Preface

Welcome to the Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack. This guide describes the Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Foundation Pack installation and upgrade processes.

Audience

This document is intended for users installing Oracle AIA Foundation Pack 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7). It is also intended for users upgrading from Foundation Pack 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.5.0/11.1.1.6.x) to Foundation Pack 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7).

Using This Guide

Follow the steps mentioned while installing Oracle AIA for a faster and smoother installation.

1. Perform the required pre-installation checks discussed in Required Verifications Before Starting AIA 11g Foundation Pack Installation, available in article ID 1298426.1 on My Oracle Support: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1298426.1.

2. Ensure that you are reading the latest version of this guide. Access the latest of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack.

3. Review the release notes for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7) available on Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/docs/soa-aiafp-knownissuesindex-364630.html.

4. Fulfill the hardware requirements discussed in Section 1.3, "Hardware Requirements."

5. Fulfill the software requirements discussed in Section 1.2, "Software Requirements."

6. Collect the information discussed in Section 2.1, "Collecting Field Value Information for Installation and Deployment of Foundation Pack."

7. Fulfill pre-installation configurations discussed in Section 2.2, "Performing Pre-Installation Configurations."

8. Install Foundation Pack using instructions provided in Chapter 3, "Installing and Deploying Using AIA Foundation Pack Installer" or Chapter 4, "Installing and Deploying using Manual Steps."

9. Perform post-installation tasks discussed in Chapter 5, "Post-Installation Configurations."

10. Verify the installation using instructions provided in Chapter 6, "Verifying the Installation."

11. Install Reference Process Models using instructions provided in Chapter 8, "Installing Reference Process Models."

If you are migrating from Foundation Pack 2.4 or 2.5, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Migration Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture.

Oracle AIA Guides

In addition to this Installation and Upgrade Guide, we provide the following Oracle AIA guides for this 11.1.1.7 release:

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts and Technologies Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure Components and Utilities User's Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference Process Models User's Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Migration Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Product-to-Guide Index for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack

Related Guides

The following guides are relevant to Oracle AIA development activities and are provided as a part of the overall Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.7 documentation library:

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Business Process Management Suite

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Business Process Management Suite

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle SOA Suite

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Security and Administrator's Guide for Web Services

• Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle Enterprise Repository

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