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How To Make Changes In oim-config.xml When Oracle identity Manager (OIM) 11g or Oracle Idenity Governance (OIG) 12c Server(s) Are Unavailable (Doc ID 1378007.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 30, 2023

Applies to:

Identity Manager - Version 12.2.1.3 to 12.2.1.3.220911 [Release 12c]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

There may be situations where the OIM server is down and will not restart and configuration(s) have to changed in the oim-config.xml in the MDS; however, due to the OIM managed server being down, the usual approaches to doing so, such as the weblogicExportMetadata.sh/cmd scripts or the Enterprise Manager console, cannot be used. A particular scenario in which this may occur is if the OIM managed server hangs during startup and the thread dump shows it is hanging on JavaGroups - which depends on multicast address configured in oim-config.xml file:


How to change the configuration in oim-config.xml in such cases when all OIM managed servers are down?

Troubleshooting Steps

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