5 Getting Started with Installation

This chapter describes how to get started with the three Oracle Collaboration Suite installations. You must follow the procedures in this chapter to ensure that the installation process is successful.

This chapter contains these topics:

• Installing Oracle Components from the CD-ROMs

• Installing Oracle Components from a Hard Drive

• Oracle Universal Installer Overview

• Starting Oracle Universal Installer

• Installation Session Log Files

Installing Oracle Components from the CD-ROMs

Oracle Collaboration Suite includes CD-ROMs for installing the following products:

• Oracle9iAS Infrastructure

• Oracle Collaboration Suite Information Storage

• Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle Tier

• Oracle Collaboration Suite Clients

• Oracle Cluster Manager version 9.2.0.3

The Oracle CD-ROMs are in ISO 9660 format with Rockridge extensions. You can either choose to install directly from the CD-ROMs, or copy the CD-ROM contents and then install from your system hard drive. You must complete the procedures required for the installation method you choose before starting Oracle Universal Installer.

Installing Oracle Components from a Hard Drive

1. Copy each CD-ROM to your system hard drive under a directory named Disk1 for the first CD-ROM, a directory named Disk2 for the second CD-ROM, and so on (depending upon the number of the CD-ROM in the sequence of disks that comprises the set).

2. Double-click setup on Disk1 to start Oracle Universal Installer.

Oracle Universal Installer Overview

Oracle Collaboration Suite uses Oracle Universal Installer to guide you through each step of the installation process. Oracle Universal Installer provides the following features:

• Describes installation options for Oracle Collaboration Suite

• Detects preset environment variables and configuration settings

• Deinstalls Oracle Collaboration Suite products

This section describes the following Oracle Universal Installer features:

• Oracle Universal Installer Prerequisite Checks

• Additional Component Installations with Oracle Universal Installer

Oracle Universal Installer Prerequisite Checks

Oracle Universal Installer automatically checks your computer prior to installation to verify that your system meets operational requirements. Table 5-1 lists the prerequisite checks that are performed.

Table 5-1 Oracle Universal Installer Automatic Prerequisite Checks

Prerequisite Checks	See Also
Check for enough disk space for Oracle home installation	"Hardware Requirements"
Check that the install host has enough RAM	"Hardware Requirements"
For middle tier and information storage installs, verify existence of one Oracle9iAS infrastructure installation	Chapter 1, " Installation Overview"
Verify that the monitor has 256 color viewing capability	"Hardware Requirements"

See Also: Appendix B, " Installation Checklists " for the installation checklists for each installation of Oracle Collaboration Suite

Additional Component Installations with Oracle Universal Installer

When you are planning to install a subsequent Oracle Collaboration Suite or Oracle9iAS infrastructure installation on the same host, Oracle Corporation recommends the following steps:

• Review Chapter 2, " Preparing for Installation " for preinstallation tasks

• Stop the Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site

  
  

  See Also: Oracle9i Application Server Administrator's Guide for more information

  
  

• Ensure that all other previously installed Oracle Collaboration Suite instances are running when you begin installation

• Specify a different Oracle home than the first Oracle Collaboration Suite installation

• Use the same oraInventory directory for subsequent Oracle Collaboration Suite installations.Review Chapter 4, "Oracle Collaboration Suite Deployment Methods" in this guide to ensure successful coexistence of Oracle Collaboration Suite components

Starting Oracle Universal Installer

Caution: The Oracle Universal Installer automatically installs the Oracle-supplied version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). This version is required to run the Oracle Universal Installer and several Oracle assistants. Do not modify the JRE except by using a patch provided by Oracle Support Services.

See Also: The Oracle Universal Installer online help if you have questions about the type of information to enter during the installation procedures described in this section

Follow these steps to start Oracle Universal Installer and each Oracle Collaboration Suite installation:

1. Ensure that you have completed all the requirements described in Chapter 2, " Preparing for Installation ".

2. Print and complete the installation checklists in Appendix B, " Installation Checklists " for each installation. Many of the values are needed to complete the other installations and configurations.

3. Log in as a member of the Administrators group.

   
   

   Note: Oracle Corporation recommends using the same operating system user account when installing and configuring additional Oracle Collaboration Suite applications on the same host.

   
   

4. Insert the first CD-ROM of the appropriate installation into the CD-ROM drive.

   The Autorun window automatically displays. If the Autorun window does not display:

   1. Choose Start > Run.

   2. Enter the following:

      DRIVE_ LETTER:\autorun\autorun.exe
      
      

5. Click Install to display the Welcome screen of the Oracle Universal Installer.

   
   

   Note: Do not install the Oracle9iAS infrastructure or the Oracle Collaboration Suite middle tier on a cluster. Only the Oracle Collaboration Suite information storage can be installed on a cluster.

   
   
   
   

   See Also: Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration for more information about installing Real Application Clusters (available on the Oracle Technology Network)

   
   

6. Click Next to display the Specify File Locations screen.

   If you install Oracle Collaboration Suite information storage on a cluster, the Cluster Node Selection screen displays. Select the nodes on which you want to install the Oracle software. Real Application Clusters software is installed on the node from which Oracle Universal Installer is run and copied to the other selected nodes in the cluster. The local node is always selected by default.

7. On the Specify File Locations screen:

   • In the Source section, accept the default path

   • In the Destination section, enter the Name and the full Path of the Oracle home

8. Click Next to display the Language Selection screen.

9. Select from the list languages supported by Oracle Collaboration Suite any languages you want supported by your installation of Oracle Collaboration Suite. Click Next.

   
   

   Notes: Languages selected here enable users to access your installation of Oracle Collaboration Suite in their native language, as long as that language is supported by Oracle Collaboration Suite. Supported languages cannot be added after the installation is complete. In order to add other languages, you must completely reinstall Oracle Collaboration Suite.

   
   

These are the initial steps that precede the various installation procedures in Chapter 6, " Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite".

Installation Session Log Files

The Oracle Universal Installer creates the SYSTEM_DRIVE:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs directory the first time it is run on a computer. This directory keeps an inventory of products that the Oracle Universal Installer installs on your computer, as well as other installation information. If you have previously installed Oracle products, this directory already exists.

The log file of the most recent installation is:

installActionstodays_date_time.log

where todays_date_time is the date and time of installation.