7 Postinstallation Tasks

This chapter describes the postinstallation tasks you need to perform to ensure complete installation of Forms and Reports Services.

This chapter contains the following sections:

State of Forms and Reports Services Instances After Installation
Testing the Forms and Reports Services Installation
Backup and Recovery
SSL
NLS_LANG Environment Variable
Deployment of Forms and Reports

7.1 State of Forms and Reports Services Instances After Installation

After installation, the components that you have configured are started (unless you have configured them to use ports lower than 1024, in which case you have to start them up manually).

You can view the Welcome page and the Application Server Control page in a browser. The URLs for these pages are shown in the last screen of the installer. You can view the contents of the last screen in the ORACLE_HOME\install\setupinfo.txt file.

Some of the OracleAS Forms Services components run as Windows services. You can see them in the Services dialog box. To display the Services dialog box:

Windows 2000: Select Start / Programs / Administrative Tools / Services.

Windows 2003: Select Start / Administrative Tools / Services.

Windows XP: Select Start / All Programs / Administrative Tools / Services.

You can use scripts or the Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Server Control to start and stop Forms and Reports Services instances. See Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide for details.

7.2 Testing the Forms and Reports Services Installation

Testing the Forms and Reports Services installation requires you to use an available Windows machine with a Web browser to invoke the Enterprise Manager page of your installation.

To test your installation, perform the following steps:

Open the Oracle Application Server Welcome page (http://hostname:80).
Click the Demonstrations tab.
Click the Forms Services or Reports Services link to run a test Form or a test Report.

Note:

If your computer is not on the network, then configure the Common Object Service (COS) naming service to access the Reports Server. For information about configuring the naming service, see Oracle Application Server Reports Services Publishing Reports to the Web.

7.3 Backup and Recovery

Post-installation is an ideal time to set up your backup and recovery strategies and implement them. See Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide for details.

7.4 SSL

By default, most components are not configured for SSL. To enable SSL for the components, view the guide for the specific components. For example, to enable SSL for Oracle HTTP Server, see Oracle HTTP Server Administrator's Guide.

7.5 NLS_LANG Environment Variable

Check the value of the NLS_LANG environment variable to ensure that it is correct for your environment. See Oracle Application Server Globalization Guide for details, including a list of files that set this variable. You may need to edit the value of the NLS_LANG variable in these files.

7.6 Deployment of Forms and Reports

Table 7-1 lists the guides that outline post-installation information on how to configure and deploy Forms and Reports applications. These guides are available on Oracle Technology Network (http://www.oracle.com/technology)

Table 7-1 Deploying Forms and Reports Applications

Component	Guides
Oracle Reports	Oracle Application Server Reports Services Publishing Reports to the Web
Oracle Application Server Forms Services	Oracle Application Server Forms Services Deployment Guide