1 Introduction to Oracle Communications Data Model Installation

Describes how to install Oracle Communications Data Model and other components you use to create an Oracle Communications Data Model data warehouse.

Using the Oracle Universal Installer you can perform different types of Oracle Communications Data Model installation.

Types of Installations Provided for Oracle Communications Data Model

Specifies the types of installation you can perform with the Oracle Communications Data Model installer.

Using the Oracle Universal Installer you can perform two types of Oracle Communications Data Model installation:

  • Installation of the Oracle Communications Data Model component. You must install this component to create an Oracle Communications Data Model data warehouse.

  • Installation of reports and schemas that you can use for ideas about how to design your own reports. Installing the reports is optional.

Different items are installed depending on whether you install the database objects or the reports.

Communications Data Model Installation

When you perform a Communications Data Model installation of Oracle Communications Data Model, the Oracle Universal Installer installs the Oracle Communications Data Model component without data. Specifically, the installer creates the following schema in the target database:

  • ocdm_sys which is the main schema for Oracle Communications Data Model. This schema contains all the relational and OLAP components of Oracle Communications Data Model, including the Oracle Communications Data Model data mining tables. This schema also contains all the mining components of Oracle Communications Data Model.

There is no data in this schema. You need to populate data into the schema.

Sample Reports Installation

When you perform a Sample Reports installation of the Oracle Communications Data Model, the installer creates the Oracle Communications Data Model sample schema in the target database. Specifically, the installer installs:

  • The following files that provide the data for the reports:

    • ocdm_sample.dmp.zip which is a dump file of the schemas that contain the sample data for the relational and data mining components of Oracle Communications Data Model.

      Tip:

      The default user name for the schema is ocdm_sample.

  • The following files that define and create the sample reports:

    • ocdm.rpd

    • ocdmwebcat.zip

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Oracle Communications Data Model Home Directory Structure

The installation image contains directories that are installed under the path ORACLE_HOME/ocdm.

The installation includes the following directories:

  • report: which contains the sample report files for Oracle Communications Data Model installation.

  • addons: when you install Add-ons, this directory contains the files required for the selected optional adapters or analytics subproducts.

  • utl : which contains metadata and TM Forum KPI information. The TM Forum provides business-critical industry standards and expertise to enable the creation, delivery, and monetization of digital services.

  • pdm: which contains the physical schema dump, creation scripts, and lookup value population scripts, as listed in the following table:

Subdirectory Description

metadata

Metadata creation and population scripts

mining

Data mining scripts and related files

olap

OLAP scripts and related files

relational

Relational schema installation scripts and relational related files

relational/ddl

Relational schema installation scripts and related scripts

relational/ddl/calendar

Calendar and time data population scripts

relational/flexible_hierarchy

Flexible hierarchy scripts

relational/ddl/ocdm/intra_etl

Intra-ETL scripts

relational/ddl/lookup_value

Lookup data population scripts

relational/sample_schema

Physical sample schema

Installation Checklist

Provides a checklist of the steps involved to install Oracle Communications Data Model.

Installation Checklist for Oracle Communications Data Model

  • Release notes: Read Oracle Communications Data Model Release Notes to identify any changes for the installation.

  • Hardware and Software: Verify Hardware and Software Requirements

    Verify that your system is one of the supported platforms and that it satisfies the hardware and software requirements.

  • Preinstallation Steps: Perform Preinstallation Tasks

    Identify and perform any necessary pre-installation tasks.

  • Installation and Postinstallation Steps: Run Installer

    • Select the Oracle Communications Data Model components to install.

    • Identify and perform any necessary postinstallation tasks.

  • Add Additional Components: Perform Installation Steps for Additional Components

    Install the additional components that you need.

Note:

You must deinstall Oracle Communications Data Model before you re-install it over an existing version of Oracle Communications Data Model.

To deinstall Oracle Oracle Communications Data Model, you do not run the Oracle Universal Installer in deinstall mode.

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