Oracle Utilities Network Management System

Quick Install Guide Release 1.12.0,

E41144-01

December 2013

Oracle Utilities Network Management System Quick Install Guide, Release 1.12.0

E41144-01

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Components of Oracle Utilities Network Management System

The system can include the following components:

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All Unix applications and services comprising the Oracle Utilities Network Management System

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Bundled third party application software

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Quick Install Guide , which describes the software components and supported platforms

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Installation Guide , which describes the installation process in detail

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System User, Configuration, and Adapter Documentation

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Product Release Notes

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Database configuration with base product configuration installed

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Sample network model and customer data to allow base system installation verification

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Database migration scripts for the Oracle Utilities Network Management System real-time database (needed for upgrades only)

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Database migration scripts for migration of PerformanceMart data to Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence (needed for some upgrades only)

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Base product Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence Extractors and Reports

Installation Media

All media is available on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (edelivery.oracle.com) in ZIP format. The following media packs can be downloaded and used for installation of the Oracle Utilities Network Management System software.

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Release Notes Media

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Documentation Media

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Base Media

Release Notes Media

This media pack contains the Oracle Utilities Network Management System Release Notes, which give an overview of the enhancements included in the current release. The release notes are also included in the Documentation Media.

Documentation Media

This media pack contains all Oracle Utilities Network Management System product documentation for the current release.

In addition to this Quick Install Guide, all product documentation is provided in one ZIP file that extracts to a Documentation folder.

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Adapters Guide (PDF). This guide provides details on the installation and configuration of numerous enterprise system adapters (to systems such as SCADA, AMI, GIS etc.), included with the Oracle Utilities Network Management System.

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Configuration Guide (PDF). This guide provides details on the configuration and implementation of the Oracle Utilities Network Management System, its environment, and security.

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Quick Install Guide (PDF). This is the starting point for the installation process. Please print out a copy of this document and read all pertinent sections before beginning the base software package installation.

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Installation Guide (PDF). This guide provides details on environment preparation, installation, and basic configuration of the Oracle Network Management System.

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Installation Release Notes (PDF). This document provides release notes that give an overview of the changes included in the current release.

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System User's Guide (PDF). The user's guide provides information for using the product modules and tools. The guide content is also available in the Online (HTML) Help, which may be accessed via Help menus and buttons located throughout the system.

Base Media

These are the base Oracle Utilities Network Management System products along with all product documentation and bundled third party products. Base media package downloads are available for each hardware/operating system platform.

See the Supported Platforms Summary for a list of supported platforms for this release; see Bundled Third Party Products for a list of bundled products.

Hardware / Software Requirements

This section provides the basic overview of the Oracle Utilities Network Management System architecture as well as the supported platforms. It includes the following topics:

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Architecture Overview

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Supported Platforms Summary

Oracle Utilities Network Management System Architecture Overview

Tier 1: Rich Java Client

Oracle Utilities Network Management System supports the following client operating systems:

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Windows 7 Professional (32-bit/64-bit)

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Oracle Linux 6.4

Tier 2: Java Application / Unix Services Server

Oracle Utilities Network Management System supports the following Enterprise Java Beans application server:

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Oracle WebLogic Application Server

Oracle Utilities Network Management System supports the following Unix and Linux servers:

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IBM AIX

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Oracle Solaris

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Oracle Linux (Unbreakable Enterprise kernel or Red Hat Compatible kernel)

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Oracle Network Management System supports the following Virtual servers:

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Oracle VM Server Virtualization and Management running the Oracle Linux operating system

Tier 3: Database Server

Oracle Utilities Network Management System supports the Oracle RDBMS Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition Servers. However, Enterprise Edition is required when using the following features with NMS:

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Oracle Database Partitioning

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Spatial Data with Aerial Maps

Supported Platforms Summary

This section includes the following topics:

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Operating System, Database, and Java Application Server Support

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Inter-product Compatibility to Other Oracle Utilities Product Versions

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Bundled Third Party Products

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Required Unbundled Oracle and Third Party Products

Operating System, Database, and Java Application Server Support

The following table summarizes the supported platforms for Oracle Utilities Network Management System.

Operating Systems

OS Server Architecture / Compiler Version

Database Server and Java Application Servers: Supported Combinations**

IBM AIX7.1 TL2-SP2

POWER 64-bit/ g++ v4.2.4

Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3.0 (64-bit) SE or EE with WebLogic Server 10.3.6

Oracle Solaris 11

SPARC 64-bit /

Solaris Studio 12.3 (Sun C++ 5.12)

Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3.0 (64-bit) SE or EE with WebLogic Server 10.3.6

Oracle Linux 6.4

x86 64-bit /

g++ v4.4.7-3

Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3.0 (64-bit) SE or EE with WebLogic Server 10.3.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

x86 64-bit /

g++ v4.4.7-3

Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3.0 (64-bit) SE or EE with WebLogic Server 10.3.6

**Notes :

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The Oracle WebLogic Server used by Oracle Utilities Network Management System does not need to be co-located with the Unix services and can run on any of the above platforms that are supported by Oracle for that WebLogic Server version.

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The Oracle RDBMS used by Oracle Utilities Network Management System does not need to be co-located with the Unix Services and can run on any of the above platforms supported by Oracle for that RDBMS version.

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System is tested and supported on the versions of Oracle Linux specified. Because Oracle Linux is 100% userspace-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Utilities Network Management System is also supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for this release.

Inter-product Compatibility to Other Oracle Utilities Product Versions

Oracle Utilities Product

Version(s) Supported

Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing (CC&B)

2.3.1, 2.4.0

Oracle Utilities Customer Self Service

2.1.x

Oracle Utilities SmartGrid Gateway

2.1.x

Oracle Business Intelligence for Utilities (OBIU)

2.4.0, 2.5.0

Bundled Third Party Products

The following table lists third party software bundled with the Oracle Utilities Network Management System release and installed as part of the base product installation.

Vendor

Product

Version

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Xerces C++

Apache Xalan C++

Apache Ant

Apache Commons Lang

Apache Commons Configuration

Apache Commons BeanUtils

Apache Commons Codec

Apache Commons Collections

Apache Commons Digester

Apache Commons HttpClient

Apache Log4j

Apache PDFBox

3.1.1

1.11

1.9.2

2.6

1.6

1.6

1.3

3.2.1

1.7

3.1

1.2.14

1.8.2

Boost.org

Boost

1.45.0

Autodesk

Csmap

1922

John DeRegnaucourt

deep-equals

1.7

The Flex Project

Flex

2.5.4a

Genevia

Gsoap

2.7.16

KaiToedter

Jcalendar

1.3.2

Hewlett Packard

Jena

2.6.4

Singular Systems

JEP

2.4.0

The Jython Project

Jython

2.7

lighttpd

lighttpd

1.4.33

NetCat AG

Reportcat

1.1.1

Vanderbilt University

The ACE Orb (TAO)

2.2.0

Required Unbundled Oracle and Third Party Products

The following table lists non-NMS Oracle and third party software that are required for specific product modules of the Oracle Utilities Network Management System release, but not bundled with the released software. These products must be separately installed by the end user as part of the base product installation. Some products also require separate licenses as noted.

Vendor

Product

Version

Notes

Oracle

BI Publisher

11.1.1.6.0

Used for business intelligence reports and for printing and e-mailing web switching plans.

Oracle

Business Intelligence Discoverer

11.1.1.4

Used for business intelligence reports.

Oracle

Java Developer Kit (JDK)

7.0 Update 45 (64-bit)

Used by Java GUI components and web-service based interfaces

Oracle

Oracle RDBMS Standard or Enterprise Editions 11gR2

11.2.0.3

Required for core Oracle Utilities Network Management System functionality.

Oracle

Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition 11gR1

10.3.6

Used by Java GUI components and web-service based interfaces

Esri

ArcGIS/ArcFM on SDE, Personal GDBs in Access, File GDBs, and Personal SDE / SqlServerExpress

9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.1

Esri GIS

GE

Smallworld GIS

3.x or 4.x

Smallworld GIS

Grzegorz Kowal

Launch4j Executable Wrapper

3.0.2

Used with NSIS to install standalone Java client applications from the Configuration Assistant.

IBM

JDK

1.7 SR5

(64‑bit)

Used by Java GUI components and web-service based interfaces

IBM

WebSphere MQ

7.1

Needed for Generic WebSphere MQ Adapters

Intergraph

G/Electric GIS

9.3.x, 10.x

Intergraph GIS

LiveData

ICCP

V5.01.x

Needed for the LiveData ICCP SCADA Adapter

Microsoft

Internet Explorer

8+, 9+

Used to display online help and when using Java Web Start to download the NMS Java client applications.

Mozilla

Firefox

17.x+

Used to display online help and when using Java Web Start to download the NMS Java client applications.

Nullsoft

NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

2.46

Used with Launch4j to install standalone Java client applications from the Configuration Assistant.

Oopsla University

html2ps

1.065

Used for printing from Service Alert

Notes on non-NMS Oracle and Third Party Products:

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Oracle RDBMS Enterprise and Standard Editions, Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition, Oracle BI Publisher, and Oracle Discoverer are separately licensed modules from Oracle

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WebSphere MQ and LiveData ICCP all require separate third party licenses to be acquired by Oracle customers

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Oracle Discoverer or Oracle BI Publisher can be used for Standard Oracle Utilities Network Management System Business Intelligence reports.

Installation Process Overview

This section provides a high level overview of the basic steps to install the Oracle Utilities Network Management System software.

Install Database

Oracle Utilities Network Management System supports the Oracle Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). The RDBMS must be properly installed and configured prior to using the Oracle Utilities Network Management System software.

Reference Information

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For information on installing the database software, see the Oracle RDBMS documentation.

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For information on configuring Oracle RDBMS for use with the Oracle Utilities Network Management System software, see the "Database Configuration" chapter of the Oracle Utilities Network Management System Configuration Guide.

Install non-NMS Oracle and Third Party Software

Please refer to the Oracle Utilities Network Management System Installation Guide for details of installing unbundled non-NMS Oracle and third party products needed for proper execution of the application software. Other Oracle and third party products may need to be downloaded or installed from other vendor-supplied media.

Install Oracle Utilities Network Management Software

Please refer to the Oracle Utilities Network Management System Installation Guide for details of installing the application software. Some steps included in the install guide require specific actions based on the Unix operating system or Java Application server that you will be using. Pay special attention to follow each step exactly as documented in the installation guide.

Configure Oracle Utilities Network Management System Components

Please refer to the Oracle Utilities Network Management System Configuration Guide for details of configuring the various components of your Oracle Utilities Network Management System.

Oracle Utilities Network Management System Licensing Restrictions

This appendix outlines licensing restrictions related to Oracle Utilities Network Management System, including:

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License Restrictions Matrix

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Functionality

License Restrictions Matrix

Oracle Utilities Network Management System includes two distinct product suites: Oracle Utilities Outage Management System and Oracle Utilities Distribution Management System. These products both contain a number of options whose functionality are restricted, and can only be used if the specific options have been licensed. The table below indicates the specific options included with each of the listed products.

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" " indicates that the option is included with the product.

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" *" indicates that the option is included with the product, but in order to use the option customers must license additional options For example, a customer licensing Oracle Utilities Network Management System who wishes to use the Call Center feature must also license the Call Center option. Note that Outage Management Base and Distribution Management Base are licensed separately.

Product/Option

Oracle Utilities Network Management System

Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence

Oracle Utilities Customer Self Service

Outage Management Base

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X

X

OMS Option: Outage Management Switching and Schematics

 *

X

X

OMS Option: Outage Management Adapters

 *

X

X

OMS Option: Outage Management Call Center

 *

X

X

OMS Option: Outage Management Storm Management

 *

X

X

OMS Option: Outage Management Paging

 *

X

X

Distribution Management Base



X

X

DMS Option: Distribution Management Power Flow

 *

X

X

DMS Option: Distribution Management Advanced Feeder Management

 *

X

X

DMS Option: Distribution Management Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration

 *

X

X

DMS Option: Distribution Management Volt/Var Optimization

 *

X

X

DMS Option: Distribution Management Fault Location Analysis

 *

X

X

NMS Option: SCADA

 *

X

X

NMS Option: Training Simulator

 *

X

X

Business Intelligence

 *

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X

Customer Self Service

 *

X

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Oracle Utilities Network Management System Functionality

The table below describes the products and options provided with the Oracle Utilities Network Management System.

Functional Area

Description

Outage Management Base

The Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS) operations model, tools to support and administrate the model and integration to leading GIS vendors, and the ability to "red-line" changes back to the GIS. Core functionality to manage outages, including tracking of outage durations at the customer level, outage causes, and actions taken.

OMS Option: Outage Management Switching and Schematics

Functionality that allows operators to record switching actions electronically via interaction with a map view of the covered service area and operations model.

OMS Option: Outage Management Adapters

Modules for integrating Oracle Utilities Outage Management System to foreign systems such as CIS, IVR, AMI, AVL, and Mobile systems.

OMS Option: Outage Management Call Center

Tools used to enter calls into the system, easily query status of specific customers, and track the progress of restoration callbacks.

OMS Option: Outage Management Storm Management

Functionality used to estimate when assessment and restoration will be complete for various types of outages, broken out by section of the distribution network. Ability to forecast the impact of bringing on additional resources, or determining the resource need to meet target objectives.

OMS Option: Outage Management Paging

Functionality used to provide automatic notifications from the Oracle Utilities Outage Management System to identify specific customers affected, major outages, beginning and ending of storm events, and status of planned outages.

Distribution Management Base

The Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS) operations model, tools to support and administrate the model and integration to leading GIS vendors, and the ability to "red-line" changes back to the GIS. Functionality that allows operators to record switching actions electronically via interaction with a map view of the covered service area and operations model.

DMS Option: Distribution Management Power Flow

Functionality that provides an integrated three phase unbalanced power flow solution built into the system operator's normal business processes and workflows to provide enhanced decision support.

DMS Option: Distribution Management Advanced Feeder Management

Functionality that allows operators to query the system for recommendations of specific switching situations. The system can present a set of switching actions to address a set objective which the operator can review, modify, and utilize. Also the ability to see hourly peak forecasts for the next 24 hours and daily peak forecast for the remainder of the week to provide advance warning of potential load issues, allowing proactive responses.

DMS Option: Distribution Management Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration

Functionality that, based on SCADA triggers such as lockouts and fault indications/location, determine the specific protective device which has cleared a sustained fault, identifies the de-energized sections, and determines the available alternate supplies for re-energization.

DMS Option: Distribution Management Volt/Var Optimization

Functionality that helps operators to recognize and be able to affect voltage on the network, utilizing the power of the system to prepare and present recommendations to the operator for action.

DMS Option: Distribution Management Fault Location Analysis

Functionality that determines the distance downstream of fault measurements where a fault is estimated to have occurred. All potential fault locations are graphically and tabular displayed and the operator can incrementally reject or confirm fault locations as crews feedback on fault dispatches.

NMS Option: SCADA

Functionality that utilizes SCADA data in determining outages in the system, and helps operators to quickly and accurately identify circuit lockouts, momentary outages and the status of these devices in the network.

NMS Option: Training Simulator

Functionality that allows a trainer to record scenarios including customer calls, AMI last gasps, and simulated device operations in support of training. Each scenario can be played back for a trainee, paused, modified, and monitored by the trainer.

Business Intelligence

Processes used to extract and load data for use in business intelligence applications.

Customer Self Service

Web services used to access data via the Oracle Utilities Customer Self Service application.

This guide provides a summary overview of the installation for Oracle Utilities Network Management System as delivered by Oracle.

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This release can be used to create a new installation or to upgrade an existing installation of the Oracle Utilities Network Management System.

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Contact Oracle Support at http://www.oracle.com/support/index.html for advice about upgrading to the current release.

This guide includes the following topics:

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Components of Oracle Utilities Network Management System

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Installation Media

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Hardware / Software Requirements

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Supported Platforms Summary

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Installation Process Overview