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Oracle® Application Server
Forms and Reports Services Installation Guide
10
g
Release 2 (10.1.2) for Linux x86
B19314-02
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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
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Conventions
1
What's New in the Installation
1.1
New Screen for Specifying the staticports.ini File
1.2
New Element for Specifying Port Numbers for CORBA Communication
1.3
Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use the Services of an Oracle Application Server Infrastructure
1.4
Cloning Forms and Reports Services Instances
1.5
Additional Tool for Deinstallation
1.6
Recording Feature for Silent Installations
1.7
Generating Installation Statistics
1.8
Change in the Default Port Range
1.9
What's New in Oracle Application Server Forms Services
1.10
What's New in Oracle Application Server Reports Services
2
Introduction to Forms and Reports Services
2.1
Restrictions with This Installation Type
2.2
Available Features with This Installation Type
2.2.1
Oracle Application Server Forms Services
2.2.2
Oracle Application Server Reports Services
2.2.3
Oracle HTTP Server
2.2.4
Oracle Application Server Web Cache
2.2.5
Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE
2.2.6
Oracle Enterprise Manager
2.2.7
Oracle Process and Management Notification
2.2.8
Distributed Configuration Management
3
Requirements
3.1
System Requirements
3.2
Software Requirements
3.2.1
Software Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 2.1 Systems
3.2.2
Software Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.0 Systems
3.2.3
Software Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0 Systems
3.2.4
Software Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Systems
3.2.5
Software Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Systems
3.3
Kernel Parameters
3.3.1
Kernel Parameter Settings for OracleAS Web Cache
3.4
Shell Limits for the oracle User
3.5
Ports
3.5.1
Checking If a Port Is in Use
3.5.2
Using Default Port Numbers
3.5.3
Using Custom Port Numbers (the Static Ports Feature)
3.5.3.1
Format of the staticports.ini File
3.5.3.2
Error Conditions That Cause the Installer to Use Default Ports Instead of Specified Ports
3.5.3.3
Ports for Oracle HTTP Server and OracleAS Web Cache
3.5.3.4
Examples
3.6
Operating System Groups
3.7
Operating System User
3.8
Environment Variables
3.8.1
Tips on Environment Variables
3.8.2
ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID
3.8.3
PATH, CLASSPATH, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
3.8.4
DISPLAY
3.8.5
TMP
3.8.6
TNS_ADMIN
3.8.7
REPORTS_DEFAULT_DISPLAY
3.8.8
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
3.9
The Hosts File
3.10
Network Topics
3.10.1
Installing on DHCP Computers
3.10.2
Installing on Multihomed (Multi-IP) Computers
3.10.3
Copying CD-ROMs or DVD-ROM to Hard Drive, and Installing from the Hard Drive
3.10.4
Installing from a Remote CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive
3.10.5
Installing on Remote Computers
3.10.6
Installing on NFS-Mounted Storage
3.10.7
Running Multiple Instances from One Installation
3.10.8
Support for NIS and NIS+
3.10.9
Installing on Computers with Multiple Network Cards
3.11
Prerequisite Checks Performed by the Installer
4
Considerations Before Starting the Installation
4.1
Oracle Home Directory
4.2
First-Time Installation of Any Oracle Product
4.3
Installing Additional Languages
4.4
Forms and Reports Services Instances and Instance Names
4.5
The ias_admin User
4.6
Installer File Locations
4.7
Why Should I Log In as Root at Certain Times During Installation?
4.8
Setting the Mount Point for the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
4.9
Starting Oracle Universal Installer
5
Installation Overview
6
Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use an Oracle Application Server Infrastructure
6.1
Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use Oracle Identity Management
6.2
Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use OracleAS Metadata Repository
6.3
Making the Reports Server Secure
6.4
Starting OPMN Services
6.5
Testing the Configuration on Oracle Application Server Forms Services
6.6
Testing the Configuration on Oracle Application Server Reports Services
7
Post-Installation Tasks
7.1
State of Forms and Reports Services Instances After Installation
7.2
NFS Installations
7.3
Testing the Forms and Reports Services Installation
7.4
Backup and Recovery
7.5
SSL
7.6
NLS_LANG Environment Variable
7.7
Deployment of Forms and Reports
8
Upgrading 9.0.4 Forms and Reports Services to 10.1.2 Forms and Reports Services
8.1
Compatibility Matrix
8.2
Upgrading a 9.0.4 Standalone Forms and Reports Services Instance
8.3
Completing the Oracle Application Server Forms Services Upgrade
8.3.1
Upgrading Forms *.fmx Files
8.3.2
Upgrading forms90app.ear Deployed in User-defined OC4J Instances
8.4
Completing the Oracle Application Server Reports Services Upgrade
8.4.1
Enabling Management of Oracle Application Server Reports Services from Application Server Control Console
8.4.2
Upgrading User-Defined OC4J Instances With Oracle Reports Deployments
8.5
Configuring the 10.1.2 Standalone Instance of Forms and Reports Services to Use Oracle Application Server Infrastructure Services
9
Compatibility with Earlier Versions
9.1
Compatibility with Earlier Versions and Release 10
g
(10.1.2)
9.2
Interoperability Issues and Workarounds
9.2.1
Oracle Enterprise Manager for 9.0.2, 9.0.3, or 9.0.4 and 10
g
Release 2 (10.1.2) Uses the Same Port (Port 1810)
9.2.2
dcmctl getState Command from an Oracle Application Server Forms Services Instance Cannot Be Used With 9.0.2, 9.0.3, and 9.0.4 Instances
9.2.3
Oracle Enterprise Manager: No Rollup Metrics for 9.0.2 Middle Tiers
A
Troubleshooting
A.1
Verifying Requirements
A.2
Resolving Installation Errors
A.3
Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants
A.3.1
Configuration Assistant Failure
A.3.2
Failure During Component Configuration and Startup
A.3.3
Fatal Errors
A.3.4
OC4J Instance Configuration Assistant Errors
A.4
Descriptions of Forms and Reports Services Configuration Assistants
B
Deinstallation and Reinstallation
B.1
Deinstallation of Forms and Reports Services Instances
B.2
Reinstallation
C
Default Port Numbers
C.1
Method of Assigning Default Port Numbers
C.2
Default Port Numbers
D
URLs for Components
Index