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1 Getting Started After Installing Oracle Application Server

1.1 Setting Environment Variables

1.2 Using the Oracle Application Server Welcome Page

1.3 Checking Your Port Numbers

1.4 Getting Started with Managing Components

1.4.1 Common Components

1.4.1.1 Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server (OPMN)

1.4.1.2 Distributed Configuration Management (DCM)

1.4.1.3 Oracle HTTP Server

1.4.1.4 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J)

1.4.2 Optional Components

1.5 Changing the ias_admin Password

1.5.1 Using the Application Server Control Console

1.5.2 Using the emctl Command-line Tool

2 Using the Administration Tools

2.1 Understanding Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g

2.1.1 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control

2.1.1.1 The Application Server Control Console

2.1.1.2 The Underlying Software Technologies

2.1.2 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control

2.2 Understanding Command-line Tools

2.3 Understanding 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 Understanding the Initial Application Server Control Console Home Page

2.3.2 Using the Application Server Home Page

2.3.3 Using the Oracle Application Server Farm Home Page

2.3.4 Using an Oracle Application Server Component Home Page

2.3.5 Monitoring and Diagnosing with the Application Server Control Console

2.3.5.1 Reviewing the Application Server Component Topology

2.3.5.2 Reviewing General Information and Resource Usage

2.3.5.3 Reviewing the Resources of the Application Server Host

2.3.5.4 Monitoring Application Server Components

2.3.5.5 Monitoring Your J2EE Applications

2.4 Managing the OracleAS Metadata Repository Database with Database Control

3 Starting and Stopping

3.1 Starting and Stopping Application Server Instances

3.1.1 Starting OracleAS Infrastructure

3.1.1.1 OracleAS Metadata Repository

3.1.1.2 Oracle Identity Management

3.1.2 Stopping OracleAS Infrastructure

3.1.2.1 OracleAS Metadata Repository

3.1.2.2 Oracle Identity Management

3.1.3 Starting a Middle Tier Instance

3.1.4 Stopping a Middle Tier Instance

3.2 Starting and Stopping Components

3.2.1 Starting and Stopping Using opmnctl

3.2.2 Starting and Stopping Using the Application Server Control Console

3.3 Enabling and Disabling Components

3.4 Starting and Stopping an Oracle Application Server Environment

3.4.1 Starting an Oracle Application Server Environment

3.4.2 Stopping an Oracle Application Server Environment

4 Changing the HTTP Port and Listener Settings

4.1 Changing the HTTP Port on a Middle Tier Instances

4.1.1 Enabling Oracle HTTP Server to Run as Root for Ports Set to Less Than 1024 on UNIX Systems

4.1.2 Using the portconfig Command to Change the Oracle HTTP Server Listen Port (SSL or Non-SSL)

4.2 Changing the HTTP (SSO) Port on Identity Management

5 Viewing Log Files

5.1 Introduction to Oracle Application Server Logging

5.1.1 Understanding Log File Data and Naming

5.1.1.1 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 Enterprise Manager

5.2.1 Listing Log Files

5.2.2 Listing Log Files for Selected Components

5.2.3 Listing Log Files from Oracle Application Server Components Pages

5.2.4 Using Log Files Advanced Search

5.2.5 Viewing Log File Details and Log File Contents

5.3 Using Oracle Application Server Log Loader

5.3.1 Starting and Stopping Log Loader

5.3.2 Enabling and Disabling Log Loader

5.3.3 Updating the Log Configuration

5.3.4 Setting Log Loader Properties

5.3.5 Understanding Log Loader Diagnostic Messages

6 Changing Network Configurations

6.1 Overview of Procedures for Changing Network Configurations

6.2 Changing Your Hostname, Domain Name, or IP Address

6.2.1 Changing the Hostname or Domain Name of a Middle-tier Installation

6.2.2 Changing the IP Address of an Infrastructure Containing a Metadata Repository

6.2.3 Special Topics for Changing Your Hostname or Domain Name

6.2.3.1 Setting the Log Level for chgiphost

6.2.3.2 Customizing the chgiphost Script

6.2.3.3 Changing your Hostname after Upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003

6.2.3.4 Recovering from Errors When Changing Your Hostname

6.3 Moving Between Off-network and On-network

6.3.1 Moving from Off-network to On-network (Static IP Address)

6.3.2 Moving from Off-network to On-network (DHCP)

6.3.3 Moving from On-network to Off-network (Static IP Address)

6.3.4 Moving from On-network to Off-network (DHCP)

6.4 Changing Between a Static IP Address and DHCP

6.4.1 Changing from a Static IP Address to DHCP

6.4.2 Changing from DHCP to a Static IP Address

7 Enabling SSL

7.1 SSL Communication Paths in the Infrastructure

7.2 Common SSL Configuration Tasks for the Infrastructure

7.2.1 Configuring SSL for OracleAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services

7.2.2 Configuring SSL for Oracle Internet Directory

7.2.3 Configuring SSL for Oracle Internet Directory Replication Server and Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning

7.2.4 Configuring SSL in the Identity Management Database

7.3 SSL Communication Paths in the Middle Tier

7.4 Common SSL Configuration Tasks for the Middle Tier

7.4.1 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Web Cache

7.4.2 Enabling SSL in the Oracle HTTP Server

7.4.3 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Discoverer

7.4.4 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Wireless

7.4.5 Enabling SSL in OracleAS Portal

7.4.6 Configuring SSL for Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g

8 Cloning an Application Server Instance

8.1 Cloning Overview

8.1.1 Installation Types Supported

8.1.2 General Considerations and Limitations for Cloning

8.2 Procedure for Cloning

8.2.1 Preparing the Source

8.2.2 Cloning the Instance

8.2.3 Locating and Viewing Log Files

9 Backup and Recovery

9.1 How to Obtain the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool

9.1.1 Manually Installing the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool

9.2 How to Configure the OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool

9.3 Customizing the Tool for Your Configuration Files

9.4 OracleAS Backup and Recovery Tool Usage Summary

9.4.1 Prerequisites for Running the Tool

9.4.3 Usage Examples

9.5 Backup Procedures

9.5.1 Enabling Block Change Tracking

9.5.2 Enabling ARCHIVELOG Mode

9.5.3 Creating a Record of Your Oracle Application Server Configuration

9.5.4 Performing a Complete Oracle Application Server Environment Backup

9.5.5 Performing a Configuration and Metadata Backup

A Listing of OPMN Commands

B Listing of DCM Commands

C OracleAS Metadata Repository Schemas

C.1 OracleAS Metadata Repository Schema Descriptions

C.1.1 Oracle Identity Management Schemas

C.1.2 Product Metadata Schemas

C.1.3 Management Schema

C.2 OracleAS Metadata Repository Schemas, Tablespaces, and Default Datafiles

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