Installing and Setting Up WebLogic Server 4.5

 

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1. Installing WebLogic Server 4.5

Checking your package

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Upgrading from an earlier release of WebLogic Server

Installing WebLogic Server on your platform

2. Installing using the InstallShield distribution (Windows NT)

Uninstalling a previous release

Running the InstallShield program

Next step

3. Installing from a zip archive (UNIX, Windows NT)

Overview

Installing from the zip archive

Next step

4. Setting up and Starting WebLogic Server 4.5

Tasks to set up and start WebLogic Server

Install a JDK

Setting the environment

Setting the system PATH

Setting the classpath

Upgrading from a previous release

What to put in your Java system classpath

What to put in your WebLogic classpath

Microsoft SDK for Java (JView

Cloudscape DBMS

Setting up the Java security manager for Java 2

Modifying the weblogic.policy file for general use

Modifying the weblogic.policy file for third party or user-written classes

Installing a WebLogic license

Evaluation licenses

Other licenses

Updating a license

Upgrading licenses from a previous release

Starting WebLogic Server on Windows NT

Start Menu

NT Service

Windows Convenience Programs

Starting WebLogic Server from the command line

Command line examples

JDK 1.1.x example

JDK 1.2 (Java 2) example

Jview example

Additional options:

Starting WebLogic Enterprise Connectivity

Starting WebLogic Server from the WebLogic Console

Starting WebLogic Server using scripts

Next steps

Other Documentation

5. Installing JDBC Drivers

Installing type-2 jdbcKona/Sybase and jdbcKona/MSSQLServer drivers

Installing jdbcKona/Oracle

Client libraries

Windows NT

Solaris

IBM AIX

HP-UX 11

SGI Irix

Notes for Microsoft SDK for Java users

Checking connections to the Oracle database

Using IDEs or debuggers with jdbcKona drivers

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