The Oracle Application Server 10g Infrastructure - The Infrastructure Repository
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As the scope of Application Server 10g expanded, Oracle recognized that a centralized data repository was needed to handle all of the metadata required by Application Server 10g. This was achieved by creating an Oracle database on the Application Server 10g midtier called iasdb. The metadata repository is known by several names, including the Application Server 10g infrastructure repository, the infrastructure instance, and iasdb. The iasdb name is the default $ORACLE_SID for the Oracle 9i database that holds the data.
The metadata repository holds configurations for many of the Application Server 10g components, and is also extended for use by SSO. As of release 9.0.4, there are nearly 20 Application Server 10g components, and many of these use iasdb for centralized metadata storage. Also, starting in release 9.0.4, the infrastructure may be any supported release of Oracle 9i that is at the correct version and patch level.
Remember, not all Application Server 10g components make the same use of iasdb. For example, OID and SSO use iasdb to store security access data, while other components such as OHS and Web Cache only store configuration information in iasdb.
The iasdb database contains all of the metadata and internal information for all SSO components, Oracle Portal, Oracle Wireless, and some DCM components. The infrastructure repository holds data for all Application Server 10g components in a farm, and is critical to the proper operation of these components:
- OID Oracle Internet Directory (LDAP)
- DCM Distributed Configuration Manager
- Portal The web development component of Application Server
10g - OEM The repository for many OEM components
- SSO Oracle Single Sign-On
- Wireless Oracle Wireless metadata
Let’s take a quick tour of the various schemas within the iasdb database and see how each schema is used by the Application Server 10g components. Then we will examine the iasdb log files and look at queries that can be automated for easy viewing.
The iasdb database instance has many individual schemas. Each of these schemas has a special function to help control and manage each of the various Application Server 10g components. Table 2-1 lists the Application Server 10g schemas within iasdb. These schema components are always installed in the infrastructure database, even if you are not using a component.
Once you understand the schema owner’s purpose, you can examine the complexity of each schema. As an Application Server 10g administrator, you must become intimate with these schemas and understand which schemas control what system functions. The iasdb instance has some schemas that must be locked, others whose passwords may be changed at will, and others that are registered with the OID and should only be changed using OEM.
Immutable iasdb Schemas Some schemas are immutable, and the passwords and data structures must never be changed. This is especially true for this group of iasdb schemas:
Schema Name Used By Default Password _________________________________________________________
CTXSYS Intermedia Text option change_on_install
MDSYS Spatial Data option mdsys OLAPDBA OLAP Services option olapdba OLAPSVR OLAP Services option instance OLAPSYS OLAP Services option manager
ORDPLUGINS InterMedia Audio option ordplugins ORDSYS InterMedia Audio option ordsys OUTLN Stored Outlines outln
| Schema | Description |
| AURORA$JIS$UTILITY$ | Oracle Servlet Engine schema |
| AURORA$ORB$UNAUTHENTICATED | Oracle Servlet Engine schema |
| DCM | Distributed Configuration Manager |
| DISCOVERER5 | Oracle Application Server Discoverer 10g |
| DSGATEWAY | Oracle 9i Syndication Server |
| INTERNET_APPSERVER_REGISTRY | Contains the COMPONENTS table |
| IP | TCP/IP replication (advanced queuing) and Internet |
| audit log tables |
| OCA | Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority 10g |
| ODS | Oracle Internet Directory metadata |
| ORAOCA_PUBLIC | Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority 10g |
| synonyms |
| ORASSO | Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On 10g |
| ORDSYS | Oracle InterMedia Audio schema |
| ORDPLUGINS | Oracle InterMedia Audio schema |
| OSE$HTTP$ADMIN | Oracle Servlet Engine |
| OWA_MGR | Oracle Workflow |
| PORTAL | Oracle Application Server Portal 10g |
| PORTAL_APP | Oracle Application Server Portal 10g |
| PORTAL_DEMO | Oracle Application Server Portal 10gdemonstration |
| schema |
| PORTAL_PUBLIC | Oracle Application Server Portal 10gPublic |
| synonyms |
| UDDISYS | Oracle Application Server Web Services 10g |
| WFADMIN | Oracle Workflow |
| WIRELESS | Oracle Application Server Wireless 10g |
| WKSYS | Oracle Ultra Search |
| WK_PROXY | Oracle Ultra Search |
| WK_TEST | Oracle Ultra Search |
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