{"id":1222,"date":"2009-07-03T09:02:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/03\/oracle-fusion-middleware-11g-repository-creation-utility-rcu\/"},"modified":"2017-04-12T07:16:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T11:16:01","slug":"oracle-fusion-middleware-11g-repository-creation-utility-rcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/03\/oracle-fusion-middleware-11g-repository-creation-utility-rcu\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g – Repository Creation Utility (RCU)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This post covers\u00a0overview of Repository Creation Utility<\/strong>(RCU) which\u00a0is first thing you need to do, if you are planning to\u00a0implement\/install Oracle\u00a0Fusion Middleware 11g R1 (11.1.1.0).<\/p>\n

Metadata Repository <\/strong>– contains metadata for Fusion Middleware Components (SOA, Webcenter, Identity Management) . There are various types <\/strong>of Repository – Metadata Services (MDS<\/strong>), Audit Services (IAU<\/strong>), Oracle Internet Directory (OID<\/strong>), Single Sign-On (SSO<\/strong>), SOA Infrastructure (SOAINFRA<\/strong>), Business Activity Monitoring (BAM<\/strong>) , User Messaging (ORASDPM<\/strong>) , Oracle WebCenter (WEBCENTER<\/strong>) , WebCenter Portlets (PORTLETS<\/strong>) , Oracle Content Server (OCSERVER<\/strong>) , Portal (PORTAL<\/strong>), Discoverer (DISCOVERER<\/strong>), Oracle Identity Federation (OIF<\/strong>) , Discussions (DISCUSSIONS<\/strong>) and Wiki and Blog (WIKI<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Repository could be Database-based<\/strong> or File-based, <\/strong>most component (Webcenter, SOA, OID…) requires Database-based Repository.
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How to create Database-based repository ?
\nRCU <\/strong>– Repository Creation Utility is tool to create schema and load repository in existing database for Fusion Middleware components.<\/p>\n

Download RCU<\/strong>\u00a0from here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Key points for Repository Creation Utility (RCU) in FMW
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\n1.<\/strong> RCU can be run in two mode – GUI <\/strong>(G<\/strong>raphical U<\/strong>ser I<\/strong>nterface) & CLI<\/strong> (C<\/strong>ommand L<\/strong>ine I<\/strong>nterface)
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\n2. <\/strong>For Fusion Middleware 11g R1 (11.1.1.X) , RCU can only load schema in Oracle Database (version 10.2.0.4 and higher or 11.1.0.7 and higher)
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\n3. <\/strong>You can run RCU locally<\/strong> (same machine where Database is running) or Remotely <\/strong>(Database is on remote machine)
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\n4. <\/strong>By default RCU creates default schema and load repository in default tablespaces. RCU provides flexibility to change schema or tablespace name. (Only exception to this is Oracle Internet Directory (OID) schema)<\/p>\n

5. <\/strong>You could load multiple repository (like Portal, webcenter, SOAINFRA) in single database. You could also load different version of same repository (like dev_soainfra, test_soainfra for DEV & Test instance resp.) in same database. (This is interesting feature for using single database for multiple Fusion Middleware Instances)<\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> You can start RCU (Repository Creation Utility) from $RCU_SOFTWARE\/bin\/ rcu <\/strong>(for Unix<\/strong>) or rcu.bat<\/strong> (for Windows<\/strong>) ; This will start RCU in GUI mode. For CLI mode use “rcu [-silent | -interactive] {<command> <options>}<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

7. <\/strong>RCU log file is written to the RCU_SOFTWARE_DIR\/ rcu\/ log\/ logdir.<date_timestamp>\/ rcu.log<\/strong><\/p>\n

8.<\/strong>For step by step Fusion Middleware Repository Creation Utility<\/strong> with screen-shots click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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What to do after creating Fusion Middleware Database-based Repository ?
\n<\/strong>Before you can use Repository for fusion middleware component (soa, webcenter), you need to register Repository with Oracle WebLogic Server domain . (How to register Database-based with WebLogic domain ?<\/strong> coming soon…)<\/p>\n

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