Installation Guide

 

Welcome to the Installation Guide for BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0, a product suite that includes all portal, campaign, commerce, and personalization services. This guide also explains how to run the separate installer for the BEA E-Business Control Center client tool. This guide explains how to install the product software and includes Supported Platform information. Important: If you are reading a local copy of this document, note that a more recent version might exist on the BEA E-docs Web site. If you have Internet access, please see http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13218_01/wlp/docs40/install/index.htm.

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Preparing to Install

About the Product Suite Name

Check e-docs for the Latest Documentation

Temporary Disk Space for the Installers

Required Order of the Installations

About Licensing

Where to Find Migration Information

 

Supported Platforms

Platforms Supported for BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0 with Service Pack 3

Platforms Supported for BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0 with Service Pack 2

Platforms Supported for BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0 with Service Pack 1

Platforms Supported for BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0 for Original GA

 

Installing
Service Pack 3

ALERT: Migrating Your Enterprise and Web Applications from Previous Releases of WebLogic Portal 4.0

Installing Service Pack 3 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Windows - Installing Service Pack 3 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Full Installation of the Server on Windows

Upgrade Installation of the Server on Windows

Solaris - Installing Service Pack 3 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Full Installation of the Server on Solaris

Upgrade Installation of the Server on Solaris

Installing Service Pack 3 of the E-Business Control Center

Migrating From WebLogic Portal 4.0 with a Previous WebLogic Portal Service Pack

Migrating From WebLogic Portal 4.0 GA to Service Pack 3

Reapplying Modifications to Webflow Namespace Files That Were Replaced

Installing Service Pack 3

Updating the License File

Next Steps

Uninstalling Service Pack 3

Uninstalling Service Pack 3 of the WebLogic Portal Server

Windows Upgrade Uninstall

Windows Full Installation Uninstall

Solaris Upgrade Uninstall

Solaris Full Installation Uninstall

Uninstalling Service Pack 3 of the E-Business Control Center

 

Installing
Service Pack 2

ALERT: Migrating Your Enterprise and Web Applications from WebLogic Portal 4.0 GA and Service Pack 1 to Service Pack 2

Installing Service Pack 2 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Windows - Installing Service Pack 2 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Full Installation of the Server on Windows

Upgrade Installation of the Server on Windows

Solaris - Installing Service Pack 2 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Full Installation of the Server on Solaris

Upgrade Installation of the Server on Solaris

UNIX - Installing Service Pack 2 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Full Installation

Upgrade Installation of the Server on UNIX

Installing Service Pack 2 of the E-Business Control Center

Migrating From WebLogic Portal 4.0 with Service Pack 1 to Service Pack 2

Migrating From WebLogic Portal 4.0 GA to Service Pack 2

Reapplying Modifications to Webflow Namespace Files That Were Replaced

Installing Service Pack 2

Updating the License File

Next Steps

Uninstalling Service Pack 2

Uninstalling Service Pack 2 of the WebLogic Portal Server

Windows Upgrade Uninstall

Windows Full Installation Uninstall

Solaris Upgrade Uninstall

Solaris Full Installation Uninstall

Uninstalling Service Pack 2 of the E-Business Control Center

 

Installing Service Pack 1

Installing Service Pack 1 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Windows - Installing Service Pack 1 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Full Installation of the Server on Windows

Upgrade Installation of the Server on Windows

Solaris - Installing Service Pack 1 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Full Installation of the Server on Solaris

Upgrade Installation of the Server on Solaris

UNIX - Installing Service Pack 1 of the WebLogic Portal 4.0 Server

Installing Service Pack 1 of the E-Business Control Center

Reapplying Modifications to Webflow Namespace Files That Were Replaced

Updating the License File

WLP Patch and WLS SP Versions

To Run WebLogic Portal with Service Pack 1 on WLS 6.1 with Service Pack 2

Step 1: Remove patches.jar

Step 2: Change the CapacityIncrement Setting

To Run WebLogic Portal with Service Pack 1 on WLS 6.1 with Service Pack 1

System Account Password

Required Database Configuration Changes

Triggers and Behavior Tracking Fix

JDBC Helper Service Fix for CLOB Data

What to do if the Pool Connect Fails and a JDBC 2.0 SQLException is Received

Sybase-Specific Trigger Fix

Next Steps

Uninstalling Service Pack 1

Uninstalling Service Pack 1 of the WebLogic Portal Server

Windows Upgrade Uninstall

Windows Full Installation Uninstall

Solaris Upgrade Uninstall

Solaris Full Installation Uninstall

Uninstalling Service Pack 1 of the E-Business Control Center

 

Installing the Server on Windows Systems for the GA

The Installation Procedure on Windows

Updating the License File

Next Steps

Uninstalling the Server Software on Windows

 

Installing the Server on UNIX Systems for the GA

The Installation Procedure on UNIX

Graphical Version of the Installer

Console Version of the Installer

Updating the License File

Next Steps

Uninstalling the Server Software on UNIX

 

Installing the E-Business Control Center for the GA

The E-Business Control Center Installation Procedure

Updating the License File

Next Steps

Uninstalling the Client Software

 

Installing the Documentation Files for All Releases

Documentation Kit Name and Target Locations

Documentation File Size

What Does the Documentation Kit Contain?

Documentation Installation Steps

Standalone Documentation Option Instructions

Manually Integrated Documentation Option Instructions

About the DocumentMapping.properties File

Uninstalling the Documentation Files

 

Post-Installation Considerations for All Releases

Licensing the Product Package(s)

Upgrading from a 3.5 License to a 4.0 License

Updating Your 4.0 License File

Starting the Server

Starting the Sample Applications

Starting the Administration Tools

Starting the E-Business Control Center

About the WebLogic Server Patch

Saving Customizations

NT Service Scripts

About the WebLogic Integration Installer

Using the Backup Copy of the Database

Recreating the Cloudscape Database

Configuring Other Databases