Installation Types

The first step in the installation procedure is to determine the installation type that meets your business requirements. The following are the possible installation types:

• Initial Installation: A base installation, typically used for a production environment.

• Demo Installation: A base installation with pre-populated demo data, typically used for demonstration or training purposes.

• Upgrade Installation: An upgrade installation from v2.2.0.3.0, v2.3.0.2.0, v2.4.0.0.0, v2.5.0.0.0, and v2.5.0.1.0 to v2.5.0.1.1.

Refer to Recommendations for Creating a Production Environment for information about which installation type is appropriate for a production environment.

The following sections describe these installation types in detail.

Initial Installation

This installation type is applicable when installing Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management for the first time or from scratch. For an initial install, you must install all of the following components:

• Database components

Refer to the Initial Install section in Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management Database Administrator’s Guide included in this release for more information.

• Application components

• Oracle Utilities Application Framework application

• Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management application

Refer to Installing Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management - Initial Installation for the steps involved in installing each of the above components.

Demo Installation

This installation type is applicable when installing a demo application of Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management for demonstration or training purposes. For a demo install, you must install all of the following components:

• Demo Database components

Refer to the Demo Install section in Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management Database Administrator’s Guide for more information.

• Application components

• Oracle Utilities Application Framework application

• Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management application

Refer to Installing Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management - Demo Installation for steps involved in installing each of the above components.

Upgrade Installation

This installation type is applicable when upgrading Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management from v2.2.0.3.0, v2.3.0.2.0, v2.4.0.0.0, v2.5.0.0.0, and v2.5.0.1.0 to v2.5.0.1.1.

Note: If you have a version prior to 2.2.0.3.0, you must install 2.2.0.3.0 before upgrading to 2.5.0.1.1.

If you have v2.3.0.0.0 installed, you must install v2.3.0.2.0 before upgrading to v2.5.0.1.1.

For an upgrade, you must upgrade all of the following components:

• Database components

Refer to the Upgrade Install section in Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management Database Administrator’s Guide for more information.

• Application components

• Oracle Utilities Application Framework application

• Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management application

Refer to Upgrading Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management for steps involved in upgrading each of the above components.

Recommendations for Creating a Production Environment

For a production environment, Oracle recommends that you complete the Initial Installation installation type. If there is any custom configuration that needs to be migrated from a development or “gold” environment into production, the migration can be done by using the Configuration Migration Assistant (CMA). Please refer to the appendix “Configuration Migration Assistant” in the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Configuration Guide for more details about CMA.

Oracle does not recommend creating a production environment by using the Demo Installation installation type, or by cloning an existing Demo installation.