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0 Ever wondered what to find in which directoy, in for example an Oracle SOA Suite 11g installation? (patchset 2)
Well, here´s the general rule:
– The toplevel layer –> Called the Middleware home; toplevel of all components, usually something like /app/oracle/weblogic/Middleware (or make your own choice)
– The WebLogic Server layer–> Location of typical WebLogic binaries, scripts, configurations, NodeManager. Would be Middleware home/wlserver_10.3
– The Oracle management layer –> Oracle general components like Enterprise manager, ADF runtime libaries, usually called oracle_common
– The Oracle product layer –> Oracle product specific components like BPEL, Mediator, OSB. Usually called Oracle_<name_of_product>
The WebLogic Domain specific files end up in a directory called user_projects/domains, normaly one level beyond the Middleware home. Feel free to change these locations in more reasonable ones,like:
– one filesystem for your domain configuration
– one filesystem for your server and applicationlogfiles
– one filesystem for you software binaries
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BPM Suite 12c: Quick Start installation – 20 minutes and good to go 
OOW 2009: Introducing SOA and Oracle SOA Suite 11g for Database Professionals 
Embedded Java in a 11g BPEL process SOA Suite File Adapter Pre and Post processing using Valves and Pipelines 
Business Rule Engine Cookbook: create a simple Decision Table in Oracle SOA Suite
thanx Atul. It’s about time we give the Middleware adminstrator a place just like a DBA
Thanks Michel for useful post.
I compiled similar High Level overview for administrators (my be useful for your readers) at http://onlineappsdba.com/index.php/2009/07/28/oracle-fusion-middleware-11g-concepts-for-apps-dbas/