Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway

Quick Installation Guide Release 2.0.0 Service Pack 9

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May 2013Updated July 2013

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Quick Installation Guide

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Preface

This guide provides an overview of installing Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway.

This preface contains these topics:

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Audience

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Related Documents

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Conventions

Audience

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Installation Guide is intended for anyone interested in the process of installing Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway.

Related Documents

For more information, see these Oracle documents:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Installation Guide

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Database Administrator’s Guide

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Installation Overview

This section provides a high-level overview of the installation of Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway (SGG) version 2.0.0 and selected additional software. This section includes the following topics:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Media Pack Contents

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Components for Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway

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Network Environment Overview

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Certified and Supported Platforms

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Installing Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway

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Additional Information for Installing Other Oracle Software

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Contacting Oracle Support

Note: This service pack is intended to be installed on top of an existing Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway installation. Please refer to the Readme.txt file included with the release package for information about installing this service pack.

For more information, see Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Installation Guide.

Refer to My Oracle Support for up-to-date additional information on Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway installation.

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Media Pack Contents

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Base Media Pack consists of the following packages:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 Release Notes

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 Quick Install Guide

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 Install Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 User Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 Supplemental Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4.1.0 Multiplatform

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Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4.1.0 Single Fix Prerequisite Rollup for SGG V2.0.0

For more details about installing the single fix rollup, see the Readme.txt that is included with the rollup.

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Oracle Utilities Meter Data Framework V2.0.1.7 Multiplatform

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 Oracle Database Multiplatform

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Echelon Media Pack consists of the following additional packages:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Echelon V2.0.0 User Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Echelon V2.0.0 Multiplatform

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Landis+Gyr Media Pack consists of the following additional packages:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Landis+Gyr V2.0.0 User Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Landis+Gyr V2.0.0 Multiplatform

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Sensus Media Pack consists of the following additional packages:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Sensus V2.0.0 User Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Sensus V2.0.0 Multiplatform

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Silver Spring Networks Media Pack consists of the following additional packages:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Silver Spring Networks V2.0.0 User Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Silver Spring Networks V2.0.0 Multiplatform

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway MV-90 Adapter for Itron Media Pack consists of the following additional packages:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway MV-90 Adapter for Itron V2.0.0 User Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway MV-90 Adapter for Itron V2.0.0 Multiplatform

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter Development Kit Media Pack consists of the following additional components:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter Development Kit V2.0.0 User Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter Development Kit V2.0.0 Multiplatform

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Itron OpenWay Media Pack consists of the following additional components:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Itron OpenWay V2.0.0 User Documentation

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Itron OpenWay V2.0.0 Multiplatform

Components for Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway

The system includes the following components:

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All application processes and HTML/JSP pages that make up the user interface

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This Installation Guide, which describes the installation/upgrade process

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The latest User Documentation

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Release Notes describing functional changes for this version

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Database installation

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Data Dictionary

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System Table Guide

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XAI Client Software

Network Environment Overview

The application is split into multiple tiers:

Tier 1: Browser-Based Client

The central facility in the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway browser-based client is Internet Explorer.

Operating System: Windows XP, Windows 7

The following Operating System / Web Browser software is supported:

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Windows XP SP3 or higher with Internet Explorer 7.x or 8.x

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Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8.x

Tier 2: Web Application Server.

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway supports the following Web application servers:

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Oracle WebLogic 11gR1 (10.3.5, or 10.3.6)

Tier 3: Database Server

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway supports the following databases:

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Oracle 11gR2 (11.2.0.1) Enterprise Edition

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Oracle 11gR2 (11.2.0.1) Standard Edition

Note: Oracle Database Enterprise Edition and the Partitioning and Advanced Compression options are not mandatory but recommended. Standard Edition should only be considered suitable for very small, pilot projects or development environments where scalability, performance, and database size-on-disk are not important considerations. Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, including the Advanced Compression and Partitioning options, is strongly recommended in all other situations.

Certified and Supported Platforms

The installation has been certified to operate on many operating system, application server, and database server combinations. For the software requirements for each of these combinations, see the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Installation Guide. This section includes the following topics:

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapters

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Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway OSB and SOA Adapters

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Oracle Database Servers

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Oracle WebLogic Server Information

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Supported Versions

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapters

The following table details the operating system and application server combinations on which Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway adapters have been tested and certified.

Operating System and Web Browser (Client)

Operating System

(Server)

Chipset

Application Server

Database

Windows XP SP3

(IE 7.x, 8.x)

Windows 7

(IE 8.x)

AIX 6.1 TL4 (64-bit)

POWER 64-bit

WebLogic 10.3.5

WebLogic 10.3.6

Oracle 11.2.0.1+

Oracle Linux 5.5, 5.8, 6.2 (64-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, 5.8, 6.2 (64-bit)

x86_64

WebLogic 10.3.5

WebLogic 10.3.6

Oracle 11.2.0.1+

Sun Solaris 10 Update 8 (64-bit)

SPARC

WebLogic 10.3.5

WebLogic 10.3.6

Oracle 11.2.0.1+

Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

x86_64

WebLogic 10.3.5

WebLogic 10.3.6

Oracle 11.2.0.1+

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway OSB and SOA Adapters

The following table details the operating system and application server combinations on which the adapters for Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway adapters have been tested and certified.

Adapter

Operating System

(Server)

Chipset

Application Server

Database

OSB Adapter

SOA Adapter

(Not applicable for MV90 Adapter for Itron)

AIX 6.1 TL4 (64-bit)

POWER 64-bit

WebLogic 10.3.5

WebLogic 10.3.6

Oracle 11.2.0.1+

Oracle Linux 5.5, 5.8, 6.2 (64-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, 5.8, 6.2 (64-bit)

x86_64

WebLogic 10.3.5

WebLogic 10.3.6

Oracle 11.2.0.1+

Sun Solaris 10 Update 8 (64-bit)

SPARC

WebLogic 10.3.5

WebLogic 10.3.6

Oracle 11.2.0.1+

Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

x86_64

WebLogic 10.3.5

WebLogic 10.3.6

Oracle 11.2.0.1+

Oracle Database Servers

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway 2.0.0 is supported with Oracle Database Server 11.2.0.1 on any of the operating systems listed above.

The Oracle 11.2.0.1 client is required for this version of the database server.

The following Oracle Database Server Editions are supported:

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Oracle Database Enterprise Edition

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Oracle Database Standard Edition

Note: Oracle Database Enterprise Edition and the Partitioning and Advanced Compression options are not mandatory but recommended. Standard Edition should only be considered suitable for very small, pilot projects or development environments where scalability, performance, and database size-on-disk are not important considerations. Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, including the Advanced Compression and Partitioning options, is strongly recommended in all other situations.

Oracle WebLogic Server Information

The following Oracle WebLogic Server Editions are supported:

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Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition

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Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition

Although Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway is supported only on the Oracle WebLogic application server, it can write to any JMS compliant queuing application by way of Oracle Service Bus. For more information about Oracle Service Bus, refer to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Service Bus.

Supported Versions

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway is supported on the following software versions:

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Oracle Utilities Application Framework (F1) version 4.1.0

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Oracle Utilities Meter Data Framework (D1) version 2.0.1.8.0

Supported Head-End Systems

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Echelon NES version 4.1: for use with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Echelon version 2.0.0

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Landis+Gyr Command Center version 4.1: for use with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Landis+Gyr version 2.0.0

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Sensus RNI Gateway 3.1: for use with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Sensus version 2.0.0

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Silver Spring Networks UtilityIQ 4.5: for use with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Silver Spring Networks version 2.0.0

Supported Versions

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway is supported on the following software versions:

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Oracle Utilities Application Framework (F1) version 4.1.0

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Oracle Utilities Meter Data Framework (D1) version 2.0.1.8.0

Supported Head-End Systems

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Echelon NES version 4.1: for use with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Echelon version 2.0.0

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Landis+Gyr Command Center version 4.1: for use with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Landis+Gyr version 2.0.0

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Sensus RNI Gateway 3.1: for use with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Sensus version 2.0.0

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Silver Spring Networks UtilityIQ 4.5: for use with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Silver Spring Networks version 2.0.0

Installing Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway

For additional information on installing Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway, see the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Installation Guide.

To install Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0:

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Install all required third-party software.

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Install database. See Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Database Administrator’s Guide for complete details.

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Install Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4.1.0 (Application server only).

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Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4.1.0 Service Pack 1 Multiplatform (Application server only)

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Install Oracle Utilities Meter Data Framework V2.0.1.8.0 (Application server only).

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Install Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0.8.0 Adapter Components (Application server only).

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Adapter for Echelon

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Adapter for Landis+Gyr

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Adapter for Sensus

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Adapter for Silver Spring Networks

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MV90 Adapter for Itron

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Adapter Development Kit

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Adapter for Itron OpenWay

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Generate Application Viewer items (this includes the Data Dictionary).

To Install Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 Service Pack 9:

See Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Installation Guide, Chapter 9: Installing Service Packs,for complete details on installing Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway version 2.0.0.9.0 on top of an existing Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway 2.0.0.x installation.

Oracle VM Support

Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 is supported on Oracle VM 2.2.1 for supported releases of Oracle Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Oracle Support Policy Regarding VMware

Please refer to My Oracle Support knowledge base article 249212.1 for Oracle’s support policy regarding VMware.

Installation and Configuration Overview

The following diagram provides an overview of the steps that need to be taken to install and configure Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway:

Additional Information for Installing Other Oracle Software

Please read this section and follow directions if you purchased a license from Oracle for any of the following products:

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Oracle WebLogic 11gR1

Oracle WebLogic 11gR1

Customers must download Oracle WebLogic Server from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. The version of Oracle WebLogic Server is listed in the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 Supported Platforms Summary section.

Note: If you install a temporary license for Oracle WebLogic, please note that this license is limited to 5 non-current users. You will need to install the full license.

Install the Oracle WebLogic license

To apply a full license you will need to complete the following steps:

1.

The license keys for Oracle WebLogic products are located at - http://licensecodes.oracle.com/bea.html

2.

The following products are supported: Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition and Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition.

3.

At the time of release of this document the license key on the Web site for Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition is BEA WebLogic Server Advantage Edition. The license key for Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition on the Web site is BEA WebLogic Server Premium Edition.

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Shut down the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway application server.

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Follow the instructions from the Oracle WebLogic installation document to install the license key.

6.

Start the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway application server.

Oracle WebLogic 11gR1

Customers must download Oracle WebLogic Server from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. The version of Oracle WebLogic Server is listed in the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway V2.0.0 Supported Platforms Summary section.

Note: If you install a temporary license for Oracle WebLogic, please note that this license is limited to 5 non-current users. You will need to install the full license.

Install the Oracle WebLogic license

To apply a full license you will need to complete the following steps:

1.

The license keys for Oracle WebLogic products are located at - http://licensecodes.oracle.com/bea.html

2.

The following products are supported: Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition and Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition.

3.

At the time of release of this document the license key on the Web site for Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition is BEA WebLogic Server Advantage Edition. The license key for Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition on the Web site is BEA WebLogic Server Premium Edition.

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Shut down the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway application server.

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Follow the instructions from the Oracle WebLogic installation document to install the license key.

6.

Start the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway application server.

Contacting Oracle Support

Please follow this link http://www.oracle.com/support/index.html to contact Oracle Support