Oracleâ E-Business Suite Certified Configuration

Oracle Applications 11i

Oracle Applications 11i consists of the following five tiers:

• Database

• Concurrent Processing

• Admin

• Web

• Forms

The letter i uniquely identifies an Oracle Applications 11i environment. The deployment process will combines the letter i with the first letter of the environment type to form the database system identifier (SID), mount points, and user names and groups.

Table 1 provides examples of users, groups, passwords, and directory structure for the IGOLD environment:

Table 1 IGOLD Examples

Table 2 provides examples of users, groups, passwords, and directory structure for the TEST environment, where the customer short code is abcd:

Table 2 TABCDI Examples

An Oracle Applications 11i environment consists of the mount points in Table 3.

Table 3 Oracle Applications 11i Mount Points

The installation options are as follows:

• Single node – An installation where all five tiers are on the same machine.

• Multi-node – An installation where the five tiers are spread across two or more machines.

• Full environment – An installation where you create all the mount points. Oracle intends this for single-node installations or multi-node installations, where you install the Database tier and one or more of the Apps tiers on the same machine.

• Partial environment – An installation where you can only install the Oracle mount points or the Apps mount points. The intent of this is to save disk space for multi-node installations.

• Database version - An installation where the Database tier can either be Release 8.1.7.4 or Release 9.2.0.2.

Oracle Database Certified Configuration

The Oracle Database Certified Configuration is essentially the Oracle code tree from Oracle Applications 11i, but it has separate naming conventions and an empty seed database.

The letter d uniquely identifies an Oracle Database Certified Configuration environment. The deployment process combines the letter d with the first letter of the environment type to form the database system identifier (SID), mount points, and user names and groups.

Table 4 provides examples of users, groups, passwords, and directory structure for the DGOLD environment and the TEST environment, where the customer short code is abcd:

Table 4 Oracle Database Certified Configuration Variable Examples

An Oracle Database Certified Configuration environment consists of the mount points in Table 5.

Table 5 Oracle Database Certified Configuration Mount Points

The only installation option is Database version, in which you can select Release 8.1.7.4 or Release 9.2.0.2.

Oracle Internet Directory

The Oracle Internet Directory has separate naming conventions.

The letter s uniquely identifies an Oracle Internet Directory environment. The deployment process combines the letter s with the first letter of the environment type to form the database system identifier (SID), mount points, and user names and groups.

Table 6 provides examples of users, groups, passwords, and directory structure for the SGOLD environment and the TEST environment, where the customer short code is abcd:

Table 6 OID Variable Examples

An Oracle Internet Directory environment consists of the mount points in Table 7.

Table 7 Oracle Internet Directory Mount Points

Online Analytical Processing

The Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) has separate naming conventions.

The letter x uniquely identifies an OLAP environment. The deployment process combines the letter x with the first letter of the environment type to form the database system identifier (SID), mount points, and user names and groups.

Table 8 provides examples of users, groups, passwords, and directory structure for the IOLAP environment and the TEST environment, where the customer short code is abcd:

Table 8 OLAP Variable Example

An OLAP environment consists of the OLAP mount point, /mount_point, which is 3 GB.

Limitations and Considerations

To avoid conflicts, you cannot have two environments of the same environment type on one machine.

Also, Oracle Applications 11i and Oracle Database Certified Configuration environments share the same port list, which means that you cannot have these components with the same environment type on one machine.

Minimum Operating System Requirements

The minimum operating system requirements for the Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration are as follows:

• Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 (kernel version 2.4.9-e.3smp or later)

• Current software patches

• Kernel parameters set to the values in Table 10

  Table 10 Kernel Parameters

  Kernel Parameter	Value	Purpose
  SEMMNI	128	Number of semaphore identifiers
  SEMMNS	32000	Maximum number of semaphores
  SEMMSL	1000	Maximum number of semaphores per semaphore set
  SEMOPM	100	Maximum number of operations per semop call
  SHMMAX	1073741824	Maximum size per shared memory segment (bytes)
  SHMMNI	100	Number of shared memory identifiers

  
  

• The system packages in Table 11

  Table 11 Packages

  Packages	Version
  bc	1.06
  expect	5.32.2
  gcc and gcc-c++	2.96
  glibc	2.2.4
  jdk	1.3.1_02
  openmotif	2.1.30
  pdksh	5.2.14
  perl	5.6.1
  sudo	1.6.5p2
  tcl	8.3.3
  tk	8.3.3
  unzip	5.42
  XFreefb-Xvfb	4.1.0

  
  

• Existing file system sizing as shown in Table 12

  Table 12 Sizing

  Directory	File size
  /	9 GB
  /admin	10 GB
  /boot	128 MB
  /oem	2 GB
  /stage	20 GB (If you perform a CD-ROM installation)
  /tmp	1 GB

  
  

Minimum Hardware Requirements

The minimum hardware requirements for the Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration are as follows:

• 2 CPUs

• 450 MHz speed

• 900 CPU power factor (port specific)

  
  

  Note: To calculate CPU power factor, multiply the number of processors with the speed of the processors: CPU power factor = CPU count * speed

  
  

• 2 GB of physical memory

• 2 GB disk swap space

• 2 internal 36 GB drives

• 230 GB free disk space on external disk storage, RAID 0+1 configuration (Recommended)

  Table 13 lists the space needed for each environment deployment type.

  Table 13 Deployment Sizing

  Deployment Type	Production Environment	Other Environments
  Oracle E-Business Certified Configuration	90 GB	60 GB
  OID	61 GB	31 GB
  OLAP	3 GB	3 GB

  
  
  
  

  Note: The recommended 230 GB provides enough space to deploy approximately three environments. To deploy more than two, verify that you have sufficient free disk space for each deployment.

  
  

• 2 Network Interface Cards (NIC), 10/1000 Mbps

Other Configuration Requirements

Before you stage the installation environment, make sure that the host name and domain are set for your host. Also, make sure that the ports in Appendix B of the Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration Getting Started Guide Release 11i (11.5.8) for UNIX are available.

Preconfiguring the System for OS installation

Before you install the operating system, perform the following procedure to preconfigure the system:

1. Run OpenManage Server Assistant CD-ROM for Dell and select Server Setup.

2. In Array Manager running Custom Mode, use the Virtual Disk Wizard to create RAID1 for internal storage and RAID 10 for external storage (if any).

Installing the Operating System

Perform the following procedure to install the operating system:

1. Insert the RedHat Advanced Server 2.1 CD-ROM and reboot the system to start the install.

2. In the Installation Type screen, select Advanced Server.

3. In the Partition Setup screen, select the option to manually partition with Disk Druid on disk /dev/sda only. Make sure all existing partitions are removed.

4. Make the necessary adjustments in the partition creation screen to match the following (based on a 36 GB device):

   • / 9 GB

   • /boot 128 MB

   • swap 2 GB

   • swap (Additional) 2 GB

   • /admin 10 GB

   • /oem 2 GB

5. In the Boot Loader Configuration screen, select LILO as the boot loader. Make sure the boot record is on the same device as the partitions that you created above, and accept all other defaults.

6. Enter the Network Configuration details for the system:

   • Static IP address

   • Subnet mask (tab to Network and Broadcast to allow the installer to populate these fields)

   • Enter the host name and domain name, in the Hostname field, using the following syntax:

     hostname.domainname

   • Gateway

   • 3 Domain Name Server (DNS) entries.

7. In the Firewall Configuration screen, select No Firewall.

8. Enter welcome as the password for root.

9. In the Time Zone Selection screen, configure the Location tab.

10. In the Package Group Selection screen, select GNOME, KDE, and Software Development.

11. Allow the installation to run to completion. Select KDE as the default desktop environment.

12. Verify that the SMP kernel is the default kernel for machines with 4 GB of physical memory, or the Enterprise kernel for machines that are larger than 4 GB.

13. Verify that the /etc/hosts file contains a line with the appropriate network information using the following syntax:

    IP_address hostname.domainname hostname

14. Verify that hostname -d command returns the correct domain name.

Updating the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server Environment

Perform the following procedure to update the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server environment:

1. Log in as the root user.

2. You can install the auxiliary Oracle E-Business Suite Outsourcing (ebso) files to the /admin/ebso from an NFS mount location or from the CD-ROM.

   • To install from an NFS mount location, enter the following commands:

     # mkdir /stage
     # mount psd-sun.us.oracle.com:/image/1158/Linux/CD/Start_Here\ /stage
     # cd /stage/ebso/install
     # ./setup.sh
     
     

     When prompted for the location of EBSO_HOME, press Enter to accept the default value, /admin/ebso.

     Unmount the /stage directory, using the following commands:

     # cd /
     # umount /stage
     
     

   • To install from CD-ROM, disable the DMA on the CD-ROM drive:

     # hdparm -d0 /dev/cdrom
     
     

     Then, insert the Start_Here CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and start the install:

     # cd /mnt/cdrom/ebso/install
     # ./setup.sh
     
     

     When prompted for the location of the EBSO_HOME, press Enter to accept the default value, /admin/ebso. Then, return to the root directory and eject the CD.

Installing the Outsourcing Automation Platform Distribution

The Outsourcing Automation Platform (OAP) distribution contains files for installing the following products:

• APPSAUTO

• AutoVerify

• OEM Intelligent Agent

• PTS Client

• Serviceability

• Support Agent

After you perform the procedure in the Updating the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server Environment section, you can install the OAP distribution from an NFS location or from the CD-ROM.

• To install from an NFS mount location, enter the following commands:

  # mount psd-sun.us.oracle.com:/image/1158/Linux/CD/Start_Here/oap\ /stage
  # cd /stage/install
  # ./setup_oap.sh
  
  

  When prompted for the location of the OAP_HOME, press Enter to accept the default value, /admin.

  Unmount the /stage directory, using the following commands:

  # cd /
  # umount /stage
  
  

• To install from CD-ROM, insert the Start_Here CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and start the install, using the following commands:

  # cd /mnt/cdrom/oap/install
  # ./setup_oap.sh
  
  

  When prompted for the location of the OAP_HOME, press Enter to accept the default value, /admin. Then, return to the root directory and eject the CD-ROM.

VERITAS Volume Manager and NetApps Storage Options

If you chose NetApps as your storage option, make sure that file volumes to house the IGOLD application, OLAP, and FTP interface environment exist and are available.

If VERITAS Volume Manager is your storage option, perform the following installation and configuration steps:

1. Log out of the system, and then log back in as the root user. Make sure that you set the EBSO_HOME environment variable.

2. For VERITAS VxVM only, create a 32 MB partition on the system disk, for example, /dev/sda8, using the fdisk utility. Make sure that the partition appears in the /proc/partitions file. If it does not appear in the file, reboot the server.

3. Install the VERITAS Volume Manager 3.2 rpm packages in the following order:

   • VRTSvlic

   • VRTSvxvm (Update 2)

   • VRTSvmdoc

   • VRTSvmman

4. Run the vxinstall utility to install a valid VERITAS VxVM license key.

5. When prompted, enter the license key.

6. After the system accepts the license key, exit the vxinstall utility.

7. Configure the VxVM root disk group using the sda8 partition that you created in step 2, as follows:

   # cd /admin/ebso/install/bin
   # ./crvxrtdg.sh
   

Running the Validation Script

The validation script, ocheck, checks your system for the minimum Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration requirements listed in the Minimum Requirements section.

To verify if your system meets Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration requirements, run ocheck from /admin/ebso/ocheck directory as the root user. You can run ocheck with or without capturing the output in a log file, as follows:

• To run the ocheck script without capturing the output in a log file, use the following syntax:

  # ./ocheck -product ebiz -preinstall -prettyprint
  
  

• To run the ocheck script while generating a log file, use the following syntax, substituting a log file name for output_filename:

  # ./ocheck -product ebiz -preinstall -prettyprint -o output_filename
  
  

• To run the ocheck script for the Oracle Database Certified Configuration, substitute the keyword rdbms for the keyword ebiz in the two examples above.