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Shared Folders folder disappeared
Hi all
We've had the strangest thing happen! The Shared Folders folder disappeared from the catalog. It has happened twice now, on two different environments. We've checked all permissions and apart from the small group of Admins, there is no one who could've deleted it.
There don't seem to be an easy way to see who deleted it. That is if it was actually deleted - we are not convinced yet that it was a deliberate act. Is there any system process or known bug that could cause the Shared Folder to disappear?
Thanks
J
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Ok obvious first question: have you actually checked the physical file system?
Have you checked the .atr file which contains the REAL access rights in terms of the OBIPS? You can simply check what's written in there.
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Hi J,
Is it really deleted? Have you checked the catalog on the OS?
As far as I know, there is no process that automatically deletes the Shared Folders [quite happy about that ]
Have your reviewed this blog by Robin?
Michael
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It would be helpful to know the version and bundle patch as well.
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@SteveF-Oracle are you new here of just still optimistic enough that you dare ask this? ;-)
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@user11394838 aside from the other questions - what OS are you on? Single or multi-node cluster?
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lol, optimistic I suppose. I do wish one could force a template for basic information vs. 20 questions game. The other alternative is ignore, I suppose, but that is no fun.
I've come to love the http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise that I often see posted by @rmoff
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Thanks for the feedback and apologies for the missing info.
This is OBIEE 11.1.1.7.141014 on an Exalytics T5-8 system R1 patchset 5. The OS is Solaris 11.1 and it is a two node cluster.
Yes, we checked the physical file system. Under the root folder the Shared folder and the shared.atr file are gone. Only the System and Users folders and their .atr files are still there.
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I would still go for the blog of Robin and check the logging:
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Thanks Michael, I did read Robin's blog before I posted here. We have a system freeze until end of the month so I can only implement that next month.
The system owners are understandably quite nervous as this has happened twice in 3 weeks. Other than a human deliberately deleted the folder, are there any other possible explanations?
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