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Oracle® Collaboration Suite Certified Configuration Deployment and Cloning Guide
Release 9.0.4.1 for Linux x86
Part No. B12145-01
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Preface

Prerequisites
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Conventions
Command Syntax

1 Deployment Overview

Introduction
Installation Methods
Installation Requirements
Component Versions
Deployment Models
Two-Tier Deployment
Two-Tier Deployment with Infostore on Single Instance Databases
Two-Tier Deployment with Infostore on Real Application Clusters CC
Installation Flow for Two-Tier Deployment
Single-Tier Deployment
Language Support

2 Deployment Requirements

System Requirements
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Kernel Parameter Settings
Partitioning Requirements
Partitions for Local Disk
Partitions for Oracle Software
Partitions for Two-Tier Deployment: Partitions on a Database-Tier System
Partitions for a Two-Tier Deployment: Partitions on a Middle-Tier System
Partitions for a Single-Tier Deployment
Disk Storage Requirement
Operating System Users and Groups
Configuring Hostnames
Network Setup Requirements
Removing IBM JDK and JRE 1.3.x
Validation
Prerequisites for Installation and Configuration

3 Installation and Configuration Using the Gold Image on a Two-Tier System

Access to the Gold Image
Creating a Stage Area Using Oracle Collaboration Suite CC Gold Image CDs
Overview of a Two-Tier Deployment
Installing Database-Tier Components
Installing Mid-Tier Components
Configuring Components on the Database-Tier and Middle-Tier
Configuring Components Using Interactive Mode
Configuring Components Using An Input File

4 Installation and Configuration Using the Gold Image on a Single-Tier System

Access to the Gold Image
Overview of a Single-Tier Deployment
Installing Components on the Single-Tier
Configuring Components on the Single-Tier
Configuring Components Using Interactive Mode
Configuring Components Using An Input File

5 Installation and Configuration From the Product CD-ROMs on a Two-Tier System

Creating a Stage Area
Overview of a Two-Tier Deployment
Installing Components on the Database-Tier and Middle-Tier
Configuring Components
Preconfiguration Validations
Configuring Components on the Database-Tier and Middle-Tier
Configuring Components Using Interactive Mode
Configuring Components Using An Input File
Completing Post-Configuration Steps for Infrastructure
Infostore Deployment Options
Installing Infostores on the Database-Tier in a Single Database
Configuring Infostores on the Database-Tier in a Single Database
Preconfiguration Validations
Configuring Infostores on the Database-Tier in a Single Database
Verifying Configuration
Installing and Configuring Infostores on Real Application Clusters CC
For Email Infostore only
For Files Infostore only
Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid-Tier Components on the Middle-Tier
Preconfiguration Steps for Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid-Tier Components
Preconfiguration Steps for Email Infostore on Real Application Clusters CC
Preconfiguration Steps for Files Infostore on Real Application Clusters CC
Configuring Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid-Tier Components on the Middle-Tier
Configuring Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid-Tier Components Using Interactive Mode
Configuring Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid-Tier Components Using An Input File
Additional Configuration Steps for Files on Real Application Clusters CC

6 Post-Configuration

Post-Configuration Steps for Deployments From the Gold Image
Applying Patch
Post-Configuration Steps for Files
Modifying Credential Managers for Files
Changing the Site Administrative User Password for Files
Post-Configuration Steps for Infostore Databases
Refreshing ONS Configuration
For Two-Tier Deployment
Creating a Subscriber Administrator for Files
Removing Old Partner Applications
Restarting Oracle Collaboration Suite
Configuring Search Features
Changing the Datafiles in Oracle Files
Setting Up cron Job to Back Up Calendar
Post-Configuration Steps for Deployments From the Product CD-ROMs
Applying Patches
Starting Databases in Archive Mode
Changing temp Tablespaces to Autoextensible to ’YES’
Applying the Workaround for Bug Number 3136600
Applying the Workaround for Email Bug Number 3093934
Applying the OUI Workaround for Oracle Collaboration Suite CC Middle-Tier
Configuring Search Features
Setting Up Oracle Collaboration Suite Home Page for Portal Users
Granting Customization Privileges to All Portal Users
Setting the Default Home Page for the orcladmin and portal Users
Setting the Default Home Page for All Users
Setting Up cron Job to Back Up Calendar
Handling Configuration Failures

7 Tuning

Tuning Steps for Installations From Gold Image and Product CD-ROMs
Tuning Systems
Enabling Bigpages on the Back-End System
Setting NFS Mount Options for File Systems
Setting the ulimit of File Descriptors
Setting the ulimit of Core Files
Enabling Hyper-Threading
Tuning the Security Proxy
Performance Tuning for Files
Tuning Steps for Installations From Product CD-ROMs Only
Tuning the Email Infostore Database
Disabling Dispatchers
Setting Parameters
Tuning the Infrastructure Database
Disabling Dispatchers
Setting Parameters
Tuning the Files Infostore
Disabling Dispatchers
Setting Parameters
Tuning the Protocol Servers

8 Verification

Verifying Configuration
Verifying Infrastructure
Verifying Infrastructure Database
Verifying Infrastructure OID and SSO
Infrastructure OID
Infrastructure SSO
Verifying Infostores
Verifying Calendar Server
Verifying Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid-Tier Components
Verifying Email
Verifying Files
Verifying Real-Time Collaboration
Verifying Calendar Webclient
Verifying Portal
Verifying Portlets
Default Access URLs

9 Cloning

Cloning Concepts and Features
Cloning Considerations
Prerequisites for Cloning
Shutdown Sequence for Two-Tier Deployments
Shutdown Sequence for Single-Tier Deployments
Cloning a Two-Tier Deployment
Preparing the Clone Stage Area on the Source Database-Tier
Preparing the Clone Stage Area on the Source Middle-Tier
Extracting the Clone Images on the Destination Database-Tier
Extracting the Clone Images on the Destination Middle-Tier
Changing the Infrastructure Mid-Tier Oracle Home If Your Souce Instances Were Configured For SSL Virtual Server Set-Up Image
Changing the Middle-Tier Oracle Home If Your Source Instances Were Configured For SSL Virtual Server Set-Up Image
Cloning Sequence
Cloning Infrastructure Database
Cloning Infrastructure Mid-Tier
Cloning Email and Files Infostores and Calendar Server on the Database-Tier
Cloning Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid-Tier Components on the Middle-Tier
Cloning a Single-Tier Deployment
Preparing the Clone Stage Area on the Source Single-Tier
Extracting the Clone Images on the Destination Single-Tier
Changing the Infrastructure Mid-Tier Oracle Home If Your Souce Instances Were Configured For SSL Virtual Server Set-Up Image
Changing the Middle-Tier Oracle Home
Cloning Sequence
Cloning Infrastructure
Cloning Email and Files Infostores
Cloning Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid-Tier Components on the Single-Tier
Post-Cloning Steps
Adjusting the URL for Files
Changing the Site Administrative User for Files
Modifying Credential Managers for Files
Changing the Datafiles in Oracle Files
Updating Middle-Tier tnsnames.ora When Source Files Infostore Database Was Deployed Using Oracle Real Application Cluster CC
Refreshing ONS Configuration
For Two-Tier Deployment
Removing Old Partner Applications
Restart Oracle Collaboration Suite Services
For a Two-Tier Deployment
For a Single-Tier Deployment
Post-Cloning Steps for Real Application Clusters CC for Email and Files Infostore
Setting Up cron Job to Back Up Calendar

10 Setting Up Oracle Collaboration Suite CC with Hardware Load Balancer and SSL Accelerator

Overview
Assumptions
Requirements
Configuring Big-IP
Opening Ports at the Firewalls
Configuring Infrastructure Mid-Tier for Virtual Server
Configuring the Oracle Collaboration Suite CC Middle-Tier for Virtual Server

11 Upgrading from 9.0.3.1 to 9.0.4.1

Backing Up Oracle Installations
Upgrading Infrastructure
Applying Database 9.0.1.4 Patch Set - ARU 2037356 on Infrastructure Oracle Home
Preparing the System for Patching
Applying the Patch
Issues During Patching
Applying iAS 9.0.2.3 Patch Set - ARU 4512688 on Infrastructure Oracle Home
Preparing the System for Patching
Applying the Patch
Issues During Patching
Preparing Infrastructure for Oracle Email Upgrade
Creating the orclguest User
Upgrading Infostore
Applying the OUI Patch - ARU 4156348 on Infostore Oracle Home
Issues During Patching
Applying Database 9.2.0.3 Patch - ARU 4019896 on Infostore Oracle Home
Preparing the System for Patching
Applying the Patch
Issues During Patching
Installing Real-Time Collaboration Infostore
Upgrading Middle-Tier
Upgrading Calendar Server on the Database-Tier
Installing Calendar Server (9.0.4) Using the General Availability Release
Performing the Calendar Server Upgrade
Upgrading Oracle Collaboration Suite CC Mid-Tier on the Middle-Tier
Installing a Oracle Collaboration Suite 9.0.4 Middle-Tier Using the General Availability Release
Performing Middle-Tier Upgrades
Deleting Instances of Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 1 (9.0.3)

12 Service Administration

Configuring Additional Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle-Tier Components
Disabling Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle-Tier Components
Disabling Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle-Tier Components
Re-Enabling Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle-Tier Components
Sequence for Starting and Stopping Oracle Collaboration Suite Components
Starting Two-Tier Components
Stopping Two-Tier Components
Starting Single-Tier Components
Stopping Single-Tier Components
Starting and Stopping Oracle Collaboration Suite Components

A Input Parameters for config.sh

Input Parameters for config.sh

B Troubleshooting

Installation and Configuration Troubleshooting
Installation Troubleshooting
Installation Logs
Installation Questions and Answers
Installation Error Messages
Configuration Troubleshooting
Configuration Logs
Configuration Questions and Answers
Failure of Parameter Validations
Error During Actual Configuration
Configuration Error Message
Configuration Relinking Errors
Runtime Troubleshooting

C Deinstalling

Deinstalling Oracle Collaboration Suite CC

D Default Oracle Files Tablespaces

Default Oracle Files Tablespaces and Data File Locations

E Log Files Relocation

Log Files Relocations

F Default Port Numbers

Default Port Numbers for the Database-Tier
Default Port Numbers for the Middle-Tier

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