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1 Introduction to Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Forms and Reports Services

1.1 Restrictions with this Installation Type

1.2 Available Features with this Installation Type

1.2.1 Oracle Application Server Forms Services

1.2.2 Oracle Application Server Reports Services

1.2.3 Oracle HTTP Server

1.2.4 Oracle Application Server Web Cache

1.2.5 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J)

1.2.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager

1.2.7 Oracle Process and Management Notification (OPMN)

1.2.8 Distributed Configuration Management (DCM)

2 Installation Overview

3 What is New in the Installation

3.1.1 Using Default Port Numbers

3.1.2 Default Ports for Oracle HTTP Server Are 80 and 443

3.1.3 Custom Port Numbers

3.1.4 Using Custom Port Numbers (the "Static Ports" Feature)

3.1.4.1 Format of the staticports.ini File

3.1.4.2 Error Conditions That Will Cause the Installer to Use Default Ports Instead of Specified Ports

3.1.4.3 Ports for Oracle HTTP Server and OracleAS Web Cache

3.1.4.4 Examples

3.2 Default Port Numbers

3.2.1 Method of Assigning Default Port Numbers

3.2.2 Default Port Numbers

3.3 One ias_admin User Per Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Forms and Reports Services Instance

3.4 Support for Off-Network Installations

3.5 Support for DHCP

3.6 Support for IP Address and Hostname Changes After Installation

3.7 Windows 2000 Requires SP3 or Later

3.8 Changed Terminology

3.9 Configuration Assistant Enhancements

3.10 More Prerequisite Checks

3.11 Support for Generating Installation Statistics

3.12 Installation from DVD Now Available

4 Compatibility with Earlier Versions

4.1 Compatibility with Earlier Versions and Release 10g (9.0.4)

4.2 Interoperability Issues and Workarounds

4.2.1 Oracle Enterprise Manager for 9.0.2/9.0.3 and 10g (9.0.4) Uses the Same Port (Port 1810)

4.2.2 dcmctl getState Command from a 10g (9.0.4) Instance Cannot Be Used With 9.0.2 or 9.0.3 Instances

4.2.3 Oracle Enterprise Manager: No Rollup Metrics for 9.0.2 Middle Tiers

5 Requirements

5.1 System Requirements

5.1.1 Tips for Reducing Memory Usage

5.2 Windows System Files (wsf.exe)

5.3 Operating System User

5.4 Environment Variables

5.4.1 How to Set Environment Variables

5.4.2 ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID

5.4.3 PATH and CLASSPATH

5.5 Network Topics

5.5.1 Installing on DHCP Computers

5.5.2 Installing on Multi-Homed Computers

5.5.3 Installing on Computers With Multiple Aliases

5.5.4 Installing on Non-Networked Computers

5.5.5 Installing a Loopback Adapter

5.5.5.1 Checking If a Loopback Adapter Is Installed on Your Computer

5.5.5.2 Installing a Loopback Adapter - Windows NT

5.5.5.3 Installing a Loopback Adapter - Windows 2000

5.5.5.4 Installing a Loopback Adapter - Windows 2003 / Windows XP

5.5.5.5 Removing the Loopback Adapter - Windows NT

5.5.5.6 Removing a Loopback Adapter - Windows 2000 / Windows 2003 / Windows XP

5.5.6 Copying CD-ROMs or DVD to Hard Drive, and Installing from the Hard Drive

5.5.7 Installing from a Remote CD-ROM or DVD Drive

5.5.8 Installing on Remote Computers Through Remote Control Software

5.6 Prerequisite Checks Performed by the Installer

6 Things You Should Know Before Starting the Installation

6.1 Oracle Home Directory

6.2 Oracle Home Name

6.3 Installing Additional Languages

6.4 Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Forms and Reports Services Instances and Instance Names

6.5 The ias_admin User and Restrictions on its Password

6.6 Where Does the Installer Write Files?

6.7 Starting the Oracle Universal Installer

7 Post-Installation Tasks

7.1 State of Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Forms and Reports Services Instances After Installation

7.2 Testing the Forms and Reports Services Installation

7.3 Backup and Recovery

7.5 NLS_LANG Environment Variable

7.6 Deployment of Forms and Reports Application

A Troubleshooting

A.1 Verify Requirements

A.2 What to Do If an Installation Error Occurs

A.3 Troubleshoot 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 Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Forms and Reports Services Configuration Assistants

B Deinstallation and Reinstallation

B.1 Deinstallation of 10g (9.0.4) Instances

B.2 Deinstalling All Oracle Products Manually

B.3 Reinstallation

C URLs for Components

D Java Access Bridge Installation

D.1 Introduction

D.2 Setup for JRE 1.4.2

D.3 Setup for Oracle Installed Components

D.3.1 Installing Java Access Bridge

D.3.2 Configuring Oracle Components to Use Java Access Bridge

D.3.2.1 Configuring for Windows NT

D.3.2.2 Configuring for Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003

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