Reg: Container Shipment process management

Dear All,
My client exports their products through Containers.These containers are provided by offtakers and my client wants the Container shipments to be managed in SAP.
I hope somebody would have experienced the same business process.
It would be better if anyone explain a feasible solution in SAP.
Advance Thanks.
Have a Nice Day.
Regards,
Ravi

Dear All,
My Client manufactures and exports products to his Customers.The customer would send their P.O to my client and also would sent a P.O to the offtakers to provide the necessary containers for shipments.Theses containers will be available at my clients premises.
My Client creates a Sales order for example 20 line items and he shall pack it in this container.
Now my clients requirement is to map the container into SAP such that in his sales order this container will be available for the corresponding line items and this container must be booked for this particular sales order.
Advance thanks.
Have a Nice Day.
Regards,
Ravi

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Shipment process related.

Hi Gurus..
Can U PLZ explain me in Steps the Shipment process.
Info like Pre requisites, Steps n follow on procesess asssociated with Shpment creation.
Also let me know id f we need to create a shiment doc only after creation of a del doc or can it be created simeltaneousl with a del doc.
Also the necessary confg steps.
No links PLZ
Sure to award points to gud replies.
Best Regards,
Subbzz..
Edited by: Subba Rao on Aug 7, 2008 12:33 PM

Hii ,
*Transportation Configuration:*
Process 1
Step: 1
Maintain Purchase Organization
Path: Sprou2014Enterprise Structureu2014Definitionu2014Materials Managementu2014Maintain Purchasing Organization.
Step: 2
Create Purchasing Group
Path: Sprou2014Materials Managementu2014Purchasingu2014Create Purchasing Group.
Step: 3
Maintain Transportation Planning Point to Company Code.
Path: Sprou2014Enterprise Structureu2014Definitionu2014Logistics Executionu2014Maintain Transportation Planning Point
Step: 3A
Assign Transportation planning point to company code.
Step: 4
Assign Purchasing Organizations to Company Code.
Path: Sprou2014Enterprise Structureu2014Assignmentu2014Materials managementu2014Assign Purchasing Organization to Company Code.
Step: 5
Assign Purchasing Organizations to Plant.
Path: Sprou2014Enterprise Structureu2014Assignmentu2014Materials management-- Assign Purchasing Organization to Plant
Step: 6
Create Vendor Account Group
Path: Img u2014Financial Accountingu2014Accounts Receivables and Accounts Payablesu2014Customer Accountsu2014Vendor Accountsu2014Master Datau2014Preparations for Creating Vendor Master Data--Define Account Group
Step: 8
Create Vendor
T-Code: XK01
Step: 9
Define Modes of Transport
Path: Sprou2014Logistics Executionu2014Transportationu2014Basic Transportation Function---Routesu2014Define Routesu2014Define Modes of Transport.
Step: 9A
Define Shipping Types
Path: Under the Same Menu path---Define Shipping Types
Select New Entries and Assign the Shipping Type (e.g. Road or Train) and Assign Mode of Transport (Mdtr) and Assign Shipping type Procedure group.
Step: 9B
Define Transportation Connection Point
Path: Under the Same Menu path--- Define Transportation Connection Point.
Step: 9C
Define Routes and Stages.
Path: Under the Same Menu path--- Define Routes and Stages.
Select the New Entries and Enter the Details
Then Select the Routes stages and define
Step: 9D
Maintain Stages for all Routes.
Path: Under the Same Menu path---Maintain Stages for all Routes.
Step: 10
ROUTE DETERMINATION
Define Transportation Zone
Path: Sprou2014Logistics Executionu2014Transportationu2014Basic Transportation Function---Routesu2014Route Determinationu2014Define Transportation Zone.
Step: 10A
Maintain County and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point.
Path: Under the Same Menu path--- Maintain County and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point.
Select the Shipping point and enter the Country and Transportation Zone
Step: 10B
Define Transportation Groups.
Path: Under the Same Menu path---Define Transportation Groups
step: 10D
Maintain Route Determination
Path: Under the Same Menu path--Maintain Route Determination.
Select New Entries and Define the Route Determination.
SHIPMENTS
Path: Sprou2014Logistics Executionu2014Transportationu2014Basic Transportation Functionu2014Shipments
Step: 11
Define Shipment Types
Path: Sprou2014Logistics Executionu2014Transportationu2014Basic Transportation Functionu2014Shipmentsu2014Define Shipment Types.
Select the New Entries and define Shipment Type
Step: 12
go to Customer master data.
In Address of General data. Enter the Transportation Zone id. And save
U will get the route.
Process 2
1) Maintain transportation planning point through Menu as follows:
Enterpriseà Definition à Logistic Execution àIMG Maintain transportation planning point.àStructure
Create your own like BP01 enter the general data¡¯s required
2) Defining modes of transport:
Logisticà Transportation àBasic Transportation Functions àIMG Routesà àDefine routesàExecution Define modes of transport
Use the standard like:
Shipping type: 01
Description: Road
3) Define shipping types :
IMG DefineàLogistic Executionà Transportation àBasic Transportation Functionsà Route àshipping types
Or through T-code: SM30
PT: 01
Description: Truck
Mdtr: 01
STPG: 0001
4) Define transportation connecting point :
BasicàRoutes àIMG DefineàLogistic Execution Define transportationà Transportation àTransportation Functions routesàconnection points
Copy the std point and make it FB01 as departure zone and FB02 as destination zone
5) Define routes and stages.
Logià BasicàRoutes à Define routes àIMG Defineàstic Execution Transportation routes and stagesàTransportation Functions
Use the standard route and copy it as FB0001 and enter the departure zone and destination as what we created.
6) Defining Transportation Zone:
àIMG Define transportationàLogistic Execution à Transportation àBasic Transportation Functions zonesà Route àRouter determination
Use the standard transportation zone depending on the route so as for the example use 0000000003 - Southern Region
7) Maintain country or transportation zone for shipping points
à Route determination àIMG à Logistic Execution à Transportation Maintain country andà Basic Transportation Functions àRoute transportation zone for shipping point
Shipping point be ASH1 and route as 0000000003 which is assigned to country India
8) Maintain route determination:
Basicà Route àIMG Route determinationàLogistic Execution Maintain routeà Transportation àTransportation Functions àdetermination
Country of departure: India
Departure Zone: 0000000003
Country of destination: India
Destination Zone: 0000000003
And enter the datau2019s needed like shipping condition 01, etc.
Maintain Transportation relevance for shipping point, sales document type and delivery types.
9) Now create shipping types
IMG Defineà Logistic Execution typesà Transportation à Shipments àshipment
Copy the standard 0001 and make it to AFIL
10) Define and assign traffic zones through T-Code: T_76 (or) thru menu as follows
BasicàIMG Defineà Logistic Execution and assignà Transportation à Shipments cost àfunctions tariff zones
Copy the standard and make it to FABTARIFF and assign our transportation planning point as ATP1, ATP2 assign tariff zone to every particular transportation planning point
11) Define and assign pricing procedures
IMG define andà Logistic Execution à Transportation àShipments cost proceduresà Pricing à Price control àassign pricing
Copy the standard shipping cost pricing procedure SDFC00 to FBSC01
12) Assign purchasing data:
àIMG Assign purchasing dataà Logistic Execution à Transportationà Shipments cost àSettlement
13) Assign transportation planning point to shipping condition, purchase organization, purchasing group and to plants.
14) Define Automatic G/L account determination:
à àIMG Automatic G/L Account Determinationà Logistics Execution àTransportation Shipment CostsàSettlement
Or through T-code: OMWB
Use G/L account 614000 as used in standard
15) Automatic determination of CO assignments:
Transportationà Shipment Costs à Settlement àIMG Automaticà Logistics Execution Determination of CO Assignmentsà Or T-code: OKB9
16) Maintain shipping point address.
à Logistics Execution à Enterprise Structure Define, copy, delete, check shippingàDefinition point
17) Creating G/L account centrally.
Financial à General Ledger à Master Records àAccounting àAccounting Individualà Processing Centrally
Or through T-Code: FS00
18) Enter the G/L account 614000 to the company code AFIL
19) Create transportation condition records:
Master dataà Transportation à Shipment cost à PricesàLogistic Execution createà Or thru T-code: TK11
Enter condition type FB00 that is freight condition type, which is used as standard in the shipping cost pricing procedure.
Enter the price and save it
Process:
1. The system determines the pricing procedure for the shipment cost item-using transportation planning point, service agent and shipment cost item category
2. Calculation Basis
3. Condition Record
4. Access sequence.
For the sales order, create a delivery using VL01N and pick the goods. Now create a shipment using VT01N and assign the delivery to the shipment document. Make sure to enter the carrier and other details before performing the transportation planning and execution. Save the shipment document and PGI for the delivery would be done automatically.
A shipment represents a physical goods movement between two or more locations.
For the system to create a shipment, shipping-relevant deliveries must exist.
You use Transportation Planning to group pending deliveries into shipments and then to perform the shipments.
The outbound delivery documents contain routes that the system calculates in route determination, and a transportation planning date for the delivery.
Dynamic transportation planning is responsible for grouping together outbound deliveries into shipments that have at least the same route, visit plan type and the same transportation planning date.
The following restrictions can be taken into account for a shipment in Dynamic Transportation Planning:
u2022 Weight
u2022 Volume
u2022 Variable capacity
u2022 Number of stops
u2022 Maximum duration
u2022 Loading units
Create Shipment Document
Use
After the status of the delivery is open for transportation planning, it is possible to create a shipment document to schedule the transportation.
Single documentà Create àTransportation Planningà Transportationà Logistic Execution ®Logistics
T.code: VT01n
Enter your transportation planning point and shipment type. Press enter.
Creating the shipment cost document
Use
After the deliveries are scheduled by shipment and the shipment is executed, now it is time to maintain and close the shipment document in order to record all relative information and ready for the shipment cost settlement.
Single documentà Createà Shipment cost à Transportationà Logistic Execution ®Logistics
T.code: VI01.
After creation of shipment cost doc. You settle the Shipment cost.
Go to VI02, enter shipment cost no.and press enter.
Then go to Overview -- Fright cost items, Select the line item and double click it.
Go as main menu: Item --> Acc. assignment, you enter G/L acc. and cost center to which the transportation cost will be posted.
On the Standard change, details u2013 Freight cost items screen, then check the check box u201CTransferu201D, which means you will transfer the relative transportation cost to FI/CO, in this case, the system should determined which Purchase Order will used to settle the cost, so after you check the u201CTransferu201D check box.
Press save button on the current screen.
Shipment cost settlement and documents:
Use
After the shipment cost settled in shipment cost document, it has the following affects:
It creates a service entry sheet that refers to the purchase order determined.
It posts acceptance of services performed.
It creates an accounting document for the accruals.
Further subsequent documents are created in FI.
Create Delivery:
T.code: Vl01n
Create TO:
T.code: LT03
Create Shipment Document
Use
After the status of the delivery is open for transportation planning, it is possible to create a shipment document to schedule the transportation.
Single documentà Create à Transportation Planning à Transportationà Logistic Execution ®Logistics
T.code: VT01n
Enter your transportation planning point and shipment type. Press enter.
Creating the shipment cost document
Use
After the deliveries are scheduled by shipment and the shipment is executed, now it is time to maintain and close the shipment document in order to record all relative information and ready for the shipment cost settlement.
Single documentà Createà Shipment cost à Transportationà Logistic Execution ®Logistics
T.code: VI01.
After creation of shipment cost doc. You settle the Shipment cost.
Go to VI02, enter shipment cost no.and press enter.
Then go to Overview -- Fright cost items, Select the line item and double click it.
Go as main menu: Item --> Acc. assignment, you enter G/L acc. and cost center to which the transportation cost will be posted.
On the Standard change, details u2013 Freight cost items screen, then check the check box u201CTransferu201D, which means you will transfer the relative transportation cost to FI/CO, in this case, the system should determined which Purchase Order will used to settle the cost, so after you check the u201CTransferu201D check box.
Press save button on the current screen.
Shipment cost settlement and documents:
Use
After the shipment cost settled in shipment cost document, it has the following affects:
It creates a service entry sheet that refers to the purchase order determined.
It posts acceptance of services performed.
It creates an accounting document for the accruals.
Further subsequent documents are created in FI.
Generally process is-
1) VL01N
2) VT01
3) VL02N - PGI
4) VI01
5) ML81N u2013 Service Entry Sheet
6) MIRO u2013 Invoice Verification
Shipping docs (VT01) are created before PGI...
You cannot carry out transportation planning or creation of shipment after the goods issue has been executed. Once goods issue is done it means that the material has left your premises so there is no need for a transportation planning after it.
In case you need carry out the shipment documents at the end of the day you could just create the delivery documents during the day and at end of the day create the shipment documents and the goods issue.
Amit

Unable to start Oracle Process Manager from the windows services for OBIEE

Hi,
I have OBIEE 11g installed on a 32-bit windows machine. Of the two windows services installed, I am unable to start the Oracle Process Manager. When I try to start it I get the following error:
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
At the back end, this service is calling the file opmn.exe which is placed at MIDDLEWAREHOME\Oracle_BI1\opmn\bin. On trying to execute this file the error we get is:
The procedure entry point longjmp could not be located in the dynamic link library orauts.dll
I have tried replacing the orauts.dll file, but to no avail.
Please let me know if you have any clue regarding what is to be done.
Thanks
Naman

Hi Naman,
This error occurs for the following reasons,
*Path variable is not set properly
*Multiple Oracle homes exists in the same machine.
Follow the below steps and let me know if it works,
1. Select My Computer -> Right Click -> Properties
2. In the System Properties screen go to Advanced Tab
3. Click on Environment Variables
4. In the System Variables section select PATH variable & Click edit
5. Now you will find that it will contain invalid directories. Remove the incorrect entries. This may happen when you have multiple oracle homes in the same machine
6. Restart the service.
Rgds,
Dpka

Problem installing BPEL Process Manager 10.1.3.1.0

Hi,
I'm new to BPEL. I downloaded BPEL Process Manager 10.1.3.1.0 for OC4J for Windows. After the download while doing the Oracle Universal Installer I selected "BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier"
I get the following error:
BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier will run on top of a supported Oracle Applications Server 10.1.3.0 J2EE Server and Web Server OR J2EE Server instance. This location does not contain this instance. Please refer to the Installation Guide for supported versions. Please select a new Oracle Home that contains a supported instance.
Can anyone please let me know what could be the issue.
Thanks
-Prapoorna

Hi,
I'm new to BPEL. I downloaded BPEL Process Manager
10.1.3.1.0 for OC4J for Windows. After the download
while doing the Oracle Universal Installer I selected
"BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier" You would select the above installation option only if you already have an OracleAS Middle Tier - and it would then install BPEL PM into the same ORACLE_HOME.
The below error message is telling you the same. You have one of two options:
1. install Oracle AS midtier first and then redo the above install of the BPEL PM
2. select the standalone option (not the midtier option)
HTH
>
I get the following error:
BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier will
run on top of a supported Oracle Applications Server
10.1.3.0 J2EE Server and Web Server OR J2EE Server
instance. This location does not contain this
instance. Please refer to the Installation Guide for
supported versions. Please select a new Oracle Home
that contains a supported instance.
Can anyone please let me know what could be the
issue.
Thanks
-Prapoorna

How to install Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier

hi,
i need to install BPEL process manager, so i download the following file from otn
1.soa_windows_x86_101310_disk1
2.soa_windows_x86_bpel_101310
here i read the document named b28980.pdf from bpel\doc\pc.1012 to install BPEL PM
so i start to complete the pre-installation task
1.installed Oracle database 10g
2.Run the Integration Repository Creation Assistant on the Database
3.Install Oracle Application Server 10g Release3 (10.1.3.1.0) and select either the J2EE Server installation type or the J2EE and Web Server installation type. selected J2EE and Web Server installation type
and installed according to the Oracle application server installation guide.
installed OracleAS in the path : D:\product\10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1
4.Install the current release of Oracle BPEL Process Manager for OracleAS Middle Tier
here they mention to select the J2EE and Web Server installation type because that type is selected in Oracle AS installed in Oracle Application Server
so i start to install the BPEL PM by selecting the setup.exe-->and shows the location source and destination
default destination is : D:\product\10.1.3.1\OraBPEL_1 selected next on the screen
the next screen is select installation type here there are two types named
1.BPEL process Manager for Developer (371MB)
2.BPEL process manager for Oracle AS Middle tier (107MB)
i selected 2.BPEL process manager for Oracle AS Middle tier (107MB) and click next
pop up window opens with title dependencies
error:
BPEL Process manager for oracle AS Middle tier will run on top of a supported Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.1.0 J2EE server and Web Server Or J2EE server instance. this location does not contain this instance. Please select new Oracle home that contains a supported instance.
so i changed the destination path to : D:\product\10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1\BIN then also i got the same error.
please any one mention the path for J2EE and Web Server instance for installing the BPEL PM for Oracle AS Middle Tier.
Thanks in Advance
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If you choose the developer version you will be fine.
If you have installed J2EE and Web Server installation into D:\product\10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1 then this is the location you install your BPEL PM into, not D:\product\10.1.3.1\OraBPEL_1 or D:\product\10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1\BIN.
D:\product\10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1 is what we call the ORACLE_HOME, generally we create a new home for each install, but in this case there is a dependency on 10.1.3.1 OC4J container. So it needs to be installed into 10.1.3.1 oracle home.
The bin directory is just the executables for that home, its not the actual. home.
cheers
James

Sharepoint Out of the Box as Business Process Management (BPM) Tool

How Sharepoint out of the box can be used as Business Process Management tool? Like we have K2.

Hi Bharat,
Thanks for posting your query,
All versions of SharePoint support workflows based on windows workflow foundation. SharePoint Server includes some predefined advanced workflows such as Approval, Collect feedback, Collect signatures. WSS 3.0 and SharePoint foundation contains simple "3
steps workflow".
But all versions support custom workflows and custom worflow steps created in SharePoint Designer or Visual Studio.
You can customize forms with SharePoint Designer, Visual Studio or InfoPath.
Also, check out below mentioned URLs to know more on this functionality in SharePoint 2013
https://support.office.com/en-sg/article/Overview-of-workflows-included-with-SharePoint-d74fcceb-3a64-40fb-9904-cc33ca49da56
http://www.actsolution.net/Pages/SharePoint/Business-Process-Management.aspx
http://www.slideshare.net/SPTechConSanFrancisco/using-sharepoint-for-business-process-management-by-eugene-rosenfeld-sptechcon
http://www.slideshare.net/AndreasAschauer/sharepoint-2013-as-a-bpm-workflow-management-system
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee424392(v=office.15).aspx
I hope this is helpful to you, mark it as Helpful.
If this works, Please mark it as Answered.
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Blog : http://sharepoint-community.net/profile/DharmendraSingh

How can apply Oracle BPEL patch to Oracle BPEL Process manager??

Hi, Gurus:
I am new to Oracle BPEL Process manager, I successfully install Oracle BPEL Process manager, but I need to install Oracle BPEL patch and the examples within it.
so I download bpelpatches.zip, it has over 106 MB.
It contains:
1. p4369818_101200_GENERIC.zip
2. p4343748_101200_GENERIC.zip
3. p4406640_101200_GENERIC_Patch01.zip
4. p4469111_101200_GENERIC_Patch02.zip
I am using window XP, how Can I apply these patches to my system??
How can apply Oracle BPEL patch to Oracle BPEL Process manager??
Thanks a lot!!
Charlie

don't see any invoke in your client against the intiate operation.. - which creates the correlation
only 2 of them
<invoke name="Invoke_1" partnerLink="PartnerLink_1" portType="ns1:CorrelatedBPELProcess" operation="receive1" inputVariable="Invoke_1_receive1_InputVariable"/>
<invoke name="Invoke_2" partnerLink="PartnerLink_1" portType="ns1:CorrelatedBPELProcess" operation="receive2" inputVariable="Invoke_2_receive2_InputVariable"/>
compared to this def of the process
<portType name="CorrelatedBPELProcess">
<operation name="initiate">
<input message="client:CorrelatedBPELProcessRequestMessage"/>
</operation>
<operation name="receive1">
<input message="client:CorrelatedBPELProcessRequestMessage"/>
</operation>
<operation name="receive2">
<input message="client:CorrelatedBPELProcessRequestMessage"/>
</operation>
</portType>

Shipment process without delivery is it possible?

Hi,
My company wants to track the shipment of parts scrapped (sap mvt type 551) and sent to the vendor throught the shipment.
We are already using transportation for outbound delivery and WM.
The current process is : 1- mvt type 551; 2- Create TO; 3-Confirm T.O and sent parts to vendor for scrap.
We would like integrate the shipment in the this process.
Can you help me to figure out the integration with the shipment process?
Thanks & Regards
Bouba

Bouba,
Check your IM to WM interface configuration setting
IMG: Logistics Execution > Warehouse Management > Interfaces > Define Movement Types >>Assign WM Movement Type References to IM Movement Types & >> LE-WM Interface to Inventory Management
Based on your error message (551/X/X/ /L/X/./) your current settings in "Assign WM Movement Type References to IM Movement Types" are as follows:
> IM Mvt type = 551 (GI scrapping)
> VUp = X (Yes, update Value)
> QUP = X (Yes, Update Quantity)
> Special Stock = Blank (No special Stock)
> Movement Indicator = L (Delivery)
> Recipeint indicator = X (Stock Transport Order)
> Ref Mvmt type = Blank (No WM Movemnet type)
Your reference movement type should not be blank - recommend changing it to 551
Also, make sure that IM mvmt type 551 is linked to Warehouse mvmt type 551 in LE-WM Interface to Inventory Management with all of the correct settings as above.
I hope this does the trick for you.

Process management color (urgent!!!!)

hi all!
when i used the process management control , i am confused that all cells are red ,who can tell me why the cells are not green or yellow?
and what the colors means ?
thank you very much !!!!

Hi,
Following from HFM user guide might be useful
Using Cell Colors in Data Grids to Determine Status
Cell colors in data grids indicate additional information about the data. The following table shows the default cell colors in data grids:
Off-white This is an input cell. You can enter or edit data manually.
Light green Allows allocations/derived data.
Medium green This cell is read-only.
Dark green This cell has no write or read access/derived data.
Red Invalid intersection of dimension members. You cannot enter data in invalid cells.
Yellow Yellow indicates one of these conditions:
Data in the cells has been modified but has not yet been saved.
The input status is OK, but the status of the adjustment is not OK (CH, CN or TRN). If the status is CN for node level adjustments, you must run Force Calculate Contribution to clear up the adjustment member status.
Gray This cell contains locked/derived data.
Blue This is a header cell.
Black This is the active cell
This applies to Data grid but I don't think there may be any issue as far as colour RED,, Dark Green are concerned.
Rgds
Payous999

OPMN Process Manager failed to start - libmodapi.so libclntsh.so not found

Hi all,
I am completely new to Oracle in its entirety. I am trying to install Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Console 10.2.0.1.0 on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1 through the OUI using the new database install. When I get to setting up the Oracle Application Server, it tells me the OPMN Process Manager failed to start, tells me to check the logs in /oms10g/opmn/logs, and to start OPMN manually before hitting retry.
The log files in that directory do not seem to contain any errors.
When I run ./opmnctl stopall, ./opmnctl startall, ./opmnctl status, I get no obvious errors, and then the following:
DSA ~ DSA ~ Down
HTTP_Server ~ HTTPServer ~ Alive
LogLoader ~ logloaderd ~ Down
dcm-daemon ~ dcm-daemon ~ Down
OC4J ~ home ~ Alive
WebCache ~ WebCache ~ Alive
WebCache ~ WebCacheAdmin ~ Alive
When I do ./opmn start I get the following:
./opmn: error while loading shared libraries: libmodapi.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
When I do a ldd ./opmn I get the following errors:
libmodapi.so => not found
libclntsh.so.10.1 => not found
I am assuming my problem is that these two libraries are not linked in. I have looked through the forums, and found closely related threads, but none that seemed to help, most notably changing my PATH. If anyone has any suggestions, I would welcome them. Thanks for your help.
Sincerely,
Don

Hi All,
We all agree that best practice involves a test installation. My original post was about a problem I was having with the creation of my test bed. I did create my own manual, which I am sure is not the best manual ever created, but does work to get the software installed. If it is proven out, I will post it to try and return something to the community.
In order to do this, I needed to read thousands of pages of documentation so far, which does not even scratch the surface of the total amount on OTN. I am still revising my instructions as I find that the documentation commonly assumes the reader has been installing Oracle for some time and is fully aware of all the appropriate acronyms and the entire logical and physical structure of the database. In order to just read many of the documents, I had to draw out a map of Oracle on a whiteboard as I went. As a systems administrator, should I have to search through all those papers, manuals, the web, etc. and try to gain an advanced DBA understanding to get a working default installation? Perhaps it seems like I am just a new user who is whining, but how many programs can you think of where this type of effort is required?
In looking at the relationship between the DBA and the Systems Administrator, where should we draw a line between their tasks?
Should the DBA have to learn how to assess appropriate server hardware, and then install and administrate every flavor of Windows, UNIX, Linux, etc. in any given environment? Should a DBA be required to build a Linux kernel, configure Active Directory, or install Solaris before installing Oracle?
Should the Systems Administrator have to learn the nuances of installing and optimizing Oracle databases in order to just put the base software on the system and configure the kernel so it is ready for a DBA?
More interesting, as stated above, I could hand you the Gentoo Handbook, and without knowing a single thing about Gentoo Linux, you would have a default installation of the Gentoo OS. You could also grab step-by-step instructions for a default installation of MySQL on Gentoo, or a myriad of other programs, for that matter. This would hardly replace the Gentoo systems administrator or MySQL DBA, but it does serve a very valid purpose of enabling the systems administrator and DBA. Shouldn’t Oracle have something similar?
I would think the Systems Administrator knowledgeable in the OS and Kernel should be able to perform the first half of the installation task where they are more likely to be an expert, and then allow the DBA to create and optimize the databases they install, which they in turn can spend years learning how to do. Time that the DBA spends learning the OS or time the Systems Administrator spends learning Oracle is valuable in the long run, but it is also extra time to get the initial database up and running. One of the largest reasons IT personnel exist at all is to keep users from having to spend too much time learning about their computers to get their work done. Shouldn’t this also translate between IT groups?
Databases are one of the few software installations that systems administrators commonly don't have to maintain on corporate servers. The best comparison I know of is web services. In this manner web servers are very similar, and are commonly installed by a team as well. I am perfectly capable of creating a default install of Apache, Tomcat, or IIS from step-by-step instructions provided by Apache or Microsoft without much more tailored information than the IP address and system name we are going to use to fill in the blanks during the installation.
While I have performed the role of sole IT staff at a small software engineering company, and have therefore been the SysNetWebSecDB admin hydra in the past, in larger companies there seems to be no problem with having the system administrator create a default installation of Apache or IIS, having the network team configure the switches and DMZ, and having the web team customize the server and design the site without each of them having to know everything.
So the above is a good idea and I would encourage
them to do it because after that, it makes them
stonger than when they use an already completed one
to install.Sometimes there is time to sit down and read all the instructions and become a more robust IT professional. Sometimes there is only time to read the Getting Started section and you have to read the full instructions and optimize later if there is time. Sometimes you have outside influences that mean it has to get done in less time than it should, whether or not the justification for rushing is reasonable.
Should I plan to read every knowledge base article ever published by Microsoft in order to create a test bed installation of Windows 2008? Honestly, I’d still be reading the NT4 docs.
Not only does not every business have a DBA, or the money to hire one, sometimes the business does not want to do so, or sometimes the security is such that the DBA is not part of the unit allowed to utilize administrative access on the servers. That doesn’t mean they don’t need a database tomorrow.
As an IT professional, I will never be able to come close to encompassing the amount of knowledge I actually could use to do my job. I try to specialize in a few areas so that I have the ability to keep up with the exponential rate of IT expansion, but I basically consider a vast part of my job being constantly thrown into the deep end, and, fair or not, getting things done anyway. Hopefully that makes me good at my job. The question is how much time and effort I should need to apply before I can get to a reasonable starting point where everyone else can do their work too.
There
is normally no single document to achieve or complete
and installation unless the bespoke type. Apart from
the Install Guide, there could be Readme, Release
notes, Adendum etc. While I noted in a previous post that I shouldn't be too hard on Oracle in trying to document such a massive effort, that doesn’t mean that their documentation doesn’t need work. Why is the documentation for a single product spread out over tens of thousands of pages? It should be obvious that this has resulted in redundant and often conflicting documents, including the dozen readme documents in the installation files, the readme documents in the installed files, the install guide, the readme and addendum for each of those, the release notes for each of those, and a new set for each patch.
Obviously, for any installation, I need to complete a document for my own environment that contains the proper network configuration for our own LAN, or the proper partitioning. I do this for any program. Oracle needs me to change the name of the OS install to get their installer not to error out on their own OS. If OFA is so desirable, why not make the default install explain and follow OFA? Basic issues like this are highly avoidable, and shouldn’t be seen by the end user, even if in this case the end user is a highly technical audience capable of adjusting.
It will hard to get a single document because they
will be platform dependent and what someone did in
their install, may not always work everywhere.Again, please note that Oracle has "released" an OS that they intend for people to use on their Oracle validated hardware as a premier platform for their Oracle database. It isn't a stretch to feel that Oracle should then be able to provide valid, step-by-step instructions for a default installation of their own software, on validated hardware, on their own OS. I’m not expecting an optimized and populated database, but if the hardware, OS, and software are all under Oracle’s control, there aren’t really any variables other than machine name and IP address for a default install.
Hopefully my current knowledge will work for the time being, and I will be able to optimize appropriately in the future as I can.

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When i clear History , Cookie, etc.... i see in the process manager any more process for plugin-container.exe
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please finsd this link....
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can any body help me to configure Oracle BPEL Process Manager for JBoss 4.2.1

Look here:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10291_01/doc.1013/e10538/toc.htm
Marc
http://orasoa.blogspot.com

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We are working on an ant build framework for a Oracle SOA Suite 10.1.3.3.0 project, consisting of a main BPEL process that is synchronously calling another BPEL process via an ESB. This second process uses the same ESB to call back the original process.
This of course leads to a circular deployment dependency, where the ESB requires both BPEL WSDLs before it can be deployed, and each BPEL process needs a WSDL for the ESB endpoint to be deployed.
We are attempting to short circuit this dependency by deploying a web application registry for the WSDLs in question, but this presents us with a further problem. The WSDLs used to communicate with the BPEL processes and ESB are not the project WSDLs, but appear to actually be describing web service wrappers generated on the application server side. In order to use the proposed web registry, we would need to be able to predictably generate these WSDLs (or at least representative versions).
In our example it looks like a case of generating binding and service elements and merging them with the BPEL project WSDL , but we do not feel that it is safe to assume anything about this behaviour and would prefer some kind of documentation to inform our decision.
So, a couple of questions:
1) Can anyone provide documentation and/or description of how the required web service endpoints are generated by the application server/BPEL process manager?
2) Alternatively, is there a better way of avoiding or dealing with the aforementioned circular dependency?
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I was wondering too what would be a could solution for the "circular dependency" situation.
In my current project we will build some mockup-bpels(just for the interface) for the time being.

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