3 Installing Oracle Applications

This section includes the following topics:

Install Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2
Edit oraenv (HP-UX Only)
Increase JVM Memory
Migrate from JInitiator to J2SE 5

Note:

Before installing Oracle Applications, read My Oracle Support document 316806.1 to check that your environment meets all hardware- and platform-specific requirements.

If necessary, consult the Oracle Application Framework installation troubleshooting guide, which is My Oracle Support document 275875.1.

Install Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2

To install Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2, use the following documentation:

Installing Oracle Applications: A Guide to Using Rapid Install Release 11i (11.5.10.2)
My Oracle Support document 316803.1, Oracle Applications Release Notes, Release 11i (11.5.10.2)
My Oracle Support document 316806.1, Oracle Applications Installation Update Notes, Release 11i (11.5.10.2), for platform-specific information

If you are using a split configuration database tier, read My Oracle Support document 946413.1, Using Oracle E-Business Suite with a Split Configuration Database Tier on Oracle 11g Release 2.

Note:

Oracle LSH has been tested ONLY on Release 11.5.10.2 of Oracle Applications. If more recent releases have become available, do NOT install them unless explicitly instructed to do so by an Oracle LSH-specific note or alert on My Oracle Support.

Oracle LSH UTF8 Requirements

Oracle LSH has the following character set-related required settings:

Database character set=UTF8. Oracle Applications Rapid Install prompts you for the database character set. You MUST set this value to UTF8. A value of UTF8 is REQUIRED. This is the ONLY opportunity you have to set this value, and you CANNOT change it later.
NLS_CHARACTERSET=UTF8. When you set the database character set to UTF8 during Oracle Applications Rapid Install, it automatically sets NLS_CHARACTERSET to UTF8 as well, which is correct.
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=BYTE. The default value for NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS is BYTE. Do not change this value. To use character semantics, set the LHS profile Use Character Semantics for Workarea Installation to Yes. See the chapter on setting profile values in the Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub System Administrator's Guide for information.

Edit oraenv (HP-UX Only)

If and only if you are installing Oracle LSH on HP-UX you must edit the oraenv file on the 806 Oracle Home.

One fi is missing. You must add one fi in the following section of the file so that it appears as follows:

if [ $? = 0 -a "$ULIMIT" != "unlimited" ] ; then
  if [ "$ULIMIT" -lt 2113674 ] ; then
    if [ -f $ORACLE_HOME/bin/osh ] ; then
        exec $ORACLE_HOME/bin/osh
    else
        for D in `echo $PATH | tr : " "`
        do
            if [ -f $D/osh ] ; then
                exec $D/osh
            fi
        done
    fi
  fi 
fi

Increase JVM Memory

Oracle recommends a minimum Java Virtual Machine (JVM) setting of 2048M instead of the default size of 256M. See My Oracle Support document 119163.1, How to Set the Heap Size for the Jserv JVM.

You must make this change through Oracle Applications Manager. If you do it manually, your changes will be lost when you run AutoConfig.

To increase this setting, do the following:

Open your web browser.
Enter the eBusiness Suite SSWA (Self-Service Web Application) URL as follows:

http://<host name>.<domain name>:<HTTP port>/oa_servlets/AppsLogin

For example:

http://oraapps1.oracle.com:8000/oa_servlets/AppsLogin

The Applications Login screen appears.
Log in as sysadmin, created in the 11.5.10.2 installation.

An E-Business Suite screen opens.
Click System Administration in the left-hand column under Navigator. The system refreshes the page and adds a column of links on the right.
Under Oracle Applications Manager in the right-hand column, click Dashboard. The Applications Dashboard screen opens.
Click Sitemap to go to the Sitemap tab.
Under System Configuration, click AutoConfig. The AutoConfig screen opens.
Under Context Files, click the Edit Parameters icon for the Application Tier. The Context File Parameters screen opens.
From the Search drop-down list, select OA_VAR and click Go.
In the field next to the Search drop-down list, enter the parameter name s_jvm_options and click Go.
In the Value field for s_jvm_options, change the value from:

-Xmx256M -Xms128M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -XX:NewRatio=2 -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+UseTLAB

to:

-Xmx2048M -Xms128M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -XX:NewRatio=2 -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+UseTLAB

Note the changed value is in bold above.
Run AutoConfig. See My Oracle Support document number 165195.1.

You should now be able to see in jserv.properties that JVM has changed from 256M to 2048M.
Stop and start the Apache server for the new value to take effect.

Migrate from JInitiator to J2SE 5

Some Oracle LSH installation and administrative functions require the use of Oracle Forms, which no longer support JInitiator. J2SE includes JDK. To migrate to J2SE 5, as required by ATG RUP7, follow instructions in My Oracle Support article 304099.1, Using J2SE Version 5.0 with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i ; see "Finding Information and Patches on My Oracle Support".

For J2SE client deployment, use document 290807.1, Deploying Sun JRE (Native Plug-in) for Windows Clients in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i