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:
• 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 2.5.0.1.0 to v2.5.0.1.1.
The following sections describe these installation types in detail.
Initial Installation
This installation type is applicable when installing Oracle Utilities Meter Data 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 of the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Database Administrator’s Guide for more information.
• Application components
• Oracle Utilities Application Framework application
• Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management application
Refer to the Installing Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management - Initial Installation chapter in the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Installation Guide for 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 the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Database Administrator’s Guide for more information.
• Application components
• Oracle Utilities Application Framework application
• Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management application
Refer to the Installing Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management - Demo Installation chapter in the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Installation Guide for the steps involved in installing each of the above components.
Upgrade Installation
This installation type is applicable when upgrading Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management from v2.2.0.3.0, v2.3.0.2.0, 2.4.0.0.0, 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 v2.5.0.1.1.
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 the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Database Administrator’s Guide for more information.
• Application components
• Oracle Utilities Application Framework application
• Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management application
Refer to the Upgrading Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management chapter in the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Installation Guide 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.