10 Installing Oracle Beehive with Provisioning Application

This module describes how to install Oracle Beehive with Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application.

Refer to the section "Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application Sequence of Screens" in "Oracle Beehive Install Wizard" for information on how to install Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application.

This process consists of the following steps:

Note:

Steps 1 and 2 are required only for Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.3) and earlier.

For Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.4) and later, steps 1 and 2 are automatically performed. However, if you want to install Oracle Beehive with Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application for an operating system other than Linux, perform the following steps:

1. Obtain the zipped installable version of Oracle Beehive from Disk1/install/beehive_home.zip or <Oracle Beehive installation media directory>/install/beehive_home.zip.

2. Perform "Step 2: Upload Zipped Installable Version of Oracle Beehive to Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Software Library".

3. Perform "Step 3: Run Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application".

• Step 1: Zip Installable Version of Oracle Beehive

• Step 2: Upload Zipped Installable Version of Oracle Beehive to Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Software Library

• Step 3: Run Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application

Note:

If you install Oracle Beehive with Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application, you may use only test certificates, not self-signed certificates.

To change the shiphome (an installable version of Oracle Beehive) that Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application uses to install Oracle Beehive, refer to the section "Uploading Oracle Beehive Shiphome to Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control".

To uninstall Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application, refer to "Uninstalling Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application".

For more information about Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application and other Oracle Beehive installation scenarios, refer to "What You Should Know Before Installing Oracle Beehive".

Note:

For Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.3) and earlier, you must specify the location of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control software library before installing Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application. Refer to "Specifying Location of Oracle Beehive Shiphome Binaries in Grid Control" in "What You Should Know Before Installing Oracle Beehive" for more information.

Follow these steps if you have not specified the software library location before installing Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application:

1. Follow the directions listed in "Specifying Location of Oracle Beehive Shiphome Binaries in Grid Control".

2. In a browser, navigate to Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control. Click the Deployments tab. Click Deployment Procedures (from the Deployment Procedure Manager section). Select Oracle Beehive Release 1 Deployment and click Upload. Upload the PAR file <Oracle Management Service home>/sysman/prov/paf/beeprovs.par.

Step 1: Zip Installable Version of Oracle Beehive

Zip into one file, named beeshiphome.zip, the contents of the Oracle Beehive installation media.

Use the following commands to create a zip file from the Oracle Beehive installation media:

cd <Oracle Beehive installation media directory>
zip -9rv beeshiphome.zip *

You must use the name beeshiphome.zip for the zip file.

Save the file beeshiphome.zip on a computer or host that the Oracle Management Agent can access.

Step 2: Upload Zipped Installable Version of Oracle Beehive to Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Software Library

Follow these steps to upload to the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control software library the zip file you created in the previous step:

1. In a browser, navigate to the instance of Oracle Enterprise Grid Control that contains Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application.

2. Click the Deployments tab. Click Provisioning in the menu bar. You will see a list of software you may provision through Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control.

3. In the TreeTable, expand the Components entry until you see Oracle Beehive Release 1 Shiphome. More than one shiphome entry may be available if you have installed Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application for more than one operating system. Select the shiphome you want to upload. Click Edit.

4. In the Edit Component page, click Upload File in the menu bar. Select Update from Agent Machine. Select Target and specify the zip file you created in the previous step.

5. In the Host Credentials window, enter your user name and password. Select the Save as Preferred Credential check box (otherwise the upload will fail).

6. Click Finish.

Step 3: Run Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application

Refer to "Provisioning Oracle Beehive" in "Provisioning Oracle Beehive" for information on running Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application.

Uploading Oracle Beehive Shiphome to Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control

You may upload a new shiphome (an installable version of Oracle Beehive) to the central software library of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control. Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application uses this shiphome to install Oracle Beehive.

To upload a new shiphome to the central library of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, follow these steps:

1. Click the Deployments tab. Click Provisioning in the menu bar. You will see a list of software you may provision through Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control.

2. In the TreeTable, expand the Components entry until you see Oracle Beehive Release 1 Shiphome. More than one shiphome entry may be available if you have installed Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application for more than one operating system. Select the shiphome you want to replace with a new shiphome. Click Edit.

   Caution:

   Do not click Delete.

3. In the Edit Component page, select Update from Agent Machine. Specify the zip file that contains the new shiphome. Click Finish.

Uninstalling Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application

Uninstall Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application with the Oracle Beehive Universal Installer, <Oracle home>/oui/bin/runInstaller.

Notes:

You cannot uninstall the Provisioning Application with the Oracle Beehive Uninstall Wizard.

The Oracle Beehive Uninstall Wizard will not uninstall any changes made to the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control repository database.