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Preface

Intended Audience

Structure

Related Documents

Documentation Accessibility

Conventions

1 Concepts

The Oracle 9iFS Domain

Services and Servers

Locators

Guarded and Unguarded Nodes

HTTP Nodes

Node Configuration

Oracle 9iFS Management Tools

Oracle9i Enterprise Manager Console

Oracle 9iFS Manager

Oracle 9iFS Configuration Assistant

The Web Interface

Command Line Utilities

XML Configuration Files

Administration Scripts

2 Pre-installation

Installation Overview

Hardware Requirements

Pre-Installation Tasks

Task 1: Verify Available Hard Disk Space

Task 2: Back Up Existing Database and Log Files

Task 3: Install the Oracle9i Database

Task 4: Configure the Database Machine

Task 5: Set Database Parameters

Task 6: Start the Processes Necessary for Installing Oracle 9iFS

Task 7: Set Up the the Oracle9i database Enterprise Manager

Task 8: Stop Oracle iFS Processes

3 Installing the Oracle 9iFS Software

Run the Oracle Universal Installer

Run the Configuration Assistant

4 Upgrading from a Previous Version of Oracle 9iFS

Upgrade Considerations

Pre-Installation Tasks for Upgrading from a Previous Version of Oracle 9iFS

Task 1: Back Up the Existing Database

Task 2: Upgrade the Existing Database to Oracle9i or Oracle 8.1.7.2

Installation of Oracle 9iFS

5 Post-installation

Make the Changes Identified by the Configuration Assistant

Start the Oracle 9iFS Mail Servers

Restart the Intelligent Agent

Rediscover the Host

Restart the Oracle HTTP Server

Run ifsomssetup

Re-populate the Oracle Text Index (Upgrades Only)

Modify Oracle Text Indexing Scripts (Upgrades Only)

Start/Stop the Oracle 9iFS Domains and Nodes from the Oracle9i Enterprise Manager Console

Start Oracle Management Server

Start the Oracle 9iFS Domains and Nodes

Stop the Oracle 9iFS Domains and Nodes

Start/Stop the Oracle 9iFS Domains and Nodes from the Commandline

Start the Domains and Nodes from the Commandline

Stop the Oracle 9iFS Domain from the Commandline

Run the Oracle 9iFS Servlets with the Oracle HTTP Server

Running Oracle 9iFS Servlets in a Separate Jserv Process

Running in the Default Jserv Process

Install the Oracle 9iFS Portlet

Register the Oracle 9iFS Portlet with Oracle Portal

Verifying the Portlet Provider Is Running

Edit Default Parameters

Configure the NFS Server

NFS User Authentication

Configuring the Oracle 9iFS Users for NFS

Security Considerations

NLS Support

Supporting Hummingbird NFS Maestro Clients

Limitations

Configuring and Using JRE 1.3.0

6 Client Packages Installation

Installing the Oracle 9iFS Windows Utilities

Accessing Oracle 9iFS through HTTP

Registering the Oracle 9iFS Portlet with Oracle Portal

Installing the Oracle 9iFS File Sync Component

Installing the Command Line Client Utilities

NFS Client Configuration

Solaris 2.7, 2.8

Red Hat Linux 6.2

Hummingbird NFS Maestro 7.0

Linking an NFS Directory Using the NFS Maestro Network Access Tool

Linking an NFS Directory Using the Command Line

Troubleshooting

7 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Installation Problems

Classpath Failures

Common Installation Errors

Troubleshooting Oracle9i Enterprise Manager Problems

When to Contact Oracle Support Services

Index