What Is a Middleware Home?

2-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide 2.5 What Is a WebLogic Server Home? A WebLogic Server home contains installed files necessary to host a WebLogic Server. The WebLogic Server home directory is a peer of Oracle home directories and resides within the directory structure of the Middleware home. 2.6 What Is an Oracle Home and the Oracle Common Home? An Oracle home contains installed files necessary to host a specific component or software suite. For example, the SOA Oracle home contains a directory that contains binary and library files for Oracle SOA Suite. An Oracle home resides within the directory structure of the Middleware home. Each Oracle home can be associated with multiple Oracle instances or Oracle WebLogic Server domains. There can be multiple Oracle homes within each Middleware home. The Oracle Common home contains the binary and library files required for Fusion Middleware Control and Java Required Files JRF. There can be only one Oracle Common home within each Middleware home. 2.7 What Is the Oracle Metadata Repository? The Oracle Metadata Repository contains metadata for Oracle Fusion Middleware components, such as Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle B2B, and Oracle Portal. It can also contain metadata about the configuration of Oracle Fusion Middleware and metadata for your applications. A metadata repository can be database-based or file-based. If it is database-based, you can create it in an existing database using the Repository Creation Utility RCU. Oracle Fusion Middleware supports multiple repository types. A repository type represents a specific schema or set of schemas that belong to a specific Oracle Fusion Middleware component for example, Oracle SOA Suite or Oracle Internet Directory. A particular type of repository, the Oracle Metadata Services MDS repository, contains metadata for most Oracle Fusion Middleware components, such as Oracle B2B, and for certain types of applications. See Also: Chapter 14 for more information about metadata repositories Part II Part II Basic Administration This part describes basic administration tasks. Part II contains the following chapters: ■ Chapter 3, Getting Started Managing Oracle Fusion Middleware ■ Chapter 4, Starting and Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware ■ Chapter 5, Managing Ports