Oracle Applications R12 Log Files

Oracle Applications R12 Log Files

In R12, the log files are located in $LOG_HOME (which translates to $INST_TOP/logs)

A. Component Wise Log Files for Startup Shutdown Errors / Troubleshooting:

Concurrent Request related logs

$LOG_HOME/appl/conc -> location for concurrent requests log and out files
$LOG_HOME/appl/admin -> location for mid tier startup scripts log files

Apache Logs (10.1.3 Oracle Home which is equivalent to iAS Oracle Home)

$LOG_HOME/ora/10.1.3/Apache -> Location for Apache Error and Access log files
$LOG_HOME/ora/10.1.3/j2ee -> location for j2ee related log files
$LOG_HOME/ora/10.1.3/opmn -> location for opmn related log files

Forms & Reports related logs (10.1.2 Oracle home which is equivalent to 806 Oracle Home)

$LOG_HOME/ora/10.1.2/forms
$LOG_HOME/ora/10.1.2/reports

Listener log
$LOG_HOME/ora/10.1.2/network


B. Startup/Shutdown Log files for Application Tier in R12

–Startup/Shutdown error message text files like adapcctl.txt, adcmctl.txt…
$INST_TOP/appl/admin/log

C. Log files related to cloning in R12

Preclone log files in source instance
i) Database Tier - /$ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/(StageDBTier_MMDDHHMM.log)

ii) Application Tier - $INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/admin/log/ (StageAppsTier_MMDDHHMM.log)

Clone log files in target instance

Database Tier - $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/ApplyDBTier_.log
Apps Tier - $INST_TOP/log/ApplyAppsTier_.log

D. Patching related log files in R12

i) Application Tier adpatch log - $APPL_TOP/admin/$SID/log/
ii) Developer (Developer/Forms & Reports 10.1.2) Patch - $ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage
iii) Web Server (Apache) patch - $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage
iv) Database Tier opatch log - $ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage

E. Autoconfig related log files in R12
i) Database Tier Autoconfig log :
$ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/MMDDHHMM/adconfig.log
$ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/MMDDHHMM/NetServiceHandler.log

ii) Application Tier Autoconfig log - $INST_TOP/admin/log/$MMDDHHMM/adconfig.log

Autoconfig context file location in R12 - $INST_TOP/appl/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME.xml

F. Other log files in R12
1) Database Tier
1.1) Relink Log files :
$ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME /MMDDHHMM/ make_$MMDDHHMM.log

1.2) Alert Log Files :
$ORACLE_HOME/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME/bdump/alert_$SID.log

1.3) Network Logs :
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/$SID.log

1.4) OUI Logs :
OUI Inventory Logs :
$ORACLE_HOME/admin/oui/$CONTEXT_NAME/oraInventory/logs

2) Application Tier
$ORACLE_HOME/j2ee/DevSuite/log
$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs
$ORACLE_HOME/network/logs

Tech Stack Patch 10.1.3 (Web/HTTP Server)
$IAS_ORACLE_HOME/j2ee/forms/logs
$IAS_ORACLE_HOME/j2ee/oafm/logs
$IAS_ORACLE_HOME/j2ee/oacore/logs
$IAS_ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs
$IAS_ORACLE_HOME/network/log
$INST_TOP/logs/ora/10.1.2
$INST_TOP/logs/ora/10.1.3
$INST_TOP/logs/appl/conc/log
$INST_TOP/logs/appl/admin/log