OIM, these responsibility must be visible in OIM as lookup. Schedule Job lookup of EBS Responsibility fethches these responsibility from EBS and store them as lookup in OIM. In this post I am going to share an issue I encountered in EBS-UM connector while running schedule job  lookup of EBS Responsibility.

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Schedule job failed with error in OIM logs as

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<Apr 22, 2014 11:26:22 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSUM> <BEA-000000> <====================================================>
<Apr 22, 2014 11:26:22 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSUM> <BEA-000000> <oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.usermgmt.tasks.UserMgmtLookupReconciliationTask : initializeAndValidateTaskParams : Please provide a valid value to Scheduled Task attribute: IT Resource Name>
<Apr 22, 2014 11:26:22 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSUM> <BEA-000000> <====================================================
>
<Apr 22, 2014 11:26:22 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSUM> <BEA-000000> <================= Start Stack Trace =======================>
<Apr 22, 2014 11:26:22 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSUM> <BEA-000000> <oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.usermgmt.tasks.UserMgmtLookupReconciliationTask : init>
<Apr 22, 2014 11:26:22 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSUM> <BEA-000000> <Invalid Schedule Task Parameter>
<Apr 22, 2014 11:26:22 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSUM> <BEA-000000> <Description : Invalid Schedule Task Parameter>
<Apr 22, 2014 11:26:22 PM BST> <Error> <OIMCP.EBSUM> <BEA-000000> <oracle.iam.connectors.common.ConnectorException: Invalid Schedule Task Parameter
at oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.usermgmt.tasks.UserMgmtLookupReconciliationTask.init(Unknown Source)
at com.thortech.xl.scheduler.tasks.SchedulerBaseTask.execute(SchedulerBaseTask.java:382)

Caused By: oracle.iam.connectors.common.ConnectorException: Invalid Schedule Task Parameter
at oracle.iam.connectors.ebs.usermgmt.tasks.UserMgmtLookupReconciliationTask.init(Unknown Source)

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Fix is to populate two parameters of scheduled job (IT Resource Name and Query Property File)

This schedule job uses a properties file ebsUMLookupQuery.properties (that comes as part of EBS-UM connector).  This properties file has entry like below to get list of all the responsibility in EBS

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Lookup.EBS.Application=SELECT fa.application_id AS CODE, fa.application_short_name AS DECODE FROM fnd_application fa

Lookup.EBS.UMX.Roles=SELECT (CONCAT(fa.application_id || ‘~’, b.name)) AS CODE, (b.display_name) AS DECODE FROM fnd_application fa, wf_local_roles b WHERE b.orig_system = ‘UMX’ AND b.status = ‘ACTIVE’ AND fa.application_short_name = b.owner_tag

Lookup.EBS.Responsibility=SELECT (CONCAT(fa.application_id || ‘~’, fr.responsibility_id)) AS CODE, fr.responsibility_name AS DECODE FROM fnd_application fa, fnd_responsibility_tl fr WHERE fa.application_id = fr.application_id

Lookup.EBS.SecurityGroup=SELECT security_group_id AS CODE, security_group_key AS DECODE FROM fnd_security_groups

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Fix is to populate two parameters of scheduled job (IT Resource Name and Query Property File)

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I am presenting paper Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite with Identity & Access Management & Lessons Learned with Neha Mittal.

Presentation in on 8th December Monday 4:30 PM at Liverpool (UK) covering

• Overview of Oracle Identity & Access Management 
• Integration options including OAM (SSO), OIM (Provisioning & Reconciliation) & GRC (SoD)
• High level lessons learned from our various implementations 

If you are at #UKOUG_APPS14 or #UKOUG_TECH14 in liverpool on 8th Dec or any help/suggestion in implementing Oracle Identity & Access Management then contact myself or Neha Mittal.

The post Presenting at #UKOUG_APPS14 (8th Dec Monday 4:30 PM) : EBS integration with Identity Management appeared first on Oracle : Design, Implement & Maintain.

  We have trained hundred of corporate clients on Oracle Fusion Middleware & Oracle Apps DBA in last 8 years where either customer suggest topics to cover in training or We help them to come up with training topics based on background of team (Apps DBAs, Middleware Admins, Architects and sometime developers).  

Something interesting happened this week while talking to one of my client (Oracle Diamond partner with big Oracle customer base and brilliant technical/support team of Apps DBA, Architects and DBAs) for designing custom course content on Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration for team. They suggested why don’t you ask other Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator’s about topic we should cover. Here is your chance to win a free lesson directly from me (anything in Oracle Apps or FMW of your choice) and this is what you have to do 

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2. Topic should be related to Oracle Fusion Middleware with target audience as      
      a) Oracle Apps DBA with 3+ years experience      
      b) Architects with 8+ years experience and      
      c) Developers 2 + years experience  

Note: Every alternate week we’ll pick one person for free one-to-one lesson on topic of their choice (Fusion Apps, Apps DBA, Fusion Middleware or Oracle IAM)        

Oracle Fusion Middleware Training Course Content

Day 1 – Overview, Concepts & Architecture

Introducing Oracle Fusion Middleware

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Overview, Architecture
• Key concepts in Fusion Middleware (Java VS System)
• Various Homes in Fusion Middleware (Middleware, Oracle, WebLogic, Coherence, Common, Domain, Instance)
• Metadata Repository in Fusion Middleware
• Repository Creation Utility (RCU)
• Overview of Fusion Middleware Component (WebLogic, SOA, IAM, OBIEE, WebCenter, OHS, ODI)
• Administration & Management (FMW Control, WLS Console, WLST, OPMN, Cloud Control)
• Overview of High Availability
• Overview of Disaster Recovery

Oracle WebLogic Server

• WebLogic Server Domain
• Administration Server
• Managed Server
• WebLogic Console
• Node Manager
• Machine
• JDBC in WebLogic Server
• Installing Oracle WebLogic Server 11g (Hands-On)
• Creating WebLogic Domain (Hands-On)
• Start/Stop WebLogic Admin & Managed Servers (Hands-On)
• File System & Log Files for troubleshooting
• Creating Managed Server from Console (Hands-On)
• Deploying a EAR/WAR file in WebLogic Server (Hands-On)

Day 2 – Install & Configure Fusion Middleware

Install & Configure Oracle Fusion Middleware

• Installation Overview of Java Component (SOA)
• Installation Overview of OID/OBIEE
• Creating Schema using RCU (Hands-On)
• Installing Fusion Middleware – OBIEE or SOA (Hands-On)
• Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware (Hands-On)
• Start/Stop Fusion Middleware Component (Hands-On)

Troubleshooting & Managing Logs

• Logs in OPMN components (OHS, OID, OBIEE)
• Logs in Java Components (SOA, WebCenter, OBIEE)
• Other logs (FMW Control, SYSMAN)
• Enable Debug (WebLogic, SOA, OBIEE…)

 High Availability

• Horizontal VS Vertical Cluster
• Configure Cluster in Fusion Middleware (SOA, WebCenter, OID, OHS)
• Pack & Unpack

Day 3 – Deployment & Data Sources

Managing Data Sources in Oracle Fusion Middleware

• Data Sources
• Multi Data Source & Grid Link for RAC
• Creating Data Sources (Hands-On)
• Targeting Data source to Server in WebLogic
• OID connecting to Database

Deploying Application

• Overview of Deploying Applications (EAR, WAR, EJB, RAR, SOA Composite, ADF App)
• Deployment, Re-Deployment and Un-Deployment
• Creating Schema using RCU (Hands-On)
• Installing Fusion Middleware – OBIEE or SOA (Hands-On)
• Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware (Hands-On)
• Start/Stop Fusion Middleware Component (Hands-On)

Day 4 – Users/Groups/Role, SSL  

Users/Groups/Roles in Fusion Middleware

• Security Realm in WebLogic Server
• Users, Groups, Roles in WebLogic Server
• Create Admin User in WebLogic Server (Hands-On)
• Create Users/Groups in OID (Hands-On)
• Create Admin Users in WebCenter (Hands-On)

SSL in Fusion Middleware

• Overview of SSL (One/Two way ssl)
• SSL termination (LB, OHS, WebLogic)
• Keystore & Wallets
• Trust & Identity certificate
• SSL in OHS
• SSL in WebLogic

Day 5 – Patching, Migration, Backup & Recovery

Patching in Fusion Middleware

• Patching Overview
• Patch Types – Interim Patch, Bundle Patch, Security Patch
• Patching Tools (BSU, OPATCH, PSA)
• WebLogic Server (BSU)
• Patch Oracle Home (OPATCH)
• Upgrade Schema (PSA)

Test 2 Prod (T2P) Migration in Fusion Middleware

• T2P Migration Overview
• Prepare Source Environment
• Prepare Target Environment
• Moving Java Components
• Moving Instance & System Components

Backup & Recovery

• Hot (Online) or Cold (Offline) backup
• Backup of various Fusion Middleware Component
  • Middleware Home
  • Domain Home
  • Oracle Home
  • Oracle Instance

Day 6 – Identity Management Integration

Overview of Oracle IAM & FMW OPSS

• Oracle IAM Components – OAM. OID, WebGate
• Policy & Credential Store in FMW
• Authentication Providers in WebLogic Server
• Integrate WebLogic with OID for authentication
• OAM Integration with FMW Component (OBIEE)

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