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EM Cloud Administration Guide released

PeterPaul — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:01:06 +0000

Oracle released the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Administration Guide 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1) documentation. It is part of the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Documentation.

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is system management software that delivers centralized monitoring, administration, and life-cycle management functionality for the complete IT infrastructure, including systems running Oracle and non-Oracle technologies.

VirtualBox Appliance for WLS development with Eclipse, Maven, and Hudson

PeterPaul — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:07:02 +0000

With the Oracle Technet Virtual Developer Day coming up a great VirtualBox appliance came available. The developer day focusses on developing Java EE6 applications and Oracle WebLogic Suite 12c.

WebLogic Server 12.1.1 VirtualBox Appliance

The virtual machine contains:

Oracle Linux 5, JDK 1.6 +
Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.1
Oracle Coherence 3.7
Oracle TopLink 12.1.1
Hudson 2.2
Subversion 1.4.2
Apache Maven 3.0.1
NetBeans IDE 7.1 RC2
Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 12.1.1 / Eclipse 3.7
Easter Egg: Introductory Labs for Oracle Coherence 3.7

All details on download and importing the appliance can be found on the VirtualBox instructions page. No need to say that the appliance has been released for development and testing purposes.

Labs

The image contains four Labs:

Total Oracle WebLogic Server Development with Eclipse, Maven, and Hudson
Hands on with an end-to-end Java EE6 Application
A Step-By-Step Guide to Oracle Coherence
Running the Coherence Examples Project in Eclipse

These can be found in the /home/oracle/labs/ directory. Web links to these Labs can be found here.

Solving ORABPEL-11075 Unable to create control directory

PeterPaul — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:02:02 +0000

Recently I engaged with a customer who experiences (among other problems) the following. Since there is hardly any info on Oracle Support or blogs I thought I’d share some info here:
WSIF JCA Execute of operation 'SomeService' failed due to: Unable to create control directory. Unable to create control directory: "/mnt/queues/controldir/bpel/fileftp/controlFiles/epajYGFxPFPErSM8HcN8HQ==/outbound". ; nested exception is: ORABPEL-11075 Unable to create control directory. Unable to create control directory: "/mnt/queues/controldir/bpel/fileftp/controlFiles/epajYGFxPFPErSM8HcN8HQ==/outbound". Please make sure that the directory name is valid and that there are adequate permissions to create the directory.

Solution

As the last part of the error message suggests, check for file system stuff:

Is the share and/or mount your file / ftp adapter is pointing to still available?
Can the share be reached from your SOA Server?
Does the directory name exist?
Are the required permissions available?

Correct inaccuracies.

Common Issues and Workarounds for File/FTP Adapter

There is an extensive document on solving issues with file and FTP adapters on Oracle support. The documentation for file and FTP adapters can be found:

Have a great 2012

PeterPaul — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:55:21 +0000

Wishing you and your loved ones all the best for 2012!

That you may enjoy life’s little (and not so little) miracles each and every day.

Service life cycle governance presentation

PeterPaul — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:25:13 +0000

Just uploaded the presentation I gave at the Seminar “Architecture and Governance”:

Service lifecycle governance

View more presentations from Peter Paul van de Beek.

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c (12.1.1) available

PeterPaul — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:28:55 +0000

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c (12.1.1) is available for download. The main themes of the new release are according to Oracle:

Java EE 6 and Developer Productivity
Simplified Deployment and Management with Virtualization
Integrated Traffic Management
Enhanced Availability and Disaster Recovery
Much Higher Performance
Seamless Upgrade

WebLogic Server 12 is available as installer or ZIP distribution. Download WebLogic Server 12c. Other useful links:

The documentation library, including the Installation Guide.
Blog post by Arun Gupta on using the WLS 12c – Using Zip Installer
Markus Eisele already published already quite some 12c post on his blog.

Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse (12.1.1) available

Shortly after WLS 12c Oracle also has released OEPE 12.1.1 – Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse. It is certified on Windows 7/XP/Vista, MacOS, and Linux. OEPE is supported on JDK 6.

The installation guide for OEPE.
The installer is available both as ZIP and Full Installer. Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse full installers include Oracle WebLogic Server 12c and Oracle Coherence 3.7.1.
OEPE Homepage

Update: WebLogic 12.1.1 VirtualBox Appliance available

With OTN Virtual Developer Day a WebLogic 12c VirtualBox appliance became available. On the appliance there are Labs and other Java development tools like: Hudson, Subversion, Maven, NetBeans IDE, and Eclipse (including OEPE).

SCA Diagrammer

PeterPaul — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:11:44 +0000

While doing some research on the web I came across a Service Component Architecture Diagram Generator. The script generates diagrams for applications based on the Service Component Architecture (SCA) model. This can be a great aid to understand the relations between components in large BPEL or SOA applications.

Download the tool here. The readme is over here. The script runs on Linux/Unix and has primarily been tested with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g applications but should work with other BPEL or SOA frameworks.

SOA and Governance seminar

PeterPaul — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:28:56 +0000

On December 13th Whitehorses will host a seminar on SOA and Governance. During this seminar we will show the value of a proper architecture and governance for your organization. In the presentation you will get clear guidelines and steps on a pragmatic approach for implementing a manageable SOA solution.

Some of the topics:

What is SOA Governance and Why do we need it?
SOA reference architecture – The importance of solid standardization.
Service life-cycle governance – Design and build the right services and the proper way to reuse them.
Service repository – With examples of repositories based on Oracle Enterprise Repository (OER) and a wiki.

rsvp.

Oracle BPM Suite 11g Handbook and free resources

PeterPaul — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:13:07 +0000

Recently McGraw Hill published the Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Handbook. It is available on their site and at Amazon.com.

Here is the table of contents with the links to the free chapters:

Part I: Introduction

BPM – Background
Standards in BPM
BPM Suite 11g – Overview

Part II: Mastering Oracle BPM 11g

Quick Learners Guide to Oracle BPM 11g
Business Process Modeling and Implementation using BPMN 2.0
Mastering Business Rules
Advanced Human Tasks
Developing Rich User Interfaces for BPM with ADF

Part III: Essentials of Oracle BPM Methodology

Planning a BPM Adoption
Strategic Analysis, Process Selection and Design
Technical Design and Project Delivery Strategies

Oracle releases NoSQL Database, Enterprise Edition 1.1.100

PeterPaul — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:42:36 +0000

While the NoSQL Database Community Edition still waits for final license approval, Oracle has released it’s NoSQL Database, Enterprise Edition 1.1.100. The download is available on OTN.

The Oracle NoSQL Database is a distributed key-value database. It is designed to provide highly reliable, scalable and available data storage across a configurable set of systems that function as storage nodes.

The documentation page is still rather empty. However Technical Overview and a Data Sheet are already available.

Oracle NoSQL is a key offering in Oracle’s portfolio of Big Data products. The product is based on the Java version of Berkeley DB, an open source database used in embedded systems.

Update

The NoSQL documentation is available.
A great in depth look into Oracle NoSQL. Also read the discussion over there.