Oracle9i Application Server Installation Guide
Release 1.0.2.1 for Windows NT/2000

Part Number A88726-01

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Requirements

This chapter provides information about the hardware and software items required for the installation of the Oracle9i Application Server, Oracle9iAS Wireless Client, and the online documentation. The topics include:

Hardware Requirements

The following table contains the hardware requirements for Oracle9i Application Server. All the space calculations are based on NTFS. FAT formatted drives will require additional space.

Hardware Items  Requirements 

CPU 

An Intel compatible 486 or higher processor 

Memory 

128 MB 

Disk Space 

Minimal: 575 MB

Standard Edition: 1.60 GB

Enterprise Edition: 3.05 GB 

Total Pagefile Size or Swap Space 

500 MB 

Make note of the following:

Software Requirements

The following table contains the software requirements for Oracle9i Application Server.

Software Items  Version 

Operating System 

  • Microsoft Windows NT with Service Pack 3 (minimum) or 5 (recommended)

  • Microsoft Windows 2000

 

Virtual Memory 

At least 360 MB of free virtual memory. To change the amount of virtual memory, go to Windows Control Panel and open System. Under the performance tab, change the amount of virtual memory. 

Path Environment Variable

If the value of the user's PATH environment variable is over 1,024 bytes, then the following error may occur when the installer starts up the Oracle HTTP Server process:


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This error can be resolved by doing either one of the following:

Certified Software

Installation of the Oracle9i Application Server requires an Oracle database. A complete list of certified software, including databases, for Oracle9i Application Server can be found on OracleMetaLink, which can be accessed from the URL below:

http://metalink.oracle.com

Oracle9iAS Wireless Client Requirements

The following table contains the requirements for the installation of Oracle9iAS Wireless Client. All the space calculations are based on NTFS. FAT formatted drives will require additional space.

See Also:

Appendix B, "Installing Oracle9i Application Server Administrative and Development Client CD-ROM" 

Hardware Items  Required 

Operating System 

Windows NT 4.0, with Service Pack 5.0 or higher

Windows 2000 

CPU 

Pentium 266 

Memory 

At least 64 MB RAM for running both the Oracle9iAS Wireless Service Designer and Web Integration Developer; at least 32 MB RAM for running the Oracle9iAS Wireless Service Designer. 

Disk Space 

40 MB for running both the Oracle9iAS Wireless Service Designer and Web Integration Developer; at least 20 MB for running the Oracle9iAS Wireless Service. 

JDK 1.2.2 

The client system requires JDK 1.2.2. You can install JDK 1.2.2 for Windows NT from the client CD-ROM. Make the JDK directory the first entry in the system environment path. 

Online Documentation Requirements

The following table contains the tools and disk space requirements for the installation of the Oracle9i Application Server online documentation. All the space calculations are based on NTFS. FAT formatted drives will require additional space.

See Also:

Appendix E, "Installing Documentation Library" 

Requirement  Items 

Online Readers  

Requires any one of the following:

HTML

  • Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

PDF

  • Acrobat Reader 3.0 or higher

  • Acrobat Reader+Search 3.0 or higher

  • Acrobat Exchange 3.0 or higher

  • PDFViewer Web browser plug-in 1.0 or higher

 

Disk Space 

250 MB 


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