This chapter describes the hardware and software requirements of Oracle Airlines Data Model:
Before you install Oracle Airlines Data Model, you must verify that all hardware and software requirements are met.
Oracle Airlines Data Model Release 12.1.1 is supported on the following platforms. For each platform, the given operating system version or later versions are required:
Linux x86-64
Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
SLES 11
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris 10 U6 (5.10-2008.10)
Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 SPARC
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris 10 U6 (5.10-2008.10)
Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86
IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-bit)
AIX 6.1 TL 02 SP1 ("6100-02-01"), 64-bit kernel
AIX 7.1 TL 0 SP1 ("7100-00-01-1037"), 64-bit kernel
The Oracle Database installation guide for your platform includes procedures for checking that your installation meets the hardware and operating system requirements for Oracle Database.
Additionally, for a complete installation of Oracle Airlines Data Model, the minimum hardware requirement is disk space of at least 10 GB (including at least 2 GB for the software files in the Oracle home directory and at least 8 GB disk space for the data files).
The minimum software requirements for Oracle Airlines Data Model are as follows:
Operating System: For details of supported platforms, see "Supported Platforms".
Oracle Database, including the options specified in "Oracle Database Requirements".
Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition 11.1.1.7 or higher. See "Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition" (this is Optional for Oracle Airlines Data Model and Sample Reports installation steps but is required to deploy the Oracle Airlines Data Model sample reports RPD and webcat and to view the sample reports on the Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition 11g instance).
Oracle Airlines Data Model installation requires one of the following Oracle Database releases:
Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Enterprise Edition (12.1.0.1 or later)
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Enterprise Edition (11.2.0.4 or later)
Tip:
When you install the Database ensure that the database character set is Unicode (AL32UTF8) to support multi-language installations since Oracle Airlines Data Model permits the installation of support for English and one other language.Installation of the Oracle Airlines Data Model component requires the following options to the Database:
Oracle Partitioning
Oracle Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Oracle Advanced Analytics
Tip:
To confirm that you have Oracle Advanced Analytics and OLAP options installed, follow the instructions outlined in "Confirming that Oracle Advanced Analytics and OLAP Options are Installed".After you download and install the Database, upgrade to the latest patch. Patches are available from My Oracle Support (http://metalink.oracle.com).
You must have the Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition installed before you use the Oracle Airlines Data Model sample reports (Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition is required to deploy the Oracle Airlines Data Model sample reports RPD and webcat and to view the sample reports).
Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition 11.1.1.7 or higher can be downloaded from the "Oracle Business Intelligence 11g downloads" link on Oracle Technology Network at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
Installation instructions are included in the documentation.