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Preface

Intended Audience

Documentation Accessibility

Structure

Conventions

1 Overview of Oracle Collaboration Suite

1.1 Infrastructure Database and Oracle Internet Directory

1.2 Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services

1.3 Oracle Calendar Server and Oracle Files Domain Controller

1.4 Information Storage

1.5 Middle Tier Components

2 Overview of High-Availability Architecture

2.1 Sample High-Availability Oracle Collaboration Suite Architecture

2.2 Infrastructure Database and Oracle Internet Directory Tier

2.3 Oracle Calendar Server and Oracle Files Domain Controller Tier

2.4 Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services Tier

2.5 Information Storage Tier

2.6 Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle Tiers

2.7 Network Planning for Oracle Collaboration Suite

3 Installing and Configuring for High Availability

3.1 Overview of Installation and Configuration for High Availability

3.2 Implementing Preinstallation Recommendations

3.2.1 Preparing Information to Be Specified During the Installation

3.2.2 Planning for Storage Requirements

3.2.3 Configuring System Kernel Parameters

3.2.4 Configuring Information Storage and Raw Volumes

3.2.4.1 Base Tablespace Volumes

3.2.4.2 Oracle Files Store Volumes

3.2.4.3 Oracle Email Store Volumes

3.3 Installing the Infrastructure in a Cold Failover Cluster

3.4 Moving Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services to the DMZ

3.4.1 Setting Up the HTTP Server

3.4.2 Updating Distributed Configuration Management

3.4.3 Setting Up Database Access for modplsql

3.5 Configuring the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On Server to Use a Load Balancer

3.5.1 Modifying the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On Server Settings of the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On URL

3.5.2 Reregistering Partner Applications

3.6 Moving Oracle Delegated Administration Services to the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On Middle Tier

3.7 Installing and Configuring Information Storage to Use Oracle Real Application Clusters

3.7.1 Creating the DBCA_RAW_CONFIG File

3.7.2 Creating the Database with the Required Tablespaces

3.7.3 Unlocking the Oracle Web Conferencing Real-Time Collaboration Schemas

3.7.4 Creating Tablespaces That Are Not Created by the Database Configuration Assistant

3.7.4.1 Oracle Web Conferencing Real-Time Collaboration Store

3.7.4.2 Oracle Email Store

3.7.4.3 Oracle Files

3.7.5 Setting the MAX_COMMIT_PROPAGATION_DELAY Parameter

3.7.6 Copying Binary Files to Remote Nodes

3.8 Installing and Configuring Oracle Calendar Server and Oracle Files Domain Controller

3.8.1 Installing Oracle Calendar Server and Oracle Files Domain Controller

3.8.2 Modifying the unison.ini File for Oracle Calendar Server

3.8.3 Modifying the registry.xml File for Oracle Files Domain Controller

3.8.4 Verifying the Oracle Calendar Server and Oracle Files Domain Controller Installation

3.9 Installing and Configuring Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle Tiers

3.9.1 Installing the Middle Tiers

3.9.2 Verifying the Middle Tier Login

3.9.3 Configuring the Oracle Email Information Storage and Middle Tier

3.9.4 Configuring Oracle Files

3.10 Setting Up a Load Balancer for the Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle Tiers

3.10.1 Validating the Partner Applications

3.10.2 Configuring HTTP Server and Web Cache to Use Load Balancer URL and Port 80

3.10.3 Reregistering the Two Middle Tiers with the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On Using the Virtual Server of the Load Balancer

3.10.4 Obfuscating the osso.conf File

3.10.5 Reconfiguring Oracle9iAS Portal

3.10.6 Deleting Old Partner Applications

3.10.7 Updating the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On Server Configuration Table

3.10.8 Changing Portlet URLs

3.10.9 Updating Portlet URLs

3.10.10 Restarting the Middle Tiers

3.11 Configuring Web Cache Clustering

3.12 Addressing Firewall Configuration Considerations

4 Applying the 9.0.4.2 Patch Set

4.1 Downloading and Applying the 9.0.4.2 Patch Set

4.2 Configuring Oracle Web Conferencing Real-Time Collaboration After Applying the Patch Set

5 Applying the 9.0.1.5 Patch Set

5.1 Addressing the Requirements for Applying the Patch Set

5.2 Applying the Patch Set to the Infrastructure

5.3 Applying the Patch Set to the Other Tiers

6 Applying the 3620912 Patch

A Acknowledgments

B Component Startup and Shutdown Scripts

B.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down Oracle Collaboration Suite Components

B.2 Setting Up Environment Variables

B.3 Infrastructure Components

B.4 Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services Components

B.5 Information Storage Oracle Real Application Clusters Instances

B.6 Oracle Calendar Server and Oracle Files Domain Controller

B.7 Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle Tiers

C Backing Up Information Storage and Software

C.1 Information Storage Backup

C.2 Software Backups

D Creating Information Storage Tablespaces

D.1 Recommended Sizes of Information Storage Tablespaces

D.2 Creating the Tablespaces Required for Applying the 9.0.4.2 Patch Set

E Storage and Backup Planning Table

F Installation Checklist

G References

G.1 Documentation

G.2 MetaLink Notes

Index