All posts by Masroof Ahmad
Coherence Cluster : tangosol.net. RequestTimeoutException Timeout during service start
Fusion Middleware (11g R1 PS2 onwards) can be configured to use Coherence between WebLogic Cluster components. I recently faced issue while starting application (ODI), configured to use coherence as cluster cache. Two weblogic managed servers (running on server1 and server2) were configured as part of weblogic cluster. Managed server were configured to start with below parameter (9088 here […]
Read MoreInstalling ODI 11g (including Agents) in High Availability (Active-Active Cluster) : Overview
Image from Oracle HA Guide This post covers Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) High Availability (HA) deployment, for overview of ODI 11g components check my previous post here ODI high availability uses WebLogic ( with Java EE Agent) which give you Load Sharing, Connection Pooling, and ability to re-start automatically using WebLogic Server. For these […]
Read MoreOracle Data Integrator (ODI) 11g : Architecture & Installation Overview
. Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is an E-LT (Extract – Load & Transform) based data transformation and integration tool. This post covers overview (and architecture) of ODI 11g, for ODI 10g (earlier Sunopsis) click here ODI consists of following components 1. ODI Studio – is a design time components which consists of Designer, Operator, Topology […]
Read MoreWebLogic Startup fails with Unable to obtain lock on Server may already be running
When you try to start weblogic server and if this fails with error message that “Unable to obtain lock on *.lok Server may already be running” ________ weblogic.management.ManagementException: Unable to obtain lock on /u01/oid_domain/servers/wls_ods1/tmp/wls_ods1.lok. Server may already be running at weblogic.management. internal.ServerLocks. getServerLock (ServerLocks.java:159) ________ This could be because of two reasons 1) WebLogic Server (which you are trying to […]
Read MoreBlank Screen on OAM 10g Identity Server Console : /identity/oblix
Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 10g consists of two type of components Identity System and Access System. For OAM 10g architecture and components click here . In OAM 11g, there is NO identity system (Identity functions in OAM 11g are moved to another product called Oracle Identity Manager– OIM), for list of changes (difference) between OAM 10g and OAM […]
Read MoreOracle WebLogic Server Certification : 1Z0-108 Practice Question and Dumps
I discussed about Oracle Weblogic Server Certification (1Z0-108) in Jan 2010 here and since then I have been postponing my WebLogic Certification for some reason or other (mainly because of my hectic work schedule). Last week, I received an email from UCertify regarding their certification kit which is available for mostly all Oracle Certifications including OCP 11i (Apps […]
Read MoreOAM integration with Oracle Fusion Middleware (Webcenter) for SSO : Reader’s Question
I am excited to share that pre-launch of my book “Oracle Identity and Access Manager 11g for Administrator” is big success (sold 100+ copies in first 45 days). This book can be ordered online from Packtpub Website with hard copies expected to be available by mid September. If you have purchased this book and have suggestion […]
Read MoreHow to reset Lost Oracle WebLogic Password for Fusion Middleware Applications
For WebLogic server, during domain creation screen you create a user weblogic (this could be any name used during domain creation screen) and set password (user and password is stored in weblogic’s embedded LDAP server in hashed format which makes it impossible to decrypt) . This user (weblogic) is then used to login to WebLogic Console and […]
Read MoreE-Business Suite (Apps R12) integration with OAM 11g : inter component communication and Ports to open in FireWall
In this post we are going to cover various components which are part of EBS (Apps R12) integration with Oracle Access Manager and ports required to open across firewall for them from our EBS-OAM Integration Training.. Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11g integration with EBS and Fusion Middleware (WebCenter, UCM & OBIEE) is covered in chapter 12 of […]
Read MoreConfigure OBIEE 11g Client to connect to 11g RPD in online mode
This post covers steps to install OBIEE 11g client on windows and connect to RPD (repository file) in online mode. 1. Install OBIEE Client tool on windows. OBIEE 11g client software is available here 2. Configuring an ODBC DSN for the Oracle BI Server on Windows using steps mentioned here or go to Control Panel […]
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