Oracle SOA/BPEL/ESB Timeout Configuration

Transaction timeout configuration settings are need to be carried out in below set of configuration points.


1. Global Transaction Timeout: Set the global transaction time out value in transaction-timeout attribute of transaction-manager.xml.

  a) Edit transaction-manager.xml from $ORACLE_HOME\j2ee\oc4j_soa\config\transaction-manager.xml
  b) Find the transaction-timeout parameter and change its value to 7200(Seconds).
  c) Save and close the file.

2. EJB Timeout: transaction-timeout attribute controls the transaction timeout interval (in seconds), If the transaction has not completed in this timeframe, the transaction is rolled back.

  a) Edit orion-ejb-jar.xml from $ORACLE_HOME\j2ee\oc4j_soa \application-deployments\orabpel\ejb_ob_engine\orion-ejb-jar.xml
  b) Find all occurrences of the transaction-timeout parameter and change its value to 3600 (Seconds).
  c) Save and close the file.

3. SyncMaxWaitTime is a domain level property and its setting is applicable for synchronous durable bpel processes

  a) Log in to the BPEL Console.
  b) Click the Configuration tab.
  c) Change the value of syncMaxWaitTime to 240 (seconds) and click on Apply

4. ESB Timeout: Edit esb_config.ini file from $ORACLE_HOME/integration/esb/config/esb_config.ini

  a) Change the value of xa_timeout parameter to 900 (Seconds).

5. Restart the server to make effect of all the changes.