Restore Oracle Application Server ias_admin password ?

Just go to the directory $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/j2ee/conf. In this directory you'll find the configuration file jazn-data.xml. Inside this configuration file you'll find the definition of the ias_admin user including his encrypted password:
Here's my own ORACLE_Home Path : c:\oracle\FRHome_1\sysman\j2ee\config\jazn-data.xml
  • snippet from jazn-data.xml
    <users>
    ...
    <user>
    <name>ias_admin</name>
    <credentials>{903}YdvTMA...</credentials>
    </user></users>
Inside the tag <credentials> you see the encrypted password of the ias_admin. To reset the password, just change the value inside the tag <credentials> as follows:


  • snippet from jazn-data.xml

    <users>
    ...
    <user>
    <name>ias_admin</name>
    <credentials>!mynewpassword1</credentials>
    </user></users>
The new password you have to provide in clear text has to start with a "!". Be aware that the new password must match the password rules: minimum 6 signs and one sign must be a number. After your changes, stop the ASC and restart it with following commands:

  • emctl stop iasconsole
  • emctl start iasconsole
Now you can login with your new password and inside the jazn-data.xml the provided password in clear text is automatically changed into an encrypted password.

Thanks to Dirk  Nachbar 

ora - 12514 and ora - 12505 tns listener error fixed

Here's how to fix this ora.

Open SQL Plus

run SYS/SYS as SYSDBA

then write the following lines :


show parameter local_listener


alter system set local_listener='(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=LOCALHOST)(PORT=1521))'  scope=both;


alter system register;


show parameter local_listener


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Windows Server 2003 external drives

After installing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 .
I found when attaching USB hard disk , it shows USB icon but does not mount Disk itself.

Here's how to fix it :
C:\>diskpart
diskpart>automount          
diskpart>automount enable   
diskpart>automount scrub    
diskpart>exit
C:\>exit
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