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1 Summary of Installation Steps

2 What's New in the Installation

2.1 OracleAS Metadata Repository Uses Oracle Database 10g

2.2 Support for More High Availability Environments

2.3 Support for Oracle Internet Directory Replication

2.4 Windows NT No Longer Supported

2.5 New Screen for Specifying the staticports.ini File

2.6 Additional Tool for Deinstallation

2.7 Changed Option Name in Select Configuration Options Screen for J2EE and Web Cache

2.8 Recording Feature for Silent Installations

2.9 Generating Installation Statistics

3 Compatibility with Earlier Releases

4 Requirements

4.1 System Requirements

4.1.1 Memory and Pagefile Requirements for Running Multiple Instances on the Same Computer

4.1.2 Tips for Reducing Memory Usage

4.2 Windows System Files (wsf.exe)

4.3.1 About Ephemeral Ports

4.3.2 Checking If a Port Is in Use

4.3.3 Using Default Port Numbers

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

4.3.4.1 Format of the staticports.ini File

4.3.4.2 Error Conditions that Will Cause the Installer to Use Default Ports Instead of Specified Ports

4.3.4.3 Ports for Oracle HTTP Server and OracleAS Web Cache

4.3.5 If Port 1521 Is in Use

4.3.5.1 If Port 1521 Is In Use by an Existing Oracle Database

4.3.5.2 If Port 1521 Is In Use by Some Other Application

4.4 Operating System User

4.5 Environment Variables

4.5.1 How to Set Environment Variables

4.5.2 ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID

4.5.4 TNS_ADMIN

4.6 The %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts File

4.6.1 Location of the Default Identity Management Realm

4.6.2 Hostname for OracleAS Single Sign-On

4.7 Network Topics

4.7.1 Installing on DHCP Computers

4.7.2 Installing on Multihomed (Multi-IP) Computers

4.7.3 Installing on Computers with Multiple Aliases

4.7.4 Installing on Non-Networked Computers

4.7.5 Installing on Static IP Computers that You Want to Disconnect from the Network Later

4.7.6 Installing a Loopback Adapter

4.7.6.1 Checking If a Loopback Adapter Is Installed on Your Computer

4.7.6.2 Installing a Loopback Adapter on Windows 2000

4.7.6.3 Installing a Loopback Adapter on Windows 2003 or Windows XP

4.7.6.4 Checking the Hostname

4.7.6.5 Removing a Loopback Adapter on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, or Windows XP

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

4.7.8 Installing from a Remote CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive

4.7.9 Installing on Remote Computers Through Remote Control Software

4.8 Prerequisite Checks Performed by the Installer

5 Things You Should Know Before Starting the Installation

5.1 Basic Concepts

5.2 Order of Installation

5.3 Where Do I Install Oracle Application Server?

5.4 Oracle Home Directory

5.4.1 Installing in an Existing Oracle Home

5.4.2 Installing in a Non-Empty Oracle Home

5.5 Oracle Home Name

5.6 Installing Additional Languages

5.7 Oracle Application Server Instances and Instance Names

5.8 The ias_admin User and Restrictions on its Password

5.9 Comparing Installing Components against Configuring Components

5.10 Installing Oracle9i Application Server Release 2 (9.0.2) on the Same Computer

5.11 Where Does the Installer Write Files?

5.12 Connecting to Oracle Internet Directory Through SSL Connections

5.13 Starting the Oracle Universal Installer

6 Installing OracleAS Infrastructure

6.1 Infrastructure Installation Types

6.2 Why Would I Select the Different Infrastructure Installation Types?

6.3 Order of Installation for the Infrastructure

6.4 Can I Install Components on Separate Computers?

6.5 Tips for Installing Identity Management Components Separately

6.6 Do I Need the Oracle Delegated Administration Services or the Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning Components?

6.7 Can I Configure Components After Installation?

6.8 Can I Use an Existing Database for the OracleAS Metadata Repository?

6.9 Can I Use an Existing Oracle Internet Directory?

6.10 Registration of OracleAS Metadata Repository in Oracle Internet Directory and Password Randomization

6.11 Contents of the OracleAS Metadata Repository

6.12 Can I Use Multiple Metadata Repositories?

6.13 What High Availability Options Does Oracle Application Server Support?

6.14 Restrictions on the Passwords for the SYS and SYSTEM Users

6.15 Support for NE8ISO8859P10 and CEL8ISO8859P14 Characters Sets

6.16 What Do I Enter in the "Specify Namespace in Internet Directory" Screen?

6.17 How to Determine Port Numbers Used by Components

6.18 Can I Add OracleAS Certificate Authority After Installation?

6.19 Installing OracleAS Infrastructure

6.20 Installing OracleAS Infrastructure Against an Existing Oracle Internet Directory

6.21 Installing OracleAS Metadata Repository in a New Database

6.22 Installing Identity Management Components Only (Including Oracle Internet Directory)

6.23 Installing Identity Management Components Only (Excluding Oracle Internet Directory)

6.24 Installing Oracle Internet Directory Only

6.25 Installing OracleAS Certificate Authority and OracleAS Metadata Repository Only

6.26 Install Fragment: The First Few Screens of the Installation

6.27 Install Fragment: The Last Few Screens of the Installation

6.28 Install Fragment: Database Screens

6.29 Install Fragment: OracleAS Certificate Authority Screens

7 Installing Middle Tiers

7.1 Middle-tier Types

7.2 Components in the Middle Tier

7.3 Which Components Do I Need?

7.4 Configuration Options for the J2EE and Web Cache Middle Tier

7.4.1 What Is a Farm?

7.4.2 What Is an OracleAS Cluster?

7.4.3 Special Requirements for Installing J2EE and Web Cache Instances with OracleAS File-Based Repository Across a Firewall

7.5 How to Determine the Password for the DCM Schema

7.6 How to Determine Port Numbers Used by Components

7.7 If You Plan to Install Middle Tiers Against an Upgraded Oracle Internet Directory

7.8 Installing a J2EE and Web Cache Without an Infrastructure

7.9 Installing J2EE and Web Cache in a Database-Based Farm Repository and with Identity Management Access

7.10 Installing J2EE and Web Cache in a Database-Based Farm Repository but Without Identity Management Access

7.11 Installing J2EE and Web Cache in a File-Based Farm Repository but Without Identity Management Access

7.12 Installing J2EE and Web Cache in a File-Based Farm Repository and with Identity Management Access

7.13 Installing Portal and Wireless

7.14 Expanding a Middle Tier

7.15 Can I Upgrade and Expand a Middle Tier at the Same Time?

7.16 Install Fragment: The First Few Screens for Installing Middle Tiers

7.17 Install Fragment: The Last Few Screens of the Installation

8 Configuring Oracle Internet Directory for Oracle Application Server Installation Privileges

8.1 Default Users in Oracle Internet Directory

8.2 Groups in Oracle Internet Directory

8.2.1 "Global" Groups

8.2.2 Groups for Each Metadata Repository

8.2.3 Groups for Each Component

8.3 Groups Required to Configure or Deinstall Components

8.4 Groups Required to Install Middle Tiers

8.4.1 Groups Required to Install Against the Desired Metadata Repository

8.4.2 Groups Required to Install Middle-tier Components

8.5 Groups Required to Install Additional Metadata Repositories

8.6 Example of Installation with Different Users

8.7 How to Create Users in Oracle Internet Directory

8.8 How to Add Users to Groups in Oracle Internet Directory

8.8.1 Using Oracle Directory Manager to Add Users to Groups

8.8.1.1 Navigating to "Global" Groups

8.8.1.2 Navigating to Metadata Repository Groups

8.8.1.3 Navigating to Component Groups

8.8.2 Using Deployment Delegation Console to Add Users to Groups

8.9 Contents of a New Oracle Internet Directory

8.10 On the Specify Login for Oracle Internet Directory Screen, What Username and Realm Do I Enter?

9 Installing Oracle Internet Directory in Replicated Mode

9.1 Oracle Internet Directory Replication Overview

9.1.1 Fan-Out Replication (LDAP Replication)

9.1.2 Multimaster Replication (Advanced Replication)

9.2 Requirements

9.2.1 Database Requirements

9.2.2 Clock Synchronization

9.3 Installation Order

9.4 Installing a Master Oracle Internet Directory

9.5 Installing an Oracle Internet Directory Replica

9.5.1 Overview of Installing a Replica

9.5.2 Installing an Oracle Internet Directory Replica with a New Database

9.5.3 Installing an Oracle Internet Directory Replica against an Existing Database

9.6 Accessing OracleAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services

10 Installing in High Availability Environments: Overview

10.1 Overview of High Availability Configurations

10.1.1 OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster

10.1.2 OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management)

10.1.3 OracleAS Disaster Recovery

10.1.4 Summary of Differences

10.2 Installation Order for High Availability Configurations

11 Installing in High Availability Environments: OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster

11.1 OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster: Introduction

11.2 Pre-Installation Steps for OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster

11.2.1 Ensure that the Event Log Service Is Running

11.2.2 Get a Virtual Address for the Cluster

11.2.3 Verify that Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) Is Installed on Both Nodes

11.2.4 Determine the Name of the Cluster

11.2.5 Determine a Domain User to Administer Oracle Fail Safe

11.2.6 Install Oracle Fail Safe on the Local Storage of Each Node

11.2.7 Create a Group in Oracle Fail Safe

11.3 Installing an OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure) Configuration

11.3.1 OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure): Overview of Installation Steps

11.3.2 OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure): Details of Installation Steps

11.4 Installing a Distributed OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure) Configuration

11.4.1 Distributed OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure): Overview of Installation Steps

11.4.2 Distributed OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure): Details of Installation Steps

11.5 Installing an OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Identity Management) Configuration

11.5.1 OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Identity Management): Overview of Installation Steps

11.5.2 OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Identity Management): Details of Installation Steps

11.6 Installing a Distributed OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Identity Management) Configuration

11.6.1 Distributed OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Identity Management): Overview of Installation Steps

11.6.2 Distributed OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Identity Management): Details of Installation Steps

11.7 Installing Oracle Delegated Administration Services and OracleAS Single Sign-On in an OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster

11.7.1 Oracle Delegated Administration Services and OracleAS Single Sign-On in OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster: Overview of Installation Steps

11.7.2 Oracle Delegated Administration Services and OracleAS Single Sign-On in OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster: Details of Installation Steps

11.8 Installing Only the OracleAS Metadata Repository in an OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Environment

11.9 Installing OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier)

11.9.1 Pre-Installation Steps

11.9.1.1 Create an Alias for the Hostnames

11.9.1.2 Set up staticports.ini File

11.9.2 Installing the Middle Tiers

11.9.3 Post-Installation Steps

11.9.3.1 (optional) Configure the Middle-Tier Instances to Use SSL

11.9.3.2 Back up the Installations (Middle Tier and OracleAS Infrastructure)

11.9.3.3 Create a Group in Oracle Fail Safe

11.9.3.4 Create a File System on the Shared Disk for OracleAS JMS File-Based Persistence

11.9.3.5 Stop All Oracle Application Server Processes Except OPMN

11.9.3.6 Update Component Configuration on Node1

11.9.3.7 Update Component Configuration on Node 2

11.9.3.8 Make OPMN Highly Available

11.9.3.9 Add the Shared Disk as a Dependency for OPMN

11.9.3.10 Make Application Server Control Highly Available

11.10 Installing OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Infrastructure) and OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle-Tier) on the Same Nodes

11.10.1 Installation Steps

11.10.2 Post-Installation Steps

11.11 Post-Installation Steps for OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster

11.11.1 Edit the ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\htdocs\index.html File

11.12 Supporting Procedures

11.12.1 Create a pfile for the Database

11.12.2 Make OracleAS Metadata Repository Highly Available

11.12.3 Add the Shared Disk as a Dependency for the Listener

11.12.4 Add the Shared Disk as a Dependency for OPMN

11.12.5 Make OPMN Highly Available

11.12.6 Make Application Server Control Highly Available

11.12.7 Check that the Correct Listener Is Active

11.13 Installing Middle Tiers Against an OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure

11.13.1 If You Plan to Install Middle Tiers on OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Nodes

11.13.1.1 Create a staticports.ini File for the Middle Tier

11.13.2 Procedure for Installing Middle Tiers Against an OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure

12 Installing in High Availability Environments: OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management)

12.1 OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management): Introduction

12.2 Pre-Installation Steps for OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management)

12.2.1 Use the Same Path for the Oracle Home Directory (recommended)

12.2.2 Synchronize Clocks on All Nodes

12.2.3 Configure Virtual Server Names and Ports for the Load Balancer

12.2.4 Configure Your LDAP Virtual Server to Direct Requests to Node 1 Initially

12.2.5 Set up Cookie Persistence on the Load Balancer

12.3 About Oracle Internet Directory Passwords

12.4 About Configuring SSL and Non-SSL Ports for Oracle HTTP Server

12.4.1 Case 1: Client ---[HTTP]---> Load Balancer ---[HTTP]---> Oracle HTTP Server

12.4.2 Case 2: Client ---[HTTPS]---> Load Balancer ---[HTTPS]---> Oracle HTTP Server

12.4.3 Case 3: Client ---[HTTPS]---> Load Balancer ---[HTTP]---> Oracle HTTP Server

12.5 Installing an OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management) Configuration

12.5.1 Installation Order

12.5.2 Installing OracleAS Metadata Repository

12.5.3 Installing OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management) on the First Node

12.5.3.1 Create staticports.ini File

12.5.3.2 Ensure that the OracleAS Metadata Repository Is Not Registered with any Oracle Internet Directory

12.5.3.3 Select the Same Components for Each Node

12.5.3.4 Run the Installer

12.5.4 Installing OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management) on Subsequent Nodes

12.5.5 If the Cluster Configuration Assistant Failed

12.6 Installing a Distributed OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management) Configuration

12.6.1 Installation Order

12.6.2 Installing OracleAS Metadata Repository

12.6.3 Installing Oracle Internet Directory on the First Node

12.6.3.1 Set up staticports.ini File

12.6.3.2 Select the Same Components for Each Installation

12.6.3.3 Start the Installer

12.6.4 Installing Oracle Internet Directory on Subsequent Nodes

12.6.4.1 Staticports.ini File Not Needed

12.6.4.2 Select the Same Components for Each Installation

12.6.4.3 Do Not Select the SSL Check box in the "Register with Oracle Internet Directory" Screen

12.6.4.4 Start the Installer

12.6.5 Installing OracleAS Single Sign-On and Oracle Delegated Administration Services on Each Node

12.6.5.1 Set up staticports.ini File

12.6.5.2 Start the Installer

12.6.5.3 If the Cluster Configuration Assistant Failed

12.7 Post-Installation Steps

12.8 Installing Middle Tiers Against OracleAS Cluster (Identity Management) Configurations

13 Installing in High Availability Environments: OracleAS Disaster Recovery

13.1 OracleAS Disaster Recovery: Introduction

13.2 Setting up the OracleAS Disaster Recovery Environment

13.2.1 Ensure Nodes Are Identical at the Operating System Level

13.2.2 Set Up staticports.ini File

13.2.3 Set Up Identical Hostnames on Both Production and Standby Sites

13.2.4 If You Want to Use OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster on the Production Site

13.3 Installing Oracle Application Server in an OracleAS Disaster Recovery Environment

13.3.1 Installing the OracleAS Infrastructure

13.3.2 Installing Middle Tiers

13.4 What to Read Next

14 Installing the OracleAS Metadata Repository in an Existing Database

15 Recommended Topologies

15.1 Java Developer Topology

15.1.1 Description

15.1.2 Requirements

15.1.3 Installation Sequence

15.2 Portal and Wireless Developer Topology

15.2.1 Description

15.2.2 Requirements

15.2.3 Installation Sequence

15.3 Integration Business-to-Business (B2B) Topology

15.3.1 Description

15.3.2 Requirements

15.3.3 Assumptions

15.3.4 Installation Sequence

15.4 Departmental Topology with Separate OracleAS Metadata Repository for OracleAS Portal

15.4.1 Description

15.4.2 Requirements

15.4.3 Assumptions

15.4.4 Installation Sequence

15.5 Development Life Cycle Support Topology

15.5.1 Moving Applications from Test to Stage

15.5.2 Moving Applications from Stage to Production

15.6 OracleAS Certificate Authority Topology

15.6.1 Description

15.6.2 Requirements

15.6.3 Installation Sequence

16 Post-Installation Tasks

16.1 State of Oracle Application Server Instances After Installation

16.2 If You Restart the Computer After Installation

16.3 Passwords for Oracle Application Server Components

16.4 OracleAS File-Based Clustering

16.5 Application Server Control Service Not Needed for OracleAS Metadata Repository Only Installations

16.6 Service Dependencies

16.7 Backup and Recovery

16.9 Regional and Language Option Settings and the NLS_LANG Parameter

16.10 Component Configuration After Installation

16.10.1 Configuring mod_osso (Required for Oracle Delegated Administration Services)

16.11 Components that Require Post-Installation Tasks

16.12 What to Do Next

A Installing OracleAS Developer Kits

B Silent and Non-Interactive Installation

B.1 Silent Installation

B.2 Non-Interactive Installation

B.3 Pre-Installation

B.4 Notes for Silent and Non-Interactive Installations

B.4.1 Installing OracleAS Certificate Authority

B.4.2 Expanding a Middle Tier

B.5 Create the Response File

B.5.1 Creating Response Files from Templates

B.5.2 Creating Response Files by Using the Record Mode in the Installer

B.5.3 Example Response Files

B.5.3.1 Example Response File for Standalone J2EE and Web Cache

B.5.3.2 Example Response File for OracleAS Infrastructure

B.5.3.3 Example Response File for Portal and Wireless

B.6 Start the Installation

B.7 Post-Installation

B.8 Security Tips for Silent and Non-Interactive Installations

B.9 Deinstallation

C Default Port Numbers

C.1 Method of Assigning Default Port Numbers

C.2 Default Port Numbers

D Ports to Open in Firewalls

E Installing Java Access Bridge

E.1 Introduction

E.2 Setup for JRE 1.4.2

E.3 Setup for Oracle Installed Components

E.3.1 Installing Java Access Bridge

E.3.2 Configuring Oracle Components to Use Java Access Bridge

E.3.2.1 Configuring for Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003

F Deinstallation and Reinstallation

F.1 New Tool: Deconfig Tool

F.1.1 Parameters

F.1.2 Log Files Generated by the Deconfig Tool

F.2 Deinstallation Procedure: Overview

F.3 Deinstalling OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Installations

F.4 Deinstalling Middle Tiers

F.5 Deinstalling OracleAS Infrastructure

F.5.1 Deinstallation Order

F.5.2 Deinstallation Steps

F.6 Deinstalling OracleAS Developer Kits

F.7 Harmless Errors in the Log File

F.8 Deinstalling All Oracle Products Manually

F.9 Reinstallation

F.10 Troubleshooting

G Configuration Assistants

G.1 Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants

G.1.1 General Tips

G.1.2 Configuration Assistant Result Codes

G.2 Description of Oracle Application Server Configuration Assistants

H Troubleshooting

H.2 General Troubleshooting Tips

H.3 Installation Problems and Solutions

H.3.1 Location of Log Files

H.3.2 Message About Installing in a Non-Empty Directory

H.3.3 Installer Does Not Appear

H.3.4 Unable to Clean Up a Failed Installation

H.3.5 Forgot the Password for the cn=orcladmin Account

H.3.6 cn=orcladmin Account Becomes Locked

H.3.7 User Interface Does Not Display in the Desired Language, or Does Not Display Properly

H.3.8 Installer Does Not Display Correct Database Name for OracleAS Metadata Repository

H.3.9 Unable to Run Oracle Application Server On-Network as Well as Off-Network

H.3.10 Configuration Assistant Failures - General

H.3.11 OracleAS Randomize Password Configuration Assistant Failures

H.3.12 Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) Failures

H.3.13 Harmless Error Message from Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)

H.3.14 Application Server Control Configuration Assistant Failure

H.3.15 OPMN Configuration Assistant - Start HTTP Server Failures

H.3.16 OPMN Configuration Assistant - Start DAS Instance Failures

H.3.17 OPMN Configuration Assistant - Start OracleAS Certificate Authority Failures

H.4 Deinstallation Problems and Solutions

H.4.1 Obsolete Partner URLs Still Remain on the OracleAS Single Sign-On Administration Screen

H.4.2 Unable to Reuse Instance Name of a Deleted Instance

H.4.3 Unable to Reuse Database Name

H.5 Need More Help?

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