Hello Friends, a long awaited , here are some of Questions – for Application DBA role, also if you like to know more about oracle application technical insight, this will be useful, do share your thought on whether these are simple , medium or complex questions so i can work out to find more … keep readking
What is US directory in $AD_TOP or under various product TOP’s .
US directory is defauly language directory in Oracle Applications. If you have multiple languages Installed in your Applications then you will see other languages directories besides US, that directory will contain reports, fmx and other code in that respective directory like FR for France, AR for arabic, simplifies chinese or spanish.
What are main concurrent Manager types.
ICM – Internal Concurrent Manager which manages concurrent Managers
Standard Managers – Which Manage processesing of requests.
CRM – Conflict Resolution Managers , resolve conflicts in case of incompatibility.
ICM stand for Internal Concurrent Manager, which controls other managers. If it finds other managers down , it checks & try to restart them. You can say it as administrator to other concurrent managers. It has other tasks as well.
Standard Manager These are normal managers which control/action on the requests & does batch or single request processing.
CRM acronym for Conflict Resolution Manager is used to resolve conflicts between managers & request. If a request is submitted whose execution is clashing or it is defined not to run while a particular type of request is running then such requests are actioned/assigned to CRM for Incompatibilities & Conflict resolution.
Where is Concurrent Manager log file location.
By default standard location is $APPLCSF/$APPLLOG, in some cases it can go to $FND_TOP/log as well
What is multi node system?
Multi Node System in Oracle Applications 11i means you have Applications 11i Component on more than one system. Typical example is Database; Concurrent Manager on one machine and forms, Web Server on second machine is example of Two Node System.
ICM stand for Internal Concurrent Manager, which controls other managers. If it finds other managers down , it checks & try to restart them. You can say it as administrator to other concurrent managers. It has other tasks as well.
Standard Manager These are normal managers which control/action on the requests & does batch or single request processing.
CRM acronym for Conflict Resolution Manager is used to resolve conflicts between managers & request. If a request is submitted whose execution is clashing or it is defined not to run while a particular type of request is running then such requests are actioned/assigned to CRM for Incompatibilities & Conflict resolution.
Where is Concurrent Manager log file location.
By default standard location is $APPLCSF/$APPLLOG, in some cases it can go to $FND_TOP/log as well
What is multi node system?
Multi Node System in Oracle Applications 11i means you have Applications 11i Component on more than one system. Typical example is Database; Concurrent Manager on one machine and forms, Web Server on second machine is example of Two Node System.
What is .dbc file, where its stored, what use of .dbc file?
dbc as name says is database connect descriptor file which stores database connection information used by application tier to connect to database. This file is in directory $FND_TOP/secure also called as FND_SECURE
How to determine Oracle Apps 11i Version?
RELEASE_NAME
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11.5.9 or 11.5.10.2
Whats is TWO_TASK in Oracle Database?
TWO_TASK mocks your tns alias which you are going to use to connect to database. Lets assume you have database client with tns alias defined as PROD to connect to Database PROD on machine teachmeoracle.com listening on port 1521. Then usual way to connect is sqlplus username/passwd@PROD ; now if you don’t want to use @PROD then you set TWO_TASK=PROD and then can simply use sqlplus username/passwd then sql will check that it has to connect to tnsalias define by value PROD i.e. TWO_TASK
What is GWYUID ?
GWYUID , stands for Gateway User ID and password. Usually like APPLSYSPUB/PUB
Where GWYUID defined & what is its used in Oracle Applications?
GWYUID is defined in dbc i.e. Database Connect Descriptor file. It is used to connect to database by think clients
How to check number of forms users at any time?
What is 0 & Y in FNDCPASS, FNDLOAD or WFLOAD?
‘Y’ indicates the method of invocation. i.e. it is directly invoked from the command-line not from the Submit Request Form.
If your system has more than one Jinitiator, how will the system know, which one to pick. ?
When client makes a forms connection in Oracle Applications, forms client session uses configuration file defined by environment variable FORMS60_WEB_CONFIG_FILE also called as appsweb config file. These days this file is of format appsweb_$CONTEXT.cfg The initiator version number defined by parameter jinit_ver_name in this file will be used.
What are .ldt & .lct files which you see in apps patch or with FNDLOAD?
ldt & .lct stands for Loader datafile & Loader configuration files, used frequently in migrating customization, profile options, configuration data, etc.. across Instances.
What is dev60cgi & f60cgi?
cgi stands for Common Gateway Interface and these are Script Alias in Oracle Apps used to access forms server . Usually Form Server access directly via http://hostname:port/dev60cgi/f60cgi
What is difference between COMPILE_ALL=SPECIAL and COMPILE=ALL while compiling Forms?
What is ps -ef or ps command in Unix ?
ps is unix/linux utility or executable to find status of process. Used mainly to find if services/process is running or not.
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