You can install EPM System products using the graphical user interface, using the console mode interface, or using a silent mode installation response file.
When you install EPM System products, you choose which type of installation to perform:
New installation.
Note that you also choose this option if you are upgrading from an earlier release (Release 11.1.1.3.x, Release 9.3.3.x, or Release 9.2.1.x.)
Apply maintenance release, if you are moving from Release 11.1.2.0 to Release 11.1.2.1.
Re-install this release
For each type of installation, you choose whether to install EPM System products by tier or by individual component:
Select “Choose components by tier” to install all the product components for the selected products by tier (Client, Web application, and Services). You still have the option to specify installation location and the products to install.
Select “Choose components individually” if you want more control over which services and components are installed for each product component.
Oracle recommends that you install EPM System products by tier.
Note: | On Windows machines, do not use the Administrator user to install and configure. Run EPM System Installer and EPM System Configurator as a user with administrator rights. Install and configure as the same user for all EPM System products. If you are using Windows 2008, install with UAC disabled. UAC must be disabled to install, configure, and run EPM System products. UAC can be enabled on end-user client desktops. |
Note: | On UNIX machines, do not use the root user to install and configure. Install and configure as the same user for all EPM System products. On UNIX machines, for all Oracle products, the user that is installing must be part of the same group; the group must have write permission to the central inventory (oraInventory). |
Note: | When you upgrade or apply the maintenance release, install and configure using the same user that was used to install and configure the earlier release. |
Note: | You cannot run EPM System Installer at the same time that you are running another instance of an Oracle Universal Installer (such as the installer for Oracle Database). |
Note: | Run EPM System Installer from a mapped drive, not from a UNC address. |
To install EPM System products:
(Windows) Double-click installTool.cmd in the root directory to which you extracted the EPM System Installer files.
(Windows) From a Windows console, change to the root directory to which you extracted the EPM System Installer files and enter installTool.cmd -console.
Create a silent installation response file. See Performing Silent Installations.
(UNIX) Change to the root directory to which you extracted the EPM System Installer files and enter ./installTool.sh.
(UNIX) Change to the root directory to which you extracted the EPM System Installer files and enter ./installTool.sh -console.
EPM System Installer performs some initial checks while launching. Review the command prompt window for details. If you see a message in the command prompt window that User Account Control (UAC) is enabled on Windows 2008 systems, disable UAC, reboot, and then restart EPM System Installer.
EPM System Installer launches.
Tip:
The first page of EPM System Installer might open hidden behind other windows if you navigate away from the EPM System Installer window or try to reposition the initial window. Press Alt+Tab to switch to the first page of the wizard.
Throughout EPM System Installer, if a component is not available for installation in the language you selected, it is shaded in color and marked with an asterisk (*).
Review and complete each page of EPM System Installer, clicking or selecting Next to move to the next page.
In console mode, enter the number beside the selection you want.
Tip:
EPM System Installer starts to display the progress indicator after it has prepared the list of assemblies to install. This might take several minutes, depending on how many products you selected. EPM System Installer displays progress incrementally as each assembly's installation is complete.
The following table provides links where you can find more details about each page of EPM System Installer.
Table 19. EPM System Installer Pages
Page Reference Welcome Welcome Destination/MiddleWare Home Destination/Middleware Home Installation Type Installation Type Product Selection Product Selection Confirmation Confirmation Progress Progress Summary Summary When installation is complete, click or select Configure to configure the products using EPM System Configurator, or click or select Finish to close EPM System Installer.
Note:
If you are installing Financial Close Management, note that it requires additional steps before you configure with EPM System Configurator. See Configuration Prerequisites for Financial Close Management.
For more information about configuring EPM System products, see Configuring EPM System Products.
After you install and configure the products, start the services as described in Starting and Stopping EPM System Products. You can then use EPM System Diagnostics to validate that the installation was successful and that the components are communicating. See Validating the Installation and Verifying Deployment.