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Oracle® Application Server Installation Guide
10g Release 3 (10.1.3) for Microsoft Windows
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7 Postinstallation Tasks

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7.1 Deploying Oracle Business Rules Rule Author

After installing Oracle Application Server, you need to perform some additional steps to use Oracle Business Rules Rule Author and its associated online help.

The steps are as follows:

  1. Access the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control Console using the following URL:

    http://hostname:http_port_number/em
    
    

    In the Groups section of the page, click home in the Name column.

  2. Select the Applications tab.

  3. To deploy Oracle Business Rules Rule Author, perform the following steps:

    1. Click Deploy. This opens the Deploy: Select Archive page.

    2. Select one of the following options:

      • Archive already present on server where Application Server Control is running.

        If you select this option, fill in the Location on Server field with ORACLE_HOME\rules\webapps\ruleauthor.ear, replacing ORACLE_HOME with the directory containing the Oracle Application Server installation.

      • Archive is present on local host. Upload archive to the server where Application Server Control is running.

        If you select this option, click Browse to locate the ruleauthor.ear file on your machine. The file is located at ORACLE_HOME\rules\webapps\ruleauthor.ear, where ORACLE_HOME is the directory containing the Oracle Application Server installation.

    3. Click Next. This opens the Deploy: Application Attributes page.

    4. Enter the name of the application as ruleauthor.

    5. Click Next. This opens the Deploy: Deployment Settings page.

    6. Click Deploy. This will display server messages during deployment.

    7. Click Return.

  4. To deploy the online help for Oracle Business Rules Rule Author, perform the following steps:

    1. Click Deploy. This opens the Deploy: Select Archive page.

    2. Select one of the following options:

      • Archive already present on server where Application Server Control is running.

        If you select this option, fill in the Location on Server field with ORACLE_HOME\rules\webapps\rulehelp.ear, replacing ORACLE_HOME with the directory containing the Oracle Application Server installation.

      • Archive is present on local host. Upload archive to the server where Application Server Control is running.

        If you select this option, click Browse to locate the rulehelp.ear file on your machine. The file is located at ORACLE_HOME\rules\webapps\rulehelp.ear, where ORACLE_HOME is the directory containing the Oracle Application Server installation.

    3. Click Next. This opens the Deploy: Application Attributes page.

    4. Enter the name of the application as rulehelp.

    5. Click Next. This opens the Deploy: Deployment Settings page.

    6. Click Deploy. This will display server messages during deployment.

7.2 State of Oracle Application Server Instances After Installation

After installation, the components that you have configured are started up.

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 file ORACLE_HOME\install\readme.txt.

Some of the Oracle Application Server components run as Windows services. You can see them in the Services dialog. To display the Services dialog:

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 you can use the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control to start and stop Oracle Application Server instances. See the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide for details.

7.3 Passwords for Oracle Application Server Components

By default, all passwords for Oracle Application Server components are set to be the same as the Oracle Application Server instance password. For security reasons, you should change the passwords of the various components to have different values.

See the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide and the component guides in the Oracle Application Server Documentation Library for details on how to alter the passwords for the components you have installed.

7.4 Configuring OracleAS Clusters

If you did not configure OracleAS Clusters during installation, you can use Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server (OPMN) commands to do so following installation. See "Configuring Cluster Topologies" in the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide for details.

7.5 Backup and Recovery

After installation would be a good time to start backing up the files, and to set up your backup and recovery strategy. See the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide for details.

7.6 SSL

By default, most components are not configured for SSL. To enable SSL, see the SSL section in the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide.

7.7 Regional and Language Option Settings and the NLS_LANG Parameter

Make sure the language setting of your account is consistent with the system default language. Based on the language setting, the NLS_LANG parameter is automatically defined in the Windows registry.After installation, do not change the system default language. Otherwise, the NLS_LANG parameter and the language setting will be inconsistent.

7.8 What to Do Next

After installing Oracle Application Server, you should read the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide. Specifically, you should read the "Getting Started After Installing Oracle Application Server" chapter.

You should also perform a complete Oracle Application Server environment backup after installing Oracle Application Server. This enables you to restore a working environment in case something goes wrong. For details on how to perform a complete Oracle Application Server environment backup, see the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide.

You should also perform a complete Oracle Application Server environment backup after each successful patchset upgrade and after each successful configuration change.