All posts by Masroof Ahmad
Oracle Fusion Application 11.1.3 is now available
Last week Oracle released Fusion Applications 11.1.3 (11g RUP2) on eDelivery. Following are changes (useful for DBA’s) introduced as part of FA 11.1.1.3 Support for 11.2.0.3 database Provisioning Plan is now replaced by Response File (Note: You still use provisioningWizard.sh as used in FA 11.1.1.5.1 or 11.1.2) For complete list of new features in Fusion […]
Read MoreOAM integration with OIF : Authentication Engine or Service Provider
OIF is a federation product from Oracle which can act as both Identity Provider (IdP) or Service Provider (SP). More on Federation basics IdP/SP here OIF come with authentication engine (LDAP, OAM, OSSO, Database, InfoCard, JAAS… ) and is used when OIF acts as Identity Provider OIF also comes with Service Provider Integration Modules ( OSSO, OAM, […]
Read MoreOracle Forms & Reports 11g R2 : Installation Overview and Key Points
This post covers high level overview of Forms & Reports 11g R2 installation Installation Document of 11g R2 (11.1.2.0) Forms & Reports is available here 1. Oracle Forms & Reports consists of 1.1 Oracle Forms a) Forms Builder – required for development and compilation of forms b) Forms Server – run-time server used to deploy […]
Read MoreOracle Identity Federation (OIF) for beginners : IdP / SP
This post covers basics of Federation and few points on OIF 1. Identity Federation is process of exchanging identity information between two enterprise (domains) Identity Provider (IdP) and Service Provider (SP). Assume that there are two companies a) Your Company with name myCorp – domain1 b) Travel company (travelCorp) which provide car/flight booking for employees […]
Read MoreOracle Hyperion EPM : Foundation & Essbase Installation : Part I
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) as name suggests is enterprise performance management software that provides planning, budgeting and forecasting solution. Hyperion was acquired by Oracle in 2007 and consists of following components Hyperion Foundation Services Hyperion Essbase Hyperion Reporting and Analysis Oracle Hyperion Data Management Hyperion Financial Performance Management Application that consists of Hyperion Financial […]
Read MoreOracle EBS Integration with OIM (Identity Manager) : Things you should know
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 […]
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EBS R12 integrated with SSO (OAM/OSSO) prompting for username / password again : Your Oracle E-Business Suite account has not been linked
This post covers issue encountered during EBS logon using Oracle Access Manager (OAM) as Single Sign-On Engine from our EBS-OAM Integration Trainnig. Issue: User trying to access EBS (integrated with OAM for SSO) is re-directed to login page (deployed on EBS AccessGate) . On typing username password, user is redirected to EBS page with message “Your Oracle E-Business Suite […]
Read MoreHow to find OID version and patches applied on OID Home ?
Oracle Internet Directory (OID) consists of Repository (LDAP objects stored in Oracle Database under schema ODS) and OID Software (created during OID installation). This post covers steps to find OID version and patches applied to OID ORACLE_HOME . For steps on how to find version of WebLogic click here , E-Business Suite version click here , and for WebGate version […]
Read MoreAutologin failed in OIM/OAM Integration after password reset SSOAccessKey javax.security. auth.login. LoginException
OAM is Oracle’s recommended single sign-on (SSO) solution and OIM is recommended user management (including password) and user/role provisioning solution. It is recommended to integrate OIM with OAM so that a) Users accessing application via OAM (Single Sign-On – SSO) can be managed via OIM (self service password reset, account unlock…) b) Users managed by […]
Read MoreHow to find Webgate 10g/11g Version and Patches Applied
WebGate is one of the components in Oracle Access Manager that acts as Policy Enforcement Point (PEP). WebGate is deployed with Web Server (OHS, Apache, IHS, IIS) and currently available in two versions WebGate 11g (11.1.1.x) works with OAM 11g (11.1.1.x) WebGate 10g (10.1.x) works with both OAM 10g (10.1.x) and OAM 11g (11.1.1.x) To know […]
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