Oracle® Retail Financial Integration for Oracle Retail Merchandise Operations Management and Oracle Financials Installation Guide Installation Guide Release 16.0.3 F28527-01 |
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This chapter explains the tasks required prior to installation.
Note: Oracle Retail assumes that the retailer has applied all required fixes for supported compatible technologies. |
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General requirements for a database server running Oracle Retail Financial Integration Pack include:
Table 1-1 Database Server Requirements
Supported on: | Versions Supported: |
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Database Server OS |
OS certified with Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition or 19c (19.3.0.0) Enterprise Edition. Options are:
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Database Server 12c |
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12c (12.1.0.2) with the following specifications: Components:
Oneoff Patches:
RAC Only:
Other Components:
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Database Server 19c |
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 19c (19.3.0.0) with the following specifications: Components:
Other Components:
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Note on 12C JDK: By default, JDK is at 1.6. After installing the 12.1.0.2 binary, apply patch 19623450. Follow the instructions on Oracle Database Java Developer's Guide 12c Release 1 to upgrade JDK to 1.7. The Guide is available at:http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/JJDEV/chone.htm#JJDEV01000 |
Note: Bash Shell is supported and usage of any other shell may have adverse impact on the app functions. |
General requirements for an Oracle Data Integrator running Oracle Retail Financial Integration Pack include:
Table 1-2 Supported ODI Requirements
Supported on | Versions Supported |
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Data Integrator Server OS |
OS supported with Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition or 19c (19.3.0.0) Enterprise Edition. Options are:
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Data Integrator 12c |
Oracle Data Integrator Release 12c (12.2.1.4) with the following specifications: Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c Release 1 (12.2.1.4) Components:
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General requirements for an application server capable of running the Oracle Retail Financial Integration application include the following:
Table 1-3 Application Server Requirements
Supported on | Versions Supported |
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Application Server OS |
OS supported with Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.4. Options are:
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Application Server |
Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.4 Components:
Oneoff Patches:
Note:
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Table 1-4 Supported Client PC and Web Browser Requirements
Requirement | Version |
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Operating system |
Windows 7 Note: Oracle Retail assumes that the retailer has ensured its Operating System has been patched with all applicable Windows updates. |
Display resolution |
1024x768 or higher |
Processor |
2.6GHz or higher |
Memory |
1GByte or higher |
Networking |
intranet with at least 10Mbps data rate |
Oracle (Sun) Java Runtime Environment |
1.8.0+ |
Browser |
Mozilla Firefox ESR 60+ Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Chrome (Desktop) 73+ |
A UNIX user account is needed to install the software. The UNIX user that is used to install the software should have write access to the WebLogic server installation files.
For example, oretail.
Note: Installation steps will fail when trying to modify files under the WebLogic installation, unless the user has write access. |
Table 1-6 Supported Oracle Applications
Requirement | Version |
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Oracle E-Business Suite (General Ledger and Accounts Payable) |
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.4 integration is supported using the Oracle Financial Operations Control Integration Pack for Oracle Retail Merchandising Suite and Oracle E-Business Suite Financials. |
PeopleSoft Financials (General Ledger and Accounts Payables) |
Oracle PeopleSoft 9.2 integration is supported using the Oracle Financial Operations Control Integration Pack for Oracle Retail Merchandising Suite and Oracle PeopleSoft Financials. |
Note on Compatibility of Financial Applications (EBS, PeopleSoft) and ORFI): The release cycle of Oracle E-Business Suite Financials (EBS) and Oracle PeopleSoft Financials does not align with Oracle Retail's Enterprise release cycle. Because of this discrepancy, the certification of newer versions of EBS Financials and PeopleSoft Financials with the Oracle Retail suite of applications can be delayed. Because the Oracle Retail Financial Integration (RFI) product aligns its release with the Oracle Retail Enterprise release cycle, Oracle Retail Development will attempt to certify RFI, and other Oracle Retail applications, with newer versions of EBS and PeopleSoft in every major (.0), not minor (.x), release of Oracle Retail applications.Though they are not officially certified with Oracle Retail applications, the minor version patches of EBS Financials and PeopleSoft Financials (that are higher than that which is certified with Oracle Retail applications) may be compatible and function properly. Oracle Support will attempt to help customers to resolve issues that arise in these implementations that do not include documented, certified versions. Oracle Retail will try to duplicate the issues on certified versions of the integration, and if the issues can be duplicated in the certified versions, Oracle Retail will strive to fix and resolve the issues. If there arises an issue that cannot be resolved in an uncertified implementation, Oracle Retail maintains final discretion on its actions. In such situations, Oracle Support will try to help customers resolve their issues. Note, however, that in an uncertified version combination, SEV-1 escalations would not be allowed. |
Because ORFI must preserve the message publication and subscription ordering, ORFI deployed in Oracle WebLogic Server cannot be configured in an active-active cluster mode. In active-active cluster mode, multiple subscribers and publishers will process messages simultaneously and there will be no way to preserve message ordering.
ORFI can be deployed to a single instance of an Oracle WebLogic server that is clustered (active-passive). In this configuration, even though RFO is deployed in a WebLogic cluster, multiple instances of ORFI are not running at the same time, as there is only one WebLogic instance where ORFI is deployed. Therefore, ORFI can still preserve message ordering.
To truly configure ORFI for high availability, the only option is to configure it in active-passive mode.