Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

Audience

Documentation Accessibility

Related Documents

Conventions

1 Introduction to Installing Oracle Content Database

1.1 Deployment Configurations

2 Quick Installation of Oracle Content DB and Supporting Components

2.1 Installation Checklists for OracleAS Infrastructure, Oracle Database, and Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

2.2 Quick Installation of Oracle Content DB and Supporting Components

2.2.1 Quick Installation of OracleAS Infrastructure

2.2.2 Quick Installation of Oracle Database

2.2.3 Quick Installation of the Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

2.3 Installing Oracle Content DB on a Single Computer

2.3.1 System Requirements for Single-Computer Installation

2.3.2 Single-Computer Installation Options

2.3.2.1 Installing OracleAS Infrastructure, Oracle Database, and Oracle Content DB in Three Oracle Homes

2.3.2.2 Using the OracleAS Infrastructure Database as the Oracle Content DB Database

2.3.2.3 Using an Existing Database as Your Metadata Repository

2.3.3 Database Port Conflicts

2.3.3.1 If Port 1521 Is Being Used by an Existing Oracle Database

2.3.3.2 If Port 1521 Is Being Used by Another Application

3 Installing OracleAS Infrastructure and Oracle Database

3.1 Installing OracleAS Infrastructure

3.1.1 OracleAS Infrastructure Hardware and Software Requirements

3.1.2 Oracle Identity Management Component Requirements

3.2 Installing Oracle Database

3.2.1 Oracle Database Hardware and Software Requirements

3.2.2 The Database Character Set and Setting Required Initialization Parameters

3.2.2.1 Setting the Required Database Character Set

3.2.2.2 Setting Required Database Initialization Parameters

3.2.3 Data Types and Storage Requirements

3.2.4 Upgrading an Existing Oracle Database

3.2.4.1 Downloading and Applying Database Patches

3.2.5 Using the Raw Storage Type with Oracle Content DB

3.3 Registering Oracle Database with Oracle Internet Directory

3.3.1 Running the Net Configuration Assistant (NetCA)

3.3.2 Running the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)

4 Preinstallation Requirements for Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

4.1 Oracle Content DB Hardware Requirements

4.1.1 Running Multiple Instances of Oracle Content DB on One Computer

4.2 Oracle Content DB Software Requirements

4.3 Kernel Parameter Settings

4.4 Ports Used by Oracle Content DB

4.4.1 Checking If a Port Is in Use

4.4.2 Using Default Port Numbers

4.5 Operating System Groups

4.6 Operating System Users

4.7 Environment Variables

4.7.1 ORACLE_HOME, and ORACLE_SID

4.7.2 PATH, CLASSPATH, and Shared Library Path Environment Variables

4.7.3 DISPLAY

4.7.4 TNS_ADMIN

4.7.5 TMP and TMPDIR

4.7.6 The /etc/hosts File

4.7.6.1 Location of the Default Identity Management Realm

4.7.6.2 Host Name for Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On

4.8 Network Topics

4.8.1 Installing Oracle Content DB on Computers with Multiple Network Cards

4.8.2 Copying the DVD to a Hard Drive and Installing from the Hard Drive

4.8.3 Installing from a Remote DVD-ROM Drive

4.8.4 Installing Oracle Content DB on a Remote Computer

4.8.5 Installing Oracle Content DB on NFS-Mounted Storage

4.8.6 Support for NIS and NIS+

4.9 Prerequisite Checks Performed by Oracle Universal Installer

4.10 Running Prerequisite Checks from the Command Line

5 Installing the Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

5.1 Installing Oracle Content DB Middle Tier from the Media Pack

5.2 Installing Oracle Content DB Middle Tier from a Hard Drive

5.3 Oracle Content DB Middle-Tier Installation Procedure

6 Silent Installation of the Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

6.1 Introduction to Oracle Content DB Noninteractive Installations

6.1.1 Silent Installation of Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

6.1.2 Noninteractive Installation of Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

6.2 Silent or Noninteractive Installation Requirements

6.3 Creating Files for Silent and Noninteractive Installation

6.3.1 Creating the oraInst.loc File

6.3.2 Creating the oratab File

6.4 Response Files

6.4.1 Editing a Response File

6.4.2 Creating a Response File Using the Record Mode in the Installer

6.4.3 Specifying a Response File and Starting the Installation

6.5 Running the root.sh Script

6.5.1 root.sh and Silent Installation

6.5.1.1 Starting Oracle HTTP Server After Silent Installation

6.5.1.2 Using Oracle HTTP Server on a Different Port

6.5.2 root.sh and Noninteractive Installation

6.6 Postinstallation Tasks

6.7 Security Tips for Silent and Noninteractive Installations

6.8 Error Handling

6.9 Silent Deinstallation of Oracle Content DB

7 Oracle Content DB Middle-Tier Postinstallation Tasks

7.1 Verifying Oracle Content DB Configuration

7.2 Getting Started with Oracle Content DB

7.2.1 Choosing Deployment Options for Oracle Content DB

7.2.2 Signing In to Oracle Content DB for the First Time

7.2.3 Creating Additional Sites

7.2.4 Designating an Administrator E-mail Address for Site Quota Notifications

7.3 NFS Installations

7.4 Enabling SSL

7.5 Backup and Recovery

A Troubleshooting Oracle Content DB Installation

A.1 Verifying Oracle Content DB Requirements

A.2 Troubleshooting Oracle Content DB Installation Errors

A.3 Oracle Content DB Installation Problems and Solutions

A.3.1 Location of Installation Log Files

A.3.2 Linking Fails and ORA Errors Occur

A.3.3 Prerequisite Checks Fail at the Start of Installation

A.3.4 Message About Installing in a Non-Empty Directory

A.3.5 Oracle Universal Installer Disappears After Running the Preinstallation Checks

A.3.6 Unable to Clean Up a Failed Installation

A.3.7 Forgot the Password for the cn=orcladmin Account

A.3.8 OPMN Configuration Assistant—Start HTTP Server Failures

A.3.9 WARNING: DCM Service May Not be Available at This Time

A.4 Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants

A.4.1 Configuration Assistant Result Codes

A.4.2 Irrecoverable Errors

A.5 Troubleshooting Oracle Real Application Clusters

A.6 Need More Help?

B Basic Installation Information

B.1 Installation Basics

B.1.1 Contents of the Oracle Content DB Media Pack

B.1.2 Oracle Home Directory

B.1.3 Using Symbolic Links

B.1.4 Installing Any Oracle Product for the First Time

B.2 Installation of the Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

B.3 Mounting DVDs

B.3.1 Mounting DVD-ROMs for HP-UX Itanium

B.4 Understanding Oracle Universal Installer

B.4.1 oraInventory Directory and Installation Session Log Files

B.4.2 Subsequent Installations with Oracle Universal Installer

B.4.3 Starting Oracle Universal Installer

B.4.4 Starting Oracle Universal Installer from the Command Line

B.5 Installing Support for Additional Languages

B.6 Oracle Content DB Instances and Instance Names

B.6.1 Restrictions on Oracle Content DB Instance Names

B.6.2 How Oracle Content DB Uses Instance Names

B.7 The ias_admin User and Restrictions On Its Password

B.8 Where Does Oracle Universal Installer Write Files?

B.9 Logging In as root During Installation of Oracle Content DB

B.10 Connecting to Oracle Internet Directory Through SSL

B.11 Modifying Other Oracle Content DB Instances During Installation

B.12 Understanding the Order of Installation

C Oracle Content DB In a High Availability Environment

C.1 Installation Order for High Availability Configurations

C.2 High Availability for Oracle Database

C.3 High Availability for Oracle Identity Management Components

C.4 High Availability for the Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

D Default Port Numbers for Oracle Content DB

E Important Oracle Content DB URLs

F Software Requirements

F.1 Software Requirements for HP-UX Itanium

G Deinstalling the Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

G.1 Deinstalling the Oracle Content DB Middle Tier

G.2 Additional Cleanup Tasks

G.2.1 Removing Oracle Content DB Information From Oracle Internet Directory

G.2.2 Removing Schemas and Tablespaces from the Database

G.3 Deinstalling Oracle Content DB from a Single Computer

G.4 Cleaning Up Oracle Content DB Middle-Tier Processes

Glossary

Index