5 Configuring Oracle9iFS

Oracle9iFS Deployment Overview

Oracle9iFS deployment uses:

• Oracle9i Application Server 9.0.2.3 patchset

• Oracle9i Application Server Certified Configuration release 2 (9.0.2.0.1) Mid-Tier for the Oracle9iAS Middle-Tier

• Oracle9i Application Server Infrastructure with metadata repository database (Oracle9i 9.0.1.3 database)

• Oracle9i Application Server Infrastructure with Oracle Internet Directory (OiD) and Single Sign-On (SSO) server

• Oracle9i Certified Configuration Release 2 (9.2.0.x) database as the customer database

Preconfiguring Oracle9iFS

You must perform preconfiguration and configuration tasks before Oracle9iFS is fully functional. Complete the following preconfiguration tasks:

Configuring Oracle9iFS

Complete the following configuration tasks:

1. Log in as the user who owns the ORACLE_HOME for Oracle9iAS Middle-Tier.

2. Using the following command, run $HOME/profile.iascc_env:

   $ . $HOME/profile.iascc_env
   
   

   When prompted, enter the option number to select the ORACLE_HOME for the Middle-Tier.

3. If it does not already exist, create a TNS alias to connect to the Oracle9iFS target database from the Oracle9iAS Middle-Tier ORACLE_HOME. The following code lines are an example:

   target_db_SID.us.oracle.com =
   
     (DESCRIPTION =
   
       (ADDRESS_LIST =
   
         (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST =host1.us.oracle.com )(PORT = 1521))
   
       )
   
       (CONNECT_DATA =
         (INSTANCE_NAME = target_db_SID)
         (SERVICE_NAME = target_db_SID)
   
       )
   
     )
   
   

   where:

   • 1521 is the Oracle Net listener port number to connect to the target database

   • host1.us.oracle.com is the machine where the target database is running

   • target_db_SID is the target database SID

   • target_db_SID.us.oracle.com is the TNS alias name

4. Add the same entry into the tnsnames.ora file in the OiD and SSO Infrastructure Oracle home.

5. Gather the host name for the Oracle9iAS OiD server, OiD port, the administrator name for OiD (default orcladmin) and the password, if you want to use OiD to store the Oracle9iFS user account information.

6. To create tablespaces for Oracle9iFS with the scripts in the directory $ORACLE_CC_ROOT/ifs, run the script, $ORACLE_CC_ROOT/ifs/ifs_dbprepare.sh.

   There are seven entries in the file ifs_dbfiles.conf that invoke scripts to set up seven tablespaces.

   Example:

   O9IFS_PRIMARY=O9IFS_PRIMARY:/%DATADIR%/data01/09ifs/o9ifs_primary.\ dbf:50
   
   

7. You must run the script $ORACLE_HOME/9ifs/bin/ifsconfig. Follow the instructions in Chapter 3 of Oracle Internet File System Installation and Configuration for release 9.0.2.

8. If the active Enterprise Manager Web site (EMD) does not run from the Oracle9iAS mid-tier ORACLE_HOME, then run the script $ORACLE_CC_ROOT/ifs/fix9ifsemd.sh. The script copies required files from the Oracle9iFS ORACLE_HOME to the active Enterprise Manager Web site (EMD) install area.

9. Restart EMD from an active EMD Oracle home.

10. Complete the following steps:

    1. When Oracle9iFS configuration is complete, run the script $ORACLE_HOME/9ifs/bin/ifsdeployear.

    2. Connect to Enterprise Manager Web site from your browser using http://hostname:1810. Specify ias_admin as the user and use Oracle9iAS instance password that you used for active Oracle Enterprise Manager (EMD) Oracle home to log in.

    3. On an EMD farm page, click on the Oracle9i Application Server instance where you installed Oracle Internet File System (Oracle9iFS).

    4. Click on target <hostname.domainname>:53141.

    5. Launch the Oracle9iFS node from the location above.

    6. When the system prompts you for the operating system user name and password, log in using the root user and password.

    7. Click on target <hostname.domainname>:53140.

    8. Launch the Oracle9iFS domain controller from the location above.

    9. When the system prompts you for the operating system user name and password, log in using the operating system user and password for the user who owns the Oracle9i Application Server mid-tier Oracle home.

    10. Start the Oracle9iFS domain controller by clicking the Start button.

11. By this step, the Oracle9iFS instance should be accessible through the Web browser at the URL, http://hostname:7778/ifs/files, which is the port on which the middle-tier HTTP server listens. The administrator default login name is system, and the default password is manager9ifs.

    If attempting to access the Oracle9iFS instance fails with an Error 503 message, wait for a minute or two, and then reattempt access.

Integrating Oracle9iFS for Oracle Portal (optional)

The following section discusses optional postconfiguration steps for Oracle9iFS.

To integrate Oracle9iFS into Oracle Portal with the iFS portlet, you must do the following in addition to the section "Integrate Oracle9iFS Portlet with Oracle Portal," in Chapter 4, Oracle Internet File System Installation and Configuration Guide:

1. Complete the following tasks to deploy the iFS portlet:

   1. Go to the Portal home page.

   2. Log in.

   3. Click the Builder icon (at the top right corner of the screen).

   4. Choose the Build tab.

   5. Go to the Providers section, and click on the link Register a Portlet Provider.

   6. Follow the iFS document instructions to register the portlet.

      After the portlet registration process is complete, you can find the Oracle9iFS Portlet in the portlet repository, and use it in your Portal page.

2. To access Oracle9iFS through the Microsoft file manager Windows Explorer, install the Windows client software as described in Chapter 5 of Oracle Internet File System Installation and Configuration Guide. The guide is available at the following Web site:

   http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/ifs/doc_library/Sol_iFS902_RTM/Disk1/index.html