Installing this Maintenance Level Release

To install this ML release, follow these steps:

Note:

If you want to install OFS IAA and OIP in the same environment, please contact OFSAA Support via My Oracle Support.

1. Login to My Oracle Support and search for 35927280 under the Patches & Updates tab.
2. Download the Erwin data model patch 36220275.
3. Download the OFSAA 8.1.2.5.0 IAA archive file and copy it to your OFSAA server in Binary mode.

   Note:

   There are different archive files for different operating systems such as Solaris, and RHEL/OEL.
4. Stop all the OFSAAI Services. For more information, see the Start/Stop Infrastructure Services section in Oracle Insurance IFRS 17 Pack Installation Guide Release 8.1.2.0.0.
5. Login to the OFSAA Server as a non-root user and navigate to the $FIC_HOME folder.
6. Assign WRITE permission to the file/folders such as common scripts, EXEWebService, ficapp, and ficweb, and find them in the $FIC_HOME folder by executing the command:

   chmod -R 775 *

7. If you have to Unzip utility, skip to the next step or download the Unzip utility (OS-specific) and copy it in Binary mode to the directory that is included in your PATH variable, typically $HOME path or directory in which you have copied the 8.1.2.5.0 ML.
   • Uncompress the unzip installer file using the command:

     uncompress unzip_<os>.Z

     Note:

     If you notice an error message "uncompress: not found [No such file or directory]" when the package is not installed, contact your UNIX administrator.
8. Give EXECUTE permission to the utility by using the command:

   chmod 751 unzip_<os>

9. Extract the contents of the 8.1.2.5.0 ML archive file by using either of the following commands:

   unzip <name of the file to be unzipped>

10. Update the configuration file params.conf file present in the OFS_IIA_PACK/appsLibConfig/conf folder before triggering the installation. The update instructions are present in this file itself.

    In case of customized Data Model Upload, then update the params.conf file present in the OFS_IIA_PACK/appsLibConfig/conf folder accordingly.

11. Give EXECUTE permission to the ML Patch Installer Script. Navigate to the OFS_ AAI directoryand execute the command:

    chmod 755 OFSAAIUpdate.sh

12. Execute the following command:

    ./OFSAAIUpdate.sh

13. Verify if the ML is applied successfully by checking the log files generated in OFS_IIA_ PACK/OFS_IIA/logs directories. You must also verify the Data Model logs, the path can be found in the silent.props file of the release v8.1.2.0.0 file. You can ignore ORA-00001 and ORA-02292 in the log file. In case of any other errors, contact My Oracle Support.
14. After successful installation of the ML, perform the following steps:
    • Clear the Application Cache. Navigate to the following path depending on the configured Web Application Server and delete the files.
      1. Tomcat: <Tomcat installation folder>/work/Catalina/localhost/<Application name>/org/apache/jsp
      2. Weblogic: <Weblogic installation location>/domains/<Domain name>/servers/<Server name>/tmp/_WL_user/<Application name>
      3. Websphere: <Websphere installation directory>/AppServer/profiles/<Profile name>/temp/<Node name>/server1/<Application name>/<.war file name>
15. Delete the existing EAR/WAR file available in the folder $FIC_HOME/ficweb.
16. Generate the application EAR/WAR file and redeploy the application onto your configured Web Application Server. For more information on generating and deploying the EAR/ WAR file, see Create and Deploy the EAR or WAR Files in OFS AAI Release 8.1.2.0.0 Installation and Configuration Guide.
17. Restart all the OFSAAI Services. For more information, refer to the Start/Stop Infrastructure Services section in OFS AAI Release 8.1.2.0.0 Installation and Configuration Guide.
18. Optionally, in case of a performance issue, enable partioning by navigating to <Installer Path>/OFS_IIA_PACK/OFS_IIA/bin/scripts/atomic/create then execute the PARTITION_SCRIPT.sql file by using @PARTITION_SCRIPT.sql in the Atomic Schema.

    For enabling partitioning, you require the license for Oracle Database Partioning.