Starting/Stopping Application Server Forms and Reports

Question

Hello,
Are there any scripts (like dbstart and dbshut for Oracle DB) for starting and stopping "Application Server Forms and Reports". If not, any special suggestions?
I must automatically start this application on Unix. I know that during starting some steps must be performedy by the root user (export DISPLAY env variable and issue the "xhost +" command) and later the oracle user must do some things( export ORACLE_HOME and DISPLAY and issue the "opmnctl startall" command). Does anybody have scripts like that?
Regards,
Tim

Answer 1

If you're on 10.1.2, there is a script (requires an X Windows session). It's called runstartupconsole.sh, but you've got to update the install type to Portal in the ias.properties file if I remember right. It looks cool, but a shell script works better.
Here is a shell script that does some of those things. You still need to run xhost+ after running a display if you're using something that requires a DISPLAY to start. Someone may have a better one, but this one works.
We actually use one that starts all the different components individually except for Reports in rc scripts. That is the only thing we have that needs a Display set to start. So then xhost + is run & at the same time, the Unix sysadmin runs a script that start Reports from opmn.
I hope this is useful.
Cordially,
Steve
#!/bin/sh
# =======================
# Collect Global Variables
# =======================
# Collect server specific install location
export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
export MIDDLE_TIER_ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/ias/101202_EE/mt_maxportal_02
export INFRASTRUCTURE_ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/ias/101202_EE/if_maxportal_02
export SID=orcl
# Collect current PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH for reuse
export OLD_PATH=$PATH
export OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# Unset variables that can cause problems starting or stopping
unset CLASSPATH
case "$1" in
start)
# =======================
# Start Infrastructure
# =======================
# Set environment to start infrastructure components
export ORACLE_SID=$SID
export ORACLE_HOME=$INFRASTRUCTURE_ORACLE_HOME
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$OLD_PATH
# Start Infrastructure Database Listener
echo -n "Starting Infrastructure Database Listener: "
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/lsnrctl start
echo "OK"
# Start Infrastructure Database
echo -n "Starting Infrastructure Database: "
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart
echo "OK"
# Start Infrastructure OPMN managed components
echo -n "Starting Infrastructure OPMN Managed Components: "
$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin/opmnctl startall
echo "OK"
# =======================
# Start Middle Tier
# =======================
# Change environment for middle tier
unset ORACLE_SID
export ORACLE_HOME=$MIDDLE_TIER_ORACLE_HOME
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$OLD_PATH
# Start Middle Tier OPMN managed components
echo -n "Starting Middle Tier OPMN Managed Components: "
$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin/opmnctl startall
echo "OK"
# Start Application Server Control
echo -n "Starting Application Server Control: "
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/emctl startifdown iasconsole
echo "OK"
stop)
# =======================
# Stop Middle Tier
# =======================
# Set environment for middle tier
unset ORACLE_SID
export ORACLE_HOME=$MIDDLE_TIER_ORACLE_HOME
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$OLD_PATH
# Stop Application Server Control
echo -n "Stopping Application Server Control: "
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/emctl stop iasconsole
echo "OK"
# Stop Middle Tier OPMN managed components
echo -n "Stopping Middle Tier OPMN managed components: "
$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin/opmnctl stopall
echo "OK"
# =======================
# Stop Infrastructure
# =======================
# Set environment to start infrastructure components
export ORACLE_SID=$SID
export ORACLE_HOME=$INFRASTRUCTURE_ORACLE_HOME
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$OLD_PATH
# Stop Infrastructure OPMN managed components
echo -n "Stopping Infrastructure OPMN managed components: "
$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin/opmnctl stopall
echo "OK"
# Stop Infrastructure Database
echo -n "Stopping Infrastructure Database: "
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut
echo "OK"
# Stop Infrastructure Database Listener
echo -n "Stopping Infrastrucutre Database Listener: "
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/lsnrctl stop
echo "OK"
reload|restart)
     $0 stop
$0 start
echo "Usage: `basename $0` start|stop|restart|reload"
exit 1
esac
exit 0