Oracle Applications 11i File System

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Oracle Applications 11i File system

An Oracle Applications Release 11i system utilizes components from manyOracle products. These product files are stored below a number of key

top-level directories on the database and application server machines.Dependin on how you chose to install Applications! these product

directories may be located on a sinle machine "the simplest case# oron multiple machines "the most common type of deployment#.

Oracle Applications 11i File system

An Oracle Applications Release 11i system utilizes components from many

Oracle products. These product files are stored below a number of keytop-level directories on the database and application server machines.

Dependin on how you chose to install Applications! these product

directories may be located on a sinle machine "the simplest case# or

on multiple machines "the most common type of deployment#. Operatinsystem environment settins indicate the location of the various files

in the file systems of the database and application server machines.

This topic discusses the association between these environment settins

and the correspondin files and directories.

$ote% is the name of your system determined throuh Rapid &nstall at

the time of installation. 'or e(ample! )ROD.

The DATA or DATA*TO) directory is located on the database servermachine! and contains the system tablespaces! redo lo files!

data tablespaces! inde( tablespaces! and database files.

The D+ directory is located on the database server machine! and

contains the ORA,*/O0 for the Oraclei database.

The A)) or A))*TO) directory contains the product directories

and files for Oracle Applications. The ORA directory contains the ORA,*/O0s for the Applications

technoloy stack components.

The ,O0$ or ,O0$*TO) "or ,O00O$*TO)# directory contains

directories and files used across products.


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Figure 2. Applications Directory Structure

The DATA Directory

The DATA file system contains the data ".dbf# files of the Oracle

database. Rapid &nstall installs the system! data! and inde( files indirectories below several mount points on the database server. 2ou can

specify the directory names of the mount points on the database serverdurin installation.

DB and ORA Directories

Oracle Applications supports employin an Applications database of one

version! while linkin Applications prorams usin the tools from asecond or third version of the database. This multiple ORA,*/O0s

confiuration allows new features of the database to be supported!

while maintainin compatibility with earlier releases. Release 11i

utilizes three ORA,*/O0s%

1. The .3.4 ORA,*/O0 "Applications database home# is located in theD+ directory. &t contains the files needed for runnin and maintainin

the Oracle Applications database.

3. The 5.4.6 directory contains the ORA,*/O0 for the Developer 6i

products "'orms! Reports! and 7raphics#. The product libraries in the

5.4.6 ORA,*/O0 are used to relink Oracle Applications e(ecutables.

8. The iA9 directory! also under the ORA! contains the ORA,*/O0 forOraclei Application 9erver.

The APPL Directory

Oracle Applications files are stored in the A)) directory! which is

known as the A))*TO) directory.

The A))*TO) directory contains%


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'iure =. ,ommon Top directory structure

The admin Directory

The admin directory! under the ,O00O$*TO) directory! is the defaultlocation for the concurrent manaer lo and output directories.


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The scripts directory contains application tier control scripts such as

adstrtal.sh and adstpall.sh! which are located in the subdirectory.

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