Oracle Workflow Hardware and Software Requirements (Oracle Workflow Help)

Oracle Workflow Guide
Release 2.6.2
Part Number A95265-03


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Oracle Workflow Hardware and Software Requirements

The components of Oracle Workflow require the following hardware and software configurations:

Oracle Workflow Builder is installed using Oracle Universal Installer and requires the installation of Oracle Net Services (version 8.1.6 or higher for Oracle8i, or version 9.0.1 or higher for Oracle9i) and Required Support Files (version 8.1.6 or higher for Oracle8i, or version 9.0.1 or higher for Oracle9i). You should install Oracle Workflow Builder on an IBM, Compaq or 100% compatible personal computer with the following:

A 486 processor or better

Clock speed of 66 Mhz or greater (90 Mhz or greater is recommended)

Network card

SVGA color monitor

Modem configured with dial-in access for use by Oracle Worldwide Customer Support. At least one PC at your site should be configured with a modem.

Remote access and control software to be used by Customer Support for dial-in access through a modem to your PC. The preferred software is Symantec's Norton pcANYWHERE, or Microcom's Carbon Copy. Without some form of remote access and control software, Oracle Worldwide Customer Support will not be able to dial in to your site to diagnose problems, nor will they be able to supply patches directly to your client PC.

Warning: Please follow the necessary security precautions against viruses and unauthorized access when installing any software that allows remote access.

Dual speed, ISO 9660 format CD-ROM available as a logical drive

Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 or higher

At least 60 Mb of available disk space to install Oracle Workflow Builder, Oracle Net Services, and Required Support Files.

At least 32 Mb of memory, 64 Mb recommended

Attention: Oracle Net Services require and only support the use of Microsoft's TCP/IP drivers.

The Oracle Workflow Server requires the following:

Oracle8i Enterprise or Standard Edition database version 8.1.6 or higher, or Oracle9i Enterprise or Standard Edition database version 9.0.1 or higher, along with the Oracle Objects and JServer Options, installed on a supported server machine

At least 40 Mb of available disk space for Oracle Workflow Server once it is installed in your Oracle Home

At least 128 Mb of memory, 256 Mb recommended

Oracle Net Services version 8.1.6 or higher for Oracle8i, or version 9.0.1 or higher for Oracle9i

SQL*Plus version 8.1 or higher for Oracle8i, or version 9.0.1 or higher for Oracle9i

If you are installing Oracle Workflow Server on Microsoft Windows NT, the following additional hardware and software configurations are required:

ISO 9660 format CD-ROM available as a logical drive

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or higher

Attention: While the version of Oracle Workflow offered to Oracle8i Standard Edition customers is exactly the same as the version offered to Oracle8i Enterprise Edition customers, it is important to note that Oracle Workflow leverages Oracle8i functionality. Consequently, using an Oracle8i Standard Edition database limits some of the features available for use by the Oracle Workflow Business Event System.

For example:

You cannot create any additional queues in Oracle8i Standard Edition beyond the default queues provided by Oracle Workflow. If you require additional queues, you should choose Oracle8i Enterprise Edition.

Oracle Advanced Queuing propagation in Oracle8i Standard Edition does not support propagating messages outside the local database. If you require messages to be propagated to other systems, you should choose Oracle8i Enterprise Edition.

In Oracle9i, however, these restrictions no longer apply. Exactly the same functionality is available with Oracle Workflow in an Oracle9i Standard Edition database as in an Oracle9i Enterprise Edition database.

The e-mail notifications component contains a Notification Mailer program that can send mail through UNIX Sendmail or a Windows NT MAPI-compliant mail application. Oracle Workflow can also send mail to other e-mail applications as long as you install the appropriate UNIX gateway product to communicate with your e-mail application of choice.

Attention: The Microsoft Outlook E-mail Security Update that was released on June 7, 2000 desupports the MAPI Commmon Messaging Calls (CMC) interface used by the Oracle Workflow MAPI Mailer. (See: OL2000: Developer Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update, http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/ Q262/7/01.ASP.) As a result, the Oracle Workflow MAPI Mailer is not certified on any Microsoft Windows platforms where this Microsoft Outlook E-mail Security Update or above has been applied. The Oracle Workflow MAPI Mailer is not certified on Windows XP.

Workflow customers running on NT/2000 are certified to install the UNIX version of the Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer (on UNIX) and connect to a Workflow Server database running on NT/2000.

To send and respond to e-mail notifications with HTML attachments, your e-mail application should support HTML attachments and you should have a Web browser application that supports JavaScript and Frames to view the attachment.

The Web notifications, Workflow Monitor, and Event Manager components require Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql to be installed on a server machine. The Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql components are included with Oracle8i Database version 8.1.7 or higher and with Oracle9i Database version 9.0.1 or higher, as well as with Oracle9i Application Server version 1.0.1 or higher.

To view notifications you need a Web browser application that supports JavaScript and Frames. To view the Workflow Monitor you need a Web browser that supports Java Development Kit (JDK), Version 1.1.8 or higher and Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT), such as Netscape Communicator version 4.76 or a higher version of 4.7x, or Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0x or 5.5x.

To run external Java function activities and to use the Workflow XML Loader, you must have Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.1.8, or a higher 1.1.x version, installed.

To extract the HTML help for the standalone version of Oracle Workflow, you need an unzip utility.

To implement Oracle Internet Directory integration, you must have Oracle Internet Directory Release 2 (9.0.2) installed. To implement Single Sign-On integration, you must implement Oracle Internet Directory integration, and you must have Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On Server Release 2 (9.0.2) and Oracle9iAS Portal Release 2 (9.0.2) installed and have mod_osso installed with Oracle HTTP Server.


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