Apps DBA Interview Questions Part 4

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FNDCPASS will update some FND tables other than standard tables.

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$COMMON_TOP/admin/log

Or

$APPLCSF/$APPLLOG

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1. Internal Concurrent Manager – Will start all other managers and monitor.
2. Standard Manager – All concurrent request by default will go to this.
3. Conflict Resolution Manager – Concurrent programs with incompatibilities will be handled.
4. Transaction Manager – Handle all transaction requests.

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Target is the number of concurrent processes a manager is supposed to start.

Actual is the number of processes a manager started actually.

Target and Actual should be always same.

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It means at operating system level resources are low to accommodate the required processes for concurrent managers.

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Work shifts are nothing but timings at which the concurrent manager is supposed to run.

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We need to bounce the concurrent manager using adcmctl.sh

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DBC file contain database connection information. DBC file is used by oracle applications to connect to database.

Its location is $FND_TOP/secure

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GSM stands for Generic service Manager, which will monitor application processes like web, forms etc and restarts any of this processes if goes down.

 

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Rapid Clone is the new cloning utility introduced in Release 11.5.8.

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First, verify that your system is AutoConfig enabled. Then, verify that you have applied the latest Rapid Clone patch.

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Adsplicer is a utility used to register off cycle products.

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License manager (adlicmgr) utility is used to license/unlicensed , enable new languages, enable country specific functionality.

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It can vary from different Patches but, we can even apply a patch without enabling maintenance mode with the following option

Adpatch options=hotpatch

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Run wfver.sql at $FND_TOP/sql script as apps user

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select fnd_web_sec.validate_login(‘SYSADMIN’,’Qwert8765′) from dual;

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Below is how FNDCPASS works.

a) APPLSYS validation. (make sure APPLSYS name is correct)
b) Re-encrypt all password in FND_USER
c) Re-encrypt all password in FND_ORACLE_USERID
d) Update applsys’s password in FND_ORACLE_USERID
e) Update apps password in FND_ORACLE_USERID table.

Also changes are made in DBA_USERS table

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a) Create a Tablespace in the Database for custom schema.
b) Create Schema
c) Grants Connect and Resource to schema
d) Make the directory structure for your custom application files.
e) Create Custom Environment file in APPL_TOP directory
f) Register your Oracle Schema.
g) Login to Applications with System Administrator responsibility
Navigate to Application–>Register
     Register Oracle User
     Naviate to Security–>Oracle–>Register
h) Add Application to a Data Group
Navigate to Security–>Oracle–>DataGroup

i)Create custom request group, custom menu etc

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.PLS file stands for plsql files. In apps patch these files contain code to create package spec or package body or both.

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.ldt & .lct stands for Loader data file & Loader configuration files, used frequently in migrating customization, profile options, configuration data etc.

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You set profile options at the following levels:

Site level

Application level

Responsibility level

User level

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Apps Listener usually run on all Oracle Application Nodes with listener alias as APPS_$SID and is mainly used for listening requests for services like FNDFS & FNDSM.

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lsnrctl start APPS_$SID

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