Oracle Analytics: Running Bi-migration-tool.jar To Upgrade From OBIEE 11g To OBIEE 12c Fails with "ebusinesssuiteconfig'. One of '{aliases}' is expected" (Doc ID 2700763.1)

Last updated on JULY 11, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

When running the bi-migration-tool.jar file to upgrade OBIEE 11g environment to OBIEE 12c the following error is encountered :

Logging to: /app/biapps/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/bilogs/migration/migration-<timestamp>.log with level INFO
<timestamp>oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationToolLoggingSetup outputErr
SEVERE: Migration action failed: java.io.IOException: Couldn't create directory: /app/biapps/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/bilogs/migration
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: Couldn't create directory: /app/biapps/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/bilogs/migration
  at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationToolLoggingSetup.setupLogging(MigrationToolLoggingSetup.java:72)
  at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationToolLoggingSetup.setupLogging(MigrationToolLoggingSetup.java:39)
  at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationTool.prepareForAction(MigrationTool.java:42)
  at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.MigrationConductor.performMigrationAction(MigrationConductor.java:125)
  at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationTool.go(MigrationTool.java:110)
  at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationTool.main(MigrationTool.java:123)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Couldn't create directory: /app/biapps/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/bilogs/migration
  at oracle.bi.migration.util.FileUtils.mkdirs(FileUtils.java:96)
  at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationToolLoggingSetup.setupLogging(MigrationToolLoggingSetup.java:65)
  ... 5 more

There is more detailed error logged in the migration log under /app/biapps/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/bilogs/migration

<timestamp>SEVERE Validation problem found prior to export: oracle.bi.action.invoke.ConfigException: Error reading config file cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'ebusinesssuiteconfig'. One of '{aliases}' is expected. /obia/app/biapps/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/fmwconfig/biinstances/coreapplication/ActionFrameworkConfig.xml

oracle.bi.migration.exporter.ExportValidationProblemException: oracle.bi.action.invoke.ConfigException: Error reading config file cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'ebusinesssuiteconfig'. One of '{aliases}' is expected. /obia/app/biapps/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/fmwconfig/biinstances/coreapplication/ActionFrameworkConfig.xml
at oracle.bi.actions.migration.ActionsMigrationExportPluginV2.validate(ActionsMigrationExportPluginV2.java:93)
at oracle.bi.migration.api.adaptor.exporter.V2ExporterPluginAdaptor.validate(V2ExporterPluginAdaptor.java:54)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.BundleExporter.doValidation(BundleExporter.java:193)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.BundleExporter.runExport(BundleExporter.java:138)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.actionspecification.ExportAction.performAction(ExportAction.java:122)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.MigrationActionExecutor$1.run(MigrationActionExecutor.java:35)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.MigrationActionExecutor.executeMigrationAction(MigrationActionExecutor.java:55)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.MigrationConductor.performMigrationAction(MigrationConductor.java:128)
at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationTool.go(MigrationTool.java:110)
at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationTool.main(MigrationTool.java:123)
Caused by: oracle.bi.action.invoke.ConfigException: Error reading config file cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'ebusinesssuiteconfig'. One of '{aliases}' is expected. /obia/app/biapps/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/fmwconfig/biinstances/coreapplication/ActionFrameworkConfig.xml
at oracle.bi.action.config.ActionFrameworkConfigReader.loadDefs(ActionFrameworkConfigReader.java:443)
at oracle.bi.actions.migration.ActionsMigrationExportPluginV2.validate(ActionsMigrationExportPluginV2.java:86)
... 10 more
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 3; columnNumber: 27; cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'ebusinesssuiteconfig'. One of '{aliases}' is expected.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:134)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:396)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:327)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:284)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator$XSIErrorReporter.reportError(XMLSchemaValidator.java:453)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.reportSchemaError(XMLSchemaValidator.java:3231)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.handleStartElement(XMLSchemaValidator.java:1791)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.startElement(XMLSchemaValidator.java:741)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.validation.ValidatorHandlerImpl.startElement(ValidatorHandlerImpl.java:568)
at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.ValidatingUnmarshaller.startElement(ValidatingUnmarshaller.java:101)
at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.SAXConnector.startElement(SAXConnector.java:150)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseElement(NonValidatingParser.java:1554)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseRootElement(NonValidatingParser.java:438)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseDocument(NonValidatingParser.java:384)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:232)
at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal0(UnmarshallerImpl.java:217)
at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(UnmarshallerImpl.java:189)
at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:157)
at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:204)
at oracle.bi.action.config.ActionFrameworkConfigReader.loadDefs(ActionFrameworkConfigReader.java:434)
... 11 more

Changes

 Upgrading from OBIEE 11g to 12c

Cause

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