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Core Installation

This chapter guides you through the installation steps for the Core Edition of Oracle9i Application Server. The following topics provide detailed installation steps, and basic postinstallation tasks:

• Installation

• Postinstallation

Installation

The installation process is divided into two parts:

• Preparing System for Installation

• Installing Oracle9i Application Server

Preparing System for Installation

The following instructions prepare your machine for the installation of Oracle9i Application Server.

1. Review the Installation Overview screen and make the appropriate choice for the installer to display additional help, and click Next.

   Figure 3-1 Installation Overview Screen

   
   
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   The Installation Overview screen enables you to launch and view additional installation help and information during installation. Both choices enable you to click Help to view information for each screen.

   • Yes: This will launch a Web browser that displays additional installation information such as installation summary and frequently asked questions.

   • No: This option will disable the additional help option.

2. Review the Welcome screen and click Next.

   Figure 3-2 Welcome Screen

   
   
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   The Welcome screen provides information about the Oracle Universal Installer.

   The following function buttons appear on the installation screens.

   • Deinstall Products: Deinstall individual components or the entire product. This button appears only on the Welcome screen.

   • About Oracle Universal Installer: View the version number of the installer in use.

   • Exit: Quit the installation process and exit the installer.

   • Help: Access detailed information about the functionality of each screen.

   • Installed Products: View currently installed products or to deinstall the entire product or components.

   • Previous: Return to the previous screen.

   • Next: Move to the next screen.

3. Select Core Edition and click Next.

   Figure 3-3 Installation Types Screen

   
   
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   The Installation Types screen allows you to select the Oracle9i Application Server installation option that you are licensed to use.

   • Core Edition: Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE, Oracle9iAS Web Cache, and Oracle HTTP Server

   • Minimal Edition: Installs Oracle9iAS Portal, Oracle9iAS Wireless, Oracle Enterprise Manager Client, and Oracle HTTP Server.

   • Standard Edition: Installs Oracle9iAS Portal, Oracle9iAS Wireless, Oracle Enterprise Java Engine, Oracle Enterprise Manager Client, Oracle HTTP Server, and Oracle Internet File System.

   • Enterprise Edition: Installs Oracle9iAS Database Cache, Oracle9iAS Discoverer, Oracle9iAS Forms Services, Oracle9iAS Portal, Oracle9iAS Reports Services, Oracle9iAS Web Cache, Oracle9iAS Wireless, Oracle Enterprise Java Engine, Oracle Enterprise Manager Client, Oracle HTTP Server, Oracle Internet File System, and Oracle Management Server.

4. Verify the Oracle home name and location, and click Next.

   Figure 3-4 Destination Oracle Home and Oracle Home Name Screen

   
   
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   The Destination Oracle Home and Oracle Home Name screen allows you to enter the name and location of your Oracle home for the 8.1.7 RSF based products. You can accept or change the defaults.

   • Oracle Home Name: This is the name of the Oracle home, which is the root directory in which Oracle9i Application Server is installed.

   • Oracle Home Location: This is the full path of the Oracle home directory. There should be no spaces in the Oracle home path.

     Note: Do not to install Oracle9i Application Server in an Oracle home containing other Oracle products, including the database. Such an installation could overwrite shared components, causing the products to malfunction.

   • Browse: To navigate through the file system to find source and destination locations.

5. You do not have sufficient space to install Oracle9i Application Server. Free enough disk space to meet the hardware requirements and click Next, or click Previous to select another drive. This screen will appear only if you do not have sufficient disk space.

   Figure 3-5 Insufficient Disk Space Screen

   
   
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   Insufficient Disk Space screen appears only if you do not have enough disk space on your selected drive to install Oracle9i Application Server. You can:

   • Click Next once you have freed sufficient disk space.

   • Click Previous to select another drive to install product.

     See Also: Chapter 1, "Requirements"

6. Select the components you wish to configure during the installation process and click Next. These components will automatically start up after installation. If you wish to configure the components later, do not select them.

   Figure 3-6 Component Configuration and Startup Screen

   
   
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   The Component Configuration and Startup screen allows you to select the components that you want the installer to configure and start after installation. This screen offers two configuration options:

   • If you select a component here, then the installer prompts you for any or all configuration information required by that component. After installation, the installer starts that component.

   • If you de-select a component here, then the installer installs it, but does not configure or start it. After installation, if you decide to use that component, then manually launch the configuration assistant to configure that component.

     See Also: Appendix A, "Configuration Tools"

   You can select or de-select multiple components by holding down the Control key while clicking on the component name.

7. Monitor the installation process and after the installer finishes, click Next.

   Figure 3-7 Install Screen

   
   
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   The Install screen appears while Oracle Universal Installer incorporates all the user input for Oracle9i Application Server. It also displays the full path of the installation log.

   • Cancel: To discontinue the installation process.

8. Review the system reboot information and click Next. This screen will not appear under the following conditions:
   • The machine has previously installed Oracle9i Application Server. In this case you do not have to reinstall the system DLLs and the reboot is not necessary.

   • You are installing on Windows 2000. In this case, the machine will not reboot.

     Note: Be sure to close all other open applications and processes as your machine will automatically reboot after the configuration files are copied.

   Figure 3-8 System Reboot Screen

   
   
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   The System Reboot screen informs you that after the installer copies the necessary files required to install Oracle9i Application Server, your machine will reboot to allow the configuration changes to take effect. When the machine starts up again, Oracle Universal Installer appears and begins the installation process of the Oracle9i Application Server.

9. Monitor the installation process and after the installer finishes, your machine reboots. This screen will not appear if you are installing on Windows 2000.

   Figure 3-9 Install Screen

   
   
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   The Install screen appears while Oracle Universal Installer installs required configuration files for Oracle9i Application Server. It also displays the full path of the installation log.

   • Cancel: To discontinue the installation process.

   Your machine will reboot once the configuration files are copied. Do not attempt to restart the installer after reboot. It will launch automatically.

Installing Oracle9i Application Server

Once your machine starts up after rebooting, the Oracle Universal Installer appears and proceeds to install Oracle9i Application Server The reboot process will not occur if you are installing on Windows 2000.

Note: Be sure to log in with Windows administrator privileges after your machine starts up again.

The following screen appears as Oracle Universal Installer relaunches.The installer may take up to several minutes to start, and might pause if some screensavers are activated.

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1. This screen appears only if Oracle Universal Installer has detected insufficient disk space in the Oracle home directory. If needed, verify and change the locations of the components displayed on the screen, and click Next.

   Figure 3-10 Component Locations Screen

   
   
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   The Component Locations screen allows you to select alternative locations for some components.

   Note: Insufficient disk space is indicated in red with a hand icon next to it.

   • Show all components to be installed: To view the complete list of components chosen for installation. Select check box to display component list.

2. Review the summary and click Install to begin the installation process.

   Figure 3-11 Summary Screen

   
   
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   The Summary screen allows you to review all the settings before the actual installation process. These settings include source, destination, installation type, product language, space requirements, and a list of components.

   • To make changes to any of these settings, click Previous to return to the respective screens.

     Note: Insufficient disk space is indicated in red under Space Requirements.

   When you click Install, the installation process begins.

3. Monitor the installation process and after the installer finishes, click Next.

   Figure 3-12 Install Screen

   
   
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   The Install screen appears while the product is installing. Installation operations include executing actions such as file copy and linking, and executing decision points and calculations. It also displays the full path of the installation log.

   • Cancel: To discontinue the installation process. You can then choose to stop the installation of an individual component or the entire product.

   Changing Disks: During the installation process, the Disk Location dialog appears and prompts you to change disks. Insert the requested disk into your disk drive, or specify an alternative location, and click OK.

   
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4. Start the origin database if it has been shut down during installation. Verify the list of configuration tools and click Next. This screen appears only if you select components to configure and start in the Components Configuration and Startup screen.

   Note: The installer has completed copying and linking the necessary files. Be sure to start the database if it had been shut down for the installation process. The configuration tools such as Oracle9iAS Portal Configuration Assistant need to connect to an active database for configuration purposes.

   Figure 3-13 Configuration Tools Screen

   
   
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   The Configuration Tools screen lists the configuration tools for all installed components.

   Scroll down the list to review the configuration status of each tool. The status changes as each component is configured.

   The installer performs the following functions in this screen:

   • Executes a configuration tool for each component selected previously in the Component Configuration and Startup screen.

   • Displays all the configuration settings in the display window below as it executes a configuration tool for each component.

   • Enables you to view configuration settings after all configuration tools are executed. Click on each component to review all the changes made.

   • Allows you to view data for failed executions in the display window. You can either fix the error and click Retry to execute the configuration tool again, or ignore the error and click Next to proceed to the next screen.

   • Retry: To re-execute the configuration script if the configuration of a component fails.

   • Stop: To quit the configuration process.

   Configuration Tools

   Depending on the components you select in the Configuration and Startup screen, the following configuration tools launch:

   Starting Oracle HTTP service- This service starts the Oracle HTTP Server.

   Oracle HTTP Server starts up in a DOS window. In that window, you can test the Oracle HTTP Server installation.

   To administer the Oracle HTTP service from the Control Panel, reboot your machine after Oracle9i Application Server installation completes. Then, Oracle HTTP service will start automatically and you will no longer need to start it in a DOS window.

   Oracle9iAS Web Cache Configuration Assistant - This launches the service to start Oracle9iAS Web Cache. Oracle9iAS Web Cache service starts up automatically by default. If you choose not to use Oracle9iAS Web Cache, you will need to stop the service manually.

   See Also: "Starting and Stopping Components"

5. Ensure that the installation was successful. Click Exit to quit the installer.

   Figure 3-14 End of Installation Screen

   
   
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   The End of Installation screen appears at the end of the installation process. It notifies you whether the installation was successful or unsuccessful.

   • Release Information: To view the latest release information.

   If the installer detects that specific port numbers such as 7777, are occupied, it will display the alternate port numbers on the end of Installation screen. For Oracle HTTP Server port number information, refer to "Port Allocation".

You have successfully installed the Core Edition installation option of Oracle9i Application Server. Proceed to "Postinstallation" to complete the installation process.

Postinstallation

The following instructions guide you through the basic postinstallation tasks for Oracle9i Application Server. Before performing these tasks, install, if needed, Oracle9i Application Server Client from the Oracle9i Application Server Administrative and Development Client CD included in the Oracle9i Application Server CD pack.

See Also: Appendix B, "Installing Oracle9i Application Server Administrative and Development Client CD-ROM"

The postinstallation contains the following sections:

• Configuring Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE

• Starting and Stopping Components

• Component Web Sites

• Component Port Numbers

• Additional Documentation

Configuring Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE

For Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE (OC4J) installation and configuration information, refer to Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE Quick Reference Card located in the Oracle9i Application Server Documentation Library.

Starting and Stopping Components

You can manually start and stop a component by doing the following:

1. For Windows NT, go to the Control Panel, open Services. For Windows 2000, go to the Control Panel, to Administrative Tools, open Services.

2. In Services, select the service then click Start or Stop for desired result.

Table 3-1 lists the service names for the Oracle9i Application Server components.

Table 3-1 Starting and Stopping Components

Component	Service Name
Oracle9iAS Web Cache	OracleiSuitesWebCache OracleiSuitesWebCacheAdmin
Oracle HTTP Server	OracleiSuitesHTTPServer OracleiAS_6iServerClientCache80 OracleiAS_HomeTNSListener OracleiSuitesAgent OracleiSuiteTNSListener OracleiSuiteAgent

Component Web Sites

Table 3-2 lists Web sites for Oracle9i Application Server components.

Table 3-2 Component Web sites

Component	Web Site
Oracle9iAS Web Cache	http://hostname.domain:4000 (Log on as Administrator/Administrator)
Oracle HTTP Server Oracle HTTP Server (SSL-enabled)	http://hostname.domain:listener_port https://hostname.domain:listener_port

Component Port Numbers

Table 3-3 lists the default port numbers on which requests are received for each component.

Table 3-3 Port Numbers

Components	Port Number
Oracle9iAS Web Cache Oracle9iAS Web Cache Administration Port Oracle9iAS Web Cache Invalidation Port Oracle9iAS Web Cache Statistics Port	1100 4000 4001 4002
Oracle HTTP Server Oracle HTTP Server (SSL-enabled) Oracle HTTP Server Jserv Servlet Engine	For information on port numbers, refer to "Port Allocation". 8007

Additional Documentation

For further information on postinstallation and configuration tasks, refer to component-specific documentation. For information on viewing and installing the documentation, refer to Appendix E, "Installing Documentation Library".