Archive for October, 2008

How to associate / map / include / exclude a concurrent program to / from a specific concurrent manager in 11i & R12?

Posted on October 14, 2008. Filed under: Configuration, DBA/Admin Tips, R12 | Tags: , , , , , , |

Depending on the business need, at times we might have to exclude / include a concurrent program from/to a specific concurrent manager. Say for example you have created a custom concurrent queue (CCQ) and custom concurrent program (CCP) and you want the CCP to be run only through the CCQ and not through the Standard [...]

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How to configure Workflow Mailer in 11i & R12

Posted on October 9, 2008. Filed under: Configuration, DBA/Admin Tips, R12, Workflow Mailer | Tags: , , , , |

One of the simple configuration in Oracle Apps is the Java Workflow Mailer configuration. The steps are simple but the key point is verifying and validation the pre-reqs before proceeding with the configuration. This post had been divided into two parts 1) Pre-reqs validation and 2) Workflow Mailer configuration.
Pre-reqs validation include SMTP & IMAP server [...]

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How to enable / generate trace for a form 11i / R12

Posted on October 6, 2008. Filed under: DBA/Admin Tips, Diagnostics, R12, TroubleShooting | Tags: , |

This step can be performed by any user who has access to the professional approach (ie., the forms not the jsp). By access i meant any responsibility which launches the form.
Steps: (In the forms window)
1. Click on Help -> Diagnostics -> Trace
2. Under trace you have 5 options – select the appropriate option
3. Key in [...]

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How to identify if a port is listening on a unix server

Posted on October 6, 2008. Filed under: Apps Technology Stack, DBA/Admin Tips, Diagnostics, Operating System, R12, TroubleShooting | Tags: , , , |

We often get into a situation wherein we have to check if a particular port is being used by some process.
Command
netstat -an | grep [port number] | grep LISTEN
Command to identify the OS process associated with a port
lsof -i tcp:[port number]
cheers,
OraclePitStop

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httpd: bad group name dba

Posted on October 1, 2008. Filed under: Configuration, DBA/Admin Tips, Operating System, R12, SOA, Technology, TroubleShooting | Tags: , , , |

All were working fine on our SOA server untill we restarted the services. All the custom oc4j components came up fine except the HTTP component.
Below is the error in opmn/logs/HTTP_Server~1.log
apachectl startssl: execing httpd
httpd: bad group name dba
Executing the id command for the SOA owner returned
$ id
uid=5352(username_masked) gid=500()
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