10g AS Metadata Repository - recreate or rebuild?

I have been asked to restore an application server (AS 10g version 10.1.2.3) that had Infra & BI installed & running. I have a server backup tape that I can recover everything from except for the repository files (datafiles, controlfiles etc); for some reason the repository's directories were excluded form the server backups, and the repository was not backed up using RMan. So basically, I have an Apps server with a black hole where the repository should be.
Is it possible to restore what I have of the server & then create a new repository, pointing the Infra & BI to it? Or will I have to start from afresh, rebuilding the whole server?

Last that I checked, other than a few tables in the MR DB, they are all supposed to be Oracle internal use and not to be modified by users directly, hence the lack of documentation on what is stored where.
Does anyone know otherwise? It would be interesting to know how it works under the hood. Perhaps someone has done some study on their own?
- Steve

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Hi,
I have to install Oracle Application Server 10.1.2.0.2 on a server which already has an Oracle database 11g running on it and I dont want to install another database due to the load factor. I am not sure if I could use that database
(version 11g) for the metadata repository. I know that we can use an existing database for the creation of metadata repository using the metadata creation assistant but I am a bit worried about the version of the database which is 11g whereas the application server and the metadata creation assistant both are 10.1.2.x.
Your help is highly appreciated.
Cheers,
Omer

MRCA 10.1.2.0.2 cannot be used to install a repository in an 11g database. If you want to use MRCA 10.1.2.0.2 with an 11g database, you will need to install a 10g database first, create the metadata repository and then upgrade the database to 11g. Not applicable in your environment as you already have a 11g database.
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9i metadata repository be upgraded to 10g

Hi,
I hav a question from the customer, they are looking for migration from Oracle AS 10g Rel 1 (9041) to AS 10g Rel 2 (10.1.2.0.2) they wanted to know if they can upgrade 9i metadata repository to 10g in advance of moving their 10g AS Rel 1 environment to 10g AS Rel 2?

Yes, the repository in fact must be upgraded if you want to perform the complete AS upgrade. Upgrade from the 10gR1 to 10gR2 is pretty straight forward. You are required to perform metadata upgrade by means of the MRUA (Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant) disk, if you don't have it you should download it from the otn download area.
~ Madrid.

10g - where are private connections stored in metadata repository

We use OAS 10.1.2.3 infrastructure and BI middle tier on Windows. SSO is enabled, and users are authenticated against OID. Users are allow to create private connections on their own. I would like to know: how can I query the private connections in OAS metadata repository? I would like to know the connection names and who created them.
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Hi Hallie
Details about connections are held in this table: wwsso_psex_user_info$
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Deregister metadata repository after Internet Directory deleted

I deinstalled Internet Directory before deregistering it from the metadata repository first. Now I want to re-install Internet Directory on the same repository but it says the repository has been registered to an Internet Direcory and doesn't allow me to do that. I cannot deregister or remove the metadata repository because it always asks for the host and port of the Internet Directory, which doesn't exist any more.
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I had the same issue and here is how I resolved it:
Logged in to the Metadata Repository as the SYS user. Drop user ODS with the cascade option. This will remove the information from the database. In order to rebuild the Metadata Repository, go to $ORACLE_HOME/ldap/admin. You should have a script called newldap.sql. Login to the DB as SYS and run this and this will recreate the parts that where removed therefore giving you a 'cleaned' Metadata Repository.
By the way, this is not recommended by Oracle!!!

Metadata Repository Creation Assistant fails with ORA-01119


Hi All,
My DB version is 10.1.0.2 and I've upgraded the same to
10.1.0.4.2
In order to install B2B, I started off by installing the
Metadata Repository Creation Assistant.
After the initial steps, I got the following message:
<h5>
OracleAS RepCA was not able to find the Oracle Text Supplied
Knowledge Base in the database specified. </h5>
<h5>If you are planning to use this repository for installing
OracleAS Portal, you have to install Oracle Text Supplied Knowledge Base.
Oracle Text Supplied Knowledge Base can be installed in the database using
Oracle Database 10g Companion CD.</h5>
<h5>
If you are not planning to use this repository for
installing OracleAS Portal, you may continue further. Continue? Yes/No?</h5>
I continued with "Yes" and I chose the storage option as
"Regular or Cluster File system". In the next step -<strong>Specify Tablespace
information</strong>, I chose to install it in the C:\ , where there was approx 18GB
of free space. Yet, I encountered the following error:
<h5>
Unable to create tablespace. Please see the OracleAS RepCA
log file for more details.</h5>
<h5>ORA-01119 error in creating database file 'string'</h5>
<h5>Cause: Insufficient space on device or invalid database file
path.</h5>
<h5>Action:</h5>
<h5>a) Verify the database file path specified.</h5>
<h5>b) Decrease the size of the requested file or allocate a
file on another device with more available space. If a file size was not
specified in the statement, then specify a file size smaller than the available
space on the device.</h5>I have verified the database file path. I also tried
decreasing the size. I further tried using another directory where there was
11GB of free space. It still didn't work.
Please HELP!
-Suhas.

Hi Suhas,
Can you please do the following?
1. Please try pointing to C:\b2b.dbf file during installation and see if the installation goes fine or not.
Regards
Vipin R.S

Can I install Metadata Repository for 10.1.2.0.2 on Oracle 10.2.0 database

Does any one know if the Metadata Repository of OracleAS 10.1.2.0.2 can be install on an existing Oracle 10.2.0 database ?
The MRCA tool is giving me this message "Oracle Metadata Repository cannot be loaded into this version of the database. Please see the installation guide for more information on supported database versions ...."
Kim

According to the Installation Guide, Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.x) and Oracle Database 10g Release 1 (10.1.x) are supported. See the following for more specific information:
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I just upgraded my 9iAS infrastructure and mid tier with BI and Forms from 9.0.2.3 to 9.0.4.2. We had all the components on one server except we had a separate 9.2 db for our portal repository.
I want to know how to migrate my metadata repository to a different server and use database version 9.2.0.6. Are there any documents or specofic sections of documents which could guide me in this migration?

I am not familiar with the document you refer to, but suspect you should apply the 9.0.4.2 patch if you want to integreate OCS with a 10g portal.
I have successfully integrated a 9iAS portal with R2 OCS (9.0.4.1), and the following details may be worth a closer look:
1. To my knowledge, the passwords for your portal user and SSO user (orasso) are encrypted and stored in OID based on the hostname and IP address of your SSO server. Thus, the password for orasso and portal will differ between your portal Infra and your OCS infra, resulting in that only one of the two will work properly with your common OID. run the attached script on both your SSO servers and compare the result:
#!/bin/ksh
OIDHOST=antares1.i2sp.no
OIDPORT=4032
echo "Enter the desired Oracle schema name (default orasso): \c"
READ DBUSERNAME
if [[ -z $DBUSERNAME ]]; then
echo "No schema value entered, using default:orasso"
DBUSERNAME=orasso
fi8
echo "Enter the password of the cn=orcladmin user (usually the ias installation password): \c"
stty -echo
read OIDPW
ty echo
echo "Looking up schema password from $OIDHOST:$OIDPORT"
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/ldapsearch -h $OIDHOST -p $OIDPORT -D "cn=orcladmin" -w "$OIDPW" -b "cn=IAS Infrastructure Databases,cn=IAS,cn=Products,cn=OracleContext" -s sub "orclResourceName=$DBUSERNAME" orclpasswordattribute
Setting the password for orasso and portal to the same encrypted string is a good start. If they differ, change to the same encrypted string using "alter user orasso identified by xxxxxx" in sqlplus.
Hope this will help you on the way :-)

Applying 10.1.2.3 Metadata Repository update in 10.1.4.3 distributed IDM

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OID in a separate Oracle home
DB (10.2.0.50) in a separte OH and metadata repository installed in this DB
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The Metadata Repository Update cannot be run from the selected ORACLE_HOME.
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Understanding How AS 10g Patch Sets Update the AS Metadata Repository [ID 795143.1]
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In this case, the MR Product schemas will not be directly accessed. It is however good practice/ housekeeping to apply the MR update in order to keep the MR in line with the binary patch sets.
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I am correct in my understanding that apply 10.1.2.3 software update only is neccessary, applying the MR update is only desirable house keeping and not mandatory ?
Would you say this is the correct assessment. if not how would you go about applying the MR update ?
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TooManyOracleToysToLearn wrote:
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Encountered 2 issues, 1 has prevented us from continuing
Issue 1: Received following on stdout ...
failed to get the ias-instance ...
Error: no ias instance to append to
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Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) is included with this release of OPatch.
This is a OCM patch.
EBS environment: no OCM installation and configuration.
To run in silent mode, OPatch requires a response file for Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM).
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Is 10.1.4.3 Metadata Repository Certified With 10.1.4.1 IM installation?

We have IM 10.1.4.3 and OracleAS 10g R2 10.1.2.3 on RedHat 4.6 with non-colocated metadata repository.
Plan is to upgrade RedHat to newest version 5.5. RedHat does not support upgrade with major version and Oracle said that OS vendor is responsible for package compatibility and there is no need for relink Oracle software.
So, only solution is to do fresh install OS, IM and OracleAS.
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"# Error: Already exists" suggests that schema at AD side is already extended. You mentioned that automatic schema upload process stopped abruptly. There is likely chance that AD schema might be extended partially or fully.
2nd thing is you can apply BP05 patch once you have identity server running. BP05 does not need to be applied before.
Also there is option to manually extend schema directly in AD. There is one folder in installation directory which has .ldif files with schema objectclasses.
At the start of identity server , it is not able to find the configuration DN & seach base to read configuration data , therefore it is failing.
You have two options here: 1. Reinstall 2. Manually extend schema and then install identity server.
You can refer to Atul's blog : &raquo; OAM 10.1.4.3 Installation Part II &#8211; Indentity Server Installation Online Apps DBA: One Stop Shop…
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Errors running MRUA for Metadata Repository Upgrade to version 10.1.2.0.2

Hi,
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at oracle.ias.mrua.MRUA.getInfoFromOID(MRUA.java:690)
at oracle.ias.mrua.MRUA.driver(MRUA.java:297)
at oracle.ias.mrua.MRUA.main(MRUA.java:193)
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<mrua_runs>
Before running the MRUA for the Metadata Repository:
1. I have just recently completed a Middle Tier and Identity Mangement upgrade to 10.1.2.0.2 from version 9.0.4.1.
2. I was able to successfully run the MRUA upgrade script for upgrading our Portal Repository (customer database).
Our Metadata Repository database is at version 9.2.0.8. Has anyone seen these errors or had this problem?
The MRUA CD that I have is labelled "Oracle Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant and Utilities 10g (10.1.2.0.2) for AIX based systems".
But in the errors I see "OracleAS Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant 10.1.4.0.1". Is something wrong there? Should it say 10.1.2.0.2?
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CV
Hi,
I have downloaded the 10.1.2.0.2 version of the MRUA and tried the upgrade again. This time I see the following errors:
Executing mrua.pl
Running on UNIX
OracleAS Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant 10.1.2.0.2
Enter the password for SYS: <syspwd>
Enter the password for cn=orcladmin: <pwd>
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sysman/oii/oiio/oiiol/OiiolTextLogger
at oracle.ias.repqueries.RepositoryQueries.formatGlobalDBName(RepositoryQueries.java:603)
at oracle.ias.mrua.RepQueries.getDBInfo(RepQueries.java:180)
at oracle.ias.mrua.Util.getTheDBInfo(Util.java:50)
at oracle.ias.mrua.MRUA.getInfoFromOID(MRUA.java:784)
at oracle.ias.mrua.MRUA.driver(MRUA.java:290)
at oracle.ias.mrua.MRUA.main(MRUA.java:186)
MRUA detected an error at /mnt/MRUA_downloaded/ohome/mrua/mrua.pl line 239.
Thanks.
CV
Edited by: CV on Jul 28, 2009 1:37 PM

Hi,
Found out from Oracle that the "oracle/sysman/oii/oiio/oiiol/OiiolTextLogger" class is in the $ORACLE_HOME/oui/jlib/OraInstaller.jar file and as per their suggestion added the jar file to the $classpath list of jar files in the mrua.pl script. I tried running the MRUA again, and ran into the following errors:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
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I am still troubleshooting. So if you have any ideas please let me know.
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How to login to Metadata Repository

Hi All,
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Problems Installing Oracle Metadata Repository into Existing Database

Folks,
I'm slowly going through the process of installing the Metadata Repository into a 10g database, using RepCA I've managed to determine all the DB parameters required for setting etc. The only thing RepCA now reports is missing is the Ultrasearch schema & packages.
I've copied the ultrasearch dirs from the RepCA distribution and placed them in my $ORACLE home dir, I've also attempted to run the admin install script 'wk0setup.sql' which throws out several errors listed below. If anyone has successfully gone through this process on Solaris I would love to hear your about your experience & advice.
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OracleAS Metadata Repository

Hi Everyone,
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I am trying to Install Portal Forms Reports 11, so I had to Install all prerequisites
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3- WebLogic 10.3.3 (X64)
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Good question, rozester.
I encountered this problem also, while trying to install the SSO MRCA 10.1.4.3.1 on 64-bit RHEL5 (though it's at version 5.7 but I'm positive that won't make any difference to the result).
This may or may not match your situation, but when I looked in the log file $ORACLE_HOME/assistants/repca/log/repca_<datestamp>.log, I saw what was probably the reason behind the error:
<$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: libclntsh.so.9.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I think I remember seeing that the link operation during installation had failed, but I hoped it would be OK. And it possibly would have been, if I'd remembered to specify the destination database Oracle home rather than the SSO MRCA Oracle home when prompted (on the page where it asks for database home and log file path). Perhaps then it would have used the sqlplus binary from the database oracle home, and since that one definitely works, it might have worked. But before I thought of that, I did a workaround; I installed the SSO MRCA on a 32-bit RHEL5 box (using the same directory paths) and copied the shared library files to the 64-bit box's shared library directory via scp as follows:
cd $ORACLE_HOME/lib; scp -pr * oracle@rhel64box:$PWD/
When I re-ran $ORACLE_HOME/runRepca, it then worked without error. Another thing I could have tried is just running runRepca on the 32-bit RHEL5 box, and that probably would have worked too, but it probably would have been a lot slower compared to running it locally on the destination server; it's takes quite a while as it is.
Hope this helps. I'm sure it'll help me if next time I do this I forget what I did before and go searching again ;-)

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