3 Starting the Oracle Collaboration Suite Installation

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

This chapter contains the following sections:

Section 3.1, "Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite from the DVDs"
Section 3.2, "Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite from a Hard Drive"
Section 3.3, "Understanding Oracle Universal Installer"
Section 3.4, "Starting Oracle Universal Installer"

3.1 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite from the DVDs

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

Oracle Collaboration Suite
Oracle Calendar server Standalone
Oracle Voicemail & Fax and Oracle Web Conferencing Conversion Servers for Microsoft Windows
Patches (Portal, Oracle Database, and other required patches)
Oracle Collaboration Suite clients
Oracle Cluster Ready Services 10.1.0.2

Oracle Collaboration Suite is also shipped with three CD-ROMs that provide additional support, such as:

OracleAS Metadata Repository Creation Assistant
OracleAS Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant and Utilities
Documentation

You can either choose to install Oracle Collaboration Suite directly from the DVDs, or copy the DVD content 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 .

For operating systems that do not support automatic mounting of DVDs, the DVDs must be mounted manually. You must have root privileges to mount or unmount a DVD. Be sure to unmount a DVD before removing it from the drive.

3.1.1 Mounting DVDs for AIX

Mount the first DVD to start the installation. Use the following procedures to mount the DVDs:

Mounting DVD-ROMs with Auto-Mounting Software
Mounting DVDs Manually

3.1.1.1 Mounting DVD-ROMs with Auto-Mounting Software

If you are using an auto-mounting software, then the DVD is mounted automatically to the directory specified in your automount configuration when you insert it in to the DVD-ROM drive. Proceed to Section 3.4.

To check if you have automounting software, use the following command:

$ ps -aux | grep automount

If you have automounting software, then the output must be similar to the following:

root 628 0.0 0.2 1148 588 ? S 17:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/automount /misc file /etc/auto.misc

In the preceding output, the /etc/auto.misc entry defines the directory under the /misc file where the DVD-ROM is to be mounted.

If the auto mounting software is running and configured properly, then the DVD is mounted automatically. Proceed to Section 3.4.
If no lines are returned, the automounting software is not running, then you must mount the DVD-ROM manually. Proceed to Section 3.1.1.2 to do so.

Follow these steps to mount subsequent DVDs, if required:

Remove the DVD from the DVD-ROM drive by using the following commands:
```
$ cd /
$ eject
```
If required, insert the next DVD in to the DVD-ROM drive and enter the correct mount point.

3.1.1.2 Mounting DVDs Manually

To mount the DVD-ROM manually, use the following steps:

Place the first DVD in the DVD-ROM drive.
Log in as the root user and, if necessary, create a DVD mount point directory by using the following commands:
```
$ su - root
# mkdir dvdrom_mount_point_directory
```
Mount the DVD-ROM drive on the mount point directory by using the following command:
```
# /usr/sbin/mount -rv cdrfs /dev/cdrom /dvd
```
In this example, /dev/cdrom is the device name of the disc drive and /dvd is the mount point directory.
If Oracle Universal Installer displays the Disk Location dialog box, enter the disc mount point directory path, for example:
```
/dvd
```
Log out of the root account:
```
# exit
```

If you are unsure of the correct device_name, then consult your system administrator. Typically, the device_name is /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvdrom, depending on your Linux distribution. For example:

$ su - root
# mkdir /dvd
# /usr/sbin/mount -rv cdrfs /dev/cdrom /dvd
# exit

If you run Oracle Universal Installer while the current working directory is in the DVD, then follow these steps to mount the next DVD:

Change directories to the root directory of your system and log in as the root user by using the following commands:
```
$ cd /
$ su - root
```
Unmount the DVD by using the following command:
```
# umount dvdrom_mount_point_directory
```
Remove the DVD from the DVD-ROM drive.
If required, insert the next DVD in to the DVD-ROM drive and then use the following command to mount it:
```
# /usr/sbin/mount dvdrom_mount_point_directory
```

3.2 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite from a Hard Drive

You can avoid the need to mount and unmount DVD-ROMs during installation by copying the contents of each DVD to your system hard drive. You must have a file system that is not in use by other applications and enough disk space available.

Copy the content of each DVD to your system hard drive under a directory named Disk1 for the first DVD, and so on (depending upon the number of the DVDs in the sequence of disks that comprises the set).
Start Oracle Universal Installer.

See Section 2.1 for hard disk requirements for your platform

See Also:

Section 3.1 for instructions on mounting and unmounting DVD-ROMs

3.3 Understanding Oracle Universal Installer

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
Sets environment variables and configuration during installation
Deinstalls Oracle Collaboration Suite products

This section describes the following Oracle Universal Installer features:

oraInventory Directory and Installation Session Log Files
Additional Component Installations with Oracle Universal Installer

3.3.1 oraInventory Directory and Installation Session Log Files

Oracle Collaboration Suite creates the oraInventory directory the first time it is run on a computer. The oraInventory directory keeps an inventory of products that Oracle Collaboration Suite installs on your computer, as well as other installation information. If you have previously installed Oracle products, then you might already have an oraInventory directory.

The UNIX group that owns Oracle Collaboration Suite must have permission to write to the oraInventory directory. Attempts to run Oracle Collaboration Suite without this permission fail. For more information, refer to Section 2.5.

The location of oraInventory is defined in a file named oraInst.loc, located in the directory /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc/var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc/etc/oraInst.loc/etc/oraInst.loc on your operating system.

The log file of the most recent installation is as follows:

$ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory/logs/installActionstodays_date_time.log

In this specification, $ORACLE_BASE%ORACLE_BASE% is the location for your installation files and todays_date_time is the date and time of installation.

Do not delete or manually alter the oraInventory directory or its contents. Doing so can prevent Oracle Universal Installer from locating products that you have installed on your system.

Note:

The make.log file in the ORACLE_HOME/install directory contains a log of every make file action executed during the installation process. The make.log file also records any link errors during installation. Do not delete or alter the make.log file.

3.3.2 Additional Component Installations with Oracle Universal Installer

If you plan to install a subsequent Oracle Collaboration Suite or Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Infrastructure installation on the same host, Oracle recommends the following steps:

Review Chapter 2 for preinstallation tasks.
Stop the Oracle Enterprise Manager. For more information, refer to the Oracle Collaboration Suite Administrator's Guide.
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.

3.4 Starting Oracle Universal Installer

Running the rootpre.sh Script

If you are installing Oracle software on an AIX system for the first time, then perform the following steps:

Log in as the root user.
Insert the Oracle Collaboration Suite DVD-ROM in to the DVD-ROM drive.
Enter the following command:
```
# mount_point/rootpre/rootpre.sh
```

Starting the Installer

To start Oracle Universal Installer, perform the following steps:

If your computer does not mount DVDs automatically, you must mount the DVD manually.
Log in as the oracle user.
Insert the Oracle Collaboration Suite DVD-ROM in to the DVD-ROM drive.
Notes:
- Ensure that you are not logged in as the root user when you start Oracle Universal Installer. If you perform the installation with the root user, then only the root user will have permissions to manage Oracle Collaboration Suite.
- Do not use dvd_mount_point as your working directory when you start Oracle Universal Installer. If you do, then you cannot eject the first DVD during the installation step to insert the second DVD, if required.
- Oracle recommends using the same operating system user account when installing and configuring additional Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications on the same host.
Insert the first DVD in to the DVD-ROM drive.
Run the Oracle Universal Installer using the command:
```
# cd# /dvdrom/runInstaller
```

This starts Oracle Universal Installer, through which you can install Oracle Collaboration Suite.