1          Preface

This section provides supporting information for the Oracle Insurance Loss Modeler Installation Guide.

You can find the latest copy of this document in the OHC Documentation Library  which includes all the recent additions or revisions (if any) done to date.

Before you begin the installation, ensure that you have access to My Oracle Support  with the required login credentials to quickly notify us of any issues at any stage.

Topics:

·        Intended Audience

·        Related Documents 

·        Conventions 

·        Abbreviations 

Intended Audience

The Oracle Insurance Loss Modeler Installation Guide is intended for administrators, business users, strategists, data analysts, and implementation consultants who handle installing and maintaining the application pack components.

This document assumes that you have experience installing enterprise components and basic knowledge of the following:

·        Oracle Insurance Loss Modeler components

·        OFSAA architecture

·        UNIX commands

·        Database concepts

·        The web server or web application server

Related Documents

We strive to keep this document and all other related documents updated regularly; visit the OHC Documentation Library to download the latest version available. The list of related documents is provided here:

·        OHC Documentation Library  for Oracle Insurance Loss Modeller:

For existing customers of Oracle Insurance Loss Modeller (OILM):

§       Oracle Insurance Loss Modeller 8.1.2.0.0 Installation Guide

§       Oracle Insurance Loss Modeller 8.1.2.0.0 User Guide

·        Oracle Insurance Loss Modeller 8.1.2.0.0 Release Notes

·        OHC Documentation Library for OFS AAAI Application Pack:

§       OFS Advanced Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFS AAAI) Application Pack Installation and Configuration Guide

§       OFS Analytical Applications Infrastructure User Guide

§       OFS Analytical Applications Infrastructure Administration Guide

§       Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure Environment Check Utility Guide

·        Additional Reference Documents:

§       OFSAA Licensing User Manual, Release 8.1.2.0.0

§       OFS Analytical Applications 8.1.2.0.0 Technology Matrix

§       OFS Analytical Applications Infrastructure Security Guide

§       Oracle Insurance Loss Modeler Security Guides Release 8.1.x

§       Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure Cloning Guide

§       Oracle Insurance Loss Modeler Cloning Guide Release 8.1.x

§       OFSAAI FAQ Document

§       Oracle Financial Services Data Foundation Technical Documents (MOS Doc ID: 2450653.1). See the relevant version of the metadata sheet available in the MOS document (For CAS, see T2T Metadata Staging, and for SCD components, see SCD Metadata sheet).

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document.

 

Document Conventions

Convention

Meaning

boldface

Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action or terms defined in text or the glossary.

italic

Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you need to update specific values.

monospace

Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, file names, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.

Hyperlink

Hyperlink type indicates links to external websites and internal document links.

 

Abbreviations

The following table lists the abbreviations used in this document.

Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Meaning

DBA

Database Administrator

DDL

Data Definition Language

DEFQ

Data Entry Forms and Queries

DML

Data Manipulation Language

EAR

Enterprise Archive

EJB

Enterprise JavaBean

ERM

Enterprise Resource Management

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

HDFS

Hadoop Distributed File System

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

J2C

J2EE Connector

J2EE

Java 2 Enterprise Edition

JCE

Java Cryptography Extension

JDBC

Java Database Connectivity

JDK

Java Development Kit

JNDI

Java Naming and Directory Interface

JRE

Java Runtime Environment

JVM

Java Virtual Machine

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LHS

Left Hand Side

MFA

Multi-Factor Authentication

MOS

My Oracle Support

OFSAA

Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications

OFSAAI

Oracle Financial Services Analytical Application Infrastructure

OFSAAAI

Oracle Financial Services Advanced Analytical Applications Infrastructure Application Pack

OILM

Oracle Insurance Loss Modeller

OHC

Oracle Help Center

OLAP

On-Line Analytical Processing

OLH

Oracle Loader for Hadoop

ORAAH

Oracle R Advanced Analytics for Hadoop

OS

Operating System

RAM

Random Access Memory

RDBMS

Relational Database Management System

RHEL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

SFTP

Secure File Transfer Protocol

SID

System Identifier

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

TNS

Transparent Network Substrate

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

VM

Virtual Machine

WAR

Web Archive

XML

Extensible Markup Language

 

Part I

Topics:

·        Introduction

·        Complete Installation Checklist

·        Hardware and Software Requirements

·        Pre-installation

·        Installation

·        Post-installation