# Installation and Upgrade Guide

# Installation Prerequisites

Complete the following basic steps to prepare your network and host computers for deployment:

1. Download the most up-to-date documentation from http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html. Read the release notes for additional information on compatibility issues, known problems, and workarounds that might affect how you proceed with your deployment. Release notes are located at the top-level directory of the product package and on edocs.
2. Organize the information you need for the installation process by completing the Installation Worksheets for BEA AquaLogic Collaboration 4.5.
3. Provision host computers for your deployment and install prerequisite software. For details, see Hardware and Software Requirements.

## Hardware and Software Requirements

The following table lists the software requirements for Collaboration. For more information on recommended configurations based on the size of your implementation, see the Deployment Guide for BEA AquaLogic User Interaction.

Caution: | IPv6 is not supported. You should verify that IPv6 is not enabled prior to installing this product.
Table 2-1 Hardware and Software Requirements
Component | Requirement
--- | ---
Collaboration Host Computer | AIX 5.3, on POWER3, POWER4, POWER5 HP-UX 11i V2 & V3 (Itanium) (64-bit) Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1 or R2, SP2, on x86 (32-bit only) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 5 (ES & AS), on x86 Solaris 9, 10, on SPARC SUSE Enterprise Linux 10, on x86
Database Server Host Computer | (Windows only) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (32 and 64-bit, with SQL Server 2000 compatibility level) IBM DB/2, version 9.5 Oracle Oracle 9i (v.9.2.0.7); 10G (v.10.1.0.3), 10G R2 (v.10.2.0.x), Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.x). Oracle 10.x versions can be in default or Oracle RAC configuration
Note: | If you are upgrading Oracle from 10.1.x to 10.2.x or SQL Server from 2000 to 2005, you should perform this upgrade before upgrading Collaboration.
Servlet Engine | BEA Embedded Servlet Engine 4.0 BEA WebLogic Server 10 MP1 with BEA JRockit 5.0 (R26.4.0 + CR302700) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit
Portal | BEA AquaLogic Interaction 6.5, 6.5 MP1
Browser | Firefox 2.0, 3.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x, 7.0 Netscape 7.2, 8.x Safari 2.0, 3.0 (Simple Mode only)
Groupware Servers | Lotus Notes 5.0.11 Microsoft Exchange 2000 (SP3 and higher) Microsoft Exchange 2003
Microsoft Project | Microsoft Project 2003, 2007
Microsoft Office (for Collaboration Office Tools Add-In and WebDAV functionality) | Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2+ Microsoft Office 2003 on Microsoft Vista
Required Software for Microsoft Exchange Integration | Microsoft.NET 2.0 Microsoft Web Services Enhancement 2.0