Here is the list of Log file location in Oracle Applications for Startup/Shutdown, Cloning, Patching, DB &

Apps Listener and various components in Apps R12/12i:

Note:Instance top ($INST_TOP) is new directory added in R12 to keep the log files ,Startup/stop
scripts for the application tier

A. Startup/Shutdown Log files for Application Tier in R12

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i) Startup/Shutdown error message text files like adapcctl.txt, adcmctl.txt… :

$INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/logs/appl/admin/log

ii) Startup/Shutdown error message related to tech stack (10.1.2, 10.1.3 forms/reports/web) :

$INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/logs/ora/ (10.1.2 & 10.1.3)

$INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/logs/ora/10.1.3/Apache/error_log[timestamp]
$INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/logs/ora/10.1.3/opmn/ (OC4J~…, oa*, opmn.log)
$INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/logs/ora/10.1.2/network/ (listener log)
$INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/logs/appl/conc/log (CM log files)

B. Log files related to cloning in R12

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Preclone (adpreclone.pl) log files in source instance

i) Database Tier-$ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/(StageDBTier_<time>.log)
ii) Apps Tier - $INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/admin/log/ (StageAppsTier_<time>.log)

Post-Clone (Adcfgclone.pl) log files in target instance

i) Database Tier- $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/ApplyDBTier_<time>.log

ii) Apps Tier - $INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/admin/log/ApplyAppsTier_<time>.log

If your clone on DB Tier fails while running txkConfigDBOcm.pl ( Check metalink note -
415020.1)
During clone step on DB Tier it prompts for “Target System base directory for source
homes” and during this you have to give like /base_install_dir like ../../r12 and not
oracle home like ../../r12/db/tech_st_10.2.0

C. Patching related log files in R12

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i) Application Tier-- adpatch log - $APPL_TOP/admin/<SID>/log/
ii) Developer (Developer/Forms & Reports 10.1.2) Patch - $ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage

iii) Web Server (Apache) patch - $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage

iv) Database Tier opatch log - $RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage

D. Autoconfig related log files in R12

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i) Database Tier Autoconfig log :

$ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/<MMDDHHMM>/adconfig.log
$ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/<MMDDHHMM>/NetServiceHandler.log

ii) Application Tier Autoconfig log -

$INST_TOP/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME/admin/log/<MMDDHHMM>/adconfig.log

E. R12 Installation Logs

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Database Tier Installation logs:

$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/<MMDDHHMM>.log
$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/ApplyDBTechStack_<MMDDHHMM>.log
$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/ohclone.log
$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/make_<MMDDHHMM>.log
$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/installdbf.log
$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/adcrdb_<SID>.log
$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/ApplyDatabase_<MMDDHHMM>.log
$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/<MMDDHHMM>/adconfig.log
$RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME/<MMDDHHMM>/NetServiceHandler.log

Application Tier Installation logs :

$INST_TOP/logs/<MMDDHHMM>.log
$APPL_TOP/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME/log/ApplyAppsTechStack.log
$INST_TOP/logs/ora/10.1.2/install/make_<MMDDHHMM>.log
$INST_TOP/logs/ora/10.1.3/install/make_<MMDDHHMM>.log
$INST_TOP/admin/log/ApplyAppsTechStack.log
$INST_TOP/admin/log/ohclone.log
$APPL_TOP/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME/log/installAppl.log
$APPL_TOP/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME/log/ApplyAppltop_<MMDDHHMM>.log
$APPL_TOP/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME/log/<MMDDHHMM>/adconfig.log
$APPL_TOP/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME/log/<MMDDHHMM>/NetServiceHandler.log

Inventory Registration logs :

<Global Inventory_location>/logs/cloneActions<timestamp>.log
<Global Inventory_location>/logs/oraInstall<timestamp>.log
<Global Inventory_location>/logs/silentInstall<timestamp>.log

F. Other log files in R12

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1) Database Tier

1.1) Relink Log files :

$ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/log/$CONTEXT_NAME /<MMDDHHMM>/ make.log

1.2) Alert Log Files :

$ORACLE_HOME/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME/bdump/alert_$SID.log

1.3) Network Logs :

$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/$SID.log

1.4) OUI Inventory Logs :

$ORACLE_HOME/admin/oui/$CONTEXT_NAME/oraInventory/logs