GENERAL ISSUES FACED DURING OIM(Oracle Identity manager) INSTALLATION

1.Before proceeding with the OIM installation make sure you set the oc4j,path and java home.
export JAVA_HOME=/u01apps/oraclesoa/jdk
export OC4J_HOME=/u01apps/oraclesoa
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

2.If the OIM and OAM is installed on the same server there is high chances of port(RMI) contradiction between OIM and OAM (both ports should be different).By default it will take 12401.For OIM check the port no in opmn.xml file under ORACLE_HOME/opmn/conf

3.If your allication is clustered environment create a new oc4j instance in the application control (through browser). Don’t use the default instance in a clustered environment.

4.After installing OIM 9101, install the base patch 9102 before proceeding to the Bundle patch of 9102(BP).

5.Make sure the RMI port is same in both the nodes if incase the environment is clustered(OIM RMI port).

6.Make sure the oc4j application is running while applying the patch for Application server

7.Make sure the installation is done on oracle user and not root user.This is the recommended way of approach to install ,avoid installing application as root user

8.If OIM installation is done on clustered environment ,make sure the xellerate folder is deployed on newly created OC4J instance.folder structure and not in the default home instance: /u01apps/oraclesoa/j2ee/xluser2/application-deployments

9.I you get system encountered error(menu items are not working),Check the FormMetaData.xml.Check the xml by opening in a browser.

10.If an application is reployed(for example if Xellerate.ear is redeloed through em console),Run the oc4j(patch) script from setup folder.