Core Content Only

If you are using Oracle Universal Content Management PS3 (11.1.1.4.0) and are experiencing some search performance woes you might be surprised to find out that the search cache is turned off by default.  This seems to be a known issue that is being addressed for the next patch set.  In the mean time, you can turn it on by editing your config.cfg file located here:

<WLS path>/user_projects/domains/<UCM domain>/cs/config/config.cfg

Add the following entry:

UseSearchCache=true

Save and restart your content server.

Oracle has recently (September 2011) released Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2 (Oracle Database XE).  This is an entry-level database based on the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 that has a small-footprint.  It’s free to “develop, deploy, and distribute”.  It is also fast to download and simple to install.

Download Page

Documentation

The default character set used during installation and setup is AL32UTF8, which is perfect for use with WebCenter Content development machines!

Oracle XE 11g also supports Oracle Text.

Last Friday (Jan 14) Oracle released Patch Set 3 for fusion middleware.  The blogo-sphere has picked this up already and a suprising amount of information is already available.  Here is a list of reference links:

The Announcement - per the ECM Community

Download WebLogic

I often make batch files to sart, stop and restart managed WebLogic servers for UCM 11gR1.  I could use Node Manager, etc., but I like having the server output through the command window when performing development tasks.  It’s fairly straight forward to create a StartUCM.bat and StopUCM.bat, but a restart may be more tricky.  So, if you want to create a batch file to restart a started instance put the following in your batch file (adjust for your install locations, etc.):

start /wait cmd /C "C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\base_domain\bin\stopManagedWebLogic.cmd UCM_server1"
C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\base_domain\bin\startManagedWebLogic.cmd UCM_server1 http://localhost:7001