Installation and Upgrade Guide

Welcome

How to Use This Book

Audience

Organization

Typographical Conventions

BEA Documentation and Resources

Installation Prerequisites

Hardware and Software Requirements

User and Group Requirements

Creating and Configuring the Databases

Creating and Configuring Databases on Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Creating and Configuring the Publisher Database

Creating and Configuring the Workflow Database

Creating and Configuring Databases on Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Creating and Configuring the Publisher Database

Creating and Configuring the Workflow Database

Creating and Configuring Tablespaces on Oracle

Creating and Configuring the Publisher Tablespace

Creating and Configuring the Workflow Tablespace

Installation

Installing the Publisher Components

Launching the Publisher Installer on Unix

Completing the Installer Wizard Pages on Unix

Launching the Publisher Installer on Windows

Completing the Installer Wizard Pages on Windows

Creating the Workflow Database Schema

Creating the Workflow Database Schema on Microsoft SQL Server

Creating the Workflow Database Schema on Oracle

Importing the Publisher Migration Package

Starting and Verifying the Installation

Starting Publisher

Running the Diagnostic Utilities

Importing the Published Content Portlets Migration Package

Upgrade

Upgrade Paths

Upgrading from Publisher (Content Server) 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3 to Publisher 6.4

Upgrading from Content Server 6.0 to Publisher 6.4

Upgrading from Content Server 5.0.x to Publisher 6.4

Upgrading 5.0.x Portlet Templates

Upgrading the Web Services UUIDs

Running the Installer During Upgrade

Upgrading the Workflow Database

Updating Publishing Targets

Additional Information for Content Server 5.0.x and 6.0 Upgrades

Installer Properties File

Licensing

Licensing Overview

Installation Behavior

Upgrade Behavior

Upgrading an Existing License

Merging License Keys

Example - License File

Clustering

High-Availability Overview

Undeploying Published Content

Installing the Published Content Configuration

Starting and Verifying the Published Content Configuration

Configuring the Publisher Redirector

Troubleshooting

Reviewing Log Files

Starting Publisher as a Console Program

Running the Diagnostic Utilities

Reviewing the Database Configuration Files

Diagnosing Unexpected Results

Uninstalling