1 Deployment Overview

Introduction

Oracle Collaboration Suite CCs are standardized Oracle environments that are rapidly configured and easily deployed. They run on operating systems that are patched and updated to specified levels.

Oracle Collaboration Suite CC contains several additions on top of the base product. These additions ensure standardizations within a hosting environment. Oracle Collaboration Suite CC includes the following deployment features:

• Environment Validation Routine: During installation, configuration, cloning, or at other times in the system life cycle, the environment validation routine ensures that the system meets specified minimum requirements. If the system does not meet minimum requirements, installation, configuration, and cloning will not proceed.

• Adherence to Oracle Outsourcing Standards: Oracle Collaboration Suite CC adheres to and enforces the standards defined for Outsourcing during deployment. This includes disks partitions, file system naming standards, operating system users and groups for Oracle software, and so on.

• Rapid Deployment Using the Gold Image: Oracle Collaboration Suite CC provides an already installed and configured image called the gold image. The Oracle Collaboration Suite CC provides easy-to-use command line tools to rapidly install and reconfigure this gold image for Collaboration Suite Outsourcing customers. Using the Gold Image significantly reduces the deployment time.

• Rapid Installation and Configuration Using Oracle Collaboration Suite CC Utility Pack: Oracle Collaboration Suite CC provides pre-packaged response files and installation driver scripts to install Oracle Collaboration Suite using the Oracle Universal Installer silent installation. It also provides command line configuration tools to easily configure different components in Oracle Collaboration Suite.

• Cloning: Oracle Collaboration Suite CC provides a cloning tool to clone Oracle Collaboration Suite deployments to rapidly provision identical environments when needed.

Oracle Collaboration Suite CC contains the following function-specific certified configurations:

• Oracle9iAS Infrastructure: This is a combination of a metadata repository database (based on Oracle9i Release 1 (9.0.1.4)), a Single Sign-On (SSO) server, a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) version 3 directory server, and a management server that supports Oracle Collaboration Suite deployment. The database contains a collection of schemas and metadata needed to run Oracle Collaboration Suite components. Oracle9iAS Infrastructure is a prerequisite for Oracle Collaboration Suite middle-tier components.

• Oracle Collaboration Suite Information Storage Database: This is a pre-seeded release 9.2 database for Email, Files, and Real-Time Collaboration. The Email, Files, and Real-Time Collaboration Infostores can reside in separate databases in separate Oracle homes or in the same database in one Oracle home.

• Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle-Tier: This provides an integrated enterprise-wide communication, content management, and context management solution. This enables users of desktops, laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), faxes, telephones, and Web clients to collaborate with one another and perform daily tasks. Oracle Collaboration Suite middle-tier consists of the following middle-tier applications:

  Oracle Calendar, Oracle Email, Oracle Files, Oracle Real-Time Collaboration, Oracle Ultra Search, Oracle Wireless and Voice, Oracle Collaboration Suite Web Client, and Oracle9iAS Portal.

  All middle-tier applications are installed with each Oracle Collaboration Suite middle-tier installation. During the configuration phase, you can configure one or more applications.

Installation Methods

The following are methods to install Oracle Collaboration Suite CC:

• Installing from Oracle Collaboration Suite Product CD-ROMs

• Installing from a gold image

Installation Requirements

To install Oracle Collaboration Suite from a Product CD-ROM, you must have the following:

• Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 9.0.4.1.1

• Oracle Collaboration Suite Certified Configuration Utility Pack Release 2.3

Component Versions

Oracle Collaboration Suite CC release 9.0.4.1.1 is an integrated solution that is patched and updated to specified levels to provide reliability and performance. It consists of the following component versions and patches:

• Oracle Collaboration Suite Certified Configuration Utility Pack Release 2.3.1

• Oracle9iAS Infrastructure 9.0.2.3

  • Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository with Oracle9i Release 1 (9.0.1.4) database

  • Oracle Internet Directory (OID) with patch 9.0.2.3

  • Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On (SSO) with patch 9.0.2.3

  • Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE with patch 9.0.2.3

  • Web Cache with patch 9.0.2.3

• Oracle® Server - Enterprise Edition 9.2.0.3

• Oracle® Collaboration Suite 9.0.4.1.0

  • Oracle® Email

  • Oracle® Files

  • Oracle® Real-Time Collaboration

  • Oracle® Calendar

  • Oracle® Wireless

  • Oracle® Ultra Search

• Oracle® Workflow 2.6.2

Deployment Models

Oracle Collaboration Suite CC supports the following deployment models:

Two-Tier Deployment

In a two-tier deployment on a single instance database, all the databases reside on a database-tier node. The OID and SSO servers, and all Oracle Collaboration Suite middle-tier applications, except Calendar, reside on the middle-tier node. This is the preferred model for Collaboration Suite Outsourcing deployment because it is secure and scalable.

You can choose to deploy a two-tier deployment Oracle Collaboration Suite CC on a single instance database or on a Real Application Clusters Certified Configuration (Real Application Clusters CC).

Note: Oracle Real-Time Collaboration does not work on Real Application Clusters CC.

Two-Tier Deployment with Infostore on Single Instance Databases

Figure 1-1 depicts the two-tier deployment model on single instance databases:

Figure 1-1 Two-Tier Deployment of Oracle Collaboration Suite CC

• In Figure 1-1, the database-tier contains the following Oracle homes:

  • O_H1: This Oracle home contains the Oracle9iAS Infrastructure database release 9.0.1.4. The OID and the SSO server processes are not run in this Oracle home.

  • O_H3: This Oracle home contains the Email Information Storage (Infostore) release 9.2.0.3 database.

  • O_H4: This Oracle home contains the Files Information Storage (Infostore) release 9.2.0.3 database.

  • O_H5: This Oracle home contains the Real-Time Collaboration Storage (Infostore) release 9.2.0.3 database.

  • O_H6: This Oracle home contains the Calendar Server.

• In Figure 1-1, the middle-tier contains the following Oracle homes:

  • O_H2: This Oracle home contains Oracle9iAS Infrastructure (mid-tier) running OID and SSO servers only.

  • O_H7: This Oracle home contains the Oracle Collaboration Suite mid-tier components which includes Email, Files, Real-Time Collaboration, Portal, Ultra Search, and Wireless.

    This Oracle home is also configured to service Calendar requests from the Web-based Calendar client.

Two-Tier Deployment with Infostore on Real Application Clusters CC

Oracle Collaboration Suite CC is certified to run with Real Application Clusters CC release 9.2.0.3. You must obtain Real Application Clusters CC release 9.2.0.3 separately.

Figure 1-2 depicts an example of a two-tier deployment model with Infostore on Real Application Clusters CC. You can deploy Oracle homes for the Infrastructure database (O_H1), Real-Time Collaboration (O_H4), and Calendar Server (O_H5) on different nodes or on any of the Real Application Clusters CC nodes. You do not have to deploy the Oracle homes as pictured. You can have more than two Real Application Clusters CC nodes.

Figure 1-2 Two-Tier Deployment of Oracle Collaboration Suite CC with Real Application Clusters CC

• In Figure 1-2, the database-tier contains the following Oracle homes:

  • O_H1: This Oracle home contains the Oracle9iAS Infrastructure database release 9.0.1.4. The OID and the SSO server processes are not run in this Oracle home.

  • O_H4: This Oracle home contains the Real-Time Collaboration Information Storage (Infostore).

  • O_H5: This Oracle home contains the Calendar Server.

  • O_H3a: This Oracle home contains the first instance of the Real Application Clusters CC database for Email and Files Infostores release 9.2.0.3 database.

  • O_H3b: This Oracle home contains the second instance of the Real Application Clusters CC database for Email and Files Infostores release 9.2.0.3 database.

• In Figure 1-2, the middle-tier contains the following Oracle homes:

  • O_H2: This Oracle home contains Oracle9iAS Infrastructure (mid-tier) running OID and SSO servers only.

  • O_H6: This Oracle home contains the Oracle Collaboration Suite mid-tier components which includes Email, Files, Real-Time Collaboration, Portal, Ultra Search, and Wireless.

    This Oracle home is also configured to service Calendar requests from the Web-based Calendar client.

Installation Flow for Two-Tier Deployment

Use the following flow chart when you choose a two-tier deployment model.

Figure 1-3 Flow Chart for Two-Tier Deployment Model

Single-Tier Deployment

In a single-tier deployment, all the components of Oracle Collaboration Suite are deployed on a single node. This is not a preferred method of deployment. However, this deployment can be used for either small-scale intranet deployments or for test purposes.

Figure 1-4 depicts the single-tier deployment model:

Figure 1-4 Single-Tier Deployment Model of Oracle Collaboration Suite CC

In Figure 1-4, the single-tier contains the following Oracle homes:

• O_H1: This Oracle home contains Infrastructure database release 9.0.1.4, and OID and SSO servers.

• O_H2: This Oracle home contains the Email Information Storage (Infostore), Files Information Storage (Infostore), and the Real-Time Collaboration Information Storage (Infostore) release 9.2.0.3 databases.

• O_H3: This Oracle home contains Oracle Collaboration Suite mid-tier components (Calendar, Email, Files, Real-Time Collaboration, Portal, Ultra Search, and Wireless).

Proceed with the rest of the document to install and configure Oracle Collaboration Suite CC.

Language Support

Oracle Collaboration Suite CC is configured to support the following 9 languages: Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese. You can configure additional language support using the Product Configuration tool. Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On is configured to support 21 languages.