Contents

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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Overview of Oracle Audit Vault Agent Installation

• 1.1 Audit Vault Agent Installation Methods
  • 1.1.1 Interactive Installation Methods
  • 1.1.2 Automated Installation Methods Using Response Files
• 1.2 Audit Vault Agent Installation Environment
• 1.3 Installation Considerations
  • 1.3.1 Hardware and Software Considerations
  • 1.3.2 Multiple Oracle Homes

2 Oracle Audit Vault Agent Preinstallation Requirements

• 2.1 Preinstallation Requirements for Linux and UNIX-Based Platforms
  • 2.1.1 Becoming Familiar with the Features of Oracle Audit Vault
  • 2.1.2 Logging In to the System as the root User
  • 2.1.3 Preinstallation Requirements for Linux x86
    • 2.1.3.1 Checking the Hardware Requirements for Linux x86
    • 2.1.3.2 Checking the Operating System Requirements for Linux x86
  • 2.1.4 Preinstallation Requirements for Linux x86-64
    • 2.1.4.1 Checking the Hardware Requirements for Linux x86-64
    • 2.1.4.2 Checking the Operating System Requirements for Linux x86-64
  • 2.1.5 Preinstallation Requirements for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit)
    • 2.1.5.1 Checking the Hardware Requirements for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit)
    • 2.1.5.2 Checking the Operating System Requirements for Solaris Operating Systems (SPARC 64-Bit)
  • 2.1.6 Preinstallation Requirements for HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit)
    • 2.1.6.1 Checking the Hardware Requirements for HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit)
    • 2.1.6.2 Checking the Operating System Requirements for HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit)
  • 2.1.7 Preinstallation Requirements for AIX
    • 2.1.7.1 Checking the Hardware Requirements for AIX
    • 2.1.7.2 Checking the Operating System Requirements for AIX
  • 2.1.8 Preinstallation Requirements for HP-UX Itanium
    • 2.1.8.1 Checking the Hardware Requirements for HP-UX Itanium
    • 2.1.8.2 Checking the Operating System Requirements for HP-UX Itanium
  • 2.1.9 Creating the Required Operating System Group and User
    • 2.1.9.1 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group
    • 2.1.9.2 Creating the Oracle Software Owner User
    • 2.1.9.3 Verifying That the User nobody Exists
  • 2.1.10 Identifying the Required Software Directories
    • 2.1.10.1 Oracle Base Directory
    • 2.1.10.2 Oracle Inventory Directory
    • 2.1.10.3 Oracle Home Directory
  • 2.1.11 Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base Directory
    • 2.1.11.1 Identifying an Existing Oracle Base Directory
    • 2.1.11.2 Creating an Oracle Base Directory
  • 2.1.12 Setting the DISPLAY Environment Variable
• 2.2 Preinstallation Requirements for the Windows 32-Bit Platform
  • 2.2.1 Becoming Familiar with the Features of Oracle Audit Vault
  • 2.2.2 Understanding Installation Differences Between the Windows and UNIX Systems
  • 2.2.3 Checking the Hardware Requirements for the Windows 32-Bit Platform
    • 2.2.3.1 Hard Disk Space Requirements
  • 2.2.4 Checking the Software Requirements for the Windows 32-Bit Platform
• 2.3 Preinstallation Requirements for the Windows 64-Bit (x64) Platform
  • 2.3.1 Checking the Hardware Requirements for the Windows 64-Bit (x64) Platform
    • 2.3.1.1 Hard Disk Space Requirements
  • 2.3.2 Checking the Software Requirements for the Windows 64-Bit (x64) Platform
• 2.4 Oracle Audit Vault Agent Hardware and Software Certification

3 Installing Oracle Audit Vault Agent

• 3.1 Audit Vault Agent Preinstallation
• 3.2 Audit Vault Agent Installation
  • 3.2.1 Performing the New Audit Vault Agent Installation
  • 3.2.2 The Select Installation Type Screen
  • 3.2.3 The Audit Vault Agent Installation Details Screen
    • 3.2.3.1 Audit Vault Agent Name
    • 3.2.3.2 Audit Vault Agent Home
    • 3.2.3.3 Audit Vault Agent Account
    • 3.2.3.4 Connect String
  • 3.2.4 Configuring Audit Vault Agent to Connect When Audit Vault Server is Configured in an Oracle RAC Environment
• 3.3 Performing a Silent Installation Using a Response File
• 3.4 Postinstallation Collection Agent Tasks
  • 3.4.1 Downloading Patches
  • 3.4.2 Downloading Critical Patch Updates
  • 3.4.3 Downloading and Copying the JDBC Driver File for Microsoft SQL Server Database Connectivity
    • 3.4.3.1 Downloading and Copying SQL Server 2005 for JDBC for SQL Server Connectivity
    • 3.4.3.2 Stopping and Starting the Agent OC4J
• 3.5 Next Steps to Perform as an Audit Vault Administrator

4 Upgrading an Oracle Audit Vault Agent

• 4.1 Back Up and Recovery of Oracle Audit Vault Collection Agent Files
• 4.2 Upgrade Requirements
• 4.3 Upgrade Procedure
• 4.4 Performing a Silent Upgrade Installation Using a Response File
• 4.5 Post Upgrade Information

5 Removing Oracle Audit Vault Agent Software

• 5.1 Removing Audit Vault Agent Software
• 5.2 For Windows Systems: Manually Remove the Remaining Oracle Audit Vault Agent Components
  • 5.2.1 Removing Oracle Audit Vault Agent Keys from the Registry Editor on Windows
    • 5.2.1.1 Removing Only the Oracle Audit Vault Agent Service Registry Key
    • 5.2.1.2 Removing Only the Oracle Audit Vault Agent Registry Keys
  • 5.2.2 Updating the PATH Environment Variable Path
  • 5.2.3 Removing Oracle Audit Vault Agent from the Start Menu
  • 5.2.4 Removing Oracle Audit Vault Agent Directories

Index