1)What happens if the ICM goes down? All the other managers will keep working.

ICM only takes care of the queue control requests, which means starting up and shutting down other concurrent managers. 2)How will you speed up the patching process? You can merge multiple patches. You can create a response file for non-interactive patching. You can apply patches with options (nocompiledb, nomaintainmrc, nocompilejsp) and run these once after applying all the patches. 3)How will you handle an error during patching? Look at the log of the failed worker, identify and rectify the error and restart the worker using adctrl utility. 4)Provide a high-level overview of the cloning process and post-clone manual steps. Run pre-clone on the source (all tiers), duplicate the DB using RMAN (or restore the DB from a hot or cold backup), copy the file systems and then run post-clone on the target (all tiers). Manual steps (there can be many more): Change all non-site profile option values (RapidClone only changes site-level profile options). Modify workflow and concurrent manager tables. Change printers. 5)Provide an introduction to AutoConfig. How does AutoConfig know which value from the XML file needs to be put in which file? AutoConfig uses a context file to maintain key configuration files. A context file is an XML file in the $APPL_TOP/admin directory and is the centralized repository. When you run AutoConfig it reads the XML files and creates all the AutoConfig managed configuration files. For each configuration file maintained by AutoConfig, there exists a template

file which determines which values to pick from the XML file. 6)Can you tell me a few tests you will do to troubleshoot self-service login problems? Which profile options and files will you check? Check guest user/password in the DBC file, profile option guest user/password, the DB. Check whether apache/jserv is up. Run IsItWorking, FND_WEB.PING, aoljtest, etc. 7)What could be wrong if you are unable to view concurrent manager log and output files? Most likely the FNDFS listener is down. Look at the value of OUTFILE_NODE_NAME and LOGFILE_NODE_NAME in the FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS table. Look at the FND_NODES table. Look at the FNDFS_entry in tnsnames.ora. 8)How will you change the location of concurrent manager log and output files? The location of log files is determined by parameter $APPLCSF/$APPLLOG and that of output files by $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT. 9)If the user is experiencing performance issues, how will you go about finding the cause? Trace his session (with waits) and use tkprof to analyze the trace file. Take a statspack report and analyze it. O/s monitoring using top/iostat/sar/vmstat. Check for any network bottleneck by using basic tests like ping results. 10)How will you change the apps password? Use FNDCPASS to change APPS password. Manually modify wdbsvr.app/cgiCMD.dat files. Change any DB links pointing from other instances.

11)Provide the location of the DBC file and explain its significance and how applications know the name of the DBC file.

Location: $FND_TOP/secure directory. Significance: Points to the DB server amongst other things. The application knows the name of the DBC file by using profile option "Applications Database Id."

Ecclestial Share
Posted on: 2010-03-29 13:45:17 By: Anonymous

I just wanted to express my deepest appreciation and gratitude in my name and name of all people you have helped with these tutorials. May we all learn from you that the real power is the power of sharing. Senior DBA. Anis.

interview question
Posted on: 2010-05-04 09:55:19 By: Anonymous

Kishore, Appreciate your good work. Please post some more questions on real experience based.Good collections. Thanks Deepak

Few Q&A
Posted on: 2010-11-16 22:11:56 By: akr14feb

1.) What's the diff. btw. 'adconfig.sh' and 'adautocfg.sh' You will use script adautocfg.sh (on both Database & Application tier) which inturn will call adconfig.sh , which further will calladconfig.pl. You should not worry about later two scripts its for information only. adautoconfig.sh is script which you use to run autoconfig.

2.) Do I need to run autoconfig on both appl and db node after I change user applsys password. yes, first on db tier and next on apps tier 3.) Must I stop all running application processes before I run autoconfig. i.e by running adstpall.sh? Yes, if you are running autoconfig on application tier u need to stop the application tier, always database should be up 4.) Is it better to run adautocfg.sh on 11.5.10.2 rather that adconfig.sh. Refer question 1, alway we run adautocfg.sh

Some more
Posted on: 2010-11-16 22:13:00 By: akr14feb

http://teachmeoracle.com/autoconfig02.html

Re: Some more

Posted on: 2011-02-26 23:13:23 By: akr14feb

1)What happens if the ICM goes down? All the other managers will keep working. ICM only takes care of the queue control requests, which means starting up and shutting down other concurrent managers. 2)How will you speed up the patching process? You can merge multiple patches. You can create a response file for non-interactive patching. You can apply patches with options (nocompiledb, nomaintainmrc, nocompilejsp) and run these once after applying all the patches. 3)How will you handle an error during patching? Look at the log of the failed worker, identify and rectify the error and restart

the worker using adctrl utility. 4)Provide a high-level overview of the cloning process and post-clone manual steps. Run pre-clone on the source (all tiers), duplicate the DB using RMAN (or restore the DB from a hot or cold backup), copy the file systems and then run post-clone on the target (all tiers). Manual steps (there can be many more): Change all non-site profile option values (RapidClone only changes site-level profile options). Modify workflow and concurrent manager tables. Change printers. 5)Provide an introduction to AutoConfig. How does AutoConfig know which value from the XML file needs to be put in which file? AutoConfig uses a context file to maintain key configuration files. A context file is an XML file in the $APPL_TOP/admin directory and is the centralized repository. When you run AutoConfig it reads the XML files and creates all the AutoConfig managed configuration files. For each configuration file maintained by AutoConfig, there exists a template file which determines which values to pick from the XML file. 6)Can you tell me a few tests you will do to troubleshoot self-service login problems? Which profile options and files will you check? Check guest user/password in the DBC file, profile option guest user/password, the DB. Check whether apache/jserv is up. Run IsItWorking, FND_WEB.PING, aoljtest, etc. 7)What could be wrong if you are unable to view concurrent manager log and output files? Most likely the FNDFS listener is down. Look at the value of OUTFILE_NODE_NAME and LOGFILE_NODE_NAME in the FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS table. Look at the FND_NODES table. Look at the FNDFS_entry in tnsnames.ora.

8)How will you change the location of concurrent manager log and output files? The location of log files is determined by parameter $APPLCSF/$APPLLOG and that of output files by $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT. 9)If the user is experiencing performance issues, how will you go about finding the cause? Trace his session (with waits) and use tkprof to analyze the trace file. Take a statspack report and analyze it. O/s monitoring using top/iostat/sar/vmstat. Check for any network bottleneck by using basic tests like ping results. 10)How will you change the apps password? Use FNDCPASS to change APPS password. Manually modify wdbsvr.app/cgiCMD.dat files. Change any DB links pointing from other instances. 11)Provide the location of the DBC file and explain its significance and how applications know the name of the DBC file.

Location: $FND_TOP/secure directory. Significance: Points to the DB server amongst other things. The application knows the name of the DBC file by using profile option "Applications Database Id."

some more
Posted on: 2011-06-09 21:05:47 By: akr14feb

http://www.allguru.net/oracle-apps-dba/oracle-applications-question-answer/

concurrent managers
Posted on: 2011-08-23 16:16:48 By: rizwanappsdba

Ques: If the user says, that the request now takes a lot more time than what it use to take earlier,then what are the steps that you should take? Give the step by step process...... Thanks & Regards, Rizwan. emailid:rizwanappsdba@gmail.com

some more
Posted on: 2012-06-15 05:38:32 By: akr14feb

1)I submitted a concurrent request.It was running fine and it takes just 5 minutes to finish..Bt today its taking 1hr bt still its not yet been finished.Then how do you troubleshoot?Plz explain all the possiblities? 2)forms server is having problems...then how will you troubleshoot?kindly explain me the steps? 3)If mountpoint gets full then how will we know..everytime we dont go to the server and we wont issue df -h.Then how can we know that its getting full? 4)Patch was applied fine in test instance bt when it came to production instance its taking lot of time then how to troubleshoot? 5)On development instance you are applying patch.But you couldnt complete it within maintainence time..then what will you do?will you up the instance without applying the patch or what will you do that time? 6)same as above for production database? 7> how to know which products are actually installed in my database? 8> how many concurrent users are currently loggedin to the application and database? 9> What is local=no?its a connection from remote pc?then even if we connect from directly into the server also we are getting local=no?then whats exactly local=no process and how to know the user id and name ? 10> What u mean by it, we do a American upgrade patch which is used to upgrade from 11i to R12 what is the default database for 11.5.10.2 and for r12?

11> Consolidate Upgrade patches sir...CU 1 and CU 2 like that wil be there rite? so what is the highest CU patch for 11.5.10.2 and for r12. 12)what is TXK and ADX? 13> workflow queries 1)update profile options 2)updating workflow configuration 3)changing apps password like this i said sir

How to update profile options sir they asked me? what is a workflow? what is workflow configuration? what changes u do in ur cloned instance to configure tat? what is smtp? what is workflow mailer? what is imap? 14> What are the advantages and disadvantages of cloning? diff between database reorganisation,database refresh,cloning?what is the diff? what are the post cloning steps in apps side? 15> what happens when we run perl adcfgclone.pl dbconfig target xml file path.Wil it run autoconfig ? why dont we just run autoconfig by ourselves without giving that command??

plz tell me 16> Why do we always run adcfgclone.pl on dbtier first then on appstier? what happens when we run adpreclone and adcfgclone?

Re: some more

Posted on: 2012-08-31 17:44:09 By: akr14feb

Apps DBA interview Questions 1. What is a snapshot? In which table we get Information? 2. How will check Apache is working in Front-end and Back End 3. Write down the methods to identify whether the application is in maintenance mode or not 4. What is the result of unsetting APPLCSF 5. How are the AOL Developers Environment variables set 6. How do we get access to the initial sigon to application? 7. From where are the Report files picked up for execution 8. Where are the Reports plsql files located 9. Which ORACLE HOME is used by ad utilities 10. Which file contains the product dependencies information 11. When apps password is given wrong for adstpall.sh, what is the effect on the services 12. What are the Various Statuses of Workers 13. How do you restart a failed patch process 14. What are the table/tables created when workers are initiated and in which schema 15. Create defaults file for "Compile Apps Schema" 16. Execute "Compile Apps Schema" in noninteractive mode 17. Where are the custom files placed 18. Difference between ad_bugs and ad_applied patches 19. What happened Relink adslpice and adpatch? 20. What are Oracle Apps DBA Important Tables we use in daily activities? 21. What is .lct and .ldt files in Patch Directory? 22. What are the tables updated when you apply application patch? 23. Can you apply Opatch without inventory? If there is no inventory, how do you apply Opatch? 24. What are the tables get created during Apps Patching? 25. How do you hide apps password during adpatching? (adpatch flags=hidepw) 26. What is interoperability patch 27. How do you compile jsp files?

28. Types of profile options? 29. Opatch log file location? 30. How do you clone a context file or how do you change existing port pool? 31. How do you run autoconfig in test mode? 32. What are mandatory users in oracle apps? 33. What is the location of apache and plsql cache? 34. What is adlicmgr ? 35. When do you relinking? 36. What is DAD? 37. How do you compile a schema? 38. What is the utility to clean the concurrent manager tables? 39. How do you stage the 11.5.10 Apps software? 40. ADPATCH has failed and it indicated there was an error with a worker. What steps can be taken to investigate this problem? 41. How can I check to see if a concurrent manager is running? 42. Where do concurrent request or manager logfiles and output files go? 43. What is the function of the 'Conflict Resolution Manager'? 44. Unable to Bring Up Concurrent Manager after Running Autoconfig. 45. When should I run AutoConfig? 46. Which files / profile options get changed when I run AutoConfig? 47. What is cloning? 48. How do I determine if my system is Rapid Clone enabled? 49. Can I clone from one operating system version to another? 50. Can I change the database dbf files layout while cloning? 51. What is the difference between Concurrent Requests, Programs, and Processes 52. What is iAS Patch? 53. Why does a worker fails in Oracle Apps Patch and few scenarios in which it failed for you? 54. When you apply C driver patch does it require database to be Up & Why? 55. What are the important options to reduce patch down time? 56. Can you apply patch without putting Applications 11i in Maintenance mode? 57. What is difference between adpatch & opatch? Can you use both adpatch & opatch in Apps? 58. Why do I have invalid objects? What causes them? How you identify them ? 59. Is there a file that lists all of the patches that have been applied to the application? 60. What is the difference between apps listener & web listener? 61. Why only for Concurrent Manager, we specify apps/apps password & not for other? 62. Whats the significance of batch size? What r the effects when we increase r decrease the batch size it defaults to 1000.

63. What is the purpose of using the option Phtofile in adpatch? 64. How do I configure AutoConfig for a multi-node system? 65. How do you identify the No. of nodes in Middle tier and db Tier 66. What is a Shared APPL_TOP? How do you identify whether it is a shared appl_TOP or not? 67. What is a Jinitiator? (Jinitiator is the Oracle JVM used to run the applet instead of using browsers own JVM) 68. Where would i find .rf9 file, and what exactly it dose? 69. What is .dbc file, where its stored , whats use of .dbc file ? 70. What is the use of adident utility ? 71. What is adsplice utility ? 72. How can you licence a product after installation ? 73. What is access_log in apache , what entries are recored in access_log ? Where is default location of this file ? 74. How to determine Oracle Apps 11i Version ? 75. What is PCP is Oracle Applications 11i ? 76. How to convert pll to pld file or pld file to pll ? 77. Where are the Application usrs details stored? 78. How to find plsql version? 79. When do you use startmgr.sh script? Where its locate? 80. What is the yellow Bar Issues?

some more
Posted on: 2012-06-15 05:43:09 By: akr14feb

1. How do we take care of customization while doing an upgrade.what kind of roadmaps do u give to client before upgrading. 2. Tell me few autoconfig issues which you have faced. 3. How do you recommend to your client for applying cpu patches.How to they impact the business. 4. Have you applied timezone patches. why do you apply how do they the affect the business if they are not applied 5. why apps and applsys should have same password. can't we have diff password for each. 6. In R12 multi node installation why all the node status( support_cp,support_forms etc ) is marked yes on all nodes in fnd_nodes table.-- is this represents the concept of unified appl top.

7. what is the use of cpu patches, what happens if we do not apply these cpu patches.( i understand these are critical patch updates and to resolve security vulnerabilities but can please explain me briefly what do these actually meant for and how do they help in resolving security issues with few examples) 8. what is the use of psu patches ( patch set updates, i understand that both cpu and psu are db patches and both are released quaterly, can you please throw some more light on it . 9.what is version conflict while patching and how to resolve it 10. How to answer this question in an interview " How many implementation Projects are you involved / worked ". Is it better to say that i am involved only in support or is it ok to say one or two implementation projects. How long does an implementation project goes and what is the process or procedure to start with and how to answer these questions and what are involved. 11.Difference between 3460000 and 3480000 when both are used to upgrade to 11.5.10.2 12.a. Actually the apps upgrade from 11.5.10 to 11.5.10.cu2 was successful but when i checked the services the concurrent services where not coming up. As usual i did a cmclean and later try to up the cm it did not and later tried almost all options which were there in metalink fnd_nodes.setup, updating node name in concurrent queues and least running the autoconfig but no use. 13. we used the gsm profile and set it to N , the fndlibr process are up but the target and source values are not same and log file show as service started and ended 14. I thought to apply the latest autoconfig patch but the patch tells me to upgrade to dev 6i, i thought it is of no issue to upgrade dev6i if it is a conc mgr issue.

Please Post Oracle Core DBA interview Questions

Posted on: 2012-08-21 14:22:33 By: RameshVoora

Hi all, Please Post Oracle Core DBA interview Questions Please Post Oracle Core DBA interview Questions

Need Oracle Core DBA Interview Questions

Posted on: 2012-08-21 14:23:49 By: RameshVoora

hi, Please Post Oracle Core DBA interview Questions

Re: Need Oracle Core DBA Interview Questions

Posted on: 2012-09-12 11:13:04 By: akr14feb

How many memory layers are in the shared pool? How do you find out from the RMAN catalog if a particular archive log has been backed-up? How can you tell how much space is left on a given file system and how much space each of the file systems subdirectories take-up? Define the SGA and how you would configure SGA for a mid-sized OLTP environment? What is involved in tuning the SGA? What is the cache hit ratio, what impact does it have on performance of an Oracle database and what is involved in tuning it? Other than making use of the statspack utility, what would you check when you are monitoring or running a health check on an Oracle 8i or 9i database? How do you tell what your machine name is and what is its IP address? How would you go about verifying the network name that the local_listener is currently using? You have 4 instances running on the same UNIX box. How can you determine which shared memory and semaphores are associated with which instance? What view(s) do you use to associate a users SQLPLUS session with his o/s process? What is the recommended interval at which to run statspack snapshots, and why? What spfile/init.ora file parameter exists to force the CBO to make the execution path of a given statement use an index, even if the index scan may appear to be calculated as more costly? Assuming today is Monday, how would you use the DBMS_JOB package to schedule the execution of a given procedure owned by SCOTT to start

Wednesday at 9AM and to run subsequently every other day at 2AM. How would you edit your CRONTAB to schedule the running of /test/test.sh to run every other day at 2PM? What do the 9i dbms_standard.sql_txt() and dbms_standard.sql_text() procedures do? In which dictionary table or view would you look to determine at which time a snapshot or MVIEW last successfully refreshed? How would you best determine why your MVIEW couldnt FAST REFRESH? How does propagation differ between Advanced Replication and Snapshot Replication (read-only)? Which dictionary view(s) would you first look at to understand or get a highlevel idea of a given Advanced Replication environment? How would you begin to troubleshoot an ORA-3113 error? Which dictionary tables and/or views would you look at to diagnose a locking issue? An automatic job running via DBMS_JOB has failed. Knowing only that its failed, how do you approach troubleshooting this issue? How would you extract DDL of a table without using a GUI tool? Youre getting high busy buffer waits - how can you find whats causing it? What query tells you how much space a tablespace named test is taking up, and how much space is remaining? Database is hung. Old and new user connections alike hang on impact. What do you do? Your SYS SQLPLUS session IS able to connect. Database crashes. Corruption is found scattered among the file system neither of your doing nor of Oracles. What database recovery options are available? Database is in archive log mode. Illustrate how to determine the amount of physical CPUs a Unix Box possesses (LINUX and/or Solaris). How do you increase the OS limitation for open files (LINUX and/or Solaris)? Provide an example of a shell script which logs into SQLPLUS as SYS, determines the current date, changes the date format to include minutes & seconds, issues a drop table command, displays the date again, and finally exits. Explain how you would restore a database using RMAN to Point in Time? How does Oracle guarantee data integrity of data changes? Which environment variables are absolutely critical in order to run the OUI? What SQL query from v$session can you run to show how many sessions are logged in as a particular user account? Why does Oracle not permit the use of PCTUSED with indexes? What would you use to improve performance on an insert statement that places millions of rows into that table? What would you do with an in-doubt distributed transaction? What are the commands youd issue to show the explain plan for select * from dual? In what script is snap$ created? In what script is the scott/tiger schema

created? If youre unsure in which script a sys or system-owned object is created, but you know its in a script from a specific directory, what UNIX command from that directory structure can you run to find your answer? How would you configure your networking files to connect to a database by the name of DSS which resides in domain icallinc.com? You create a private database link and upon connection, fails with: ORA2085: connects to . What is the problem? How would you go about resolving this error? I have my backup RMAN script called backup_rman.sh. I am on the target database. My catalog username/password is rman/rman. My catalog db is called rman. How would you run this shell script from the O/S such that it would run as a background process? Explain the concept of the DUAL table. What are the ways tablespaces can be managed and how do they differ? From the database level, how can you tell under which time zone a database is operating? Whats the benefit of dbms_stats over analyze? Typically, where is the conventional directory structure chosen for Oracle binaries to reside? You have found corruption in a tablespace that contains static tables that are part of a database that is in NOARCHIVE log mode. How would you restore the tablespace without losing new data in the other tablespaces? How do you recover a datafile that has not been physically been backed up since its creation and has been deleted. Provide syntax example.

Re: Need Oracle Core DBA Interview Questions

Posted on: 2012-11-06 17:54:23 By: RameshVoora

Thank you Sir, if possible try to send some answers.. am not getting ans for issues.

Some more on Oracle Apps DBA

Posted on: 2012-11-08 18:52:22 By: akr14feb

Oracle Application DBA 11i Interview Questions - I ============================== The Following are the few of Apps DBA 11i interview question, PLease watch

this space for more question. These questions are intended to help newbee DBA to start their career as Oracle Apps DBA. Please provide your comments on usefulness on the below Q & A. 1. How to determine Oracle Apps 11i Version ? Ans : select RELEASE_NAME from fnd_product_groups; You should see output like RELEASE_NAME-----------------------11.5.10.2 2. How to find Database version ? Ans : SQL> select * from v$version; The command returns the release information, such as the following:Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.7.0 - ProductionPL/SQL Release 9.2.0.7.0 ProductionCORE 9.2.0.7.0 ProductionTNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.2.0.7.0 - ProductionNLSRTL Version 9.2.0.7.0 - Production 3. How to find opatch Version ? Ans : opatch is utility to apply database patch , In order to find opatch version execute"$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch version" 4. How to find out invalid objects in the database Ans : select count(*) from dba_objects where status ='INVALID' 5. How you will see hidden files in linux/solaris? Ans : ls -la 6. How to find that the database is 64-bit/32-bit? Ans : $RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/bin/file oracle 7. What is top command? Ans : top is a operating system command, it will display top 10 processes which are taking high cpu and memory. 8. What is a patch?Ans : A patch can be a solution for a bug/it can be a new feature. 9. What are the different types of patches?

Ans : oneoff, mini packs, family packs, maintanance packs, rollup pathches, colsolidated patches. 8. What is a oneoff patch? Ans : An oneoff patch is a small patch of (20-90K size) without any pre-reqs 9. What is a mini pack ? Ans : A mini pack is one which will upgrade any product patchset level to next level like AD.H to AD.I 10. What is Family pack ? Ans : A Family pack is one which will upgade the patchset level of all the products in that family to perticular patchsetlevel. 11. What is Maintanance pack ? Ans : A maintanance pack will upgrade applications from one version to another like 11.5.8 to 11.5.9 12. What is a Rollup patch? Ans : A rollup patch is one which will deliver bug fixes identified after the release of any major application versions like 11.5.8/11.5.9 13. What is consilidated patch? Ans: Consolidated patches will come into pictures after upgrades from one version of applications to anoter, all post upgrade patches will a consolidated and given as consolidated patch. 14. How u will find whether a patch is applied/not? Ans : Query ad_bugs. 15. What is the other table where u can query what are the patches applied? Ans : Ad_applied_patches 16. What is the difference between ad_bugs and ad_applied_patches?

Ans: A patch can deliver solution for more than one bug, so ad_applied_patches may not give u the perfect information as in case of ad_bugs. 17. How u apply a patch? Ans : adpatch 18. What inputs you need to apply a patch other than driver name and etc? Ans : apps and system passwords 19. What are the table u r adpatch will create and when? Ans : Adpatch will create FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES and AD_DEFERRED_JOBS table when it will apply d,g and u drivers 20. What is the significance of FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES and AD_DEFERRED_JOBS table?Ans: FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES table will store the worker information like what job is assigned to which worker and its status. AD_DEFERRED_JOBS will come into picture when some worker is failed, it will be moved to AD_DEFERRED_JOBS table, from where again adpatch will take that job and try to resign, after doing this 3 times if still that worker is failing, then adpatch will stop patching and throw the error that perticular worker has failed. We need to trouble shoot and restrart the worker. 21. If it is a multinode installation which driver we need to apply on which node? Ans: c,d,g on concurrent node and c, g on web node. If it is u-driver we need to apply on all nodes. 22.While applying a application patch is that necessary that u r database and listener should be up? Ans: Yes . why because adpatch will connect to database and update so many tables etc.. 23. While applying a patch if that patch is failing because of a pre-req then how you will apply that pre-req patch and resume with the current patch?

Ans: We need to take the backup of FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES and AD_DEFERRED_JOBS tables and restart directory at APPL_TOP/amdin/SID and then use adctrl to quit all the workers. Then apply the pre-req patch , after that rename u r restart directory to its original name and create FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES and AD_DEFERRED_JOBS tables from the bcakup tables. Start adpatch session and take the options want to continue previous session. 24. What is adctrl? Ans: Adctrl is one of the adutilities, which is used to check the status of workers and to manage the workers. 25. Can u name some of the menu options in adctrl? Ans: Check the status of workers, tell manager that worker has quited, restart a failed worker etc. 26. How to skip a worker and why? Ans: We can skip a worker using option 8 in adctrl which is hidden. We will go for skipping a worker when we have executed the job which the worker is supposed to do. 27. How adpatch knows what are the pre-reqs for the patch which it is applying? Ans: With every patch a file called b.ldt file will be delivered which contain the pre-req information. adpatch load this into databse using FNDLOAD and check , whether those pre-req patches were applied or not. 28. What is FNDLOAD ? Ans: FNDLOAD is a utility which is similar to sqlloder but loads code objects into database, where as SQLLOADER loads data objects into database. 29. What c-driver will do? Ans:

C-drive copies the files from patch unzipped directory to required location in u r application file system. Before copying it will check the file version of the existing file at the file system with the file version of the file in the patch. If the patch file version is higher than what it is at file system level then only cdriver will copy that files. 30. How adpatch will know the file versions of the patch delivered files? Ans: With each patch a file with name f.ldt is delivered , which contain the file versions of the files dilivered with the patch. Adpatch will use this file to compare the file versions of files its delivering with the file on file system. 31. What is the adpatch log file location? Ans : APPL_TOP/admin/SID/log 32. What is the worker log file name and its location? Ans : adwork01,adwork02 and location is APPL_TOP/admin/SID/log 33. How u will know what are the files the patch is going to change just my unzipping the patch? Ans: When u unzip a patch it will keep all the files related to a particular product under that directory inside u r patch directory for example if the patch delivering files related to FND product then it will create a sub directory under the patch directory with the name FND in which it will put all related files to that product 34. What is the significance of backup directory under u r patch directory? Ans: When we apply a patch it will keep the copy of the files which its going to change in file system. 35. What are the different modes you can run your adpatch? Ans : 1.Interactive default mode

2.Non interactive Use defaults files to store prompt values (adpatch defaultsfile= interactive=no) 3. Test Without actually applying a patch just to check what doing.(adpatch apply=no) 4. Pre-install (adpatch preinstall=y) This mode will be usefull to discrease upgrade downtime as its applies bus fixes without running SQL,EXEC and generate portion of patch. 36. How u will monitor u r applications as well as database? Ans: We have our custom scripts which is sheduled to run at a specific time which will monitor whether applications and databases are up/not. And it will mail us if some processes is not running. And we have one script which will check database alert log for ORA errors and mails it to us . Based on this we will react. 37. What are the latest ORA errors u have encountered? Ans: Useually we will get the ORA errors like unable to extend the tablespace by so and so size. And we will check those tablespaces for space, if space is not there we will resize the datafile and add one more datafile. 38. Which table u will query to check the tablespace space issues? Ans : bytes column in dba_free_spaces and dba_data_files 39. Which table u will query to check the temp tablespace space issues? Ans : dba_temp_files 40. What is temp tablespace? And what is the size of temp tablespace in u r instances? Ans : Temp tablespace is used by so many application programs for sorting and other stuff. Its size is between 3 to 10 GB.

41. What is autoconfig? Ans : Autoconfig is an adutility which is used to main application environment and configuration files. 42. What are the parameter autoconfig will ask for? Ans : Context file name and apps password 43. What is context file? Ans : Context file is a central repositary, which stores all application configuration information. The name is like _ .xml 44. How you will find autoconfig is enabled/not for u r applications? Ans: 1. Open any env / configuration files, the first few lines will tell u that this files are maintained by autoconfig.2. If contextname.xml file is there in APPL_TOP/admin 45. How autoconfig will create env and configuration files? Ans: Autoconfig will go to each and every top template directory take the templates from there and fill the values from xml file and create the required files. 46. In how many phases autoconfig will run? Ans : Autoconfig will run in 3 phases. 1.INIT Instantiate the drivers and templates 2.SETUP Fill the templated with values from xml and create files 3.PROFILE Update the profile values in database. 47. What is the location of adconfig log file? Ans : APPL_TOP/admin//log/ 48. Is it possiable to restore a autoconfig run? Ans : Partially. Adconfig will create a restore.sh script at $APPL_TOP/admin//out/. This restore.sh will copy the backed up files before autoconfig run to its original locations. But the profile values updated in the database cant be

restored back. 49. How to run autoconfig in test mode? Ans : adchkcfg.sh script at AD_TOP/bin. This script will run autoconfig in test mode and create the difference file which tells us what is going to change , when u actually run autoconfig. 50. How to find autoconfig is enabled or not for database? Ans: If we have appsutil directory under RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME 51. When a patch delivers java files what extra file u will get when u unzip the patch, other then u r dirver and readme files? Ans : j.zip52. 52.What is apps.zip/appsbrog2.zip file? Ans : apps.zip/appsbrog2.zip is the patchable archive of all java class files required for oracle application.Apps.zip was used to old application version, but from 11.5.8 onwards its appsbrog2.zip 53. What is the location of apps.zip/appsbrog2.zip? Ans : AU_TOP/java and JAVA_TOP 54. What is for validating apps schema option in adadmin? Ans: It will check for the corrupted objects in apps schema 55. What is compile apps schema option in adadmin? Ans : It will compile the invalid database objects. 56. How to find invalid objects in database? Ans : select count(*) from dba_objects where status=INVALID; 57. How to find MRC is enabled or not? Ans: In adadmin if covert to MRC options is there , then MRC is not enabled,If

maintain MRC options is there , then MRC is enabled. 58. How to find Multi-Org is enabled or not? Ans : In adadmin if covert to Multi org option is there, then Multi-org is not enabled. If maintain multi-org options is there, then Multi-org is enabled. 59. What is mean by MRC? Ans: MRC stands for Multiple reporting Currency, this should be enabled to see the reports in different currencies like (rupees,yaans etc). 60. What is Multi-Org? Ans: If this is enabled we can store multiple organization information in a single oracle application instance. 61. What is the configuration file for adutilities (like adadmin,adconfig etc)? Ans: adconfig.txt @APPL_TOP/admin 62. What is adrelink? Ans : adrelink will relink the executables with the libraries. Generally we will go for adrelink when some patch delivers some library files, or when executables were corrupted. 63. How to find the version of a file? Ans : 1. adident Header 2. strings -a filename grep Header 64. What is adodfcmp utility? Ans : This utility is used to recreate/repair corrupted database objects from odf(object defination files) files. 65. How you will change apps password? Ans: FNDCPASS 0 y apps/ system/ SYSTEM APPLSYS 66. What if apps password is changed with alter command? Ans : Applications wont work.

66. What is the difference between alter and FNDCPASS in changing apps password? Ans : FNDCPASS will update some fnd tables other than standard tables. 67. Where the FNDCPASS utility is located? Ans : Concurrent node @FND_TOP/bin 68. How to find out what component of u r oracle applications were installed on which node? Ans : Xml file (context file) 69. How to find the version of httpd/Apache web server? Ans : $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/bin/httpd version 70. What is the configuration file for httpd and what is the location of it ? Ans : httpd.conf @IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/conf 71. Where you will see when you have some problem with u r webserver(httpd/Apache)? Ans : access_log & error_log @IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/logs 72. When Apache starts what other components its start ? Ans : PL/SQL Listener, Servlet Engine, OJSP Engine 73. What is jserv? Ans : jserv is nothing but servlet engine which will run u r servlets. Its a module of apache which supports servlets. 74. What is self service application? Ans : Whatever part of u r oracle application u r able to see through web browser is self service. 75. Where u will see when u r not able to get self service applications? Ans : access_log,error_log, error_pls, jserv.log, wdbsvr.app(for apps password)

76. What is the location of jserv.log? Ans : IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Jserv/log 77. What is the location of wdbsvr.app ? Ans : IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cfg 78. What are jserv.conf and jserv.properties files? Ans : These are the configuration files which were used to start jvms(servlet engine) by apache. 79. What is mean by clearing cache and bouncing apache? Ans : 1. Stop apache (adapcctl.sh stop apps) 2. Clear cache Go to $COMMON_TOP/html/_pages and delete _oa_html directory (rm r _oa__html) 3. Start apache (adapcctl.sh start apps) 80. What is forms configuration file and its location? Ans : appsweb_contextname.cfg @$COMMON_TOP/html/bin 81. What are the different modes u can start u r form server? Ans : socket and servlet 82. What is the difference beween socket and servlet mode? Ans : In socket mode forms sessions are represented by f60webmx In servlet mode forms sessions are represented by apache processes. 83. What is forms metric server and client?

Ans : When there are more than one form sever instances then forms metric server and clinet will be used to load balance. 84. Where the forms server related errors will be logged? Ans : access_log and error_log 85. What is report server configuration and log file name and its location? Ans : Configuration file REP_.ora Log file REP_.log @806_ORACLE_HOME/reports60/server 86. What is CGIcmd.dat file and its location? Ans : CGIcmd.dat file is the run time parameter file the report server located @ 806_ORACLE_HOME/reports60/server 87. What is the significance of DISPLAY variable? Ans : Vnc server should be up and running at the specified port value in DISPLAY variable, otherwise reportserver may not able to show the graphics in Reports. 88. Where is the concurrent manager log file located? Ans : $COMMON_TOP/admin//log or $APPLCSF/$APPLLOG 89. Is apps password necessary to start all the components of oracle application? Ans : No. Only to start/stop concurrent managers apps password is needed. 90. What is a concurrent manager? Ans : A concurrent manager is one which runs concurrent requests. 91. What are the different types of concurrent managers? Ans : 1. Internal concurrent manager Will start all other managers and monitor 2. Standard Manager All concurrent request by default will to go this

3. Conflict resolution manager Concurrent programs with incompatabilites will be handled by this 4. Transaction manager Handle all transaction requests 92. What are actual and target count in Adminster Concurrent Managers form? Ans : Target is the no. of concurrent processes a manager is supposed to start(specified in the defination of concurrent manager).Actual is the no. of processes a manager started actually. Target and Actual should be always same. 93. What if Target and Actual are not same? Ans : It means at operating system level resources are low to accomidate the required processes for concurrent managers. 94. What are work shifts? Ans : Work shifts are nothing but timings at which the concurrent manager is supposed to run. 95. What if internal concurrent manager target and actual are not same? Ans : we need to bounce the concurrent manager using adcmctl.sh 96. How to bounce a single concurrent manager? Ans : From frontend using Administer Concurrent Manager form. 97. When we change apps password , is it necessary to bounce application? Ans : Only we need to bounce concurrent managers. 98. What is dbc file and its location? Ans : dbc file contain database connection information. DBC file is used by oracle applications to connect to database. Its location is $FND_TOP/secure 99. What is the other script by which u can start apache other than adapcctl.sh?

Ans : apachectl @IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/bin 100. What is the configuration file for PL/SQL listener? Ans : httpd_pls.conf @IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/conf 101. How to skip copy portion while applying a patch? Ans : Adpatch options=nocopyportion 102. How to merge patches and what type of patches can be merged? Ans : admrgpch. We can merge any kind of application patches, if any of the patch contain a u-driver then merged patch will contain u_merged.drv otherwise c_merged.drv, d_merged.drv and g_merged.drv 103. What is the Tiered architecture of u r instance? Ans : Two Tier: Web and Forms on one node and Conc, admin and report on other node. 104. How to find formserver version? Ans: f60gen and press enter, it will tell u the formserver version or we can find out from the frondend using help menu. 105. What is RRA? Ans : RRA stands for Report Review Agent. RRA is nothing but FNDFS which is part of apps listener. RRA job is to pick the log/out file from the file system and show on the editor when u press view log/out button in View concurrent request form. 106. What is apps listener? Ans : Apps lintener is the combination of FNDFS and FNDSM. FNDSM is service manager which will monitor application services on that node when GSM:enable profile value is Y. 107. What is GSM? Ans : GSM stands for Generic service Manager, which will monitor application processes like web, forms etc and restarts any of this processes if goes down.

108. How to find the application version like 11.5.8/11.5.9.? Ans : select release_name from fnd_product_groups; 109. How to find the database/sqlplus version? Ans : select banner from v$version; 110. How to find out what are the languages enabled in u r applications? Ans : Query fnd_languages 111. What is the size of u r database? Ans : 200 to 500 GB 112. How to find operating system version? Ans : uname a 113. What are the problems u have faced while shutting down applications? Ans : While shutting down application generally concurrent manager wont go down because some or the other request may be running. We will see what are the concurrent requests running by querying fnd_concurrent_requests, fnd_concurrent_program_vl, v$session,v$process and v$sqltext. If that request is only doing some select statement then we will kill those requests, otherwise we will check what time it will take to complete by querying the previous runs of that request and then we will decide what to do. 114. What are the problems u have faced while starting up applications? Ans : Most of the time we will encounter problem with starting up concurrent managers. Reasons , database listener may be down or FNDSM entries are wrong in tnsnames.ora of 806_ORACLE_HOME. 115. How to find the locks and what is the resolution? Ans : we can find general locks with the following query: select * from sys.dba_dml_locks order by session_id.

We can find the dead locks with the following query: select * from v$lock where lmode > 0 and id1 in (select distinct id1 from v$lock where request > 0) If its a dead lock, we need to kill that session. 116. How to kill a database session? Ans : alter system kill session '&sid,&sno'; 117. How to find adconfig is enabled for oracle operating system user/database? Ans : If appsutil directory is there in RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME 118. Which files tell u the database helath? Ans : alert log file @RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/admin//bdump 119. How to apply a rdbms patch? Ans : Using opatch 120. How to find opatch is enabled or not for u r database? Ans : If Opatch directory exists under RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME. 121. What is the pre-req for applying a rdbms patch? Ans : Inventory should be set in file oraInst.loc @/var/opt/oracle or /etc 122. What is Inventroy? Ans: The oraInventory is the location for the OUI (Oracle Universal Installer)'s bookkeeping. The inventory stores information about: All Oracle software products installed in all ORACLE_HOMES on a machine Other non-Oracle products, such as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) In a 11i Application system the RDBMS and iAS ORACLE_HOMEs are registered in the oraInventory. The 806 ORACLE_HOME, which is not managed through OUI, is not.

123. What are different types of inventories? Ans: The Global inventory (or Central inventory) The Local inventory (or Home inventory) 124. What is Global inventory? Ans : The Global Inventory is the part of the XML inventory that contains the high level list of all oracle products installed on a machine. There should therefore be only one per machine. Its location is defined by the content of oraInst.loc.The Global Inventory records the physical location of Oracle products installed on the machine, such as ORACLE_HOMES (RDBMS and IAS) or JRE. It does not have any information about the detail of patches applied to each ORACLE_HOMEs.The Global Inventory gets updated every time you install or de-install an ORACLE_HOME on the machine, be it through OUI Installer, Rapid Install, or Rapid Clone. Note: If you need to delete an ORACLE_HOME, you should always do it through the OUI de-installer in order to keep the Global Inventory synchronized. 125. What is local inventory? Ans : There is one Local Inventory per ORACLE_HOME. It is physically located inside the ORACLE_HOME at $ORACLE_HOME/inventory and contains the detail of the patch level for that ORACLE_HOME.The Local Inventory gets updated whenever a patch is applied to the ORACLE_HOME, using OUI. 126. What is rapid clone? Ans : Rapid Clone is the new cloning utility introduced in Release 11.5.8. Rapid Clone leverages the new installation and configuration technology utilized by Rapid Install 127. How do I determine if my system is rapid clone enabled? Ans : First, verify that your system is AutoConfig enabled. Then, verify that you have applied the latest Rapid Clone patch.

128. Explain the cloning process? Ans : 1. Run adpreclone as applmgr and oracle user on source Perl adpreclone.pl dbTier as oracle user Perl adpreclone.pl appsTier as applmgr user 2. Take the cold/hotbackup of source database 3. Copy the five directories appl,comn,ora , db,data to target 4. Rename the directories, and change the permisssion 5. Set the inventory in oraInst.loc 6. Run perl adcfgclone.pl dbTier as oracle user,if the backup type is cold 7. If the backup type is hotbackup then Perl adcfgclone.pl dbTechStack. Create the control file on target from the control script trace file from source Recover the database Alter database open resetlogs 8. Run autoconfig with the ports changed as per requirement in xml. 9. Run perl adcfgclone.pl appsTier as applmgr 10. Run autoconfig with the ports changed as per requirement in xml. 129. What is the location of adpreclone.pl for oracle user? Ans : RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/scripts/ 130. What is the location of adpreclone.pl for applmgr user? Ans : $COMMON_TOP/admin/scripts/ 131. What is the location of adcfgclone.pl for oracle user? Ans : $RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/clone/bin 132. What is the location of adcfgclone.pl for applmgr user? Ans : $COMMON_TOP/clone/bin 133. What is statspack? Ans : Statspack is a database utility to gather database and session level

performance information. 134. How to install statspack? Ans : Run the script spcreate.sql @RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin Note more details on statspack refer metalink noteid: 149113.1 135. How to enable trace at database level? Ans : set init.ora parameter sql_trace 136. How to enable trace for a session? Ans: Alter system set sql_trace=true; Execute the sql query Alter system set sql_trace=false; This will create a trace file at $RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/admin/contextname/udump with the spid of the current sql session. 137. How to enable trace for other session? Ans : exec sys.dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session(sid,serial#,true/false) Eg: To enable trace for sql session with sid 8SQL> exec sys.dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session(8,121,true); PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. To disable trace SQL> exec sys.dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session(8,121,false); 138.What is the location of inint.ora ? Ans : $RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/dbs 139. What is that trace files contains and the utiliy used to read them? Ans : Trace file contains the detail diagnostics of a sql statement like explain plan, physical reads, logical reads, buffer gets etc. Tkprof utility is used to convert trace file into readable format.

140. What is the syntax for tkprof? Ans: tkprof explain=apps/ sys=no 141.How do we find adpreclone is run in source or not ? Ans : If clone directory exists under RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil for oracle user and $COMMON_TOP for applmgr user. 143. How to find trace file for a given concurrent request id? Ans : Go to $RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/admin//udump grep * 144. What is a database link? How to create it? Ans : If we want to access objects of another database from this database then we need a database link from this database to the other. 1.Login as oracle user 2.sqlplus /as sysdba 3. create database link connect to identified by using ''; Ex SQL> create database link TEST1_TO_TEST2 connect to apps identified by apps using 'TEST2'; Database link created. SQL> select name from v$database@ TEST1_TO_TEST2; NAME --------TEST2 SQL>select db_link from dba_db_links; 4. Add destination database tns entry in tnsnames.ora 145. How many clonings u have done? Ans : If u r very much confident on cloning processes then say 5 to 8

otherwise just 2 or 3. 146. What u know abt RMAN? Ans : If u r good at RMAN then say yes, otherwise say we are not using RMAN for backup/recovery , why because we are using netapp snap technology for backups. 147. What is netapp? Ans : Netapp is a storage technology. 148. What is formserver url? Ans :http://hostname.domain:/dev60cgi/f60cgi 149. What is jinitiator? Ans : Oracle jinitiator is the one which provide the required jvm to run forms interface/applet. When we access forms applet first time , oracle jinitiator will be installed automatically. 150. What is discoverer server? Ans : Discoverer server is reporting tools which allows novoice user to use oracle application reports. Discoverer will come along with oracle applications when installed. 151. What is discoverer viewer url? Ans: /discoverer4i/viewer152. What is discoverer plus url? Ans : Ans : Aoljtest is a web based utility to test the availability of the different components of oracle applications like jserv,modplsql,jsp,forms etc URL: /OA_HTML/jsp/fnd/aoljtest.jsp

154. What is adsplicer? Ans : Adsplicer is a uitility used to register off cycle products.

155. What is licence manager? Ans : Licence manager(adlicmgr) utility is used to licence/unlicence , enable new languages,enbale country specific functionality.

156. What is tnsping?

Ans : tnsping is command used to check the connectivity to the database server node from other nodes. Ex: tnsping Note: Tns entry should be there in tnsnames.ora for the database we are trying to work this command.

158. How to compile a form using f60gen?Ans : f60gen module=/TEST/testappl/au/11.5.0/forms/F/ARXTWMAI.fmb userid=APPS/APPS output_file=/TEST/testappl/ar/11.5.0/forms/F/ARXTWMAI.fmx module_type=form batch=yes compile_all=special

160. What is APPLPTMP environment variable?

Ans : This is the temporary file location for the pl/sql temp files. If this variable was not set then the concurrent programs may errored out. 161. What is mean by enabling maintanance mode? Ans : Maintanance mode is the adadmin option introduced from AD.I. When maintanance mode is enabled user may able to login to application but they only get profile option in the frontend navigation menu.

162. Is that necessary to enable maintanance mode while applying a patch?

Ans : We can even apply a patch without enabling maintanance mode with the following option Adpatch options=hotpatch

163. How to find out oracle application framework version?

Ans : 1. Through aoljtest2. cd $COMMON_TOP/html/3. adident Header OA.jsp

164. How to find out what are the rdbms patches applied to an oracle home? Ans : 1. opatch lsinventory 2. $RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage directory contains the directories with the rdbms patch number, which are applied to this oracle home.

165. Is that necessary to shutdown database while applying a database patch? Ans : Yes.

166. What is the command line utility to submit a concurrent request? Ans : CONSUB

167. What is the significance of utl_file_dir parameter in init.ora file?

Ans : The value of this parameter is the group of directories to which u r database can write, means u r database packages have permission to write to flat files in these directories.

168. How you will find out discoverer version? Ans : cd $806_ORACLE_HOME/discwb4/lib strings libd* grep 'Version:'

169. While applying a rdbms patch using opatch you are getting the error, unable to read inventory/inventory is corrupted/ORACLE_HOME is not not registered, what you will do, and how you will apply the patch?

Ans: We will check the inventory directory permission, try to apply the patch after giving 777 permissions to that inventory directory. If still it wont work we will apply patch with the following command: Opatch apply no_inventory

172. Have you applied rdbms patches and for what? Ans : We got ORA-7445 error in alert log, for which oracle recommended to apply a rdbms patch.

173. What are the patch errors , you have encountered? Ans : 1)Patch fails with the error, unable to generate perticular form, do u want to continue. We continue patching by saying yes, then we manually regenarate the form using f60gen utility.

2) Unable to generate jar files under JAVA_TOP AutoPatch error: Failed to generate the product JAR files Solution:Run adjkey -initialize -----------to creat identitydb.obj file which will beused by adjava to sign jar files.

174. What is adjkey? What files it will create? Ans : adjkey is an adutility which will create digital signature, which will be used to sign all t" admin? mailto:adsign.txt@APPL_TOP>adsign.txt@APPL_TOP/adminappltop.cer@APPL _TOP/adminidentitydb.obj@applmgr home 175. What are the post installation task? Ans : Running adjkey initialize and then runnning adadmin to regerate jar files.

177. What are the clone errors, you have encountered? Ans : Error: RC-50013: Fatal: Failed to instantiate driver/u01/fms2c/appfms2c/fms2cora/iAS/appsutil/driver/instconf.drvCauseTh e source instance has files that adpreclone flags as 'autoconfigable' but in reality they are not. So adpreclone.pl adds these files into the instconf.drv. Then when adcfgclone.pl is run on target it looks for the template file to instantiate for these files and since there isn't a template file adcfgclone.pl fails. SolutionModify the target's instconf.drv and remove the offending lines. Then rerun adcfgclone.pl 178. What are the real time problems you have encountered and how you trouble shooted that? Ans:1. Concurrent Program is erroing out with snapshot too old error. To resolve this we have added space to temp tablespace.2. Concurrent Program is erroing out with unable to extent a perticular tablespace by so and so extents. To resolve this we have added on more data file to that tablespace.3. When we are trying to start apache with adapcctl.sh script after a autoconfig run, its saying that node id is not matching with the application server id. To resolve this we have updated the server id column in fnd_nodes table with the server id value in dbc file. 179. How you will find workflow version? Ans : Run wfver.sql@FND_TOP/sql script as apps user 180 . When forms are running in servlet mode then the environment variables required for forms must be defined in what file and its location? Ans : formsservlet.ini@$APACHE_TOP/Jserv/etc. 181. How to find out which patch driver is applied(like c,d,g or u)? Ans: query ad_patch_drivers. 182. How to find out whether a language patch is applied for a perticular patch? Ans : Query ad_patch_driver_langs.

183. How to validate that sysadmin password is correct or not from backend? Ans: select fnd_web_sec.validate_login('SYSADMIN','Qwert8765') from dual; 184. How to compile jsp's(other than from adadmin)? Ans: Force compilation of all jsps using the following command ojspCompile.pl --compile --flush 185. How to rotate logs for apache logs? Ans: Using rotatelogs executable in httpd.conf file. Use Errorlog for error_log file rotation. Transferlog for other log files. 186. Other way of checking whether MRC is enabled or not besides using adadmin? Ans : select multi_currency_flag from fnd_product_groups; 187. How to compile rdf? Ans: Either using adadmin or rwcon60 189. How to change file/directory owner in linux/solaris? Ans : chown - R : Ex: chown - R applmgr:dba testappl 190. How to change the permission of file/directory in linux/solaris? Ans : chmod R Ex : chmod R 755 testappl 191. What are the files which contain apps password? Ans : 1. wdbsrv.app@IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cfg 2. CGIcmd.dat@806_ORACLE_HOME/reports60/server 3. wfmail.cfg@FND_TOP/resource - optional

4. CatalogLoader.conf@OA_JAVA - optional 5. CatalogLoader.xml@OA_HTML - optional 192. What is the script to find out ICM status? Ans : afimchk.sql@FND_TOP/sql 193. What is the script to list the concurrent request status? Ans: afrqrun.sql@FND_TOP/sql 194. What is the script that Lists managers that currently are running a request? Ans : afcmrrq.sql@FND_TOP/sql 195) How can I determine whether a template is customizable or noncustomizable? Ans : If a keyword "LOCK" is present at the end of the file entry in the respective driver, then it is a non-customizable template. If the "LOCK" keyword is not seen, then that template can be customized. 196) How to find out JDBC version : Ans : In the middle tier, edit the jserv.properties file located in the IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Jserv/etc directory- Locate the wrapper.classpath that is pointing to the jdbc zip file/opt/oracle/apps/ $TWO_TASK/comn/java/jdbc14.zip 197)How to findout XML Parser Version Ans : SQL> select WF_EVENT_XML.XMLVersion() XML_VERSION from sys.dual; 198)How to find out WorkFlow Version Ans : SQL> select TEXT Version from WF_RESOURCES where TYPE = 'WFTKN' and NAME = 'WF_VERSION'; 199) How to find a file version in Application DB:

select v.version,v.CREATION_DATE,c.CREATION_DATE from AD_FILES c,AD_FILE_VERSIONS v where c.FILENAME like 'ARPURGEB.pls' AND c.file_id = v.file_id AND c.app_short_name = 'AR'; When a copy driver (C) or the copy portion of a unified driver (U) are aborted for any reason, upon reapplying, the CREATION_DATE and/or LAST_UPDATE_DATE columns in the patching history tables (Ex: AD_FILE_VERSIONS)are not updated to show the proper installation date but are left with the 01-01-1950 date. you can resolve the issuse by applying the latest ad.I patch. 200) How to check whether the product is install,shared and Not installed in Apps.? Ans : SQL>select t.application_name, t.application_id, i.patch_level, decode(i.status,I',Fully Installed,N,'Not Installed,'S,'Shared,'Undetermined) statusfrom fnd_product_installations i, fnd_application_vl twhere i.application_id = t.application_idorder by t.application_id;

1)I am applying a patch , can I open another session and run adadmin ? Ans: Yes, unless you are running a process where workers are involved 2)I am applying a patch , can I open another session in another node and run adpatch? Ans: No Q)What is your day to day activity as an Apps DBA? Ans: As an Apps DBA we monitor the system for different alerts (Entreprise Manager or third party tools used for configuring the Alerts) Tablespace Issues, CPU consuption Database blocking sessions..etc Regular maintanance activies like cloning,patching,custom code migrations (provided by developers) Working with user isses.

Q)How often Do you patch? Ans: Usually for non-production the patching request comes aroung weekly 4-6 and the same patches will be applied to Production in the outage or maintanance window. Production has weekly maintance window (Eg Sat 6PM to 9PM) where all the changes (patches) will applied on production. Q)How often Do you clone? Ans: Cloning happens biweekly or monthly depending on the organization requierement. Q)What change control/management or CCB? Ans: Every organization has change control process, Change control process is no change goes into production witout proir testing on non-production instance. Eg: If a user encouters an issue in production instance and the fix for the issue is known, Still the fix should not be applied directly on production, as it is not tested. The same fix need to be first applied on a non-prod instance where the similar issue is happening and test the issue and instance stability. Once user is happy with the results the change or fix will be implemented to production with the approval from Change control Board, CCB is a managemant team who reviews all the changes being deployed to production, Depending on the need and criticality and testing results they approve the change movement to production instance. Q)How much time does it take to upgrade, clone ? Ans: Clone usually takes around 48hrs to copy and configure and upgrade depends on the database size and module involved. upgrade from 11.5.9 to 11.5.10.2 will take around 3-4 days and 11i to R12 upgrade will take around 4-5 days. Q)What is the meaning QA,CRP,SIT,DEV,UAT,PRE-PROD,PROD Instance? QA - Tesing Instance CRP - Conference Room Pilot SIT - System Integration Testing DEV - Developement UAT- User Acceptence Testing STAGE - Pre-production Instance Prod - Production/actuall instance where the business is running Q)What do we have in FND_NODES?Ans: FND_NODES table contains information about node_names and services enabled on a node.

In multinode instance if you want to know which node is running what services, You can query the fnd_nodes and get that information. Q)when do we run FND_CONC_CLONE.SETUP_CLEAN ? Ans: FND_NODES table contains node information, If you have cloned test instance from production still the node information of production will be present after clone in the test instance. we use FND_CONC_CLONE.SETUP_CLEAN to cleanup FND_NODES table in the target to clear source node information as part of cloning. Below syntax to execute: SQL> sho user USER is "APPS" SQL> EXEC FND_CONC_CLONE.SETUP_CLEAN; PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> commit; Commit complete. This will delete all the entries in the fnd_nodes table, to populate it with target system node information, Run autoconfig on DB node and Applications node. Q)How verify the sysadmin password from command line? Ans: This utility can be used to verify the GUEST/ORACLE password SQL>select fnd_web_sec.validate_login('SYSADMIN','')from dual; If it returns Y then sysadmin password is correct If it returns N then sysadmin password that we are using Eg: SQL> select fnd_web_sec.validate_login('SYSADMIN','SYSADMIN123') from dual; FND_WEB_SEC.VALIDATE_LOGIN('SYSADMIN','SYSADMIN123') -------------------------------------------------------------------------------N SQL> select fnd_web_sec.validate_login('SYSADMIN','SYSADMIN') from dual; FND_WEB_SEC.VALIDATE_LOGIN('SYSADMIN','SYSADMIN') -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Y Q)List out few Apps related tables ? Ans: CONCURRENT REQUEST/PROGRAM/MANAGERS ------------------FND_CONCURRENT_QUEUES FND_CONCURRENT_PROGRAMS

FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS FND_CONCURRENT_PROCESSES FND_CONCURRENT_QUEUE_SIZE FND/AOL Tables -------------FND_APPL_TOPS FND_LOGINS FND_USER FND_DM_NODES FND_TNS_ALIASES FND_NODES FND_RESPONSIBILITY FND_DATABASES FND_UNSUCCESSFUL_LOGINS FND_LANGUAGES FND_APPLICATION FND_PROFILE_OPTION_VALUES AD/Patches ------------AD_APPLIED_PATCHES AD_PATCH_DRIVERS AD_BUGS AD_INSTALL_PROCESSES AD_SESSIONS AD_APPL_TOPS Q) How To find the latest application version select ARU_RELEASE_NAME||'.'||MINOR_VERSION||'.'||TAPE_VERSION version, START_DATE_ACTIVE updated,ROW_SOURCE_COMMENTS "how it is done",BASE_RELEASE_FLAG "Base version" FROM AD_RELEASES where END_DATE_ACTIVE IS NULL Q) How to find out if any patch except localisation patch is applied or not, if applied, that what all drivers it contain and time of it's application select A.APPLIED_PATCH_ID, A.PATCH_NAME, A.PATCH_TYPE, B.PATCH_DRVIER_ID, B.DRIVER_FILE_NAME, B.ORIG_PATCH_NAME, B.CREATION_DATE, B.PLATFORM, B.SOURCE_CODE, B.CREATIONG_DATE, B.FILE_SIZE, B.MERGED_DRIVER_FLAG, B.MERGE_DATE from AD_APPLIED_PATCHES A, AD_PATCH_DRIVERS B where A.APPLIED_PATCH_ID = B.APPLIED_PATCH_ID and A.PATCH_NAME = '' Q) How to know that if the patch is applied successfully, applied on both node or not, start time of patch application and end time of patch

application, patch top location , session id ... patch run id */ select D.PATCH_NAME, B.APPLICATIONS_SYSTEM_NAME, B.INSTANCE_NAME, B.NAME, C.DRIVER_FILE_NAME, A.PATCH_DRIVER_ID, A.PATCH_RUN_ID, A.SESSION_ID, A.PATCH_TOP, A.START_DATE, A.END_DATE, A.SUCCESS_FLAG, A.FAILURE_COMMENTS from AD_PATCH_RUNS A, AD_APPL_TOPS B, AD_PATCH_DRVIERS C, AD_APPLIED_PATCHES D where A.APPL_TOP_ID = B.APPL_TOP_ID AND A.PATCH_DRIVER_ID = C.PATCH_DRIVER_ID and C.APPLIED_PATCH_ID = D.APPLIED_PATCH_ID and A.PATCH_DRIVER_ID in (select PATCH_DRIVER_ID from AD_PATCH_DRIVERS where APPLIED_PATCH_ID in (select APPLIED_PATCH_ID from AD_APPLIED_PATCHES where PATCH_NAME = '')) ORDER BY 3; Q) Howto find the base application version select ARU_RELEASE_NAME||'.'||MINOR_VERSION||'.'||TAPE_VERSION version, START_DATE_ACTIVE when updated, ROW_SOURCE_COMMENTS "how it is done" from AD_RELEASES where BASE_RELEASE_FLAG = 'Y' Q) How To find all available application version select ARU_RELEASE_NAME||'.'||MINOR_VERSION||'.'||TAPE_VERSION version, START_DATE_ACTIVE when updated, END_DATE_ACTIVE "when lasted", CASE WHEN BASE_RELEASE_FLAG = 'Y' Then 'BASE VERSION' ELSE 'Upgrade' END "BASE/UPGRADE", ROW_SOURCE_COMMENTS "how it is done" from AD_RELEASES Q) How To get file version of any application file which is changed through patch application select A.FILE_ID, A.APP_SHORT_NAME, A.SUBDIR, A.FILENAME, max(B.VERSION) from AD_FILES A, AD_FILE_VERSIONS B where A.FILE_ID = B.FILE_ID and B.FILE_ID = 86291 group by A.FILE_ID, A.APP_SHORT_NAME, A.SUBDIR, A.FILENAME Q) How To get information related to how many time driver file is applied for bugs select * from AD_PATCH_RUN_BUGS where BUG_ID in (select BUG_ID from AD_BUGS where BUG_NUMBER = '' Q) How To find latest patchset level for module installed select APP_SHORT_NAME, max(PATCH_LEVEL) from AD_PATCH_DRIVER_MINIPKS GROUP BY APP_SHORT_NAME Q) How To find what is being done by the patch select A.BUG_NUMBER "Patch Number", B. PATCh_RUN_BUG_ID "Run Id",D.APP_SHORT_NAME appl_top, D.SUBDIR, D.FILENAME, max(F.VERSION) latest, E.ACTION_CODE action from AD_BUGS A, AD_PATCH_RUN_BUGS B, AD_PATCH_RUN_BUG_ACTIONS C, AD_FILES D,

AD_PATCH_COMMON_ACTIONS E, AD_FILE_VERSIONS F where A.BUG_ID = B.BUG_ID and B.PATCH_RUN_BUG_ID = C.PATCH_RUN_BUG_ID and C.FILE_ID = D.FILE_ID and E.COMMON_ACTION_ID = C.COMMON_ACTION_ID and D.FILE_ID = F.FILE_ID and A.BUG_NUMBER = '' and B.PATCH_RUN_BUG_ID = ' < > ' and C.EXECUTED_FLAG = 'Y' GROUP BY A.BUG_NUMBER, B.PATCH_RUN_BUG_ID, D. APP_SHORT_NAME, D>SUBDIR, D.FILENAME, E.ACTION_CODE Q) How To find Merged patch Information from database in Oracle Applications select bug_number from ad_bugs where bug_id in ( select bug_id from ad_comprising_patches where patch_driver_id =(select patch_driver_id from ad_patch_drivers where applied_patch_id =&n) ); Q) How toto know, what all has been done during application of PATCH Select J.PATCh_NAME, H.APPLICATIONS_SYSTEM_NAME Instance_Name, H.NAME, I.DRIVER_FILE_NAME, D.APP_SHORT_NAME appl_top,D.SUBDIR, D.FILENAME, max(F.VERSION) latest, E.ACTION_CODE action from AD_BUGS A, AD_PATCH_RUN_BUGS B,AD_PATCH_RUN_BUG_ACTIONS C, AD_FILES D, AD_PATCH_COMMON_ACTIONS E, AD_FILE_VERSIONS F, AD_PATCH_RUNS G, AD_APPL_TOPS H, AD_PATCH_DRIVERS I, AD_APPLIED_PATCHES J where A.BUG_ID = B.BUG_ID and B.PATCH_RUN_BUG_ID = C.PATCH_RUN_BUG_ID and C.FILE_ID = D.FILE_ID and E.COMMON_ACTION_ID = C.COMMON_ACTION_ID and D.FILE_ID = F.FILE_ID and G.APPL_TOP_ID = H.APPL_TOP_ID and G.PATCH_DRIVER_ID = I.PATCH_DRIVER_ID and I.APPLIED_PATCH_ID = J.APPLIED_PATCH_ID and B.PATCH_RUN_ID = G.PATCH_RUN_ID and C.EXECUTED_FLAG = 'Y' and G.PATCH_DRIVER_ID in (select PATCH_DRIVER_ID from AD_PATCH_DRIVERS where APPLIED_PATCH_ID in (select APPLIED_PATCH_ID from AD_APPLIED_PATCHES where PATCH_NAME = 'merged')) GROUP BY J.PATCH_NAME, H.APPLICATIONS_SYSTEM_NAME, H.NAME, I.DRIVER_FILE_NAME, D.APP_SHORT_NAME, D.SUBDIR, D.FILENAME, E.ACTION_CODE Q) How to find out Patch level of mini Pack Select product_version,patch_level from FND_PROUDCT_INSTALLATIONS where patch_level like '%&shortname%'; Replace short name by name of Oracle Apps Minipack for which you want to find out Patch level . ex. AD - for Applications DBA GL - for General Ledger PO - Purchase Order Q)List out Profile Options Useful for Oracle Apps DBA?

Here is the list of few profile options which Apps DBA use frequently. **It is not necessary that you as Apps DBA must know all profile options** Applications Help Web Agent Applications Servlet Agent Applications Web Agent Concurrent: Active Request Limit Concurrent: Hold Requests Concurrent: Multiple Time Zones Concurrent: Report Access Level Concurrent: Report Copies Concurrent: Request priority Database Instance Enable Security Group FND: Debug Log Filename FND: Debug Log Level Forms Runtime Parameters Gateway User ID ICX: Discoverer Launcher ICX: Forms Launcher ICX: Report Launcher ICX: Limit Connect ICX: Limit time ICX: Session Timeout MO Operating Unit Node Trust Level RRA: Delete Temporary Files RRA: Enabled RRA: Service Prefix RRA: Maximum Transfer Size Self Service Personal Home Page Mode Sign-On: Audit Level Signon Password Failure Limit Signon Password Hard to Guess Signon Password Length Signon Password No Reuse Site Name Socket Listener Port TCF: Host TCF: Port TWO TASK Viewer: Text

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1. What is a snapshot? In which table we get Information? 2. How will check Apache is working in Front-end and Back End 3. Write down the methods to identify whether the application is in maintenance mode or not 4. What is the result of unsetting APPLCSF 5. How are the AOL Developers Environment variables set 6. How do we get access to the initial sigon to application? 7. From where are the Report files picked up for execution 8. Where are the Reports plsql files located 9. Which ORACLE HOME is used by ad utilities 10. Which file contains the product dependencies information 11. When apps password is given wrong for adstpall.sh, what is the effect on the services 12. What are the Various Statuses of Workers 13. How do you restart a failed patch process 14. What are the table/tables created when workers are initiated and in which schema 15. Create defaults file for Compile Apps Schema 16. Execute Compile Apps Schema in noninteractive mode 17. Where are the custom files placed 18. Difference between ad_bugs and ad_applied patches 19. What happened Relink adslpice and adpatch? 20. What are Oracle Apps DBA Important Tables we use in daily activities? 21. What is .lct and .ldt files in Patch Directory? 22. What are the tables updated when you apply application patch? 23. Can you apply Opatch without inventory? If there is no inventory, how do you apply Opatch? 24. What are the tables get created during Apps Patching? 25. How do you hide apps password during adpatching? (adpatch flags=hidepw) 26. What is interoperability patch 27. How do you compile jsp files? 28. Types of profile options? 29. Opatch log file location? 30. How do you clone a context file or how do you change existing port pool? 31. How do you run autoconfig in test mode? 32. What are mandatory users in oracle apps? 33. What is the location of apache and plsql cache? 34. What is adlicmgr ? 35. When do you relinking? 36. What is DAD? 37. How do you compile a schema? 38. What is the utility to clean the concurrent manager tables? 39. How do you stage the 11.5.10 Apps software? 40. ADPATCH has failed and it indicated there was an error with a worker.

What steps can be taken to investigate this problem? 41. How can I check to see if a concurrent manager is running? 42. Where do concurrent request or manager logfiles and output files go? 43. What is the function of the Conflict Resolution Manager? 44. Unable to Bring Up Concurrent Manager after Running Autoconfig. 45. When should I run AutoConfig? 46. Which files / profile options get changed when I run AutoConfig? 47. What is cloning? 48. How do I determine if my system is Rapid Clone enabled? 49. Can I clone from one operating system version to another? 50. Can I change the database dbf files layout while cloning? 51. What is the difference between Concurrent Requests, Programs, and Processes 52. What is iAS Patch? 53. Why does a worker fails in Oracle Apps Patch and few scenarios in which it failed for you? 54. When you apply C driver patch does it require database to be Up & Why? 55. What are the important options to reduce patch down time? 56. Can you apply patch without putting Applications 11i in Maintenance mode? 57. What is difference between adpatch & opatch? Can you use both adpatch & opatch in Apps? 58. Why do I have invalid objects? What causes them? How you identify them ? 59. Is there a file that lists all of the patches that have been applied to the application? 60. What is the difference between apps listener & web listener? 61. Why only for Concurrent Manager, we specify apps/apps password & not for other? 62. Whats the significance of batch size? What r the effects when we increase r decrease the batch size it defaults to 1000. 63. What is the purpose of using the option Phtofile in adpatch? 64. How do I configure AutoConfig for a multi-node system? 65. How do you identify the No. of nodes in Middle tier and db Tier 66. What is a Shared APPL_TOP? How do you identify whether it is a shared appl_TOP or not? 67. What is a Jinitiator? (Jinitiator is the Oracle JVM used to run the applet instead of using browsers own JVM) 68. Where would i find .rf9 file, and what exactly it dose? 69. What is .dbc file, where its stored , whats use of .dbc file ? 70. What is the use of adident utility ? 71. What is adsplice utility ? 72. How can you licence a product after installation ? 73. What is access_log in apache , what entries are recored in access_log ?

Where is default location of this file ? 74. How to determine Oracle Apps 11i Version ? 75. What is PCP is Oracle Applications 11i ? 76. How to convert pll to pld file or pld file to pll ? 77. Where are the Application usrs details stored? 78. How to find plsql version? 79. When do you use startmgr.sh script? Where its locate? 80. What is the yellow Bar Issues?

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