Important Metalink Notes for Oracle Apps DBA’s

Note 466649.1 -Using Oracle 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.7) Real Application Clusters and Automatic Storage
Management with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12

Note 380489.1 - Using Load-Balancers with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12

Note 376811.1 - Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 with Oracle Internet Directory and
Oracle Single Sign-On

Note 178722.1 - How to Generate a Specific Form Through AD utility ADADMIN

Note 267026.1 - How To Set The PASTA Debug Option

Note 110406.1 - Check Printing Frequently Asked Questions

Note 390641.1 - Errors Starting Processes Through OPMN

Note 728817.1 - How to Get the Forms,PLL,LDT,Reports,Database Object Versions from the backend

Note 858813.1 - Output Post Processor is Down with Actual Process is 0 And Target Process is 1

Note 460578.1 - R12 Output Post Processor Service Not Coming Up

Note 1071880.1 - How To Generate Plx's File From Pll's Manually In EBS 12.0.5

Note 793409.1 - Failed To Connect To Server: /forms/lservlet *** => Oracle Apps Forms Launch Error
(thru VPN-Inetrnet)

Note 454178.1- Oracle Application Server Diagnostic Tools and Log Files in Applications Release 12

Note 753135.1 - FRM-91500: UNABLE TO START/COMPLETE THE BUILD Encountered When

Note 431324.1 - Manual forms compilation In R12 fails With: FRM-91500: Unable to start/complete the
build

Note 387337.1 - How to Change the System Name in Workflow?

Note 453527.1 - How To Trace a Concurrent Request And Generate TKPROF File

Note 874742.1 - R12 Generic Data Fix (GDF) Patch for amount remaining is NULL in
AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL

Note 555214.1 - Oacore Processes Won't Start After Increasing Their Number In Oracle Applications
Release 12 In Context.xml

Note 472679.1 - Oracle Financials for India - Diagnostic Scripts for Release 12

Note 950436.1 - R12 - How To Change The Oracle Logo To The Company Logo In The iSupport Home
Page

Note 473320.1 - Unable to login after Release 11i to Release 12 Upgrade

Note 150993.1 - APP-FND-00222 Error When Submitting a Custom Concurrent Request Registered With
a Custom Application

Note 604633.1 - Known Causes of FRM-92101 Error In Forms

Note 727724.1 - India Localization - Compilation scripts in Release 12 => FORM Compile Syntax in
R12

Note 741459.1 -Tips For Personalizing The E-Business Suite r12 Login Page (MainLoginPG)

Note 557609.1 - Unable to Approve Users And Manage User Profiles: POS_USR_REG_TYPE_UN

Note 590374.1 - Supplier User Accessing Sourcing Homepage Gets Error

Note 559528.1 - How To Limit External Access Only To iSupplier Portal Users

Note 270519.1 - Customizing an AutoConfig Environment

Note 387859.1 - Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle E-Business Suite Release
12

Note 39817.1 - Interpreting Raw SQL_TRACE and DBMS_SUPPORT.START_TRACE output

Note 32951.1 - Tkprof Interpretation

Note 104452.1 - Troubleshooting Concurrent Manager (Unix specific)

Note 74717.1 - Troubleshooting Concurrent Manager Startup problems

Note 97798.1 - ORA-904 when starting concurrent managers

Note 230121.1 - Routine AFPEIM encountered an error while starting Concurrent Manager on Cloned
instance

Note 1059201.6 - Status Pending with 'Inactive No Manager' Concurrent Requests

Note113135.1 - Conflict Resolution Manager FNDCRM Does Not Start; NoError Message.

Note 123607.1 - CONCSUB SYSADMIN 'System Administrator' GIVES INVALID RESPONSIBILITY

Note 2055375.6 - RESET PMON METHOD (CHOICES: LOCK, OS, RDBMS)

Note 2069781.6 - Basic Troubleshooting of the Concurrent Managers

Note 2120154.6 - Unable to start the ccm after install - core dump

Note 171855.1 - CCM.sql Diagnostic Script for Concurrent Manager

NOTE 811093.1 - R12 Concurrent Managers not starting after patching or upgrade changes

NOTE 44694.1 - SQL*Net Packet Sizes (SDU & TDU Parameters)

NOTE 373431.1 – Trouble Shooting Guide For TNS - 12592 TNS BAD PACKET
NOTE 460578.1 - R12 Output Post Processor Service Not Coming Up.

NOTE 754698.1 - Internal Manager Log File is having Messages like "Could Not Initialize the Service
Manager FNDSM__" for Non Concurrent Processing Nodes

NOTE 733901.1 - Service Manager Processes Are Not Starting After A Restart - usdsop cannot redirect
standard output

NOTE 556428.1 - ORA-12518 / TNS-12518 Troubleshooting

NOTE 134814.1 - TNSPING Fails with TNS-12535: Operation Timed Out

NOTE 119706.1 - Troubleshooting Guide TNS-12535 or ORA-12535 or ORA-12170 Errors

NOTE 341216.1 - TNS-12535 Unable to Connect to Remote Database using certain Applications, such as
Sql*Plus

NOTE 388577.1 - Using Oracle 10g Release 2 Real Application Clusters and Automatic Storage
Management with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12

NOTE 134007.1 - CMCLEAN.SQL - Non Destructive Script to Clean Concurrent Manager Tables

NOTE 387859.1 - Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12

NOTE 748466.1 - 11g: TNS-12532 / ORA-12532 Reported When Firewall Is Enabled

NOTE 231684.1 - How to generate messages?

NOTE 863234.1 - Error Message - Message Dictionary Couldn't Open The ICX Application Message File
=>
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" Message Dictionary couldn't open the ICX application message file. Cannot open file
/app01/appl/xxxx/icx/12.0.0/mesg/US.msb for reading

where xxxx = instance name

Solution:
Please run the Generate messages concurrent request for "Oracle iProcurement" application.
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Note 117129.1 - "How to get a Trace for And Begin to Analyze a Performance Issue"

Note 169935.1 -"Troubleshooting Oracle Apps Performance Issues"

Note 148145.1 - Running a trace on a concurrent process - "Running a Trace on a Process"

Note 148143.1 - Running a trace on a form - "Running a Trace on a Form"

Note 232443.1 - Information on TKPROF Sorting options - "How to Identify Resource Intensive SQL for
Tuning"

Note 224270.1 - TRACE Analyzer - "TRCANLZR.sql - Trace Analyzer - Interpreting Raw SQL Traces
generated by EVENT 10046"
Note 105292.1 - Tracing in the HRMS Applcation - "How To Trace In The HRMS Application"

Note 171647.1 - Tracing Event 10046 - "Tracing Oracle Applications using Event 10046"

Note 135389.1 - Initialization SQL Statement - Custom - "Using profile option 'Initialization SQL
Statement - Custom'"

Note 190685.1 - Tracing in Self-Service Application - "How to Run SQL Trace on Self Service
Application."

Metalink Notes to understand Oracle Apps Patching (adpatch)

Note 181665.1 - Release 11i adpatch Basics

Note 457566.1 - Oracle Applications Patching FAQ for Release 11i

Note 459156.1 - Oracle Applications Patching FAQ for Release 12

Note 60766.1 - 11.0.x: Patch Installation Frequently Asked Questions

Note 225165.1 - Patching Best Practices and Reducing Downtime

Note 314540.1 - What Log Files are Generated with adpatch, and Where are They Located?

Note 175485.1 - How to Apply an 11i Patch When adpatch is Already Running

Note 136342.1 - How To Apply a Patch in a Multi-Server Environment

Note 374915.1 - HRMS PATCH INSTALL FAQ

Note 342035.1 - How to Show the Patch History for Merged Patches in OAM

Note 228779.1 - How to Merge Patches Using admrgpch

Note 432597.1 - Reducing Down Time When Applying Patch for Oracle E-Business Applications 11i

Note 231701.1 - How to Find Patching History (10.7, 11.0, 11i)

Note 235447.1 - Application Install Auto Patch Setup Test