Preparing to Install Oracle Data Service Integrator
Before you install Oracle Data Service Integrator, you need to verify that your system meets minimum requirements. This chapter provides information about supported platforms, system hardware and software requirements, and installation prerequisites. It also provides an overview of the Oracle Data Service Integrator components that get installed.
Oracle Data Service Integrator was originally named Liquid Data. Some instances of the original name remain in the product, installation path, and components.
Installation Overview
This section provides a high-level overview of the tasks required to install Oracle Data Service Integrator, illustrated in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1 Overview of Installation Process
Task 1: Prepare to install
Preparing to install Oracle Data Service Integrator involves checking the supported platforms and databases, and verifying that you have the installation prerequisites in place. In addition, you can familiarize yourself with a description of the components that get installed on your system.
After installation, you can verify that the installation was successful and explore Windows shortcuts and UNIX paths to key components. For more information, see
Chapter 4, “Post-Installation Tasks.”
Supported Configurations
For information on supported operating systems, DBMS vendors, and other configurations, see Supported Configurations.
Installation Notes
The Oracle Data Service Integrator installer application installs the following additional software, as required:
Oracle WebLogic Server 10gR3, if it is not already present in the <bea_home> directory you select
The latest JRockit version to ensure higher Oracle Data Service Integrator performance
The Oracle Data Service Integrator IDE runs as a Workshop for WebLogic plug-in.
Note:
If you are using Windows 2000, the maximum classpath size can be exceeded. For this reason, it is recommended that when you install Oracle Data Service Integrator you install it into the <bea_home> directory with a directory name of four characters or less, such as <bea>.
Oracle Data Service Integrator Installation Components
Table 1-1 provides a list of components that are installed with Oracle Data Service Integrator.
Table 1-1 Oracle Data Service Integrator Installation Components
Component Name
Sub-components
Oracle Data Service Integrator Runtime
Note:
Installing the runtime is mandatory for Oracle Data Service Integrator and is a prerequisite for installing other components.
Oracle Data Service Integrator runtime including the XQuery engine
Configuration framework
Oracle Data Service Integrator Administration Console
Oracle Data Service Integrator base domain template
Note:
Oracle WebLogic Server 10gR3 is a prerequisite for Oracle Data Service Integrator runtime.
Oracle Data Service Integrator IDE and Client Tools
Workshop for WebLogic
Oracle Data Service Integrator IDE plugins
Oracle Workspace SCA Common Components and Oracle Workspace Service Consumption Tooling
Note:
Workshop for WebLogic is required to run the Oracle Data Service Integrator perspective.
Oracle Data Service Integrator Samples
Samples domain
Sample project predeployed in the samples domain
Retail Dataspace Sample Application
Note:
Tou need to perform a custom installation to have the Oracle Data Service Integrator samples installed; the standard installation does not install the server samples nor the IDE samples.
Preconfigured Samples Domain
The full Oracle Data Service Integrator installation provides a preconfigured samples domain, as shown in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2 Oracle Data Service Integrator Samples Preconfigured Domain and Start Commands for Samples Server
Platform
Windows and UNIX Paths to Start in Each Domain
Description
Windows
Start > All Programs > Oracle WebLogic > User Projects > base_domain > Start Server for Oracle Data Service Integrator
or
Run startWebLogic.cmd from any one of the following locations:
Starts the Oracle Data Service Integrator samples server on UNIX
Note:
<aldsp_home> is the home directory for installing Oracle Data Service Integrator.
For a detailed explanation of domains, see
Creating WebLogic Configurations Using the Domain Control Wizard in the WebLogic Server documentation.
Internationalization Support
Oracle Data Service Integrator is internationalized and supports multi-byte data from the underlying data sources. Specifically, Oracle Data Service Integrator works with Japanese character sets, where the underlying databases are running in Japanese locales.