This document contains the following sections:
You can validate the installation by looking at the installation log files.
You can verify whether the installation was completed properly by examining the installation log file, looking at the directories and files in the Oracle home directory, and by trying to access the Oracle Traffic Director administration console.
The installer creates log files in the logs
subdirectory within the Oracle inventory directory.
Note:
If you do not know the location of the Oracle inventory directory, you can find the path to it in the ORACLE_HOME
/oraInst.loc
file.
The logs
directory contains the following files:
install
date-time-stamp
.log
This is the main log file.
install
date-time-stamp
.out
This log file contains the output and error streams during the installation.
install
date-time-stamp
.out
This log file contains the output and error streams during the installation.
launcher-time-stamp
.log
This file contains the date/time the launcher was initiated.
installProfile
date-time-stamp
.log
This log file contains the overall statistics, like time taken to complete the installation, as well as configuration, memory, and CPU details.
oraInstall
date-time-stamp
.log
This log file contains the output stream of the copy session.
timeTaken
date-time-stamp
.log
This file is created only if you start the installer with the -printtime
option. It contains information for the amount of time taken to move between screens (applicable for GUI installations only).
time
date-time-stamp
.log
This file is created only if you start the installer with the -printtime
option. It contains time information for the copy session.
memory
date-time-stamp
.log
This file is created only if you start the installer with the -printmemory
option. It contains memory usage information for the copy session.
After installing and performing the post-installation steps, verify that the Oracle home directory contains the following directories:
bin cfgtoollogs coherence crs css em has install inventory jlib ldap lib network nls OPatch oracle_common oracore otd oui plsql plugins precomp rdbms slax sqlplus srvm webgate wlserver xdk
You need to configure WebLogic domain after installing Oracle Traffic Director.
After you successfully install WebLogic Server, create and configure a WebLogic domain using the Configuration Wizard. For more information, see Configuring a WebLogic Domain for Oracle Traffic Director in Administering Oracle Traffic Director.
It is recommended not to remove Oracle Traffic Director, manually. You need to follow the recommended procedure to deinstall the Oracle Traffic Director to avoid issues while resinstalling it in future.
You might want to remove an Oracle Traffic Director installation, either to remove files pertaining to a failed installation or to install a newer version.
You should always use the instructions provided here for removing the software. If you try to remove the software manually, you may experience problems when you try to reinstall the software at a later time. Following the procedure described here will ensure that the software is properly removed.
To deinstall Oracle Traffic Director, perform the following steps:
You must deinstall Oracle Traffic Director from the directory in order to reinstall it.
You cannot reinstall Oracle Traffic Director in a directory that already contains an installation of the product.
To reinstall Oracle Traffic Director, perform the following steps: