Moving metadata repository

Is it possible to move a repository from one instance to another on the same machine?

Hi,
you are not in the worst scenario but almost... :(
Oracle infraestructure is a significant limitation. It is completely unsupported to change the hostname of a machine hosting an OracleAS Metadata Repository. This is because during the install the hostname is written to many different places in the Metadata Repository and as such it has not been possible to provide a script to change the hostname references within the repository.
You are not in the worst scenario because the hostname in your case is the same, but takes into account that MDR is not intended to be moved (or migrated .. je!)
Please read metalink note 458372.1 to see the differents scenarios
Let me know if this help,
Julio

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Can OID/IM components be moved to a new Metadata Repository?

Hi
I've looked around on Metalink but can't find any document that suggests this can be done, but I thought I would ask the question anyway (two iin fact):
1. Can an existing OID/IM setup be configured so as to oint to a new metadata repository? Is it possible to install a new MR and then associate the IM components away from it's existing MR to a new MR?
2. In an OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (IM) topology, I've read contradictory notes (or I've misunderstood). Do the OID and MR components have to be on the same box? Or can they be on different boxes?
Regards
Andy

#1, refer this:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/core.1012/b13995/chginfra.htm#BGBDDDBE
#2, refer following note on MetaLink:
368688.1 Master Note:How to Split AS10G Infrastructure Components Including the Metadata Repository and Identity Management
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Shail

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.

Using portal metadata repository for portal content - performance impact?

Oracle provides the Oracle Drive utility as a way of moving portal content directly into the portal metadata repository. The Oracle Portal Center site (http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/portal/index.html) provides links to several demos and technical papers that describe the use of Oracle Drive to copy file-based content into the Portal Metadata Repository (e.g., http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/portal/pdf/cm_webdav_10g_webdav_clients.pdf). My questions are: (a) is this a best practice (b) are there potential performance problems with loading up the portal metadata repository with large volumes of file-based content?

Hello
It depends on what you mean by "large volumes".
I use webdav scripts to create/update my files every night and it works fine. But it's rather slow.
Questions are :
- is it a one-time transfer to initiate Portal, and a regular one ?
- how large are your files ?

Error in Installing SSO Metadata Repository Creation Assistant (10.1.4.3.1)

I am trying to Install Portal Forms Reports 11, so I had to Install all prerequisites
My Machine Specifications:-
1- Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5 x86-64
2- DB 11g R2
3- WebLogic 10.3.3 (X64)
4- Oracle Identity Management 11.1.1.2.0
I was executed the inspre11.pl with -op1
than I was trying to Install SSO Metadata Repository Creation Assistant (10.1.4.3.1)
in the last step (Step 7 - Loading Repository)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bMH90GEkTL4/SwW1jlNHzFI/AAAAAAAABjE/ZZm55usPKu0/s1600-h/clip_image054%5B3%5D.jpg
I encountered this error :-
ERROR - Unable to connect to the database. See the log file for details. Check that you have provided the proper service name for the database, that the database is running, the database connection information is valid, and that the database is set up for password file authentication. For more information, click the Help button.:ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PLS-00201: identifier 'DBMS_IAS_VERSION.SET_COMPONENT_LOADING' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
what can I do ? my Database is start up and the connection is OK !!!!!!!!!!!
I followed the oracle documentation:-
Installation Guide for Oracle Identity Management 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) E12002-02 October 2009
now we are going to 2011 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is there another newer Installation guide from oracle?
thank you

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 ;-)

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

Grapbical Display of Metadata repository in SAP BW 7.31

Hi,
I am working on SAP BW 7.31 and couldnt find Graphical display of BI Content in Meta data repsository,
We have updraded to the Support pack level 04 and now I could see object details tab but when I click on it its shows
Service cannot be reached
What has happened?
URL call was terminated because the corresponding service is not available.
Note
The termination occurred in system with error code 403 and for the reason Forbidden.
What can I do?Please select a valid URL.
HTTP 403 - Forbidden
Your SAP Internet Communication Framework Team
In general, object details shows network display of data flows? or is there anything I am missing apart from ICF.
Please let me know how this can be resloved...
Thanks in advance

Hello,
As of 7.30 the BW Metadata Repository has been designed as a WebDynpro Application. It can also run as an imbedded process in the Analytic Workbench (RSA1). Due to the nature of this technology
a separate login to the WebAS is needed to establish a Web-Session on the local WebAS. However if Single Sign On for the target system is activated the WebAS may be customized to use it as well. In this case you would see no login screen when calling the BW Metadata Repository. Please also note that also all relevant ICF-Services for BW must be active (i.e. all Web Document services) to be able to use the repository normally. Please find here some useful links to relevant ICF and ICM
documentation which might help you to properly set up your system:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/48/7f28a10fa44cdbe10000000a42189d/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/48/3ae05299c172d0e10000000a42189c/frameset.htm
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Michael

Metadata Repository search doesn't work NW 2004

Hi all,
After system patching Metadata Repository search stoped working, when I start search short dump occurs
"Function parameter "PTEXT" is unknown.
Error in ABAP application program.
The current ABAP program "CL_RSO_REPOSITORY=============CP" had to be
terminated because one of the statements could not be executed.
This is probably due to an error in the ABAP program.
Function module "SUSR_INTERFACE_PROF" was called
with the parameter "PTEXT".
This parameter is not defined."
I tried to find SAP-notes, but was able to find about NW 2004s
NW 2004, Basis 6-40, BW 3.5, SP BW21, SP Basis21
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks in advance,
Elena

Hi Susanne,
unfortunately NO repository is indexed by default so therefore you can not find Room Content before you create an index with the relevant information.
You must create yourself a new index of the repository where Room Content is stored. In EP6 SP2 Patch 5 and higher as well as NW'04 this should be /room_extensions. So add this repository as the Data Source of the index.
After indexing you should be able to perform search of the room content.
Hope this helps,
Robert

In the metadata repository, display the object detail links don't work

We've upgraded to 7.3 and when we lick on display the object details links we get the following message. I've looked in SICF and everything looks active and is set up
Service cannot be reached
What has happened?
call was terminated because the corresponding service is not available.

HI LMM
I have also same Problem . I thing SICF is working fine but SAP BW 7.3 Metadata Repository is not available (Not maintained) the corresponding service is not available that why System shows An error.
Regard's
R.S.Reddy

How to include BC documentation in the metadata repository

Hi experts,
Currently, my bw 3.5 system doesn't display the business content documentation in the metadata repository, the one available in the help.sap.com sitie.
In the sap documentation is stated:
"To include SAP Content documentation in the online documentation generated for metadata objects, it must be installed in plain html http format for static help and using a Web server. The Content documentation can then be read by the Web server from any front end platform using the http protocol, and displayed in a Web browser.
You can find additional information about maintaining setting variants for online help (transaction SR13) in the Business Information Warehouse Implementation Guide (IMG), under the node General BW Settings ® Settings for Displaying SAP Content Documentation."
however I can figure out how to put the bc documentation in my metadata repository
I execute TC SR13, and has this entry in the PlainHtmlHttp tab:
ONLINE-EN WN32 IWBHELP http://help.sap.com saphelp_nw04/helpdata EN default is ON
I appreciate an step by step solution for my problem
thanks everybody

I dont know if theres a way to do that....
I think is not possibl because if you want to open the web pages of help.sap is requered that your SAP system would have http connection directly to internet and at least by a security issue no recommended.....
Use sap help in web....
Regards

Documents in MetaData repository

Hello All,
As part of our systemdocumentation we store technical documents in HTML format with BW objects, like InfoProvider, InfoObject etc. These documents are then visible in the metaData repository. Dose anyone know if it is possible to transport these documents across the system landscape or do we have to upload the documents in every seperate system (dev, QA and PRD) again?
Many thanks
Cerillo Smeets

Hi,
Using the function area Transport Connection in the Administrator Workbench, you can exchange metadata between different systems. You can find additional information under Exchanging Metadata in XMI Format.
Pls go through
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0f/8a1e5e4b63974bbc28801a2797833f/frameset.htm
Thanks
Reddy
Message was edited by: Reddy

Metadata repository not working

Hello BW Experts,
Metadata repository shows the main page. but if i press the cubes / ods / any other object. nothing comes. what could be the problem.
Thanks,
BWer

Hi,
Please see OSS Note 822866.
Re: Metadata Repository: cannot navigate
Hope this helps...

Red error of a web template in Metadata Repository in TEST system

This red error only occurs on our test system (maybe related to transport). RSA1->Goto Metadata Repository page->Double Local objects under Activated objects in the middle frame -> Double click Web Template Name in the right frame, then can see two same lines of red errors (see below in between two dashed lines):
Object 'our_web_template_name' (our_web_template_name) of type 'Web Template Name' is not available in version 'A'
Message no. RSO252
Diagnosis
You wanted to generate an object with the name 'our_web_template_name' (in transport request our_web_template_name) of type 'Web Template Name' (TLOGO). This is, however, not available in the BW Repository database. It does not exist in the requested version A. If the version is 'D' then it is possible that an error arose during the delivery or installation. If the version is 'A' then the Object was either not created or not activated.
System response
The object was not taken into account in the next stage of processing.
What could cause the above red error in Metadata Repository how to correct it?
Thanks

For these requests can you check if they contained objects like:
BW: LOIO Class Web Templates
BW: PHIO Class Web Templates
See, even if the transport for a web template does not contain these, it is imported fine, but the web template will not function in the target system. This happens quite often and you need to make sure that the above objects are also included in the request.
Hope this helps...

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:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/sol.1012/repca.1012/repca/intro.htm#CHDEAJFB

9.0.4.1 Metadata Repository in 9.2.0.6

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 :-)

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