All posts by Atul Kumar
Is your Single Sign-On (AS-SSO) Server revealing too much information ?
Without going too much into write-up, lets evaluate Oracle’s own implementation of Single Sign-On Server i.e. https://login.oracle.com (In use by application like OTN, Conference.. ) Server Name & Identity Management Version If you check screen shot (Oracle’s Login Server i.e. https://login.oracle.com), you can figure out that Login server (Single Sign-On Server) is using Oracle Identity Management (10.1.4.0.1) This […]
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OBIEE – Step by Step Installation
On request from readers, I am posting step by step installation of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 10.1.3.X on windows (you can use same steps to install OBIEE on Linux) . Things good to know about OBIEE Installation i) Siebel Analytics from Siebel (acquired by Oracle) is now called as OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence […]
Read MoreOracle Apps Release 12.1 , Guess official release date ?
Any guess for Oracle Apps Release 12.1 date ? Release date for 12.1 version is not official yet but if you are looking for new features in Oracle Applications Release 12.1 for Apps DBA’s here is my list . Technical Components in 12.1 Database Version with Oracle Apps 12.1 is going to be 10.2.0.4 Forms […]
Read MoreApps 11i/R12/12i Registration/Deregistration with OID/SSO : internals
Q. If you have multiple nodes with multiple URL’s (intapps.com , extapps.com..) in apps (11i/R12), how many times you have to run OID/SSO Registration Process ? Q. In which table (in Apps), Single Sign-On URL’s are stored ? Q. In which table (in SSO), all partner applications (including apps stored) ? Q. Where is OID, apps 11i/R12 […]
Read MoreClustering Oracle Business Intelligence , BI Server, Presentation Services, Plug-In, Scheduler & Javahost
This post covers Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE) deployment for High Availability (cluster). Lets first understand components of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition . Components of BIEE Oracle BI (Business Intelligence) consist of following components i) BI Server– maintains logical data model in local proprietary file (.rpd). ii) BI Presentation Service – provide framework and interface […]
Read MoreOracle Release/Version Number for Apps/ Forms/ Jinitiator/ OID/ SSO/ Portal/ iAS/ OC4J/ Unix/ xxxx ….
Find component Version in Apps 11i/R12/12i Q. How to find Apps Version (11i/R12/12i). A. Connect to database as user apps SQL> select release_name from apps.fnd_product_groups; Output like 12.0.4 or 11.5.10.2 Q. Web Server/Apache or Application Server in Apps 11i/R12 A. Log in as Application user, set environment variable and run below query $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/bin/httpd -version Output for 11i […]
Read MoreNode / Responsibility Trust Level in Oracle Applications (E-Business Suite 11i/R12)
Node or Responsibility Trust Level : is profile option, to restrict access to set of responsibilities based on Web Server from which user logs in. This profile option can take one of three values – —Administrative —Normal (Default Value) —External Lets suppose E-Business Suite (11i/R12) is deployed with four middle tier where two nodes (node1 […]
Read MoreCluster Architecture : Oracle WebLogic Server
This post outlines different Architecture options available with Oracle WebLogic Cluster. It is very important to make yourself familiar with terminology specially tiers (Web, Presentation and Object). . Terminology Architecture – defines how various tiers of an application (Web, Presentation, Object) are deployed on one or more clusters. Tier – Represents logical divisions of an Application’s service. i) Web […]
Read MoreDeploy Application on Oracle WebLogic Server
This post is next in series “Learn WebLogic with Us“, Till now we learned Install Oracle WebLogic Server Definition of Domain, Administration & Managed Server in Oracle WebLogic Create DOMAIN with one Administration Server or two managed server in Cluster and finally How to start Administration or Managed Server in WebLogic This post covers steps to […]
Read MoreOracle Adaptive Access Manager – Strong Authentication Overview
While accessing my Bank Account (Indian bank ICICI) over Internet, I noticed Virtual Key Board from Entrustto enter password (good feature but what if by mistake (via phishing email) I land on Phishing Website (duplicate fake ICICI website) with fake Virtual Key Board). I wish I could configure virtual keyboard on my ICICI bank website to identify that I am on genuine website […]
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