Preface

Introduction

This manual is designed to help acquaint you with the installation of Oracle FLEXCUBE.

Audience

This manual is intended for the following User/User Roles:

Role

Function

Implementation team

Implementation of Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solution

Presales team

Install FLEXCUBE for demo purpose

Bank personnel

Who installs FLEXCUBE

The user of this manual is expected to have basic understanding of Application server like Oracle Weblogic, IBM Websphere and Oracle Database.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

This guide may refer to the following abbreviations:

Abbreviation

Description

FCUBS

Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal banking Solutions

ELCM

Oracle FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management

BIP

Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

FGL

Oracle FLEXCUBE General Ledger

OEM

Oracle Enterprise Manager

EMS

Electronic Messaging Service

EJB

Enterprise Java Bean

MDB

Message Driven Beans

ODT

Open Development Tool

Index

Security Guidelines

The user of this manual should ensure security guidelines for this release of FLEXCUBE are adhered to as mentioned in the Security Guide document. This is a pre-requisite before proceeding further.

Environment Setup

This section helps you get an outline of the chapters included in the Installation Manuals and provides a summary of each chapter. You can identify the chapters containing the details of each activity that you will perform during Oracle FLEXCUBE installation.

The Installation Manuals are organized as follows:

Prerequisites

This manual describes the prerequisites required for installing Oracle FLEXCUBE.

This also lists out the tasks like setting up

  • Database Settings
  • Application servers Settings
  • Client browsers Settings

That you need to set up before you begin with the installation of Oracle FLEXCUBE. The document refers to the release notes for qualified version.

Setting up Client Browsers

Client browsers are required to run Oracle FLEXCUBE and other applications. You need to configure the browsers after installation in order to run these applications properly in the browsers.

This document includes the following chapters:

This section gives you the basic instructions for Configuring browser for launching ORACLE FLEXCUBE in the browser. It also explains the step by step process of clearing Cache, suppressing Cache, methods for setting trusted sites and popup blocker.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome

Database Settings

Oracle

  • This section gives the detailed instructions for setting up database. It explains the instructions for setting up database initialization parameters, Tablespace storage details and grants required Oracle FLEXCUBE schema.
  • Refer the ‘Prerequisite’ chapter of Security Guide document for making the environment more safe and secured.
  • Also instructions related to setting up additional features of the database are covered here. These features included.

OLTP table compression

Oracle Streams

Flash Back Data Archive

Application Server Settings

Oracle HTTP server

This section provides details on Oracle HTTP server installation and configuring for Oracle FLEXCUBE.

Middleware Practices

This section provides a step by step process to configure Weblogic Server. The process involves creation of domain, pack and unpack of domain, JVM tuning and JDBC tuning. It also explains the process of starting of managed servers using scripts and starting admin server.

Refer the ‘Prerequisite’ chapter of Security Guide document for making the environment more safe and secured.

Tomcat

Refer to Tomcat_Configuration for setting up safe and secure application server.

Weblogic

Refer to Weblogic Configuration for setting up safe and secure application server.

Websphere

Refer to Websphere_Configurations for setting up safe and secure application server.

Support for Extensibility

This section explains the customization of LDAP authentication for Oracle FLEXCUBE. This explains the detailed instructions to be followed for customising LDAP authentication.UBS. There are detailed instructions for creating property file, building EAR, setting up database and deploying application for all the components supported by Oracle FLEXCUBE Installer.

Refer the ‘INFRA Extensibility Details’ chapter of 'Extensibility' user manual for further information on the customization of LDAP.

Installer Installation

Installer support installation of Oracle FLEXCUBE in two modes Graphical mode and silent mode.

Graphical Installer

This section give the basic instructions for setting up the pre requisites for running the installer in Graphical- mode, It explains the steps to be followed before getting started with the installer in UI mode

Silent Installer

This section give the basic instructions for setting up the pre requisites for running the installer in SILENT- mode,( section 2.Running Oracle FLEXCUBE Installer in Silent Mode).It explains the steps to be followed before getting started with the installer in SILENT mode

Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Installation

The FLEXCUBE UBS Installation section describes the various build and deployment options available in the installer. Also, it talks about the various components that make up FLEXCUBE UBS. There are detailed instructions for creating property file, building EAR, setting up database and deploying application for all the components supported by Oracle FLEXCUBE Installer.

Refer the ‘Securing Oracle FLEXCUBE’ chapter of Security Guide user manual for making the environment more safe and secured.

Oracle FLEXCUBE Information Server Installation

DATABASE Installation

This document gives the step by step instructions for setting up FLEXCUBE Information Server Data Base. It also explains the process of importing data dump, and also explains the process of loading static data.

Deployment of reports

This document covers the details related to deployment of reports. Step by step instructions are provided.

Merge RPD

This document covers the details for merging RPD , if we have module RPD and FIS RPD to be deployed on the same server.

Refer the ‘Securing Oracle FLEXCUBE’ chapter of Security Guide user manual for making the environment more safe and secured.

Maintenance

Password Change for Oracle FLEXCUBE

This section explains the instructions for changing the passwords, it explains the process of changing passwords in Oracle FLEXCUBE, changing password in oracle weblogic like schema password, and it also explains the steps for changing passwords in websphere and changing passwords in server.

Scheduler PLSQL JOB Creation

This document explains the procedure to be followed for Scheduler PLSQL.JOB Creation for FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solutions.

Scheduler JAVA JOB Creation

This document explains the procedure to be followed for Scheduler JAVA JOB Creation for FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solutions.

Switch Simulator

This document explains the procedure to be followed for usage of switch simulator for FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solutions.

Origination Configuration

BPMN Process Definition

This document provides a brief idea about the BPMN components and describes the methods to create new BPMN process flows using the BPMN components.

Oracle FLEXCUBE Process Flow Guide

This document describes the configurations required for Oracle FLEXCUBE origination process flows. This also explains the process of starting new process flows and modifying existing process flows.

Installer Utilities

Reports DSN Entries Utility

This section explains the detailed steps to setting up reports DSN entries using Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Installer.

User Creation Utility

This section explains the instructions to be followed for User Creation for the database using Oracle FLEXCUBE installer.

RMAN utility

This section explains how to install RMAN operations utility. It’s used for Database backup and restoration.

FIS Utility

This section explains the detailed steps to setting up FIS Utility using Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Installer.

OFSAAINT Utility

This section explains the detailed steps to setting up OFSAAINT Utility using Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Installer.

ELCM POJO Installation Utility

This section explains the detailed steps to setting up ELCM POJO Installation Utility using Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Installer.

Switch Monitor Installation Utility

This section explains the detailed steps to setting up Switch Monitor Installation Utility using Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Installer.

Troubleshooting

The troubleshooting section provides the resolution details for some of the known problems faced while using the FLEXCUBE installer.