The manuals most likely to help you develop an installation plan are the following:
Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Technical Overview describes the Java ES components and the services they provide.
Sun Java Enterprise System Deployment Planning Guide describes how business needs are analyzed to develop a deployment architecture.
Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX describes how to operate the Java ES installer.
Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Reference for UNIX includes a complete list of Java ES installer input values.
Deployment planning guides for individual components, such as Sun Java System Communications Services 6 2005Q4 Deployment Planning Guidecontain detailed information about configuring the components.
For a complete list of terms that are used in this documentation set, refer to the Sun Java Enterprise System Glossary.