Preface

This guide describes the system requirements and procedures for installing Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management Elastic Charging Engine (ECE).

Audience

This document is for system administrators who install and configure the ECE software and those involved in planning a charging system that includes ECE. The person installing the software should be familiar with the following topics:

• Operating system commands

• Database configuration

• Network management

• Oracle Coherence

Before reading this guide, you should have a familiarity with ECE. See BRM Elastic Charging Engine Concepts.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Accessing Oracle Communications Documentation

ECE documentation and additional Oracle documentation; such as Oracle Database documentation, is available from Oracle Help Center:

• http://docs.oracle.com

Additional Oracle Communications documentation is available from the Oracle software delivery Web site:

• https://edelivery.oracle.com

Document Revision History

The following table lists the revision history for this book.

Version	Date	Description
E70767-01	April 2016	Initial release.
E70767-02	September 2016	Documentation updates for ECE 11.3 Patch Set 1. Renamed and updated the following chapters: Upgrading to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 1 Updated the following sections: Software Requirements Required BRM Information Installing All ECE Components Installing a Standalone ECE System Installing Individual ECE Components Performing a Silent Installation Updated the following information: All procedures involving MBeans
E70767-03	December 2016	Documentation updates for ECE 11.3 Patch Set 2. Added the following chapter: Upgrading From ECE 11.3 Patch Set 1 to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 2 Updated the following sections: Software Requirements Reconfiguring Configuration File Settings to Match Your Old Release Installing All ECE Components Installing a Standalone ECE System Installing Individual ECE Components Performing a Silent Installation
E70767-04	April 2017	Documentation updates for ECE 11.3 Patch Set 3. Added the following chapter: Upgrading From ECE 11.3 Patch Set 2 to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 3 Updated the following sections: Software Requirements Installing All ECE Components Installing a Standalone ECE System Installing Individual ECE Components Performing a Silent Installation
E70767-05	August 2017	Documentation updates for ECE 11.3 Patch Set 4. Added the following chapter: Upgrading From ECE 11.3 Patch Set 3 to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 4 Updated the following sections: Software Requirements Installing All ECE Components Installing a Standalone ECE System Installing Individual ECE Components Performing a Silent Installation
E70767-06	December 2017	Documentation updates for ECE 11.3 Patch Set 5. Added the following chapter: Upgrading From ECE 11.3 Patch Set 4 to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 5 Updated the following sections: Software Requirements Installing All ECE Components Installing a Standalone ECE System Installing Individual ECE Components Performing a Silent Installation
E70767-07	March 2018	Documentation updates for ECE 11.3 Patch Set 7. Added the following chapter: Upgrading Existing ECE 11.3 Installation Updated the following sections: Software Requirements Installing All ECE Components Installing a Standalone ECE System Installing Individual ECE Components Performing a Silent Installation Removed the following chapters: Upgrading to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 1 Upgrading From ECE 11.3 Patch Set 1 to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 2 Upgrading From ECE 11.3 Patch Set 2 to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 3 Upgrading From ECE 11.3 Patch Set 3 to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 4 Upgrading From ECE 11.3 Patch Set 4 to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 5 For ECE 11.3 upgrade instructions, see "Upgrading Existing ECE 11.3 Installation".
E70767-09	July 2018	Documentation updates for ECE 11.3 Patch Set 8. Added the following sections: Performing Zero Downtime Upgrade Configuring Persistence Environment Upgrading to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 7 Upgrading to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 8 Updated the following sections: Software Requirements Overview of Upgrading Existing ECE 11.3 Installation Performing a Rolling Upgrade
E70767-10	November 2018	Documentation updates for ECE 11.3 Patch Set 9. Updated the following sections: Software Requirements Overview of Upgrading Existing ECE 11.3 Installation Obtaining the ECE 11.3 Patch Set Software Loading Pricing Data From PDC into ECE