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Contents
Send Us Your Comments ..................................................................................................................... xvii
Preface ............................................................................................................................................................... xix
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................... xix
Documentation Accessibility................................................................................................................... xix
Structure ..................................................................................................................................................... xx
Related Documents .................................................................................................................................. xxii
Conventions .............................................................................................................................................. xxii
Part I Preparing Your Environment
1 Understanding the OracleAS Reports Services Architecture
1.1 Overview of OracleAS Reports Services ................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 OracleAS Reports Services Components................................................................................. 1-3
1.3 OracleAS Reports Services Runtime Process.......................................................................... 1-5
1.4 Things to Consider When You Set Up Your System ............................................................. 1-6
1.4.1 Choosing the Types of Requests You Will Service ......................................................... 1-7
1.4.2 Choosing Servlet, JSP, or CGI ............................................................................................ 1-7
1.4.3 Choosing Single- Or Multiple-Machine Configurations................................................ 1-8
1.4.4 Choosing Whether to Cluster Multiple Servers .............................................................. 1-8
1.5 Maintaining High Availability.................................................................................................. 1-9
2 Starting and Stopping OracleAS Reports Services
2.1 Starting and Stopping the Reports Server............................................................................... 2-1
2.1.1 Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Reports Servers from Oracle Enterprise Manager
10g ............................................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1.2 Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Reports Servers from the Oracle Process Manager
and Notification Server ............................................................................................ 2-2
2.1.3 Alternative Methods of Starting and Stopping the Reports Server ............................. 2-2
2.2 Verifying that the Oracle HTTP Server Is Running ............................................................... 2-6
2.3 Verifying that the Reports Servlet and Server Are Running................................................ 2-6
3 Configuring OracleAS Reports Services
3.1 OracleAS Reports Services Configuration Files ..................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Configuring Reports Server....................................................................................................... 3-3
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