WS-RM Sessions Policy Attachments and Local Optimization in Composite-to-Composite Invocations

Managing SOA Composite Applications 8-51 Table 8–2 provides more specific details on the tasks you can perform from both pages. See the following section based on the tasks you want to perform: ■ Section 8.10.1, Creating and Deleting Partitions ■ Section 8.10.2, Performing Bulk Lifecycle Management Tasks on Composites in Partitions For more information about partitions, see Section 1.4.3.5, Introduction to Partitioning of the SOA Infrastructure.

8.10.1 Creating and Deleting Partitions

You can create and delete partitions on the Manage Partitions page. A default partition named default is automatically included with Oracle SOA Suite. You can delete the Table 8–2 Partition Management Actions Action Perform on the Manage Partitions Page? Perform on the Partition Home Page? Create a partition Yes No Delete a partition Yes Yes. Select the SOA Partition menu, then select Delete This Partition . Note : You can also delete a partition by right-clicking it in the navigator and selecting Delete This Partition . Perform bulk lifecycle management tasks on all composites deployed to a specific partition: ■ Start all ■ Shut down all ■ Retire all ■ Activate all ■ Undeploy all Yes Yes Notes: ■ Partitions are not associated with a particular state such as started, stopped, activated, or retired. Only the composites within the partition are associated with a particular state. Therefore, you cannot start, stop, activate, or retire a partition. ■ After the SOA Infrastructure is started, it may not be completely initialized to administer incoming requests until all deployed composites are loaded. During SOA Infrastructure initialization, a warning message is displayed at the top of the Manage Partitions and Partitions home pages. Do not perform operations such as composite deployment, composite undeployment, and others while this message is displayed. For more information, see Section 3.2.1, Waiting for SOA Infrastructure Startup Initialization to Complete. 8-52 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle BPM Suite default partition. Note that you cannot rename existing partitions; only creation and deletion of partitions is supported. 1. Access this page through one of the following options: The Manage Partitions page displays the following details: ■ The name of each partition, the number of active and retired SOA composite application revisions in each partition, the name of the composites contained in each partition under the View link, and the total number of running and faulted instances in each partition. ■ A utility for searching for a specific partition. Enter a full or partial partition name and click the Search icon or press the Return key. The search is not case-sensitive.

2. To add a partition, click Create.

The Create New SOA Partition dialog is displayed.

a. In the Name field, enter a partition name, and click Create.

From the SOA Infrastructure Menu... From the Home Page of a Specific Partition... 1. Select Manage Partitions. 1. From the Related Links list of a specific partition, select Manage Partitions.