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 AIX 5.2
  • 2.2.2 Software Requirements for AIX 5.3
  • 2.2.3 Operating System Patches
• 2.3 Shell Limits and System Configuration 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
  • 2.7.7 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 Multihomed Computers
  • 2.9.2 Copying the DVD to a Hard Drive and Installing from the Hard Drive
  • 2.9.3 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite from a Remote DVD-ROM Drive
  • 2.9.4 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite on Remote Computers
  • 2.9.5 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite on NFS-Mounted Storage
  • 2.9.6 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 AIX
  • • 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 (ocsdb) in Oracle Internet Directory and Randomize the Password?
  • 4.3.6 Can I Use Multiple Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database (ocsdb)s?
  • 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 (ocsdb) and Identity Management Components in a New Database
  • 4.5.2 Installing Only Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database (ocsdb) in a New Database
  • 4.5.3 Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database (ocsdb) 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 (ocsdb)
  • 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 (ocsdb)
• 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 (ocsdb) 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 Clusterware Is Running
    • 10.1.4.3 Check That Groups Are Defined Identically on All Nodes
    • 10.1.4.4 Check the Properties of the oracle User
    • 10.1.4.5 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 (ocsdb) 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 Preinstallation Tasks
    • 11.2.2.4 Installation Tasks
    • 11.2.2.5 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 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 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 Calendar Administration
    • 11.2.8.12 Configure Real-Time Collaboration with Load Balancer
    • 11.2.8.13 Update the Oracle Collaboration Suite Service Registry Entries in Oracle Internet Directory to Use the Load Balancer
    • 11.2.8.14 Test the Configuration
  • 11.2.9 Installing Subsequent Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite 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 Applying Oracle Cluster Ready Services 10.1.0.4.2 Patch Set
  • 12.2.2 Installing the Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database (ocsdb) 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 Preinstallation Tasks
    • 12.2.2.4 Installation Tasks
    • 12.2.2.5 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 Postinstallation Tasks
  • 12.2.5 Register the Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database (ocsdb) 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 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 Calendar Administration
    • 12.2.8.12 Configure Oracle Real-Time Collaboration with a Load Balancer
    • 12.2.8.13 Update Oracle Collaboration Suite Service Registry Entries in Oracle Internet Directory to Use the Load Balancer
    • 12.2.8.14 Test the Configuration
  • 12.2.9 Installing Subsequent Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications
  • • 12.2.9.1 Installation Tasks
    • 12.2.9.2 Postinstallation Tasks
  • 12.2.10 Postinstallation Steps to Redeploy Oracle Collaboration Suite 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 (ocsdb) 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 Preinstallation 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 Postinstallation Tasks
    • 13.2.4.4 Installing the First Instance of Delegated Administration Services and OracleAS Single Sign-On
    • 13.2.4.5 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 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 Configure Calendar Administration
    • 13.2.8.12 Configuring Real-Time Collaboration with a Load Balancer
    • 13.2.8.13 Updating Oracle Collaboration Suite Service Registry Entries in Oracle Internet Directory to Use the Load Balancer
    • 13.2.8.14 Test the Configuration
  • 13.2.9 Installing the Subsequent Instance of Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications
  • • 13.2.9.1 Installation Tasks
    • 13.2.9.2 Postinstallation tasks
  • 13.2.10 Postinstallation Steps to Redeploy Oracle Collaboration Suite 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 (ocsdb) (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 (ocsdb) 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