Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 What's New in the Installation?

• 1.1 New Screen for Specifying the Location of the staticports.ini File
• 1.2 New Element for Specifying Port Numbers for CORBA Communication
• 1.3 Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use the Services of an Oracle Application Server Infrastructure
• 1.4 Cloning Forms and Reports Services Instances
• 1.5 Additional Tool for Deinstallation
• 1.6 Recording Feature for Silent Installations
• 1.7 Generating Installation Statistics
• 1.8 Change in the Default Port Range

2 Introduction to Forms and Reports Services

• 2.1 Restrictions with This Installation Type
• 2.2 Available Features with This Installation Type
• • 2.2.1 Oracle Application Server Forms Services
  • 2.2.2 Oracle Application Server Reports Services
  • 2.2.3 Oracle HTTP Server
  • 2.2.4 Oracle Application Server Web Cache
  • 2.2.5 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE
  • 2.2.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • 2.2.7 Oracle Process and Management Notification
  • 2.2.8 Distributed Configuration Management

3 Requirements

• 3.1 System Requirements
• • 3.1.1 Memory Requirements for Running Multiple Instances on the Same Computer
  • 3.1.2 Tips for Reducing Memory Usage
• 3.2 Software Requirements
• 3.3 Kernel Parameters
• • 3.3.1 Kernel Parameter Settings for OracleAS Web Cache
  • 3.3.2 Kernel Parameter Settings for OracleAS Metadata Repository
• 3.4 Ports
• • 3.4.1 Checking If a Port Is in Use
  • 3.4.2 Using Default Port Numbers
  • 3.4.3 Using Custom Port Numbers (the Static Ports Feature)
  • • 3.4.3.1 Format of the staticports.ini File
    • 3.4.3.2 Error Conditions That Cause the Installer to Use Default Ports Instead of Specified Ports
    • 3.4.3.3 Ports for Oracle HTTP Server and OracleAS Web Cache
    • 3.4.3.4 Examples
• 3.5 Operating System Groups
• 3.6 Operating System User
• 3.7 Environment Variables
• • 3.7.1 Tips on Environment Variables
  • 3.7.2 ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID
  • 3.7.3 PATH, CLASSPATH, SHLIB_PATH, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  • 3.7.4 DISPLAY
  • 3.7.5 TMP and TMPDIR
  • 3.7.6 TNS_ADMIN
  • 3.7.7 REPORTS_DEFAULT_DISPLAY
• 3.8 The /etc/hosts File
• • 3.8.1 Location of the Default Oracle Identity Management Realm
  • 3.8.2 Hostname for OracleAS Single Sign-On
• 3.9 Network Topics
• • 3.9.1 Installing on Multihomed (Multi-IP) Computers
  • 3.9.2 Copying CD-ROMs or DVD to Hard Drive, and Installing from the Hard Drive
  • 3.9.3 Installing from a Remote CD-ROM or DVD Drive
  • 3.9.4 Installing on Remote Computers
  • 3.9.5 Installing on NFS-Mounted Storage
  • 3.9.6 Running Multiple Instances from One Installation
  • 3.9.7 Support for NIS and NIS+
• 3.10 Prerequisite Checks Performed by the Installer

4 Considerations Before Starting the Installation

• 4.1 Oracle Home Directory
• 4.2 First-Time Installation of Any Oracle Product
• 4.3 Installing Additional Languages
• 4.4 Forms and Reports Services Instances and Instance Names
• 4.5 The ias_admin User
• 4.6 Installer File Locations
• 4.7 Why Should I Log In as Root at Certain Times During Installation?
• 4.8 Setting the Mount Point for the CD-ROM or DVD
• 4.9 Starting Oracle Universal Installer

5 Installation Overview

6 Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use an Oracle Application Server Infrastructure

• 6.1 Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use Oracle Identity Management
• 6.2 Configuring Forms and Reports Services to Use OracleAS Metadata Repository
• 6.3 Making the Reports Server Secure
• 6.4 Starting OPMN Services
• 6.5 Testing the Configuration on Oracle Application Server Forms Services
• 6.6 Testing the Configuration on Oracle Application Server Reports Services

7 Post-Installation Tasks

• 7.1 State of Forms and Reports Services Instances After Installation
• 7.2 NFS Installations
• 7.3 Testing the Forms and Reports Services Installation
• 7.4 Backup and Recovery
• 7.5 SSL
• 7.6 NLS_LANG Environment Variable
• 7.7 Deployment of Forms and Reports

A Troubleshooting

• A.1 Verifying Requirements
• A.2 Resolving Installation Errors
• A.3 Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants
• • A.3.1 Configuration Assistant Failure
  • A.3.2 Failure During Component Configuration and Startup
  • A.3.3 Fatal Errors
  • A.3.4 OC4J Instance Configuration Assistant Errors
• A.4 Descriptions of Forms and Reports Services Configuration Assistants

B Deinstallation and Reinstallation

• B.1 Deinstallation of Forms and Reports Services Instances
• B.2 Reinstallation

C Default Port Numbers

• C.1 Method of Assigning Default Port Numbers
• C.2 Default Port Numbers

D URLs for Components

Index