Preparing to Install Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue

The following sections provide information that you need to know before installing the Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue (OTMQ) 12c Release 1 (12.1.1) product software:

•	Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue Web Distribution

•	Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue Software Components

•	Hardware and Software Prerequisites

•	Hardware and Software Prerequisites

•	Inter-process Communication Resources Configuration

•	Oracle Installation Program

•	Oracle Home Directory

•	Installation Road Map

Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue Web Distribution

A copy of Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue (OTMQ) is available for download from the Oracle corporate Web site at http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/index.html.

Platform-specific installer files for the Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue product software are available for download from the Oracle corporate Web site.

Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue Software Components

Included with the Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue 12c Release 1 (12.1.1) software distribution is the minimum Tuxedo and all OTMQ components.

Hardware and Software Prerequisites

Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue software must be installed on each server machine that will participate in aan Oracle Tuxedo application, also known as a Tuxedo domain. A Tuxedo Message Queue application is a business software program, built upon the Tuxedo system, that is defined and controlled by a single configuration file known as the UBBCONFIG file. The Tuxedo configuration file is described in reference page UBBCONFIG(5) in Oracle Tuxedo File Formats, Data Descriptions, MIBs, and System Processes Reference.

An OTMQ application consists of many Tuxedo system processes, one or more application client processes, one or more application server processes, and one or more computer machines connected over a network. In a multi-machine Tuxedo application running different releases of the Oracle Tuxedo software, the master machine—designated via the MASTER parameter in the RESOURCES section of the UBBCONFIG file—must run the highest release of the Oracle Tuxedo software in the application. For more information about Tuxedo applications, see “Domains” in Oracle Tuxedo Product Overview.

Note:

Oracle advises against trying to share the Oracle Tuxedo system executables across remote filesystems; this practice has proven to be unreliable in the past.

System Requirements

In Oracle Tuxedo 12cR1 (12.1.1) you must select full installation to install OTMQ12c R1 on an exisitng Oracle Tuxedo version.

Note:

.Before installing Oracle Tuxedo Message Que software on a UNIX system, it is recommended that you repartition your hard disk device in accordance to File and Database Management and Disk Space Allocation.

Temporary Storage Space Requirements

The Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue Installation program will uses a temporary directory in which it extracts the files from the archive that are needed to install Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue on the target system, this procedure is same as the Tuxedo installation.

The amount of temporary storage space needed depends upon the target platform, as stated in the data sheets in OTMQ 12c Release 1 (12.1.1) Platform Data Sheets

Inter-process Communication Resources Configuration

This procedure is same as the Oracle Tuxedo12c installation.

To configure IPC resource, see "IPC Resource Configuration on a UNIX System" and "Performing Post-Installation Tasks" in the Oracle Tuxedo Installation Guide.

Note:

Before installing Oracle Tuxedo software on a UNIX system, Oracle recommends that you adjust the IPC parameters on the target machine.

Oracle Installation Program

The Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue software is distributed as an installer file, which also contains a copy of the Oracle Installation program. The Oracle Installation program is the Oracle standard tool for installing the Oracle Tuxedo software on Windows or UNIX systems.

Installation Methods

The Oracle Installation program supports three installation methods. You can use any of these methods to install the Oracle Tuxedo product software:

•	Graphical user interface (GUI) installation, described in Installing OTMQ Using GUI-Mode Installation.

•	Console Installation (UNIX systems only), described in Installing OTMQ on UNIX Systems Using Console-Mode Installation.

•	Silent installation, described in Installing OTMQ Using Silent Installation.

Cancelling Installation

Clicking the “Cancel” or the “close’ window button in GUI mode, or typing “quit” in console mode creates an incomplete Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue 12c Release 1 (12.1.1) installation. You will have to re-install Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue 12c Release 1 (12.1.1).

Install Sets

An install set is a bundle of product software components related by function. Oracle Tuxedo 12c Release 1 (12.1.1) offers the following two install sets:

•	Install on top of existing Oracle Tuxedo Installation

Only OTMQ components are copied, the existing Oracle Tuxedo binary is not changed.

•	Standalone Installation

All related Oracle Tuxedo binary and QTMQ components are copied to the target directory.

Oracle Home Directory

When you install Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue, you are prompted to specify an Oracle Home directory. This procedure is same as the Oracle Tuxedo installation.

For more information, see the Oracle Tuxedo Installation Guide.

Installation Road Map

You are now ready to begin your installation. To install Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue 12c Release 1 (12.1.1), see one of the following sections:

•	Installing OTMQ Using GUI-Mode Installation

•	Installing OTMQ on UNIX Systems Using Console-Mode Installation

•	Installing OTMQ Using Silent Installation

If you want to uninstall your Oracle Tuxedo Message Queue software, see Post-Installation.