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Oracle® Application Server Forms and Reports Services Installation Guide
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Oracle® Application Server Forms and Reports Services Installation Guide
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This chapter describes new features in Oracle Application Server 10g Forms and Reports Services. This chapter is mostly of interest to users who have installed previous versions of Forms and Reports Services.
To see a list of new features in the product itself, visit the Oracle Technology Network site (http://www.oracle.com/technology). For frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the installation of Forms and Reports Services, visit the Forms and Reports Services Installation FAQ page on the Oracle Technology Network site http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/reports/htdocs/faq/faq_fr_services.htm.
This chapter includes the following topics:
New Screen for Specifying the Location of the staticports.ini File
New Element for Specifying Port Numbers for CORBA Communication
In earlier releases, for components to use custom ports, you created a staticports.ini file to map components and port numbers. When you started the installer, you used a command-line option to specify the file.
In this release, you specify the staticports.ini file in the new Select Port Configuration Options screen in the installer. You do not use the command-line options to specify the file.
This release introduces the ORBPorts element in the server configuration file to enable you to explicitly specify the port numbers used by Reports Server and engines for communication through CORBA. You can specify either a range of ports or individual ports separated by commas. For example:
<ORBPorts value="15000-15010"/> (Range of values)
<ORBPorts value="15000,16000,17000,18000"/> (Comma-separated values)
By default, the ORBPorts element is not present in the Reports Server configuration file. If this element is missing, Reports Server chooses a random port for CORBA communication. For more information about the ORBPorts element, refer to the chapter "Configuring OracleAS Reports Services" in Oracle Application Server Reports Services Publishing Reports to the Web manual.
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Note: TheORBPorts element should be defined only if the TCP port filtering has been enabled on the server where Reports Server is running. If port filtering is enabled, and a few ports can be opened for Reports Server, then use ORBPorts to specify them in the server configuration file for Reports Server and engine communication. If any of the ports are not available, Reports Server or engines may fail to start and an error displays.
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In this release, you can configure Forms and Reports Services to use the services of an Oracle Application Server Infrastructure. Forms and Reports Services can then use the services of an OracleAS Infrastructure in the same way as used by the Business Intelligence and Forms components. For more information on the configuration, refer to Chapter 6, "Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use an Oracle Application Server Infrastructure".
Cloning is the process of copying an existing installation to a different location while preserving its configuration. In this release, cloning an installation of Forms and Reports Services instance is possible. For more information on cloning, refer to Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide.
In this release, there is a new tool called the Deconfig tool that removes entries from Oracle Internet Directory and the Oracle Application Server Metadata Repository. You run this tool before you deinstall an Oracle Application Server instance using the installer. For more information about the Deconfig tool, refer to Oracle Application Server Installation Guide.
The installer has a record mode, in which it saves your inputs to a response file. You can then use the generated response file to install Forms and Reports Services on different computers using the same values.
For details, refer to Oracle Application Server Installation Guide.
The installer provides command-line options for monitoring resources used for installation. Table 1-1 lists the options that are supported.
Table 1-1 Installer Options for Generating Installation Statistics
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Use this option to get information on the time taken for the installation. The installer writes the information in the following file:
oraInventory specifies the location of your |
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Use this option to get information on the memory used for the installation. The installer writes the information in the following file:
oraInventory specifies the location of your oraInventory directory. You can look in the
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Use this option to get information on the disk space used for the installation. The installer writes the information in the following file:
oraInventory specifies the location of your oraInventory directory. You can look in the
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For example, the following command provides information for the time taken, memory used, and disk space used for the installation:
runInstaller -printtime -printmemory -printdiskusage
The default port ranges for the following components have changed:
Oracle Application Server Reports Services
Oracle Internet Directory
Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority
Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
Oracle Application Server Web Cache
For details, see Appendix C, "Default Port Numbers".
