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Oracle® Collaboration Suite Installation Guide
10g Release 1 (10.1.1) for Linux

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Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions

1 What You Should Know Before Installation

1.1 Order of Installation
1.2 Contents of Oracle Collaboration Suite DVD Pack
1.3 Compatibility with Earlier Versions
1.4 Where Do I Install Oracle Collaboration Suite?
1.5 Oracle Home Directory
1.6 Installing Any Oracle Product for the First Time
1.7 What Are the Types of Installations Supported by Oracle Collaboration Suite?
1.7.1 Basic Installation
1.7.2 Advanced Installation
1.7.2.1 Oracle Collaboration Suite Infrastructure Installation
1.7.2.2 Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications Installation
1.7.2.3 Oracle Collaboration Suite Infrastructure and Applications Installation
1.8 Installing Support for Additional Languages
1.9 Oracle Collaboration Suite Instances and Instance Names
1.9.1 How Oracle Collaboration Suite Uses Instance Names
1.10 The ias_admin User and Restrictions on Its Password
1.11 Where Does the Installer Write Files?
1.12 Why Do I Need to Log In as root at Certain Times During Installation?
1.13 Running root.sh During Installation
1.14 Connecting to Oracle Internet Directory Through SSL

2 Preparing to Install Oracle Collaboration Suite

2.1 Hardware Requirements
2.1.1 Considerations for Real-Time Collaboration
2.1.2 Tips for Reducing Memory Usage
2.2 Software Requirements
2.2.1 Software Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.0 Systems
2.2.2 Software Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0 Systems
2.2.3 Software Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Systems
2.2.4 Software Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Systems
2.3 Kernel Parameters
2.4 Ports
2.4.1 Checking If a Port Is in Use
2.4.2 Using Default Port Numbers
2.4.3 Using Custom Port Numbers (the "Static Ports" File)
2.4.3.1 Format of the staticports.ini File
2.4.3.2 Error Conditions That Will Cause the Installer to Use Default Ports Instead of Specified Ports
2.4.4 Ports for Oracle HTTP Server and OracleAS Web Cache
2.4.4.1 Examples That Use the staticports.ini File
2.4.5 If Port 1521 Is in Use
2.4.5.1 If Port 1521 Is Being Used by an Existing Oracle Database
2.4.5.2 If Port 1521 Is Being Used by Some Other Application
2.5 Operating System Groups
2.5.1 Create a Group for the Inventory Directory
2.5.2 Create Groups for Database Administrators
2.6 Operating System User
2.7 Environment Variables
2.7.1 Environment Variable Tips
2.7.2 ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID
2.7.3 PATH, CLASSPATH, and Shared Library Path Environment Variables
2.7.4 DISPLAY
2.7.5 TNS_ADMIN
2.7.6 TMP and TMPDIR
2.7.7 LD_BIND_NOW
2.7.8 ORA_NLS
2.8 The /etc/hosts File
2.8.1 Location of the Default Identity Management Realm
2.8.2 Host Name for Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On
2.9 Network Topics
2.9.1 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite on a DHCP Host
2.9.2 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite on Multihomed Computers
2.9.3 Copying the DVD to a Hard Drive and Installing from the Hard Drive
2.9.4 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite from a Remote DVD-ROM Drive
2.9.5 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite on Remote Computers
2.9.6 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite on NFS-Mounted Storage
2.9.7 Support for NIS and NIS+
2.10 Prerequisite Checks Performed by the Installer

3 Starting the Oracle Collaboration Suite Installation

3.1 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite from the DVDs
3.1.1 Mounting DVDs for Linux
3.1.1.1 Mounting DVD-ROMs with Auto-Mounting Software
3.1.1.2 Mounting DVDs Manually
3.2 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite from a Hard Drive
3.3 Understanding Oracle Universal Installer
3.3.1 oraInventory Directory and Installation Session Log Files
3.3.2 Additional Component Installations with Oracle Universal Installer
3.4 Starting Oracle Universal Installer

4 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Infrastructure

4.1 Types of Infrastructure Installation
4.1.1 Why Would I Select Different Types of Installation?
4.2 Order of Infrastructure Installation
4.3 Preparing to Install Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Infrastructure
4.3.1 Can I Install Components on Separate Computers?
4.3.2 Tips for Installing Identity Management Components Separately
4.3.3 Do I Need the Oracle Delegated Administration Services or Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning Components?
4.3.4 Can I Use an Existing Instance of Oracle Internet Directory?
4.3.5 How Do I Register Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database in Oracle Internet Directory and Randomize the Password?
4.3.6 Can I Use Multiple Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Databases?
4.3.7 What High Availability Options Does Oracle Collaboration Suite Support?
4.3.8 What Are the Restrictions on the Passwords for the SYS and SYSTEM Users?
4.3.9 What Do I Enter in the Specify Namespace in Internet Directory Screen?
4.3.10 How Do I Determine Port Numbers Used by Components?
4.4 Understanding Common Installation Screens
4.4.1 First Few Screens of the Installation
4.4.2 Screens of Oracle Collaboration Suite Database Installation
4.4.3 Screens of OracleAS Certificate Authority Installation
4.4.4 Last Few Screens of the Installation
4.5 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Infrastructure
4.5.1 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database and Identity Management Components in a New Database
4.5.2 Installing Only Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database in a New Database
4.5.3 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database in an Existing Database
4.5.4 Installing Identity Management Components Excluding Oracle Internet Directory
4.5.5 Installing Identity Management Components Including Oracle Internet Directory
4.5.6 Installing Only Oracle Internet Directory
4.5.7 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Infrastructure for an Existing Instance of Oracle Internet Directory
4.5.8 Installing Only Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority and Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database
4.5.9 Running the OCSdbSchemaReg Script
4.5.10 Using an Existing Instance of Identity Management from Oracle Application Server
4.5.11 Using an Existing Instance of OracleAS Portal from Oracle Application Server

5 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database in an Existing Database

5.1 Preparing to Install
5.2 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Database in an Existing Database
5.2.1 Applying the 10g Release 1 (10.1.0.4.2) Patch Set
5.2.1.1 Preinstallation Requirements
5.2.1.2 Preinstallation Tasks
5.2.1.3 Installation Tasks
5.2.1.4 Postinstallation Tasks
5.2.2 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite
5.2.2.1 Preinstallation Tasks
5.2.2.2 Installation Tasks
5.3 Split Configuration

6 Configuring Oracle Internet Directory for Installation Privileges

6.1 Default Users in Oracle Internet Directory
6.2 Groups in Oracle Internet Directory
6.2.1 Global Groups
6.2.2 Groups for Each Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database
6.2.3 Groups for Each Component
6.3 Groups Required to Configure or Deinstall Components
6.4 Groups Required to Install Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database
6.5 Creating Users in Oracle Internet Directory
6.6 Adding Users to Groups in Oracle Internet Directory
6.6.1 Using Oracle Directory Manager to Add Users to Groups
6.6.1.1 Navigating to Global Groups
6.6.1.2 Navigating to Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database Groups
6.6.1.3 Navigating to Component Groups
6.6.2 Using the Deployment Delegation Console to Add Users to Groups
6.7 Contents of a New Oracle Internet Directory
6.8 User Name and Realm for Logging In to Oracle Internet Directory

7 Installing Oracle Internet Directory in Replicated Mode

7.1 Oracle Internet Directory Replication Overview
7.1.1 Fan-Out Replication (LDAP Replication)
7.1.2 Multimaster Replication (Advanced Replication)
7.2 Requirements
7.2.1 Database Requirements
7.2.2 Clock Synchronization
7.3 Installation Order
7.4 Installing a Master Oracle Internet Directory
7.5 Installing an Oracle Internet Directory Replica
7.5.1 Overview of Installing a Replica
7.5.2 Installing an Oracle Internet Directory Replica with a New Database
7.5.3 Installing an Oracle Internet Directory Replica Against an Existing Database
7.6 Accessing Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services

8 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications

8.1 Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications and Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Infrastructure
8.2 Components in Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications
8.3 Which Components Do I Need?
8.4 Component Dependencies
8.4.1 Component Dependency on Oracle Mail
8.4.2 Component Dependency on an Existing Instance of OracleAS Portal and Oracle Collaborative Portlets
8.4.3 Component Dependency of OracleAS Portal on Oracle KnowledgeBase in Distributed Identity Management Architecture Installations
8.5 How Can I Determine the Port Numbers Used by Components?
8.6 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications Against an Upgraded Oracle Internet Directory
8.7 Configuring Additional Applications-Tier Components After Installation
8.8 Can I Upgrade and Expand Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications at the Same Time?
8.9 Can I Use a Specific Oracle Calendar Server Node ID During the Installation?
8.9.1 Selecting a Node ID
8.9.2 Not Connecting a Node
8.10 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications
8.10.1 Preinstallation Tasks
8.10.1.1 Sendmail-Related Tasks
8.10.1.2 Oracle Collaboration Suite Search-Related Tasks
8.10.2 First Few Screens of the Installation
8.10.3 Component Installation Screens
8.10.4 Last Few Screens of the Installation

9 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite on a Single Computer

9.1 Using Basic Installation for Single-Computer Installation
9.2 Using Advanced Installation for Single-Computer Installation
9.2.1 Starting Single-Computer Installation
9.2.2 Performing Single-Computer Installation

10 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite in High Availability Environments

10.1 Understanding High Availability Configurations: Overview and Common Requirements
10.1.1 Understanding the Common High Availability Principles
10.1.1.1 Oracle Collaboration Suite Database Tier
10.1.1.2 Identity Management Service
10.1.1.3 Oracle Calendar
10.1.1.4 Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications Tier
10.1.2 Overview of High Availability Configurations
10.1.2.1 Single Cluster Architecture
10.1.2.2 Colocated Identity Management Architecture
10.1.2.3 Distributed Identity Management Architecture
10.1.2.4 Summary of Differences
10.1.3 Installation Order for High Availability Configurations
10.1.4 Requirements for High Availability Configurations
10.1.4.1 Check Minimum Number of Nodes
10.1.4.2 Check That Groups Are Defined Identically on All Nodes
10.1.4.3 Check the Properties of the oracle User
10.1.4.4 Check for Previous Oracle Installations on All Nodes
10.2 Preparing to Install Oracle Collaboration Suite in High Availability Environments
10.2.1 Preinstallation Steps
10.2.1.1 Use the Same Path for the Oracle Home Directory (Recommended)
10.2.1.2 Synchronize Clocks on All Nodes
10.2.1.3 Configure Virtual Server Names and Ports for the Load Balancer
10.2.1.4 Configure Your LDAP Virtual Server to Direct Requests to Node 1 Initially
10.2.1.5 Set Up Cookie Persistence on the Load Balancer
10.2.2 About Oracle Internet Directory Passwords
10.2.3 About Configuring SSL and Non-SSL Ports for Oracle HTTP Server
10.2.3.1 Case 1: Client and the Load Balancer Use HTTP and the Load Balancer and Oracle HTTP Server Also Use HTTP for Communication
10.2.3.2 Case 2: Client and the Load Balancer Use HTTPS and the Load Balancer and Oracle HTTP Server Also Use HTTPS for Communication
10.2.3.3 Case 3: Client and the Load Balancer Use HTTPS and the Load Balancer and Oracle HTTP Server Use HTTP for Communication
10.3 Installing Oracle Calendar Server in High Availability Environments
10.3.1 High Availability Configuration for Oracle Calendar
10.3.2 Preinstallation Steps for Installing Oracle Calendar in High Availability Environments
10.3.2.1 Check That Clusterware Is Running
10.3.2.2 Map the Virtual Host Name and Virtual IP Address
10.3.2.3 Set Up a File System That Can Be Mounted from Both Nodes
10.3.2.4 Review Recommendations for Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
10.3.3 Installing Oracle Calendar
10.3.3.1 Installing Oracle Calendar Server in a Cold Failover Cluster Configuration
10.3.3.2 Performing the Postinstallation Steps
10.3.3.3 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications

11 Installing in High Availability Environments: Single Cluster Architecture

11.1 Summary of Installation Steps
11.2 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Single Cluster Architecture
11.2.1 Installing and Applying the Patch to Oracle Cluster Ready Services
11.2.1.1 Installing Oracle Cluster Ready Services
11.2.1.2 Applying the Oracle Cluster Ready Services 10.1.0.4.2 Patch Set
11.2.2 Installing the Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database on Oracle Real Application Clusters
11.2.2.1 Prerequisites for Selecting the Types of Oracle RAC Storage
11.2.2.2 Review Recommendations for Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
11.2.2.3 Installation Tasks
11.2.2.4 Postinstallation Tasks
11.2.3 Configuring Load Balancers for Identity Management
11.2.3.1 Prerequisites for Installing Identity Management on High Availability Nodes
11.2.4 Installing Identity Management on High Availability Nodes
11.2.4.1 Installing the First Instance of Identity Management
11.2.4.2 Installing the Subsequent Instance of Identity Management
11.2.4.3 Postinstallation Tasks
11.2.5 Register the Oracle Collaboration Suite Database with Oracle Internet Directory and Execute Component Database Configuration Assistants
11.2.6 Installing Oracle Calendar Server
11.2.6.1 Preinstallation Tasks
11.2.6.2 Installation Tasks
11.2.6.3 Postinstallation tasks
11.2.7 Installing the First Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications (without Oracle Calendar Server)
11.2.8 Configuring the First Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications Tier with a Load Balancer
11.2.8.1 Configure the Load Balancer
11.2.8.2 Configure the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancer
11.2.8.3 Configure the Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with the Load Balancer
11.2.8.4 Modify the Portal Dependency Settings (iasconfig.xml) File
11.2.8.5 Register the OracleAS Portal URLs with the Load Balancer
11.2.8.6 Reset the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Link
11.2.8.7 Configure OracleAS Web Cache with the Load Balancer
11.2.8.8 Reregister mod_osso
11.2.8.9 Verify Connectivity for Invalidation Messages from the Database to OracleAS Web Cache on ocs_apps1.mycompany.com Through the Load Balancer
11.2.8.10 Enable Monitoring of the Front-End Host and Port Settings of the Load Balancer for OracleAS Portal
11.2.8.11 Configure the Real-Time Collaboration with Load Balancer
11.2.8.12 Update the Oracle Collaboration Suite Service Registry Entries in Oracle Internet Directory to Use the Load Balancer
11.2.8.13 Test the Configuration
11.2.9 Installing Subsequent Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications
11.2.9.1 Installation Tasks
11.2.9.2 Postinstallation tasks
11.2.10 Postinstallation Steps for Subsequent Instances of Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications to Work with the Load Balancer
11.2.10.1 Enable Portal
11.2.10.2 Configure the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancer
11.2.10.3 Configure the Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with the Load Balancer
11.2.10.4 Modify the Portal Dependency Settings (iasconfig.xml) File
11.2.10.5 Reregister mod_osso
11.2.10.6 Configure OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
11.2.10.7 Enable Monitoring of the Front-End Host and Port Settings of the Load Balancer for OracleAS Portal
11.2.10.8 Enable Session Binding on OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
11.2.10.9 Configure Collaborative Portlets
11.2.10.10 Configure Oracle Collaboration Suite Mobile Collaboration
11.2.10.11 Configure Oracle Discussions
11.2.10.12 Test the Configuration
11.3 Postinstallation Tasks

12 Installing in High Availability Environments: Colocated Identity Management Architecture

12.1 Summary of Installation Steps
12.2 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Colocated Identity Management Architecture
12.2.1 Installing and Applying a Patch to Oracle Cluster Ready Services
12.2.1.1 Installing Oracle Cluster Ready Services
12.2.1.2 Applying Oracle Cluster Ready Services 10.1.0.4.2 Patch Set
12.2.2 Installing the Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database on Oracle RAC
12.2.2.1 Prerequisites for Selecting the Types of Oracle RAC Storage
12.2.2.2 Review Recommendations for Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
12.2.2.3 Installation Tasks
12.2.2.4 Postinstallation Tasks
12.2.3 Configuring Load Balancers for Identity Management
12.2.3.1 Prerequisites for Installing Identity Management on High Availability Nodes
12.2.4 Installing Identity Management on High Availability Nodes
12.2.4.1 Installing the First Instance of Identity Management
12.2.4.2 Installing the Subsequent Instance of Identity Management
12.2.4.3 Postinstallation Tasks
12.2.5 Register the Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database with Oracle Internet Directory and Execute Component Database Configuration Assistants
12.2.6 Installing Oracle Calendar Server
12.2.6.1 Preinstallation Tasks
12.2.6.2 Installation Tasks
12.2.6.3 Postinstallation Tasks
12.2.7 Installing the First Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications (Without Oracle Calendar Server)
12.2.8 Configuring the First Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications Tier with a Load Balancer
12.2.8.1 Configure the Load Balancer
12.2.8.2 Configure the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancer
12.2.8.3 Configure the Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with the Load Balancer
12.2.8.4 Modify the Portal Dependency Settings (iasconfig.xml) File
12.2.8.5 Register the OracleAS Portal URLs with the Load Balancer
12.2.8.6 Reset the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Link
12.2.8.7 Configure OracleAS Web Cache with the Load Balancer
12.2.8.8 Reregister mod_osso
12.2.8.9 Verify Connectivity for Invalidation Messages from the Database to OracleAS Web Cache on ocs_apps1.mycompany.com Through the Load Balancer
12.2.8.10 Enable Monitoring of the Front-End Host and Port Settings of the Load Balancer for OracleAS Portal
12.2.8.11 Configure Oracle Real-Time Collaboration with a Load Balancer
12.2.8.12 Update Oracle Collaboration Suite Service Registry Entries in Oracle Internet Directory to Use the Load Balancer
12.2.8.13 Test the Configuration
12.2.9 Installing Subsequent Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications
12.2.9.1 Installation Tasks
12.2.9.2 Postinstallation Tasks
12.2.10 Postinstallation Steps to Redeploy Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications with a Load Balancer
12.2.10.1 Enable Portal
12.2.10.2 Configure the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancer
12.2.10.3 Configure the Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with the Load Balancer
12.2.10.4 Modify the Portal Dependency Settings (iasconfig.xml) File
12.2.10.5 Reregister mod_osso
12.2.10.6 Configure OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
12.2.10.7 Enable Monitoring of the Front-End Host and Port Settings of the Load Balancer for OracleAS Portal
12.2.10.8 Enable Session Binding on OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
12.2.10.9 Configure Collaborative Portlets
12.2.10.10 Configure Oracle Collaboration Suite Mobile Collaboration
12.2.10.11 Configuring Oracle Discussions
12.2.10.12 Test the Configuration
12.3 Postinstallation Tasks

13 Installing in High Availability Environments: Distributed Identity Management Architecture

13.1 Summary of Installation Steps
13.2 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Distributed Identity Management Architecture
13.2.1 Installing and Applying a Patch to Oracle Cluster Ready Services
13.2.1.1 Installing Oracle Cluster Ready Services
13.2.1.2 Applying Oracle Cluster Ready Services 10.1.0.4.2 Patch Set
13.2.2 Installing the Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database on Oracle RAC
13.2.2.1 Prerequisites for Selecting the Types of Oracle RAC Storage
13.2.2.2 Review Recommendations for Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
13.2.2.3 Installation Tasks
13.2.2.4 Postinstallation Tasks
13.2.3 Configuring Load Balancers for Identity Management
13.2.3.1 Prerequisites for Installing Identity Management on High Availability Nodes
13.2.4 Installing Identity Management on High Availability Nodes
13.2.4.1 Installing the First Instance of Oracle Internet Directory and Directory Integration and Provisioning
13.2.4.2 Installing the Second Instance of Oracle Internet Directory and Directory Integration and Provisioning
13.2.4.3 Installing the First Instance of Delegated Administration Services and OracleAS Single Sign-On
13.2.4.4 Installing the Second Instance of Delegated Administration Services and OracleAS Single Sign-On
13.2.5 Register the Oracle Collaboration Suite Database with Oracle Internet Directory and Execute Component Database Configuration Assistants
13.2.6 Installing Oracle Calendar Server
13.2.6.1 Preinstallation Tasks
13.2.6.2 Installation Tasks
13.2.6.3 Postinstallation tasks
13.2.7 Installing the First Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications (Without Oracle Calendar Server)
13.2.8 Configuring the First Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications Tier with a Load Balancer
13.2.8.1 Configure the Load Balancer
13.2.8.2 Configure the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancer
13.2.8.3 Configure the Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with the Load Balancer
13.2.8.4 Modify the Portal Dependency Settings (iasconfig.xml) File
13.2.8.5 Register the OracleAS Portal URLs with the Load Balancer
13.2.8.6 Reset the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Link
13.2.8.7 Configure OracleAS Web Cache with the Load Balancer
13.2.8.8 Reregister mod_osso
13.2.8.9 Verify Connectivity for Invalidation Messages from the Database to OracleAS Web Cache on ocs_apps1.mycompany.com Through the Load Balancer
13.2.8.10 Enable Monitoring of the Front-End Host and Port Settings of the Load Balancer for OracleAS Portal
13.2.8.11 Configuring Real-Time Collaboration with a Load Balancer
13.2.8.12 Updating Oracle Collaboration Suite Service Registry Entries in Oracle Internet Directory to Use the Load Balancer
13.2.8.13 Test the Configuration
13.2.9 Installing the Subsequent Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications
13.2.9.1 Installation Tasks
13.2.9.2 Postinstallation tasks
13.2.10 Postinstallation Steps to Redeploy Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications with a Load Balancer
13.2.10.1 Enable Portal
13.2.10.2 Configure the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancer
13.2.10.3 Configure the Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with the Load Balancer
13.2.10.4 Modify the Portal Dependency Settings (iasconfig.xml) File
13.2.10.5 Reregister mod_osso
13.2.10.6 Configure OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
13.2.10.7 Enable Monitoring of the Front-End Host and Port Settings of the Load Balancer for OracleAS Portal
13.2.10.8 Enable Session Binding on OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
13.2.10.9 Configure Collaborative Portlets
13.2.10.10 Configure Oracle Collaboration Suite Mobile Collaboration
13.2.10.11 Configure Oracle Discussions
13.2.10.12 Test the Configuration
13.3 Postinstallation Tasks

14 Silent and Noninteractive Installation

14.1 Introduction to Noninteractive Installations
14.1.1 Silent Installation
14.1.2 Noninteractive Installation
14.2 Installation Requirements
14.3 Installing Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority
14.4 Creating Files for Silent and Noninteractive Installation
14.4.1 oraInst.loc File Creation
14.4.2 oratab File Creation
14.5 Selecting a Response File
14.6 Editing the Response File
14.7 Creating a Response File Using the Record Mode in the Installer
14.8 Specifying a Response File and Starting the Installation
14.9 Running the root.sh Script
14.9.1 root.sh and Silent Installation
14.9.1.1 Oracle HTTP Server
14.9.1.2 Using Oracle HTTP Server on a Different Port
14.9.2 root.sh and Noninteractive Installation
14.10 Post-Installation Tasks
14.11 Security Tips for Silent and Noninteractive Installations
14.12 Error Handling
14.13 Deinstallation
14.14 Using Configuration Assistants in Noninteractive Mode
14.14.1 Response File Error Handling

15 Postinstallation Tasks for Oracle Collaboration Suite

15.1 Setting Environment Variables
15.2 Modifying Password Settings for Oracle Internet Directory
15.3 Enabling SSL
15.4 Performing Component-Specific Tasks

16 End-User Documentation Portal Installation

16.1 Installing the End-User Documentation Portal
16.1.1 Testing PHP
16.1.2 Installing the DOM XML Extension
16.2 Deploying the End-User Documentation Portal Package
16.3 Restricting Access to the End-User Documentation Portal Administration Panel
16.4 Securing the End-User Documentation Portal Administration Panel with Apache Authentication

A What's New in the Installation

A.1 No Manual Configuration
A.2 Option of Changing Ports During Installation
A.3 Improved Oracle Collaboration Suite Infrastructure and Applications Installation on a Single Computer
A.4 emtab File No Longer Created or Used
A.5 Changes in Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database (Previously Known as Information Storage)
A.6 Changes in Applications Tier Installation
A.7 Support for High Availability Configurations
A.8 Support for Secure Installation
A.9 Enhancements in Configuration Assistants
A.10 More Prerequisite Checks
A.11 Support for Generating Installation Statistics
A.12 Changed Terminology
A.13 Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database Uses Oracle 10g Database
A.14 Support for Oracle Internet Directory Replication

B Installation Checklists for Oracle Collaboration Suite

B.1 Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Infrastructure Installation Checklist
B.2 Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications Installation Checklist

C Installing Oracle Calendar Standalone

C.1 System Requirements
C.1.1 Common Requirements
C.1.2 Oracle Calendar Server Requirements
C.1.3 Oracle Calendar Application System Requirements
C.2 Preinstallation
C.2.1 Preparing Your Directory Server for Use with Oracle Calendar Serevr
C.2.1.1 Terminology for Directory Servers
C.2.1.2 Sun ONE Directory Server
C.2.1.3 OpenLDAP Directory Server
C.2.1.4 Syntegra Aphelion Directory Server
C.2.2 Planning Separate Installations of the Oracle Calendar Application System and the Oracle Calendar Server
C.3 Installation
C.3.1 Installing Oracle Calendar Server and the Oracle Calendar Application System
C.3.2 Installing Oracle Calendar Server Only
C.3.3 Installing Oracle Calendar Application System Only
C.3.4 Manually Running the Oracle Calendar Server Configuration Assistant
C.3.5 Manually Starting and Stopping the Oracle Calendar Application System
C.4 Upgrades
C.5 Postinstallation Configuration
C.5.1 Configuring the Oracle Calendar Application System and Oracle Calendar Administrator
C.5.2 Configuring the Directory Server
C.5.2.1 Configuring a Sun ONE Directory Server
C.5.2.2 Configuring an OpenLDAP Directory Server
C.5.2.3 Configuring a Syntegra Aphelion Directory Server
C.5.3 Configuring the Oracle Calendar Server
C.5.3.1 Starting and Stopping the Oracle Calendar Server
C.5.3.2 Checking Port Values
C.5.3.3 Opening and Configuring Oracle Calendar Administrator
C.5.3.4 Setting Up Resource Approval
C.5.3.5 Working with LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBPATH, and SHLIB_PATH
C.5.3.6 Working with Security Mechanisms
C.5.4 Checking and Configuring the Oracle Calendar Application System
C.5.4.1 Checking the Status of the Oracle Calendar Application System
C.5.4.2 Configuring the Oracle Calendar Application System
C.5.5 Configuring Oracle Calendar E-mail Delivery
C.5.6 Configuring Oracle Calendar Web Client with a Traditional Node Network
C.6 Oracle Calendar Deinstallation
C.7 General Issues and Workarounds
C.7.1 Oracle Calendar Server Issues
C.7.1.1 Installation
C.7.1.2 Reinstallation
C.7.1.3 Coexistence and Upgrades
C.7.1.4 Designates
C.7.1.5 Other Issues
C.7.2 Oracle Calendar Application System Issues
C.7.2.1 Installation-Related Issues
C.7.2.2 Upgrade-Related Issues

D Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite Clients

D.1 Installing Oracle Calendar Clients
D.1.1 Installing the Oracle Calendar Desktop Client
D.1.1.1 Installing the Oracle Calendar Desktop Client for Linux
D.1.1.2 Installing the Oracle Calendar Desktop Client for Macintosh
D.1.1.3 Installing the Oracle Calendar Desktop Client for Solaris
D.1.1.4 Installing the Oracle Calendar Desktop Client for Windows
D.1.1.5 Customizing the Oracle Calendar Initialization File
D.1.2 Installing Oracle Calendar Sync
D.1.2.1 Installing Oracle Calendar Sync for Palm for Macintosh
D.1.2.2 Installing Oracle Calendar Sync for Palm for Windows
D.1.2.3 Installing Oracle Calendar Sync for Pocket PC
D.2 Installing Oracle Connector for Outlook
D.2.1 System Requirements
D.2.2 Preinstallation Requirements
D.2.3 Installing Oracle Connector for Outlook on the Desktop
D.2.4 Installing Oracle Connector for Outlook in Interactive Mode
D.2.4.1 Specifying the Installation Language for a First-Time Installation of Oracle Connector for Outlook
D.2.4.2 Upgrading Oracle Connector for Outlook
D.2.4.3 Modifying, Repairing, or Removing Oracle Connector for Outlook
D.2.4.4 Troubleshooting an Oracle Connector for Outlook Installation
D.2.5 Installing Oracle Connector for Outlook in Silent Mode
D.2.5.1 Initialization File
D.2.5.2 Configuring the Initialization File
D.2.5.3 Upgrading, Maintaining, or Removing Oracle Connector for Outlook in Silent Mode
D.2.6 Installing Oracle Connector for Outlook with Additional Privileges
D.2.6.1 Setting the AlwaysInstall Elevated Policy
D.2.6.2 Performing an Advertised Installation of Oracle Connector for Outlook
D.2.6.3 Deploying the Oracle Connector for Outlook Package Using Group Policy
D.2.7 Using the Configuration Wizard to Configure Oracle Connector for Outlook
D.2.7.1 Interactive Profile Creation and Configuration Mode
D.2.7.2 Interactive PRF File Creation Mode
D.2.7.3 Silent Profile Creation Mode
D.3 Installing Oracle Real-Time Collaboration Clients
D.3.1 System Requirements for Oracle Real-Time Collaboration Clients
D.3.2 Installing the Oracle Web Conferencing Client
D.3.3 Installing the RTC Messenger Client

E Using Command-Line Options and Variables

E.1 Running Prerequisite Checks
E.2 Starting Oracle Universal Installer
E.3 Specifying Custom Ports

F URLs for Components

G Default Port Numbers for Oracle Collaboration Suite Components

G.1 Method of Assigning Default Port Numbers
G.2 Default Port Numbers

H Deinstallation and Reinstallation

H.1 The Deconfig Tool
H.1.1 Parameters
H.1.2 Log Files Generated by the Deconfig Tool
H.2 Overview of the Deinstallation Procedure
H.3 Deinstalling Applications Tiers
H.4 Deinstalling Oracle Collaboration Suite Database
H.5 Deinstalling Oracle Collaboration Suite Infrastructure
H.5.1 Deinstallation Order
H.5.2 Deinstallation Steps
H.6 Deinstalling a Single-Computer Installation
H.7 Harmless Errors in the Log File
H.8 Cleaning Up Oracle Collaboration Suite Processes
H.9 Reinstallation

I Troubleshooting

I.1 Verifying Requirements
I.1.1 Checking Dependencies
I.1.2 Reading the Release Notes
I.2 Troubleshooting User Interface Problems
I.3 Troubleshooting Installation Errors
I.4 Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants
I.4.1 General Tips
I.4.2 Configuration Assistant Result Codes
I.4.3 Failure During Component Configuration and Startup
I.4.4 Irrecoverable Errors
I.5 Troubleshooting Administration Errors After Installation
I.5.1 Failure to Restart Oracle Calendar
I.6 Troubleshooting Oracle Collaboration Suite Web Client Configuration
I.7 Troubleshooting Oracle Real Application Clusters
I.8 Need More Help?

J Sample Load Balancer Configuration for High Availability Installations

Glossary

Index