Oracle9i Application Server Installation Guide Release 2 (9.0.2) for Windows NT/2000 Part Number A97392-03 |
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This chapter provides information about how to start installing Oracle9i Application Server (Oracle9iAS). The topics include:
Table 2-1, Table 2-2, Table 2-3, and Table 2-4 contain the minimum hardware requirements for Oracle9iAS.
Information | Example Values |
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CPU |
An Intel Pentium 300MHz or higher processor |
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Oracle9iAS Oracle9iAS Infrastructure: 3.3 GB Oracle9iAS Developer Kits: 500 MB |
Total Pagefile Size (Virtual Memory) |
Oracle9iAS
Oracle9iAS Infrastructure: 1024 MB Oracle9iAS Developer Kits: 512 MB To change the total pagefile size (virtual memory):
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TEMP Directory |
TEMP directory should contain at least 300 MB of free space. |
Monitor |
256 color viewing capability |
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The disk space must be available on a single drive. Oracle9iAS does not support spanning the installation over multiple drives |
Table 2-2 Oracle9iAS Memory Requirements
Install Type | Component Configuration | Minimum Memory Requirements |
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J2EE and Web Cache |
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128 MB |
All other Oracle9iAS install types |
Configure up to three additional Oracle9iAS components |
256 MB |
All other Oracle9iAS install types |
Configure four or more additional Oracle9iAS components |
512 MB |
Table 2-3 Oracle9iAS Infrastructure Memory Requirements
Install Type | Component Configuration | Minimum Memory Requirements |
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Oracle9iAS Infrastructure |
512 MB |
Table 2-4 Oracle9iAS Developer Kits Memory Requirements
Install Type | Component Configuration | Minimum Memory Requirements |
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Oracle9iAS Developer Kits |
128 MB |
The following table contains the software requirements for Oracle9iAS.
Software Items | Version |
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Operating System |
You can view Oracle9iAS documentation online using a Web browser or Portable Data Format (PDF) Viewer.
Table 2-5 lists the documentation viewing tools for Oracle9iAS online documentation.
Requirement | Items |
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Online Readers |
Requires any one of the following: HTML |
Library-wide HTML search and navigation |
Active Internet Connection |
Disk Space |
310 MB |
Installing and operating Oracle9iAS requires a Web browser. Some of the Oracle9iAS installations require an Oracle database. A complete list of certified software, including databases and Web browsers, for Oracle9iAS is located at Oracle MetaLink:
http://metalink.oracle.com
Review and complete the following preinstallation tasks before installing Oracle9iAS:
Oracle recommends reading the Oracle9i Application Server Release Notes prior to installing Oracle9iAS. Oracle9i Application Server Release Notes are available with Oracle platform-specific documentation and are available at the OTN Web site at:
http://otn.oracle.com
Verify the requirements for following directories before starting Oracle Universal Installer:
Oracle home is the directory in which Oracle software is installed.
Oracle homes are identified by name. The Oracle home name identifies the program group associated with a specific Oracle home and the installed Oracle services associated with the home.
Multiple instances of Oracle9iAS install types (J2EE and Web Cache, Business Intelligence and Forms, and Portal and Wireless) must be installed in separate Oracle homes on the same computer. However, a previous Oracle9iAS instance can be extended to larger install type using Oracle Universal Installer. It is not possible to downgrade a larger install type to a smaller install type.
If you are installing more than one Oracle9iAS instance on a single computer, then you must perform all of the installations as the same operating system user.
You must install Oracle9iAS Infrastructure in its own Oracle home directory, preferably on a separate host. The Oracle9iAS installation cannot exist in the same Oracle home as the Oracle9iAS Infrastructure installation.
Components from the Oracle9iAS Developer Kits installation are installed as part of the Oracle9iAS installation. Oracle9iAS Developer Kits can be installed on a separate host to set up a development environment.
Oracle9iAS installations require a unique instance name and administrative (ias_admin) password during initial installation on a host. The ias_admin password enables Oracle9iAS instance management through the Oracle Enterprise Manager. Additional installations of Oracle9iAS on the host in the same Oracle home require the ias_admin password to continue with the installation. Installations in a different Oracle home require an instance name and the ias_admin password before continuing with the installation.
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During installation, Oracle Universal Installer uses a temporary directory for writing temporary files. This directory must meet the requirements listed in Section 2.1, "Hardware Requirements" before installing Oracle9iAS. The installation may fail if you do not have sufficient space.
Oracle Universal Installer requires that the fully qualified host name information appear in the configuration files for your computer. A fully qualified host name includes both the name of the system and its domain.
Verify that your system's network configuration has the correct host name file configuration by completing the following steps:
Windows NT
Windows 2000
If the host name and domain are not listed or listed incorrectly, then click More button to enter the correct host name and domain.
Following installation, Oracle Universal Installer creates a file showing the port assignments during installation of Oracle9iAS components. The installation process automatically detects any port conflicts and selects an alternative port in the range allocated for that component. Appendix G, "Default Port Numbers and Port Ranges" lists the default port ranges. The portlist.ini
file is located at:
ORACLE_HOME\install\portlist.ini
This file lists component entries as"port name = port value". For example:
Oracle HTTP Server port = 7777
Oracle HTTP Server SSL port = 4443
Oracle HTTP Server listen port = 7778
Oracle HTTP Server SSL listen port = 4444
Oracle HTTP Server Jserv port = 8007
Enterprise Manager Servlet port = 1810
You can also view the port numbers by pointing your browser to the Oracle9iAS Welcome page and selecting the Ports tab.
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Installation of Oracle9iAS Infrastructure requires exclusive use of port 1521 on your computer. If one of your current system applications uses this port, then complete one of the following actions before installing Oracle9iAS Infrastructure:
Then no further network address modification is necessary.
The Oracle Net listener supports the Oracle8i database as well as Oracle9iAS Infrastructure.
This section describes how Oracle9iAS uses Oracle Universal Installer for installation. It includes the following topics:
Oracle9iAS uses Oracle Universal Installer to guide you through each step of the installation process.
The Oracle Universal Installer provides the following features:
Oracle Universal Installer will not run on systems with a color depth set to 16 colors or less. Ensure that the color depth is set to 256 colors or higher.
Note:
The Oracle Universal Installer automatically checks your computer prior to installation to verify that your system meets operational requirements. Table 2-6 lists the prerequisite checks that are performed.
The Oracle Universal Installer creates the Inventory
directory the first time it is run on a computer. The Inventory
directory is your base directory; it keeps an inventory of products that the Oracle Universal Installer installs on your computer, as well as other installation information. If you have previously installed Oracle products, then you may already have an Inventory
directory. The default Inventory
directory location is C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
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Do not delete or manually alter the Inventory
directory or its contents. Doing so can prevent the installer from locating products that you have installed on your system.
The latest log file is:
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your_base_directory\Inventory\logs\installAction
todays_date_time.log
The your_base_directory identifier is the location for your installation files and todays_date_time is the date and time of installation. Log file names of previous installation sessions take the form installActionstodays_date_time.log
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A complete listing of log files is included in the Oracle9i Application Server Administrator's Guide.
Do not delete or manually alter the Inventory
directory or its contents. Doing so can prevent the installer from locating products that you have installed on your system.
Oracle9iAS requires several files to be present in the Windows System folder. During the Oracle9iAS installation, these required files already present on the target system are examined to ensure that they meet the requirements for Oracle9iAS. If any file has an outdated version, it will be replaced with a compatible version.
Normally, replacement can be done during the Oracle9iAS installation, but if the file to be replaced is in use by another process at the time of installation, then the installation will halt and an error dialog will appear. This is because Windows needs to restart for the updated file to take effect and the Oracle9iAS installation routine cannot be interrupted by a system reboot during installation.
Oracle9iAS includes a supplementary installation for the required Windows System Files. This Windows System Files installation will automatically reboot the system if necessary at the conclusion of the system files installation.
If you encounter a Windows System Files error during the Oracle9iAS installation, click OK to close the error dialog, then use the following instructions to run the Windows System Files installation. You cannot proceed with the Oracle9iAS installation if you do not run the Windows System Files installation.
To run the Windows System Files installation:
The Windows System Files installation runs with a response file that utilizes an existing Oracle home or creates the home OUIHome
if none is available.
Windows restarts automatically, if it is required; otherwise the Windows System Files installation will end without displaying any Installation Finished dialog.
Follow these steps to start Oracle Universal Installer and install Oracle9iAS:
This launches Oracle Universal Installer through which you can install Oracle9iAS.
The following sections provide the sequence and briefly describe the installation screens that you encounter for the three types of Oracle9iAS installation. Oracle recommends reviewing the installation sequence for a better understanding of the Oracle9iAS installation process.
This section describes the installation sequence for the following Oracle9iAS installations:
Review Section 3.3, "Oracle9iAS Postinstallation" to verify and insure completion of postinstallation tasks for your Oracle9i Application Server installation.
Note:
Review Section 4.2, "Oracle9iAS Infrastructure Postinstallation" to verify and insure completion of postinstallation tasks for your Oracle9iAS Infrastructure installation.
Note:
Review Section 5.2, "Oracle9iAS Developer Kits Postinstallation" to verify and insure completion of postinstallation tasks for your Oracle9iAS Developer Kits installation.
Note:
This section describes the installation of additional Oracle9iAS products. It includes the following topics:
When you are planning a subsequent Oracle9iAS installation, Oracle recommends the following:
Inventory
directory for subsequent Oracle9iAS installations.
Oracle9iAS supports multiple Oracle9iAS Infrastructure installations and multiple Oracle9iAS Metadata Repositories. You must install the additional Oracle9iAS Infrastructure instances before installation of any Oracle9iAS middle tier installations.
The Oracle Universal Installer prompts you to select a Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository only if it detects more than one.
Section 2.8.2.1, "Additional Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository Installations" describes installation of more than one Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository.
If you have an existing Oracle9iAS Infrastructure and you want to install additional instances of Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository, then select to only install and configure Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository and point the installation to an existing Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory.
You must install the additional instances of Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository one at a time. Otherwise, subsequent Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository installations will overwrite any Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository installations in progress.
Installation of multiple instances of either Oracle9iAS, Oracle9iAS Infrastructure, or Oracle9iAS Developer Kits result in multiple usage of Oracle HTTP Server. The Oracle HTTP Server instances in use are not shared with additional installations of Oracle9iAS. To share Oracle HTTP Server instances, refer to the Oracle9i Application Server Administrator's Guide.
When you install one instance of Oracle9iAS, and Oracle9iAS Web Cache is configured during the installation, two Oracle HTTP Server ports are used. Typically, Oracle9iAS Web Cache will use port 7777 and Oracle HTTP Server will use port 7778.
When you are installing Oracle9iAS and will be using an existing Oracle9iAS Infrastructure, ensure that the following components are running:
Multiple Oracle9iAS Portal and Wireless installations that use the same Oracle9iAS Infrastructure do not work properly in a typical, default Oracle9iAS installation. Refer to the Oracle9iAS Portal Configuration Guide for configuration information.
Refer to appendices or specific guides for the following supplemental components available with Oracle9iAS, version 9.0.2:
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