2 Preinstallation Considerations for Globalization

Before installing the Oracle Identity Manager application components, you configure your locale and set up your database for globalization.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

Configuring Settings for Your Locale
Setting Up the Database

Note:

The current release supports localization in Japanese and French.

Configuring Settings for Your Locale

Prior to installation, you must configure regional language settings for your locale on the application server. Be sure to install the appropriate language version of your operating system and set any other required language settings.

Setting Up the Database

In this release, Oracle Identity Manager only supports globalization on Oracle Database.

For globalization support in Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle recommends configuring the database for Unicode. To configure Unicode support for Oracle Database, ensure that the following settings are configured:

When you install Oracle Database, select the AL32UTF8 character set as described in Oracle Database Installation Guide.
If you have not already set the NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS initialization parameter to CHAR, do this as described in the following procedures.

To set the initialization parameter NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS to CHAR when you use a server parameter file (SPFILE):

Connect to SQL*PLUS as the SYSDBA.

Run the following command in SQL*PLUS:

ALTER SYSTEM SET NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=CHAR SCOPE=BOTH

To set the initialization parameter NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS to CHAR when you use the init.ora parameter file (PFILE):

Connect to SQL*PLUS as the SYSDBA:
Run the following command in SQL*PLUS:
```
ALTER SYSTEM SET NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=CHAR
```
This command takes effect immediately and persists until the database is shut down.
Modify your init.ora parameter file to add NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=CHAR.

This step ensures that NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS is set if you restart the database.

Note:

Be sure to review the Oracle Database Installation Guide to understand whether you need to select the AL32UTF8 character set and set the NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS initialization parameter to CHAR.