2 Installing DAC Using the Oracle Universal Installer

This section provides instructions for using the Oracle Universal Installer to install the DAC Client and Server on Windows and the DAC Server on Linux.

This section includes the following topics:

• Prerequisites for Installing DAC

• Points to Consider Before You Install Oracle BI Applications

• Launching the Oracle Universal Installer

• Welcome Screen

• Specify Installation Location Screen

• Install Components Screen

• Select Informatica Version Screen

• Specify Informatica 8.1.1 Location Screen

• Specify Informatica 7.1.4 Location Screen

• Pre-requisite Checks Screen

• Installation Summary Screen

• Installation Progress Screen

• Installation Completed Screen

• Installing DAC on a 64-bit System

Prerequisites for Installing DAC

Prerequisites for installing the DAC Client and Server on Windows and the DAC Server on Linux are the following:

• Installation of Informatica 7.1.4 or Informatica 8.1.1.

• The Informatica domains.infa file must reside on both the DAC Client and DAC Server machines. Copy this file from the machine hosting Informatica PowerCenter and paste it into the machines hosting the DAC Client and DAC Server. When you run the DAC installer, you will be asked for the location of this file.

Points to Consider Before You Install Oracle BI Applications

This section contains points that you should consider when you are installing DAC.

• Co-locate the DAC Server With the Informatica Server

  When you use DAC in conjunction with Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, you need to ensure the DAC Server is co-located with the Informatica Server.

• Informatica Static Parameter Files Need to Be Copied from Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installation Folder to DAC Folder

  After you install DAC, you need to copy the Informatica static parameter files named parameterfileDW.txt and parameterfileOLTP.txt from the Oracle BI Applications installation folder into the DAC folder.

  1. Navigate to the Oracle BI Applications folder \OracleBI\DAC\Informatica\parameters\input.

  2. Copy the static parameter files named parameterfileDW.txt and parameterfileOLTP.txt into the DAC folder \DAC\Informatica\parameters\input.

Launching the Oracle Universal Installer

To launch the Oracle Universal Installer, access the installation files on the installation CD-ROM, and then run the program setup.exe.

Note: You need to invoke the DAC setup.exe file from the relevant platform directory on the installation CD-ROM.

For example, to install DAC on the Windows 32-bit version, you need to access the setup.exe file from the directory \dac\disk1\install\win32\setup.exe.

Welcome Screen

The Welcome screen provides an introduction to installing the DAC using the Oracle Universal Installer.

Click Next to begin the installation.

Specify Installation Location Screen

In the Specify Installation Location screen, provide the location of where DAC is to be installed. To specify the installation location, do the following:

1. Enter the absolute path for the Oracle Home location or use the Browse button to select an existing location.

   The installation directory path can contain alphanumeric, underscore (_), hyphen (-) or dot (.) characters and must begin with an alphanumeric character.

   Note: The DAC installer asks for the location of Oracle Home. The installer is actually asking for the location where DAC is to be installed, not for the location of the existing Oracle (Database) home.

2. Click Next.

Install Components Screen

The Install Components screen is read only.

For Windows, the DAC Client and Server will be installed.

For Linux, the DAC Server will be installed.

Note: The DAC Client can only run on Windows. Therefore, to install a DAC Server on UNIX, you copy the \DAC folder from the Windows machine on which the DAC Client is installed to a UNIX machine. To complete this process, see Chapter 3, "Installing DAC on UNIX".

Select Informatica Version Screen

In the Select Informatica Version screen, do the following:

1. Select the version of Informatica you are running.

   • Informatica 8.1.1

   • Informatica 7.1.4

2. Click Next.

Specify Informatica 8.1.1 Location Screen

If you specified Informatica 8.1.1 as the version you are running, in the Specify Informatica 8.1.1 Location screen, do the following:

1. Enter or browse for the absolute path for the PowerCenter 8.1.1/server directory.

2. Enter or browse for the absolute path for the Informatica domain file.

3. Click Next.

Note:

The directory paths for the Informatica PowerCenter 8.1.1/server and for the domain file cannot contain spaces.

Specify Informatica 7.1.4 Location Screen

If you specified Informatica 7.1.4 as the version you are running, in the Specify Informatica 7.1.4 Location screen, do the following:

1. Enter or browse for the absolute path for the Informatica Server directory.

2. Enter or browse for the absolute path for the Informatica Repository Server directory.

3. Click Next.

Note:

The directory paths for the Informatica Server and Repository Server cannot contain spaces.

Pre-requisite Checks Screen

The Oracle Universal Installer automatically performs pre-requisite checks on your system. The Pre-requisite Checks screen indicates the progress of the checks.

• If a check fails, you can click Retry to run the check again, or click Continue to proceed with the installation.

• If all the checks passed, click Next to proceed with the installation.

Installation Summary Screen

The Installation Summary screen shows the components that will be installed, their installation location, how much disk space is required for the installation, and the disk space that will remain after the installation.

• Click Save to save this information in a text file.

• Click Install to accept this configuration and start the installation.

Installation Progress Screen

The Installation Progress screen shows the percentage of the installation that is complete. When the installation process is complete, click Next.

Installation Completed Screen

The Installation Completed screen shows the components that were installed, their location, and the remaining disk space.

• Click Save to save this information in a text file.

• Click Finish to exit from the installer.

Installing DAC on a 64-bit System

The following procedures describe how to install DAC on a 64-bit Windows system and on a 64-bit UNIX system.

To install DAC version 10g on a 64-bit Windows system:

1. Invoke the 32-bit installer that is located in the installation directory dac\Disk1\install\win32.

2. During the installation, at the "Prerequisite Checks" installer screen, you may receive a warning related to "Checking operating system certification," and you may receive an error related to "Checking service pack." Ignore this warning and error, and click Continue.

3. After the installation is complete, install a 64-bit Java Development Kit (JDK).

4. Edit the cofig.bat file to point to the 64-bit JDK:

   1. Navigate to the \dac directory and open the config.bat file.

   2. Set the following variables to point to the 64-bit JDK:

      - JAVA_HOME

      - JAVAW

      - JAVA

   Note: The JAVAW and JAVA variables appear in the config.bat file in a section below the instruction "DO NOT EDIT THE FILE BELOW THIS LINE." Ignore this instruction and edit these variables to point to the 64-bit JDK.

To install DAC version 10g on a 64-bit UNIX system:

1. Follow the instructions for installing DAC on a UNIX system, as described in Chapter 3, "Installing DAC on UNIX"

2. After the installation is complete, install a 64-bit JDK.

3. Edit the cofig.sh file to point to the 64-bit JDK:

   1. Navigate to the \dac directory and open the config.sh file.

   2. Set the following variables to point to the 64-bit JDK:

      - JAVA_HOME

      - JAVA

   Note: The JAVA variable appears in the config.sh file in a section below the instruction "DO NOT EDIT THE FILE BELOW THIS LINE." Ignore this instruction and edit this variable to point to the 64-bit JDK