The following types of installation are available:

The database installation requires a supported version of the Java Development Kit to be installed on the Windows desktop where the install package is staged and run from. Refer to the Supported Platform section in the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Installation Guide for the required version of Java.

For an Initial Install or Demo Install, you will create an empty database on the Unix or Windows server and then populate the database with data. For a database Upgrade Install you will upgrade your current Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management database.

Review the Storage.xml file prior to an Initial Install or Upgrade Install. Information in this file is used by ORADBI while installing and upgrading the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management database objects.

For optimum storage allocation, database administrators should create multiple tablespaces with extents sized to store different types of tables/indexes. They can then edit this file before each upgrade and install process, to spread tables and indexes across these tablespaces. Tables and indexes can be created in parallel by editing degree of parallelism.

Tablespace, storage options, securefile options, Advanced Compression, and parallel information are used only for new objects. Therefore, for initial installs, information for each object should be reviewed. For upgrades, only tablespace information for objects added in the current release needs to be reviewed. Be careful while editing the Storage.xml file. Make sure that tablespace names being used exist in the database. Do not change the basic format of this file.