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Oracle® Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide
10g Release 2 (10.1.2) for Microsoft Windows
Part No. B14096-05
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Preface

This preface contains the following sections:

Audience

This manual is intended for Oracle Application Server system administrators who are responsible for installing, maintaining, and upgrading Oracle Application Server instances. It is assumed that the readers of this manual have knowledge of the following:

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Structure

The Oracle Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1, "Things You Should Know Before Upgrading"

This chapter identifies terminology used in the guide and describes the upgrade processes for middle tier and Infrastructure installation types, including valid upgrade paths.

Chapter 2, "Understanding Version Compatibility"

This chapter describes scenarios where you must run multiple versions of Oracle Application Server simultaneously. The goal of this chapter is to help you understand how to support your systems while you are in the process of upgrading to 10g Release 2 (10.1.2)

Chapter 3, "Backup Strategies and System Availability During an Upgrade"

This chapter provides guidelines for planning an upgrade. It discusses devising an upgrade strategy, upgrade tasks, system downtime, and system availability during upgrade.

Chapter 4, "Upgrading the Middle Tier"

This chapter contains instructions for starting and using the Oracle Application Server Upgrade Assistant, and instructions on completing the upgrade.

Chapter 5, "Upgrading Identity Management Services"

This chapter contains instructions on upgrading common OracleAS Identity Management configurations, such as those installed in a colocated Infrastructure, non-colocated Infrastructure, and distributed OracleAS Identity Management environments.

Chapter 6, "Additional OracleAS Identity Management Upgrade Procedures"

This chapter contains additional upgrade procedures of interest to customers with more advanced OracleAS Identity Management environments or who are interested in the data migration method of OracleAS Identity Management upgrade.

Chapter 7, "Upgrading the OracleAS Metadata Repository"

This chapter contains instructions for upgrading the component schemas in the OracleAS Metadata Repository, as well as the database that hosts the OracleAS Metadata Repository.

Chapter 8, "Upgrading Standalone and Separately Installed Components"

This chapter describes how to upgrade Oracle Application Server standalone components and Oracle Application Server components that are installed separately from the other Oracle Application Server components.

Chapter 9, "Upgrading High Availability Configurations"

This chapter describes information about upgrading Oracle Application Server high availability configurations, including OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster configurations.

Appendix A, "Component Upgrade Process Reference"

This appendix describes the processing performed by the OracleAS Upgrade Assistant and, if applicable, component schemas. It lists the upgrade items (files or schemas) involved in each process.

Appendix B, "Files Reference"

This appendix lists all of the files affected by the Oracle Application Server upgrade. It provides the path to the file from the Oracle home and indicates whether the file is processed manually or by the OracleAS Upgrade Assistant. It also provides a brief description of each file.

Appendix C, "Upgrade and Compatibility Error Messages"

This appendix provides information about the error messages you may encounter when upgrading your Oracle Application Server installations or when running multiple versions Oracle Application Server.

Appendix D, "Troubleshooting Upgrade"

This appendix describes common problems that you might encounter when upgrading to Oracle Application Server Release 2 (10.1.2) and explains how to solve them.

Changes in This Revision

This revision of the Oracle Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide provides updates, fixes, and clarifications to the Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) upgrade procedures documented in the initial release of the guide.

The following sections describe the changes introduced in the subsequent revisions.

Changes in Revision 2

Revision 2 of this guide (identified by the -02 part number on the title page) included minor updates, fixes, and clarifications, including new high availability upgrade procedures that were not finalized in time for the initial release of the guide.

Changes in Revision 3

Revision 3 of this guide (identified by the -03 part number on the title page) was introduced with Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.2) and included the following new information:

Changes in Revision 4

Revision 4 of this guide (identified by the -04 part number on the title page) includes minor bug fixes and improvements, as well as the following significant changes:

Changes in Revision 5

Revision 5 of this guide includes bug fixes and improvements, as well as the following significant changes:

Related Documents

The following Oracle publications are referenced in this guide. They contain information that may be useful when performing an upgrade:

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention Meaning
boldface Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.
monospace italic text Variables in text or code.
SOURCE_ORACLE_HOME
The full path to the Release 2 (9.0.2), Release 2 (9.0.3), or 10g (9.0.4) Oracle home that you plan to upgrade.
DESTINATION_ORACLE_HOME
The full path to the 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) Oracle home.
10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.0)
Refers to Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.0) only.
10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.2)
Refers to Oracle Application Server Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.2) only.
10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
Refers to both the 10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.0) and 10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.2) versions of the Oracle Application Server software.

For more information, see Section 1.2, "Summary of the New Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) Releases".