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Table 20–13 describes the properties you can customize for Oracle SOA Suite.
In addition to the properties listed in Table 20–11
and Table 20–13
, the properties for Oracle B2B channels are in the B2B Channels group. However, because B2B channels
can be in various forms, there are no standard properties for a channel. When you extract a move plan, that move plan contains the properties for the current channels in
the source environment. Edit the properties to specify values for the target environment.
The following example shows a portion of a move plan for B2B channels:
movableComponent componentTypeB2BcomponentType
moveDescriptor configGroup
typeB2B Channelstype configProperty id=Channel1
configProperty namefile-param-is_binaryname
valuevalue itemMetadata
dataTypeSTRINGdataType scopeREAD_WRITEscope
itemMetadata configProperty
configProperty namefile-param-markername
valuevalue itemMetadata
dataTypeSTRINGdataType scopeREAD_WRITEscope
itemMetadata configProperty
Table 20–14 describes the properties you can customize for Oracle HTTP Server.
For Oracle HTTP Server, there are many configGroup elements in the move plan. Each configGroup element is associated with one Oracle HTTP Server configuration file. As
a result, there may be more than one instance of a particular property, such as User.
Table 20–13 Move Plan Properties for Oracle SOA Suite
Properties Description
Sample Value SOA Composites Configuration
The following property is in the Composite group:
Config Plan Location The location of the configuration plan to be used
during movement to the target to redeploy the composite application. The path can be absolute, or
relative to the location of the move plan.
The plan is extracted during the extractMovePlan script.
scratchappconfig_ plan.xml
Table 20–14 Move Plan Properties for Oracle HTTP Server
Properties Description
Sample Value
Listen The Listen address. It can include the host
name and port or just the port. orcl3.example.com:8888 or 8888
User The Oracle HTTP Server administration
user admin_user
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Group The group for the user
admin_group1 ServerAdmin
The administrators email address Webmasterexample.com
ServerName The name of the server for Oracle HTTP
Server. If the host does not have a registered DNS name, use the IP address.
orcl1.example.com WebLogicHost
The name of the host on which Oracle WebLogic Server is listening for requests
orcl2.example.com WebLogicPort
The port number that Oracle WebLogic Server uses to listen for requests
9002 WebLogicCluster
The name of the host on which an Oracle WebLogic Server cluster is running and its
port number orcl3.example.com:9003
VirtualHost The name of the virtual host. The port
number listed should also be listed in the Listen directive.
.8888 PlsqlDatabasePassword
Specific to the PLSQL module, the name of a secure file containing the password. You
must provide a password file, even if you are not changing the configuration.
scratchorclpass.txt
PlsqlDatabaseConnectString Specific to the PLSQL module, the service name of the database
orcl.example.com:1521:orcl1 PlsqlNLSLanguage
Specific to the PLSQL module, the NLS_ LANG variable for the database access
descriptor DAD America_America.UTF8
ORAConnectSN Specific to the oradav module, the Oracle
database to which to connect db_host:db_port:db_service_name
ORAUser Specific to the oradav module, the
database user schema to use when connecting to the service specified by the
ORAConnectSN property db6175_PORTAL
ORACRYPTPASSWORD Specific to the oradav module, the
absolute path to the secure file containing the password for oradav. You must
provide a password file, even if you are not changing the configuration
scratchoraclepassword.txt
SSLWallet The location of the SSL wallet, if the wallet
is not in the default location scratchoraclemw_homeORACLE_
INSTANCEconfigOHSohs1keystore smywallets
DocumentRoot The directory that stores the main content
for the Web site scratchoraclemw_homeORACLE_
INSTANCEconfigohsohs1htdocs Alias
The location of the alias, if it is not in the default location. Note that you change the
value within the double quotation marks. iconsscratchorclicons
ScriptAlias The location of the script alias, if it is not
in the default location. Note that you change the value within the double
quotation marks. cgi-binscratchoraclcgi-bin
WebGateInstalldir The location of the WebGate installation
directory, as specified in the webgate.conf file
scratchoraclemw_homeOracle_ OAMWebGate1webgateohs
Table 20–14 Cont. Move Plan Properties for Oracle HTTP Server
Properties Description
Sample Value
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Table 20–15 describes the properties that you can change for the move plan for Oracle
Internet Directory.
Table 20–16 describes the properties that you can change for the move plan for Oracle
Virtual Directory.
Table 20–15 Move Plan Properties for Oracle Internet Directory
Properties Description
Sample Value
OID Non SSL Port The non-SSL port for Oracle Internet Directory.
If you do not provide a port number or if the port number you provide is not available, the operation
uses an available port. 3060
OID SSL Port The SSL port for Oracle Internet Directory.
If you do not provide a port number or if the port number you provide is not available, the operation
uses an available port. 3131
Namespace The Oracle Internet Directory namespace.
dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com OID Admin Password
The absolute path of a secure file containing the password for the Oracle Internet Directory
administrator. You must provide a password file, even if you are not changing the configuration.
scratchoraclepass_oid.txt
ODS Schema Password The absolute path of a secure file containing the
password for the ODS schema, which is the schema that contains metadata for Oracle Internet Directory.
You must provide a password file, even if you are not changing the configuration.
scratchoraclepass_ods.txt
ODSSM Schema Password
The absolute path of a secure file containing the password for the ODSSM schema, which is used to
access server manageability information for Oracle Internet Directory from the database. You must
provide a password file, even if you are not changing the configuration.
scratchoraclepass_odssm.txt
DB Host Name The host name on which the database is running,
which can be found in the tnsnames.ora file example.com
DB Port The port number of the database listener, which can
be found in the tnsnames.ora file 1521
DB Service Name The service name for the database, which can be
found in the tnsnames.ora file orcl.example.com
Table 20–16 Move Plan Properties for Oracle Virtual Directory
Properties Description
Sample Value
OVD Non SSL Port The LDAP non-SSL port number for Oracle Virtual
Directory. If you do not provide a port number or if the port
number you provide is not available, the operation uses the next available port.
6501
OVD SSL Port The LDAP SSL port number for Oracle Virtual
Directory. If you do not provide a port number or if the port
number you provide is not available, the operation uses the next available port.
7501
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20.4.3 Move Plan for Node Manager
Table 20–17 describes the properties you can customize for Node Manager.
OVD Admin Port The administration port number for Oracle Virtual
Directory. If you do not provide a port number or if the port
number you provide is not available, the operation uses the next available port.
8899
OVD Http Port The HTTP listener port number for Oracle Virtual
Directory. 8080
host.port The host name and port for the Oracle Virtual Directory
adapter. example.com:3060
username The user name for the Oracle Virtual Directory adapter.
cn=orcladmin root
The root for the Oracle Virtual Directory adapter. dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com
remotebase The remote base for the Oracle Virtual Directory
adapter. dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com
password The absolute path of a secure file containing the
password for the Oracle Virtual Directory adapter user. scratchoracleovd_pass.txt
Table 20–17 Move Plan Properties for Node Manager
Property Description
Sample Value Node Manager
Configuration The following properties are in the
NODE_MANAGER_PROPERTIES group:
Listen Address The Listen address of Node
Manager example.com
Listen Port The number of the Listen port of
Node Manager 5557
Custom Identity KeyStore File The absolute path of the custom identity keystore file location.
This property is present in the move plan only if the source environment
is configured with SSL. scratchOracleMiddlewarewlserver_
10.3serverlibexample_identity.jks
Custom Identity Private Key Alias
The value of the identity key store alias.
This property is present in the move plan only if the source environment
is configured with SSL. Custom Identity Private Key
Passphrase File The absolute path to the secure file
containing the private key used when creating a certificate.
This property is present in the move plan only if the source environment
is configured with SSL. scratchpass.txt
Domain Configuration The following properties are in the
DOMAINS group: Domain Name
The name of the domain SOA_domain
Table 20–16 Cont. Move Plan Properties for Oracle Virtual Directory
Properties Description
Sample Value
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Domain Location The absolute path of the domain
location scratchOracleMiddlewareuser_
projectsdomainsSOA_domain AdminServer Listen Address
The Listen address of the Administration Server
example.com AdminServer Listen Port
The number of the Listen port of the Administration Server
7001 AdminServer User Name
The administration user name. weblogic
AdminServer Password The absolute path to the secure file
containing the administration users password
scratchpass.txt Node Manager User Name
The Node Manager user name weblogic
Node Manager Password The absolute path to the secure file
containing the Node Manager users password
scratchpass.txt
Table 20–17 Cont. Move Plan Properties for Node Manager
Property Description
Sample Value
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Moving from a Test to a Production Environment
This chapter describes how to move Oracle Fusion Middleware from a test environment to a production environment. You can develop and test applications in a
test environment, and then eventually roll out the test applications and, optionally, test data to your production environment. You can also use this approach for testing
and rolling out upgrades.
This chapter includes the following topics:
■
Introduction to Moving Oracle Fusion Middleware Components
■
Overview of Procedures for Moving from a Test to a Production Environment
■
Common Procedures for Moving to a Production Environment
■
Moving Oracle Fusion Middleware Components
■
Considerations in Moving to and from an Oracle RAC Environment
■
Limitations in Moving from Test to Production
■
Recovering from Test to Production Errors
21.1 Introduction to Moving Oracle Fusion Middleware Components
You can move Oracle Fusion Middleware components from one environment to another environment, such as moving from a test environment to a production
environment.
Moving Oracle Fusion Middleware components minimizes the amount of work that would otherwise be required to reapply all the customization and configuration
changes made in one environment to another. You can install, configure, customize, and validate Oracle Fusion Middleware in a test environment. Once the system is
stable and performs as desired, you can create the production environment by moving a copy of the components and their configurations from the test environment, instead
of redoing all the changes that were incorporated into the test environment.
If you have an existing production environment, you can move any modifications of the test environment, such as customizations, to the production environment.
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21.2 Overview of Procedures for Moving from a Test to a Production Environment
This section describes the general steps in moving installations from a test environment to a production environment. It assumes that you have prepared the test
environment, as described in Section 21.3.1
. The general steps are:
1.
If your environment uses a database, create a new database or copy the database from the test environment to the production environment. See
Section 21.3.2 .
Note that the database in the production environment must be the same type of database as in the test environment. For example, if the database in the test
environment is an Oracle Database, the database in the production environment must be an Oracle Database.
2.
Move Oracle Identity Management to a production environment. See Section 21.4.1
.
3.
Move a copy of the Middleware home for the component or suite from the test environment to the production environment using the copyBinary and
pasteBinary commands, as described in Section 21.3.3
.
4.
Move a copy of the configuration of components, as described in Section 21.3.4
or Section 21.3.5
. In most cases, you use the copyConfig, extractMovePlan, and pasteConfig scripts.
5.
Move other data, such as UMS user messaging preferences, data for Oracle WebCenter applications, or Oracle Web Cache configuration files. Modify any
information that is specific to the new environment such as host name or ports. See
Section 21.4 for information specific to each component.
21.3 Common Procedures for Moving to a Production Environment
Many of the Oracle Fusion Middleware components use some of the same procedures to move from a test environment to a production environment. This section describes
those procedures.
This section contains the following topics:
■
Preparing the Test Environment
■
Installing the Database on the Production Environment
Note:
■
The production environment must be on the same operating system as the test environment. Also, the operating system
architecture must be the same in both environments. For example, both environment must be running 32-bit operating systems or
64-bit operating systems.
■
The target environment must have the same superuser or administrative user as the user at the source environment. The
users password can be different; you specify it on the command line when you use the pasteConfig command.
After you complete the movement of the installation, you can modify the user on the target environment.
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■
Moving the Middleware Home and the Binary Files
■
Moving the Configuration of Java Components
■
Moving the Configuration of System Components
■
Configuring Users, Groups, Security Polices, and Credential Stores for Components
21.3.1 Preparing the Test Environment
The scenarios in this chapter assume that you have installed and configured Oracle Fusion Middleware on the test environment, including some or all of the following:
■
Installing one or more databases to be used by Oracle Fusion Middleware components such as Identity Management, Oracle SOA Suite, or Oracle
WebCenter.
■
Creating needed schemas using RCU.
■
Installing and configuring Identity Management. This can include creating the desired LDAP trees and entries, in particular, users
and groups for Oracle Internet Directory, creating adapters to data sources for Oracle Virtual Directory, creating policies for Oracle Web Services Manager. In
addition, it can include configuring self-signed certificates for SSL. In a production environment, you use trusted CA-signed certificates.
■
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server and creating the Middleware home.
■
Installing and configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware components such as Oracle SOA Suite or Oracle WebCenter.
■
Configuring security policies.
■
Deploying one or more applications or SOA Composite applications. The applications may have internal and external references.
21.3.2 Installing the Database on the Production Environment
Many components, such as Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle SOA Suite, and Oracle WebCenter, require a database. You can install a new database or you can copy the
database from the test environment:
■
Install a new database:
1.
Install and configure the database software.
2.
Create the required schemas in the production database using RCU. See the Oracle Fusion Middleware Repository Creation Utility Users Guide.
3.
Create any custom schemas used by your applications. For example, if your application uses a custom schema in the test environment, create the schema
in the production environment.
■
Create a duplicate database using the Oracle Database RMAN duplicate command. The duplicate database must be created with a different DBID than the
source database, so that it functions entirely independently.
To create a duplicate Oracle Database, Release 11g, in the production environment:
1.
On the production environment, install the Oracle Database software, but do not create a database. To do this, select Install Database Software only in the
Select Configuration Option screen.
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2.
On the test environment, edit the tnsnames.ora file, adding an entry for the database on the production environment.
The following shows an example of the tnsnames.ora file. In the example, testDB is the database on the test environment and prodDB is the database on
the production environment.
testDB = DESCRIPTION =
ADDRESS = PROTOCOL = TCP
HOST = 192.168.1.1 PORT = 1521
CONNECT_DATA = SERVER = DEDICATED
SID = testDB prodDB=
DESCRIPTION = ADDRESS =
PROTOCOL = TCP HOST = 192.168.2.4
PORT = 1521 CONNECT_DATA =
SERVER = DEDICATED SID = prodDB
3.
On the test environment, edit the listener.ora file, adding an entry for the database on the production environment.
The following shows the added entry:
LISTENER_mts = DESCRIPTION_LIST =
DESCRIPTION = ADDRESS = PROTOCOL = TCP
HOST = 192.168.2.4 PORT = 1521IP = FIRST
SID_LIST_LISTENER_mts = SID_LIST =
SID_DESC = SID_NAME = prodDB
ORACLE_HOME = scratchoracletest
4.
In the production environment, create a password file in the ORACLE_ HOMEdbs directory. The sys password must be the same as the password
for the sys account in the database in the test environment. The following command creates the password file:
orapwd password=password file=ORACLE_HOMEdbsorapwproddb
5.
In the production environment, create a parameter file pfile in the ORACLE_ HOMEdbs directory. The file should contain only the DB_NAME parameter.
For example:
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DB_NAME=prodDB
6.
In the production environment, set the ORACLE_SID environment variable to point to the production database if it is not already set. Then, start the
database in NOMOUNT mode. For example:
SQL STARTUP NOMOUNT PFILE=ORACLE_HOMEdbspfile
7.
To move the database from the test environment to the production environment, use RMAN on the production environment.
The following shows an example of using RMAN to duplicate the database.
RMAN DUPLICATE TARGET DATABASE
TO prodDB FROM ACTIVE DATABASE
SPFILE NOFILENAMECHECK;
RMAN automatically copies the server parameter file to the destination host, starts the auxiliary instance with the server parameter file, copies all necessary
database files and archived redo logs over the network to the destination host, and recovers the database. Finally, RMAN opens the database with the
RESETLOGS option to create the online redo logs.
For detailed steps, see the Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Users Guide, which is available at:
http:www.oracle.comtechnetworkdatabaseenterprise-editiondo cumentationindex.html
21.3.3 Moving the Middleware Home and the Binary Files
You can move a copy of the Middleware home to the production environment using the copyBinary and pasteBinary scripts. The Oracle WebLogic Server home, the Oracle
homes, and the binary files in the Middleware home are also moved.
To move the Middleware home:
1.
On Windows, at the source Middleware home, stop the Administration Server and any Managed Servers running in the Middleware home.
2.
At the source Middleware home, execute the copyBinary script, which copies the WebLogic Server home and the Oracle homes contained within the Middleware
home. If there are no Oracle homes in the source Middleware home, no Oracle homes are present in the archive.
For example, to copy a Middleware home that is located at scratchOracle Middleware1, use the following command:
copyBinary.sh -javaHome scratchOracleMiddleware1jrockit_160_20_D1.1.0-18 -archiveLoc tmpmw_copy.jar
-sourceMWHomeLoc scratchOracleMiddleware1 -invPtrLoc scratchoracleoraInst.loc
3.
If you are copying the Middleware home to a different host, copy the archive file to that system.
4.
Copy the pasteBinary scripts and the cloningclient.jar file to the target system and ensure that they have execute permission. See
Section 20.3 for the locations of the
files.
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Do not copy the other scripts, such as pasteConfig. Those scripts are generated when you extract the files, as in step 5.
5.
At the target, extract the files from the archive using the pasteBinary script. For example, to apply the archive to the directory scratchoracleMW_Home_
prod, use the following command:
pasteBinary.sh -javaHome scratchOracleMiddleware1jrockit_160_20_D1.1.0-18 -archiveLoc tmpmw_copy.jar
-targetMWHomeLoc scratchoracleMW_Home_prod
The Middleware home is extracted to scratchoracleMW_Home_prod and the WebLogic Server home and all of the Oracle homes are extracted under it with the
same names as that of the source Oracle home names.
21.3.4 Moving the Configuration of Java Components
You can move a copy of the domain configuration for Java components, such as Oracle SOA Suite, using the copyConfig, extractMovePlan, and pasteConfig scripts. This step
moves a copy of the configuration, including the domain, the Administration Server, and Managed Servers. Then, it starts the Administration Server. You also move a copy
of the Node Manager configuration.
To move a copy of the domain configuration and Node Manager configuration:
1.
At the source Middleware home, make sure that the Administration Server and all Managed Servers are started.
2.
To copy the domain configuration, at the source Middleware home, execute the copyConfig script.
For example, to copy the configuration of the Oracle SOA Suite domain named SOA_domain1 in the Middleware home scratchOracleMiddleware1, use the
following command:
copyConfig.sh -javaHome scratchOracleMiddleware1jrockit_160_20_D1.1.0-18 -archiveLoc tmpsoa.jar
-sourceDomainLoc scratchOracleMiddleware1user_ projectsdomainsSOA_domain1
-sourceMWHomeLoc scratchOracleMiddleware1 -domainHostName example.com
Notes:
■
When you move the configuration of a component, the scripts replicate the topology of the source. For example, if the source
domain contains Managed Servers server_1 and server_2 on Host A and Managed Servers server_3 and server_4 on Host B, you
must specify a similar relationship between Managed Servers and hosts at the target. You specify the hosts for each Managed Server
in the move plan.
■
When you move the configuration of components, the copyConfig script handles only global data sources defined in each Oracle
WebLogic Server domain. For application-level data sources, you must deploy the ADF application configured with the
application-level data sources to a server in the target domain, and manually configure the data sources on the target domain.
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-domainPortNum 8001 -domainAdminUserName admin_username
-domainAdminPassword scratchadminpasswd.txt -logDirLoc tmplogs
3.
If you are copying the component to a different host, copy the archive file to that system.
4.
Extract the move plan from the archive, using the extractMovePlan script. For example:
extractMovePlan.sh -javaHome scratchOracleMiddleware1jrockit_160_20_ D1.1.0-18
-archiveLoc tmpsoa.jar -planDirLoc tmpOraclet2p_planssoa
5.
Edit the move plan, modifying the properties to reflect the values for the target environment. See
Table 20–10 to find the list of properties for the type of
component you are moving.
6.
At the target, extract the files from the archive using the pasteConfig script. For example, to apply the archive to the Middleware home
scratchOracleMiddleware1, use the following command:
pasteConfig.sh -javaHome scratchOracleMiddleware1jrockit_160_20_D1.1.0-18 -archiveLoc tmpsoa.jar
-movePlanLoc tmpOraclet2p_planssoamoveplan.xml -targetDomainLoc scratchOracleMiddleware1user_
projectsdomainsSOA_domain1 -targetMWHomeLoc scratchOracleMiddleware1
-domainAdminPassword scratchpwd_dirpass.txt
7.
To copy the Node Manager configuration, at the source Middleware home, execute the copyConfig script. For example, use the following command:
copyConfig.sh -javaHome scratchOracleMiddleware1jrockit_160_20_D1.1.0-18 -archiveLoc tmpnm.jar
-sourceNMHomeLoc scratchOracleMiddlewarewlserver_ 10.3commonnodemanager
-logDirLoc tmplogs
8.
If you are copying the Node Manager to a different host, copy the archive file to that system.
9.
Extract the move plan from the archive, using the extractMovePlan script. For example:
extractMovePlan.sh -javaHome scratchOracleMiddleware1jrockit_160_20_ D1.1.0-18
-archiveLoc tmpsoa.jar -planDirLoc tmpOraclet2p_planssoa
10.
Edit the move plan, modifying the properties to reflect the values for the target environment. See
Table 20–17 to find the list of properties for Node Manager.
11.
At the target, extract the files from the archive using the pasteConfig script. For example, use the following command:
pasteConfig -javaHome USER_HOMEjrockit_160_17_R28.0.0-679 -archiveLoc tmpnm.jar
-targetNMHomeLoc scratchOracleMiddleware1wlserver_ 10.3commonnodemanager
-targetMWHomeLoc scratchOracleMiddleware1