Business Operations Center Installation Overview

About Installing Business Operations Center

Business Operations Center installation should be performed only by experienced system administrators. You must be familiar with the following before you begin the installation:

Linux operating system
Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM)
- BRM Revenue Assurance Manager
Oracle WebLogic Server
Oracle Enterprise Database
(Optional) Oracle Identity Management (IDM) components, including:
- Oracle Access Management (OAM)
- Oracle Identity Governance
- Oracle Unified Directory

Additionally, you should have experience installing Java-related packages.

The Business Operations Center installer creates the required schema in the BRM database and deploys Business Operations Center to a WebLogic server domain.

Overview of the Business Operations Center Installation Steps

The high-level tasks for installing Business Operations Center include:

Planing your installation, which involves:
- Determining the scale of your implementation (for example, whether you are installing a small test system or a large production system).
  
  Note:
  
  You can install a test or development installation of Business Operations Center without IDM. Do not use these installations in production environments. See "About Test Installations and Production Installations".
- Assessing how many physical computers you need and which software components to install on which computers.
- Planning the system topology (for example, determining whether you want a standalone deployment or a clustered deployment).
Reviewing system requirements, which includes:
- Hardware requirements, such as disk space and physical RAM
- Software requirements, such as operating system (OS) versions and OS patch requirements, OS kernel tuning requirements, and the following required Oracle software:
  - Enterprise Database
  - WebLogic Server
  - (Optional) IDM components, such as:
    
    Oracle Access Management (OAM)
    
    Oracle Identity Governance
    
    Oracle Unified Directory
  - Java Development Kit (JDK)
  See "Business Operations Center Software Compatibility" in BRM Compatibility Matrix for required versions.
- Information requirements, such as IP addresses, host names, and port numbers
- BRM Server including installation of Revenue Assurance Manager
  
  See "Installing Revenue Assurance Manager" in BRM Collecting Revenue Assurance Data.
Preparing your foundation by completing the preinstallation tasks.

See "Business Operations Center Preinstallation Tasks".
Installing Business Operations Center using the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).

See "Installing Business Operations Center".
Performing the required postinstallation configuration tasks.

See "Business Operations Center Postinstallation Tasks".
Verifying the installation.

See "Verifying the Business Operations Center Installation".

Ensuring a Successful Business Operations Center Installation

Business Operations Center uses additional Oracle software products, such as Enterprise Database, WebLogic Server, and IDM (optional). Familiarize yourself with these products and their installation procedures before installing Business Operations Center.

Note:

IDM has important preinstallation requirements including kernel tuning, operating system configuration files editing (for example, editing limits.conf), and tuning database parameters. If you are using IDM components, ensure that these requirements have been met when completing the preinstallation tasks before running the Business Operations Center installer so that your installation is successful.

See Oracle Fusion Middleware Installing and Configuring Oracle Identity and Access Management for detailed information.

Consult additional product documentation on Oracle Help Center for required information at: https://docs.oracle.com.

To ensure that the Business Operations Center installation is successful, follow these guidelines:

As you install each component (for example, the Enterprise Database and WebLogic Server), verify that the component is installed successfully before continuing the installation process.
Pay close attention to the system requirements. Before you begin installing the application, ensure that your system has the required base software and meets the minimum technical requirements. In addition, ensure that you know all the required configuration values, such as host names and port numbers.
Make a note of any new configuration values as you create them. You will be required to enter configuration values later in the procedure.