oracle r12 on vmware server v 1.6

7/16/2019 Oracle R12 on VMware Server v 1.6

1/104

Oracle R12 on VMware http://focusthread.com/training

http://focusthread.com/training 1

Oracle R12 (12.1.1) on VMware

Focusthread Limitedhttp://focusthread.com

eMail - [email protected]
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://focusthread.com/http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training


2/104



1 Introduction................................................................................................................. 42 Content in External Hard Drive .................................................................................. 5

3 Install VMWare server on your windows machine .................................................... 64 Create virtual machine focusthreadr12.com ............................................................. 134.1 Change location of Disk in vmx (VMware configuration) file......................... 134.2 Import Virtual Machine focusthreadr12.com ................................................... 17

4.2.1 Login to VMware Console........................................................................ 174.2.2 Add Datastore ........................................................................................... 184.2.3 Add Virtual Machine to Inventory............................................................ 214.2.4 Start Virtual Machine focusthreadr12.com............................................... 234.2.5 Install VMWare Remote Console Plug-In................................................ 244.2.6 Bind MAC address for Ethernet Card....................................................... 32

5 Configure Hosts file and Install Putty on windows machine.................................... 40

5.1 Configure hosts file on windows machine........................................................ 405.2 Test hosts file configuration.............................................................................. 405.3 Download putty and start application ............................................................... 40

6 Start Applications R12.............................................................................................. 456.1 Start Database Tier............................................................................................ 456.2 Start Application Tier ....................................................................................... 46

7 Access Application from Windows Machine ........................................................... 487.1 Accessing forms for first time........................................................................... 48

8 Shutdown Applications R12 ..................................................................................... 558.1 Shutdown Application Tier............................................................................... 558.2 Shutdown Database Tier ................................................................................... 55

9 Connect from TOAD ................................................................................................ 5910 JDeveloper Configuration..................................................................................... 6011 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 61

11.1 Page not responsing .......................................................................................... 6111.1.1 Fix 1: Try stopping concurrent Manager and then try .............................. 6111.1.2 Fix 2: Check status of OC4J ..................................................................... 63

11.2 Internal Server Error on Login Page ................................................................. 6611.3 500 Internal Server Error Servlet error : An exception occurred : The currentapplication deployment descriptor do not allow for including it in this response. ...... 7011.4 FRM-92050 Failed to connect to Server /forms/servlet -1 ............................... 7111.5 Unable to see VMWare login page................................................................... 76

11.6 Unable to start VMWare Host Agent................................................................ 7911.7 VMWare Login issue : VMware infrastructure Web Service is not responding(Connection Refused) ................................................................................................... 8111.8 Unable to start Virtual Disk focusthreadr12.com ............................................. 8211.9 Cannot open disk XXXXXXXX ...................................................................... 8411.10 Unable to connect to foscusthreaderp.com from Putty................................. 8511.11 Invalid Security Certificate........................................................................... 8611.12 VMware virtual machine startup hangs at 95%............................................ 8711.13 Virtual Machine not recognized.................................................................... 9011.14 Remote Console Plug-In Error : Cannot access virtual machine console. Therequest timed out........................................................................................................... 95
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training


3/104



12 Appendix............................................................................................................... 9612.1 Change Network Adapter from Bridged to NAT ............................................. 96

12.2 How to change memory of Linux Machine to 2 GB ...................................... 102


4/104



1 Introduction

This document covers installation of VMware, import Oracle Applications R12 andstart/stop Oracle Applications R12

Steps mentioned in 1-5 are one time setup task. Step 6 Start Applications R12should be done each time you start virtual machine.


5/104



2 Content in External Hard Drive

Plug-in external Hard Disk (USD Disk) to your computer and access it

Start Menu -> My Computer -> FreeAgent Drive

Right Click on FreeAgent Drive and click on explore

FolderR12_Vmware contains Virtual Disk which contains R12 images on LinuxFoldervmware contains Vmware server software and license key for vmware server


6/104



3 Install VMWare server on your windows machine

If VMWare Server is already running on your machine then skip this step and go to

step 4 import virtual machine focusthreadr12.com

(Installation of VMware is simple and similar to any other software installation onwindows machine)

1. Open directory vmware and double click on VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.exe

2. Click on Run


7/104




8/104




9/104




10/104




11/104



Enter License Key as A8MA4-FM02M-V9536-4A6LT


12/104



At this stage your PC will restart


13/104



4 Create virtual machine focusthreadr12.com

4.1 Change loc at ion of Disk in vmx (VMware conf igu rat ion ) f i le

If your external hard diskdrive name on your system is Kthen skip this step and go tonext step

(Disk Name in below drive is F )

Open file focusthreadr12.com.vmx file using Notepad and change location ofvmdkfile from Kdrive to drive in your case


14/104




15/104




16/104



In this example our external hard drive name is H so changing value in configurationfile (focusthreadr12.com.vmx) from Kto H (Change this value to D , E or Fdepending drive name at your system)

Save vmx file after changing scsci0:0.filename location


17/104



4.2 Imp ort Vir tual Machin e foc usth readr12.com

4.2.1 Login to VMware Console

Start VMware Server Console by

Clicking on image like on Desktop

Or by typing URL on browser (IE or Mozilla)https://localhost:8333/ui

When prompted for username/password, enter your windows administrator username andpassword (administrator/)


18/104



Here administrator is user on local machine with admin privileges (You can use otheruser as well)

4.2.2 Add Datastore

Click on Add Datastore on right side under commands


19/104




20/104



H is drive where external hard disk is attached and r12_vmware is directory underthis.

Change H drive in directory path to Drive Name as per your external Harddisk Drive


21/104



4.2.3 Add Virtual Machine to Inventory


22/104




23/104



4.2.4 Start Virtual Machine focusthreadr12.com

Select virtual machine (focusthreadr12.com) on left side under inventory and click onGreen Arrow button to start virtual machine

Click on Console tab to open console and then click on Install Plug-In


24/104



4.2.5 Install VMWare Remote Console Plug-In


25/104




26/104



Start VMWare again by clicking on VMware button


27/104



If you get above error message then add your local machine to trusted hosts list inyour browser (IE Internet Explorer)

UnderInternet Explorer -> Tools -> Internet Explorer


28/104




29/104



Select Security tab -> Trusted Sites -> Sites


30/104




31/104



Try accessing console again by opening VMware console from new browser session


32/104



4.2.6 Bind MAC address for Ethernet Card

Login as root/welcome1 (User Name root , Password welcome1)


33/104



Applications -> System Settings -> Network


34/104



Click on Edit


35/104



Select Hardware Device tab and click on Probe and then click on OK


36/104




37/104



Activate Network Card Eth0


38/104




39/104




40/104



5 Configure Hosts file and Install Putty on windows

machine

5.1 Conf igure hos ts f i le on window s machine

For Windows XP or Windows NT open hosts file (using notepad) at

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

add entry like below and save file (ctrl + s)

192.168.1.12 focusthreadr12.com focusthreadr12

If your windows client machine is Windows Vista then use steps here to edit hosts file

http://onlineappsdba.com/index.php/2008/05/11/change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista/

5.2 Test ho sts f i le con f igurat ion

Ping focusthreadr12.com should resolve to 192.168.1.12

5.3 Download putty and start appl icat ion

Download putty from herehttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://onlineappsdba.com/index.php/2008/05/11/change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista/http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.htmlhttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.htmlhttp://onlineappsdba.com/index.php/2008/05/11/change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista/http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training


41/104



Save putty.exe on desktop


42/104



Start Putty by double clicking on putty.exe from Desktop


43/104




44/104



Login as root / welcome1 (Username root Password welcome1)

If you face issues connecting to focusthreadr12.com using putty then go to section

change network card from Bridged to NAT


45/104



6 Start Applications R12

6.1 Start Databas e Tier

Login as root/welcome1 (using putty installed above) to server 192.168.1.12 su ovisr12 (password is welocme1) sqlplus /as sysdba SQL> startup lsnrctl start visr12

Database open will take 5-10 minutes


46/104



6.2 Start Ap pl icat ion Tier

su avisr12 (password is welcome1)cd $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOMEsqlplus apps/apps (This step is to check that application tier can connect to Database)

./adstrtal.sh apps/apps (Dot infront of forward slash)


47/104




48/104



7 Access Application from Windows Machine

1. Add entry in your hosts file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts192.168.1.12 focusthreadr12.com focusthreadr12

If your operating system is windows Vista then to edit hosts file check here

http://onlineappsdba.com/index.php/2008/05/11/change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista/

7.1 Accessing forms for fi rs t t ime

2. Access Applications R12 from URL
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://onlineappsdba.com/index.php/2008/05/11/change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista/http://onlineappsdba.com/index.php/2008/05/11/change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista/http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training


49/104



http://focusthreadr12.com:8000

login as sysadmin/sysadmin

This step is applicable only if JRE1.6 is not already installed on client machine fromwhere you are accessing forms in R12

Click on link here to install JRE 1.6

Click again on forms link like
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthreadr12.com:8000/http://focusthreadr12.com:8000/http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training


50/104




51/104




52/104




53/104




54/104




55/104



8 Shutdown Applications R12

Shutdown order is reverse of startup , first shutdown application tier and then shutdowndatabase tier

8.1 Shutd ow n Appl icat ion Tier


./adstpall.sh apps/apps (Dot infront of forward slash)

8.2 Shutd ow n Database Tier

Login as root/welcome1 (using putty installed above) to server 192.168.1.12 su ovisr12 (password is welocme1) sqlplus /as sysdba SQL> shutdown immediate lsnrctl stop visr12

Kill any LOCAL=NO processes (DONOT kill grep LOCAL=NO) process

LOCAL=NO are processes while are still hanging from Middle Tier


56/104



Shutdown Linux Machine (focusthreadr12.com)


57/104



3. Access Applications R12 from URL

http://focusthreadr12.com:8000

login as sysadmin/sysadmin
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthreadr12.com:8000/http://focusthreadr12.com:8000/http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training


58/104




59/104



9 Connect from TOAD

Check if you can ping focusthreadr12.com

Install Database Client or ensure that you already have database client running onyour windows machine

Add alias like visr12 for R12 in tnsnames.ora under database client onwindows machine

Test if you can run tnsping visr12 from your windows command prompt Test if you can connect to database from your windows machine using sqlplus i.e.

sqlplus apps/apps@visr12

Connect using toad now


60/104



10 JDeveloper Configuration

E-Business Suite shipped as part of this external disk is version 12.1.1.To find Jdeveloper version you could refer to Oracle My Support (earlier Metalink) Note# 787209.1 How to find the correct version of Jdeveloper to use with eBusiness Suite

11i or R12

For 12.1.1 (We are on 12.1.1 version of Oracle Apps) : You should install Jdeveloper 10gPatch # 8431482 10g Jdeveloper with OAExtension ARU for R12.1.1 (614 MB file)

Login to Oracle My Support (earlier Metalink) and download patch 8431482

Follow installation steps as readme.

In case of any doubts , drop mail to [email protected]
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/trainingmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training


61/104



11 Troubleshooting

11.1 Page no t resp on sing

If you type URL and nothing happens (blank page) then check below things

11.1.1 Fix 1: Try stopping concurrent Manager and then try


./adcmctl.sh stop apps/apps (Dot infront of forward slash)


62/104



Wait for 5 minutes and then try accessing apps. If issue is still not fixed then go to nextstep Fix 2


63/104



11.1.2 Fix 2: Check status of OC4J

(Bounce of OC4J using OPMN should fix issue, if not then check Java Cache Logs

and other things given below)

Check application.log


64/104



If you see error message in logs then restart OC4Js using adopmnctl.sh script

Try again accessing application from client, if you still cant login then go to next

step

Check Java Cache log


65/104



Entry like above means java cache is working fine

If you see last entry asjavacache shutdown then contact Focus Thread Team and askthem to run AutoConfig on system


66/104



11.2 Internal Server Erro r o n Login Page

1.

Login to putty as useravisr122. cd $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME


67/104



3. cd $LOG_HOME/ora/10.1.3/opmn


68/104



4. cd $ORA_CONFIG_HOME/10.1.3/j2ee/oacore/persistence5. Delete files under persistence directory (Ensure that you are in persistence

directory by running pwd)


69/104




70/104



11.3 500 Intern al Server Erro r Servlet error : An excep tion

occu rred : The current appl icat ion d eployment d escr iptor donot allow for including i t in this respon se.


71/104



11.4 FRM-92050 Failed t o conn ect to Server /form s/servlet -1

Check Internet Explorer version


72/104



If its IE 8 then disable XSS filter


73/104




74/104




75/104



Disable XSS filter and click OK


76/104



11.5 Unable to see VMWare login page


77/104




78/104



Start all services related to VMWare and try connecting to VMware again

If you cant start services then check next section


79/104



11.6 Unable to start VMWare Host Agent

If you start VMware Host Agent and it fails with below error

Start Event Viewer

Check Logs under section in System


80/104



VMware Host Agent service terminated with service-specific error 4294967295


81/104



11.7 VMWare Log in is sue : VMware infrastruc ture Web Service is

not respon ding (Connect ion Refused)

Ensure that Administrator account is enabled

First youll need to open a command prompt in administrator mode by right-clicking andchoosing Run as administrator

Now type the following command:

net user administrator /active:yes

http://helpdeskgeek.com/virtualization/vmware-server-web-access-default-username-and-password/

Now set password for Administrator account and reboot machine and then try
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://helpdeskgeek.com/virtualization/vmware-server-web-access-default-username-andhttp://helpdeskgeek.com/virtualization/vmware-server-web-access-default-username-andhttp://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training


82/104



11.8 Unable to start Vir tual Disk focu sthreadr12.com


83/104



Now try starting VMware again


84/104



11.9 Canno t open disk XXXXXXXX

Ensure that name used in vmware configuration file (vmx) is correct for vmdk file


85/104



11.10 Unable to con nect to fo scu sthreaderp.com from Putty

If you are unable to ping focusthreadr12.com from your windows machine then onereason could be that there is no gateway from windows machine to connect to Linux(forcusthreadr12.com) and fix is to change Network Adapter from Bridged to NAT

To change Network Adapter from Bridged to NAT go to appendix 1 change networkadapter from Bridged to NAT


86/104



11.11 Inval id Secu rity Cert i f icate

This certificate is not trusted because it is self signed (sec_error_ca_cert_invalid)

This error is only if you are using Firefox/Mozilla

Workaround: Use Internet explorer with URL for Vmwarwe console ashttp://localhost:8333

Fix: For Firefox Mozilla Go to -> Options > Advanced > View certificates > Add

Exception

Put in your host address and port like https://:8333

i.e. https://ramakris-pc:8333 (for above screenshot)

'Get certificate', This will give an error - then 'confirm security Exception' and accept it .


87/104



11.12 VMware vir tu al machine startup hang s at 95%


88/104




89/104



Fix:

If you see errors like above then uninstall any antivirus software including firewall,reboot machine and test again. (Disabling antivirus or firewall wont fix this should, Youmust uninstall antivirus and any firewall software)


90/104



11.13 Vir tual Mach ine no t recognized

Fix: Refresh Datasource

Ensure that


91/104




92/104




93/104




94/104




95/104



11.14 Remote Cons ole Plug -In Error : Cannot access vir tual

machine co nsole. The requ est t imed o ut

Fix: Uninstall VMware Console Plug-In (From Add remove program) and then install itagain


96/104



12 Appendix

12.1 Change Netwo rk Ad apter from Bridg ed to NAT

Change in network adapter from Bridged to NAT is required only if you cant

connect from your Windows machine to Linux machine because of missing Gateway

(Ignore this step if you can connect from Windows machine to Linux machine using

putty)

1. Login to your Vmware console and shutdown machine focusthreadr12.com (ifalready running)

2. Select focusthreadr12.com on left and then click on arrow sign under NetworkAdapter 1 and select Edit


97/104



3. In next screen from drop down menu select NAT and clickOK

4. Start virtual machine focusthreadr12.com


98/104



5. Access console

6. Type netconfig on command prompt in Linux machine


99/104



7. Restart Network card by typing service network restart on Linux machine


100/104



8. Run ifconfig on Linux machine to find new IP address of Linux machine. Inthis example new IP is 192.168.106.128 (This could defer in your case so change

this value as per your Linux new IP)

9. Open /etc/hosts file on Linux and change line from192.168.1.12 focusthreadr12.com focusthreadr12

to

focusthreadr12.com focusthreadr12


101/104



10. In C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file on windows change entry to

192.168.106.128 focusthreadr12.com focusthread

(Change 192.168.106.128 as per your Linux new IP address)

11.Start Database and Application as given in Section 6 Start Applications R12 s12.If you face error like Internal Server Error then go to Section 10

Troubleshooting


102/104



12.2 How to ch ange memory o f Linux Machine to 2 GB

Go to VMware console

1) Click on virtual machine as shown in figure below.2) If machine is running then shut it down first3) Click on summary ass shown.


103/104



In summary Section, Scroll down to get option for Memory as shown.

Summary HardwareMemoryClick on the green pointer as shown , to get option editClick on it to get edit window for editing the Memory.


104/104


Step3:

After clicking on this edit You will see the following Window.

Put the RAM required for your Machine and click ok.
http://focusthread.com/traininghttp://focusthread.com/training

oracle r12 on vmware server v 1.6

Documents